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Star rating for The hunger habit
Publisher:
Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
"A program proven to heal our relationship with food and our bodies from New York Times bestselling author of Unwinding Anxiety. Anyone who struggles with overeating knows what it's like to feel out of control-and to feel the guilt attached to it. While ordinary anxiety feels like something that happens to us, the siren song of food cravings feels like something we should be able to control. The result is a toxic cocktail of shame and self-loathing...
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Star rating for First bite
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Language:
English
Description:
"In First Bite, acclaimed food historian Bee Wilson delves deep into the latest research from food psychologists, neuroscientists, and nutritionists to reveal that our food habits are shaped by family and culture, memory and gender, hunger and love. We do not come into the world with an innate sense of taste or nutrition as omnivores, we have to learn how and what to eat, how sweet is too sweet and what food will give us the most energy for the coming...
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Star rating for The quality of mercy
Series:
Sacred Hunger volume 2
Language:
English
Description:

Barry Unsworth returns to the terrain of his Booker Prize-winning novel Sacred Hunger, this time following Sullivan, the Irish fiddler, and Erasmus Kemp, son of a Liverpool slave ship owner who hanged himself. It is the spring of 1767, and to avenge his father's death, Erasmus Kemp has had the rebellious sailors of his father's ship, including Sullivan, brought back to London to stand trial on charges of mutiny and piracy. But as the novel

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Star rating for Carrots 'n' cake
Language:
English
Description:

Let them eat cake! From one of the most popular blogs on the internet comes an innovative, even fun way to diet. Carrots N Cake is all about eating your carrots...and savoring your cupcake, too.
For some people, losing weight means restrictive dieting, obsessive calorie counting, and constant hunger. Not Tina Haupert! She learned that it didnt have to be that way. Tina shows how to drop the pounds and keep them off by adopting eating habits

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Star rating for The Pursuit of God
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Language:
English
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The Pursuit of God teaches us the value of knowing God through our personal experience instead of thinking of Him as an abstract being. With constant communication with God, we will be able to develop a personal relationship with Him. Tozer asserts that God never ceases to speak to us, and we only need to listen and engage in a conversation with our Heavenly Father. The author main goal is to provide insights on how we can establish habits and a lifestyle...
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Star rating for I'm so effing hungry
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Language:
English
Description:
"Amy Shah MD, leading medical doctor and Instagram personality @fastingmd, shares her 5-step program for battling excessive hunger and food cravings by harnessing the power of psychobiotics and intermittent fasting"--
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Star rating for Out of Habit
Language:
English
Description:
Since the age of ten, Allison Weston has lived under the sheltering arms of the nuns at St. Ives Institution. Sister Margaret, Allie's guardian, is concerned that Allie is hiding from the nightmares of a tragic childhood. So after Allie's college graduation, Margaret insists that Allie experience life outside the institution before taking her vows. In Allie, rookie reporter Ryan Harper suspects secrets so dark that he hungers to break the story....
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Star rating for Eating mindfully
Publisher:
New Harbinger Publications
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:

What would it be like to really savor your food? Instead of grabbing a quick snack on your way out the door or eating just to calm down at the end of a stressful day, isn't it about time you let yourself truly appreciate a satisfying, nourishing meal?

In our modern society, weight concerns, obesity rates, and obsession with appearance have changed the way we look at food—and not necessarily for the better. If you have ever snacked

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Star rating for The Rules of "Normal" Eating
Language:
English
Description:
Written in easy-to-understand, everyday language, The Rules of "Normal" Eating lays out the four basic rules that "normal" eaters follow instinctively eating when they're hungry, choosing foods that satisfy them, eating with awareness and enjoyment, and stopping when they're full or satisfied. Along with specific skills and techniques that help promote change, the book presents a proven cognitive-behavioral model of transformation that targets beliefs,...
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Star rating for Dinner chez moi
Publisher:
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
Description:
When Elizabeth Bard, a New Yorker raised on Twizzlers and instant mac and cheese, fell for a handsome Frenchman and moved to Paris, she discovered a whole new world of culinary delights. First in Paris, then in a tiny village in Provence, Elizabeth explored the markets, incorporating new ingredients and rituals into her everyday meals and routines. After 15 years of cooking in her own French kitchen, making French friends--and observing her slim...
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Star rating for Buddha's diet
Language:
English
Description:
The pampered prince Siddhartha tried dieting and didn't like it anymore than you do. When he became the Buddha, he found the "middle way" between overindulgence and abstinence. Modern science confirms what Buddha knew all along: it's not what you eat that's important, but when you eat. Sure, he lived before the age of doughnuts and French fried, but his teachings provide a sane, mindful approach to achieving optimum health.
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Star rating for The 20/20 Diet
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Publisher:
Bird Street Books
Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
Description:
In The 20/20 Diet, Dr. Phil McGraw identifies seven reasons other diets fail people over and over again: hunger, cravings, feeling of restriction, impracticality and expense, boredom, temptations, and disappointing results or plateaus. Then, he addresses each of these roadblocks by applying the latest research and theories that have emerged since his last best seller on the same topic, The Ultimate Weight Solution. Dr. Phil and his team have created...
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Star rating for The Heart of Leadership
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Language:
English
Description:
Are you the type of leader people want to follow? You can be-but first, you've got to understand what sets great leaders apart from all the rest. Certainly, leaders need people skills, execution skills, a deep knowledge of industry trends, the ability
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Star rating for The skinny
Publisher:
Broadway Books
Pub. Date:
2009
Language:
English
Description:
Explains how our bodies are programmed on a genetic level to resist weight loss, and how to fix internal biology by adjusting eating and exercise habits one step at a time to defeat hunger and cravings and keep the weight off for good.
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Star rating for The Twentysomething Handbook
Publisher:
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date:
2021
Language:
English
Description:
The ultimate, one-stop-shop resource for navigating and winning at life's most bewildering period. Every twentysomething has one overriding question: How do I deal with all the things? For all those asking, Nora Bradbury-Haehl's essential go-to guide provides the answer. An approachable, easy-to-digest resource, The Twentysomething Handbook offers guidance for the practical aspects of life--work, food, money, a roof overhead--while at the same time...
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Star rating for Hanger management
Publisher:
Little, Brown Spark
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
Description:
"One minute you're going about your day, and a few seconds later you're a snappy, illogical version of yourself. It's hanger-- hungry-anger. When we forget to eat-- or accidentally overeat-- hunger can make us angry, unreasonable, and dull, with big impacts on our emotional and psychological well being. And hanger can become a cycle. Albers sheds light on the causes of hanger, so you can make better decisions about food. She also shares tips to help...
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Star rating for Mindful eating
Publisher:
Shambhala
Pub. Date:
c2009
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
Pediatrician and meditation teacher discussing how to "tune into your body's own wisdom about what, when, and how much to eat; eat less while feeling fully satisfied; identify your habits and patterns with food; develop a more compasionate attitude toward your struggles with eating; discover what you're really hungry for. Includes a 75-min. audio program with guided exercises." -- Cover, p.4.
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Star rating for Nutrition
Publisher:
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date:
[2021]
Language:
English
Description:
Presents basic information about nutrition, healthy eating, food processing, and food and medicine, along with advice about designing a healthy, low-fat diet.
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Star rating for Life Management for Busy Women
Language:
English
Description:
Elizabeth George-speaker, teacher, and bestselling author of A Woman After God's Own Heart®-admits to being a disorganized, goal-less woman when she was in her 20s. Over the decades, the love and patience of God and the transforming power of his Word and Spirit have taught her the life-changing principles she shares here, including how to... - live each day God's way - take charge of busyness and find a balanced life - be a better steward of resources...
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Star rating for The Intuitive Eating Workbook for Teens
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Publisher:
New Harbinger Publications
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
Description:
A new, non-diet approach to adopting healthy eating habits! Drawing on the same evidence-based practices introduced in Intuitive Eating, this workbook for teens addresses the ten principles of intuitive eating to help you listen to your body's natural hunger and fullness cues. Do you struggle with stress eating, overeating, emotional eating, or binge eating? You aren't alone. Sometimes, when we're not feeling so good, food can seem like a great comfort....