Synopses & Reviews
Incorporating the latest mindfulness and acceptance-based therapy approaches to weight management and health, this guide helps readers tailor nutrition, exercise, stress management, and emotion regulation to their own needs and lifestyle. This is not a diet book or a step-by-step program, but rather a guide that helps readers discover what works for them and to implement change strategies based on their own personal values and goals. Backed by research and based on well-established behavior change principles, this book offers the latest information on increasing motivation, overcoming binge eating, utilizing social support, meeting the challenges of changing, and considering bariatric surgery. Helpful tips for using smartphone technology and web-based programs are featured throughout the book.
Synopsis
Combining the most current information on psychotherapy, nutrition, and professional weight-control practice, this guide offers a refreshingly honest and contemporary program for losing weight and adopting a healthy lifestyle. The new disciplines of cognitive behavior therapy are incorporated, along with acceptance-based approaches and a review of issues related to bariatric surgery. Endorsing a mindful attitude to control stress and regulate emotions that can sabotage any effort, this handbook provides proven techniques for easing into exercise after a sedentary period, how to avoid backsliding, and halting binge eating while building a supportive attitude. The solutions for weight control avoid the pitfalls of common diet books, pills, and packaged meals, and additional hints and suggestions are provided in the tech corner for utilizing personal technology such as iPhones and laptops.
About the Author
Joyce D. Nash, PhD, is the author of Binge No More and Maximize Your Body Potential. She lives in Menlo Park, California.