This book is a treasure, not only for weight loss but life in general

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	• Life Is Hard, Food Is Easy: The 5-Step Plan to Overcome Emotional Eating and Lose Weight on Any Diet Linda Spangle LifeLine Press, 2004 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 40 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Life Is Hard, Food is Easy

I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. I am a personal trainer and have purchased half a dozen of these for my clients to help them identify their reasons for why they eat when they are not hungry. The book has steps toward identifying emotional eating and then reducing and eliminating destructive patterns. I'd recommend the book.

This book is a treasure, not only for weight loss but life in general

My twin sister gave me a copy of the book "Life is Hard Food is Easy" a couple of years ago. This summer I finally had the chance to read it and I wish I had done so years ago. While I don't currently have a problem with emotional eating, I can tell that I did in the past. I am currently on a weight loss regimen and succeeding little by little. I know that the suggestions in this book will help me not only with the continued weight loss, but also with other areas of life.

One of the pieces of advice that stuck with me the most is to think of overweight/obesity as a condition that must be managed throughout life. This book has many practical suggestions that will help you succeed in managing your condition. I am grateful to Linda Spangle for sharing her story and for having the courage to give us a different view of the weight loss puzzle.

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changed my life?

I read this book almost two years ago and am constantly recommending it to people. For some odd reason, I don't give this book all the credit for my weight loss. (I've lost 60 lbs and have kept it off for a year.) The book does have some concrete diet tips like suggesting to only eat 50 percent of your normal portion and only eating things that taste good. What I really liked about this book was that it looked at why you eat. I really believe this book changed the way I look at food. The book helps you to realize that a lot of eating is done to try and solve other problems. It is crazy, the day you reach into the fridge and ask yourself "Why am I eating?" and you recognize that it has nothing to do with hunger and close the door.

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How did she know?

Losing weight while hard, is nothing compared to keeping it off. I've been at my healthy weight for three years, yet my relationship with food is not exactly what I desire. I picked this book up last week (after Thanksgiving) as an experiment to help me deal with a "high risk" situation I was facing. It worked!

Many authors talk about emotional eating triggers and offer suggestions for alternate activities. Spangle describes triggers not only by their emotions and adds their associated food preferences. She differentiates HEAD HUNGER from HEART HUNGER primarily so that you can tailor your "instead" activities to the specific need you are feeling. One can do this by spending time thinking about one's emotions OR one can take a shortcut by looking at the foods you are desiring. She really has me nailed here.
BRIEFLY:
Head Hunger = anger, frustration, resentment = specific desire for chewy or crunchy foods = instead activity of exercise/movement
Heart Hunger = "empty" emotions of sadness, loneliness, boredom = desire for something but often not sure what or soft, creamy foods = instead activity of soothing oneself (bath, sleep, candles & relaxation)

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Very helpful book!

I am not even close to finishing this book and I already love it. It is nice to read about people who have been through the same things as I have. The tips and suggestions are not at all overwhelming and the book provides a very positive outlook for the future. If you are at all experiencing emotional eating for any reason, I would definitely give this book a try. Well worth it!

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This book reveals how you can cope with your feelings of frustration, boredom, or loneliness, and offers a unique step-by-step program to stop your emotions from interfering with your eating habits.

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