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Food, Jesus, and the Battle for Satisfaction

I have read a ton of books on dieting. I've even read a number that drew my attention to the spiritual aspect of being overweight. But I have never read a book that identifies the core issue with such clarity as this one. And I have never read a book that has offered such practical suggestions to he......more

First sentence: For a brief moment, I was convinced some desperate sugar-binging alien had possessed me. Premise/plot: Full: Food, Jesus, and the Battle for Satisfaction is a book primarily for Christian women about food fixation. The main idea of the book is that you "can't solve a spiritual proble......more

When I heard of this book and what it was about I had to pick it up. It meets me in a place where I struggle with food fixation. I kept turning the pages and saying "yes! That's me. Yes that too!" The book clearly addresses what food fixation is; both over eating and under eating. It covers it from......more

There were a lot of really good things about this book. It was broken up into four parts that built on each other as a person progressed through their food fixation journey. What I really appreciated was that she addressed food fixation on both ends of the spectrum: overeating/being controlled by un......more

Excellent resource for understanding and working on through what Asheritah calls “food fixation.” I’ve personally struggled with this for many years; and it’s a challenging topic to discuss in church contexts (often mentioned in passing in those lists of idols, but I’ve rarely heard it discussed ope......more