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The joy of half a cookie : using mindfulness to lose weight and end the struggle with food / Jean Kristeller, PhD, with Alisa Bowman.

Kristeller, Jean, (author.). Bowman, Alisa, (author.).

Summary:

"Anyone who's tried to lose weight through sheer will power knows how difficult, if not impossible, it can be. In this practical and paradigm-shifting book, Dr. Jean Kristeller presents a new alternative--a program for weight loss based on her successful Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training Program. Instead of frustration, deprivation, backsliding, guilt, and a lack of results, The Joy of Half a Cookie provides simple, proven ways to lose weight and keep it off, using what we now know about the power of the mind."-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780399172151
ISBN: 0399172157
Physical Description: 278 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, New York : Perigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"A Perigee book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 262-265) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part One The Science of Mindful Eating -- 1 An Introduction to Mindful Eating -- 2 Cultivating the Habit of Mindful Eating -- 3 Connecting with True Hunger: What Leads You to the First Bite -- 4 Full of Food, Empty of Satisfaction: What Leads You to the Next Bite -- 5 Cultivating Outer Wisdom: The Knowledge That Will Set You Free -- Part Two The Practice of Mindful Eating -- 6 Tools for Getting Started -- 7 Mindfulness 101 -- 8 Feeling True Hunger -- 9 Cultivating Your Inner Gourmet -- 10 Eating Just the Right Amount -- 11 Calories: Turning Off the Panic Button -- 12 Exercising Your Power of Choice -- 13 Balancing Emotional Eating -- 14 Deepening Your New Relationship with Eating and Yourself -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index.