Life Inside the Thin Cage A Personal Look into the Hidden World of the Chronic Dieter

Name: Life Inside the Thin Cage A Personal Look into the Hidden World of the Chronic Dieter
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ISBN: 9780877880387

ISBN-10: 0877880387

ISBN-13: 9780877880387

Edition: 2003

Authors: Constance Rhodes

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Frustrated by the often unrealistic standards of beauty presented by today’s media, many women have become trapped in a never-ending pattern of chronic dieting. Daily they endure destructive self-talk such as “I can’t eat that or I’ll get fat” or “If I could just lose a few more pounds everything would be better.” Chronic dieters may be any shape or size but they have one thing in common: They are often left to suffer alone with an undiagnosed “sub-clinical” eating disorder. Such sub-clinical disorders include eating habits that are unusual, even unhealthy, but do not fit the technical classifications of anorexia or bulimia. Addressing the many dimension of “chronic dieting,” Life…

Book details

List price: $15.99
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 4/15/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.06" wide x 8.98" long x 0.71" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Foreword


Introduction: The Undefined Disorder



When "Thin" Becomes a Cage



A View from Within



When Dieting Turns Chronic



The Thought Process



Weird Eating--Exposed



Health and Physiological Factors



How Did We Get Here?



We Live in a Fallen World



How Our Past Shaped Us



Significant Life Events



My Body Has Betrayed Me



Challenging Environments



The Hollywood Effect



What Keeps Us Trapped?



We Don't Know We're in It



Making Choices out of Fear



We're Addicted



Good Help Is Hard to Find



Triggers



The Message of the Tapes



A Good Dose of the Truth



Our Excuses and the Price We Pay



Sex Appeal Does Not Equal True Acceptance



It's All About Perspective



On Getting Older



That Which Defines Us Controls Us



A Richer Life Awaits Us



Getting Out



Starting Simple



Changing Our Perspective



Opening the Closet Door



Anticipating the Pitfalls


Final Thoughts


Notes