Life Beyond Your Eating Disorder
Reclaim Yourself, Regain Your Health, Recover for Good

I read this book in no time because it is engaging, comforting, and practical. I do not know what it is like to have the type of eating disorder (anorexia or bulimia) described in this book but I do have issues with my weight and dieting has not worked, especially when counting points or color codin......more

Very good book! Tells a lot of stories of people who over came the eating disorder and different ideas on how to over come the eating disorder and be on a recovery path......more

Not just a "what I did to myself" memoir, but a practical guide how to get beyond an eating disorder, even in this culture of thin-is-beautiful. She is savvy enough not to include her lowest weight, because that in itself can trigger an "I can beat that" attitude in her readers. Highly recommended.......more

This was a good recovery book to read, she had a lot of great examples and stories that helped for her suggestions to click and make sense. If you can get past cheesy metaphors that fill all self-help/how-to books then I would recommend reading this. I zoomed through it in a day because she doesn't......more

I think this could use a little more focus on “atypical” anorexia and basically anyone who doesn’t look like the typical after school special anorexic but it was a good and compassionate book. Very heavy on campy metaphor but it worked for me......more