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Title: The Solution: For Safe, Healthy, and Permanent Weight Loss by Laurel Mellin ISBN: 0-06-098724-3 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1998 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.47 (45 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A Comprehensive, Researched Approach to Life Changes
Comment: At first glance, The Solution might seem to be just another among the plethora of weight loss books. Not so. This book was written by an author who initally worked with diabetic children and became particularly interested in addressing the resistance to healthy eating that many experienced in adolesence. The author has worked diligently to structure a process by which those who follow her guidelines can do cognitive, behavioral and emotional work. She obviously spent a great deal of time organizing thoughts and exercises in the six areas. She conceptualizes recovery as catching up on developmental skills that were missed. Unlike many other books on weight-loss, she addresses the topic of how limits are learned in childhood,noting that those who have eating disorders may have had parents who were too restrictive, too permissive, or often both. It has always seemed to me that the crux of resolving food issues hinges on how one develops an inner parent structure that can be nurturant and also set limits in a way that does not invite rebellion. The Solution focuses beautifully, with examples and concrete exercises, on how to use strong nurturing and effective limits to achieve emotional and physical balance. This book would be most helpful, I believe, to those who are not seeking a fast cure but who are willing to actually work through the exercises(rather than just reading the book).
My only disappointment with this book was that I thought more could have been stressed about how to work oneself away from society's obesssion with thinness. Those issues have been well addressed in the books by Munter and Hirshman, such as When Women Stop Hating There Bodies. For anyone ever truly obsessed with self-hatred and dieting, I think this book would be a great second step, for it takes up where Munter and Hirshman leave off.
Rating: 3
Summary: I bought this book a few years ago
Comment: When this book first came out a few years back, I bought it, impressed to see an emotional approach towards weight loss, outside of diet and exercise prescriptions that we have all read. I have struggled (for what seems like) forever, with my weight and I had some success at the time when I worked through this book. I liked it although some of the language is a bit 'gimmicky' which for me was a turn off.
Recently I bought another book called the Quest for Peace, Love and a 24-Inch Waist by Deborah Low, and have been really excited to see a complete spiritual, emotional approach that again, makes you work through certain 'exercises' but gives the reader a deeper insight into our weight loss desires and failures. Plus, teaches us to make peace with ourselves along the way. They are very inspiring to do, and you get excited working through them. No matter how you look at it, losing weight for life can be tough. The Solution may not fix all your problems but with 'Quest', you've got an incredible start.
Rating: 2
Summary: Not everyone is one size fits all
Comment: This book is a very 'one size fits all'. according to the writer, it *appears* she suggests that everyone with a weight issue has these 6 issues and that unless you fix these 6 issues in the way SHE states, you can not be cured. It blames your parents for their lack of 'insert what ever here'. Not everyone has these exact issues and writing a book that reads like a vcr manuel without no real guidance doesnt help I dont feel. I got nothing at all out of the book and was rather put off by her claiming to understand the root of all the problems with overweight people. I dont appreciate the blame being placed on parents. We, ourselves, are responsible for the most part. I dont like the 'know it all' approach. I didnt even get through the entire book before I took it back to the library. It was dull and boring with no real help of HOW to go about doing what she suggests.
personal opinion only.
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Title: The Pathway: Follow the Road to Health and Happiness by Laurel Mellin ISBN: 0060514027 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 21 January, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Solution Kit, Vol. 1 (Book and 4 CD's) by Laurel Mellin ISBN: 189326551X Publisher: Sweetest Fruit Press Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $99.95 |
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Title: The Quest for Peace, Love, and a 24" Waist: Challenge Your Beliefs, Remember Your Spirit and Lose Weight With Joy by Deborah Low ISBN: 1555175732 Publisher: Bonneville Books Pub. Date: 01 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: It's Not About Food: Change Your Mind; Change Your Life; End Your Obsession With Food and Weight by Carol Emery Normandi, Laurelee Roark ISBN: 0399525025 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: May, 1999 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Overcoming Overeating by Carol H. Munter, Jane R. Hirschmann ISBN: 0449003825 Publisher: Fawcett Books Pub. Date: 29 April, 1998 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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