Fatness: The Small Book

by Jack Trimpey, Lois Trimpey

Based on the Rational-Emotive therapy of Albert Ellis, Ph.D, “The Small Book” directs the reader toward emotional independence from food. This is not another diet plan, but a no-nonsense course in attitude change. Your goals are self-acceptance, hunger tolerance and correct eating. The Small Book is the core volume for a new rational self-help movement that is the counterpoint to 12-step spiritual healing programs.

149 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Mercedes Jayne · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is all over the place. Definitely dated and much has been debunked by modern science and business revelations. Eg that "food is not a drug - for anyone" well, tell that to Philip Morris when they bought Kraft, 6 years before this book was written, and literally employ scientists to create substance dependence on ultra processed food. Of course, Frito had beaten them there 40 years earlier, but who's counting?

Only reason it's not 1 star is that there's the occasional pang of truth that my addictive voice doesn't want to hear. Just enough discomfort to know there's something to look at there. But this is a self-help book written by two boomers at the peak of the Me Generation. It's just hopefully and irredeemably out of date.

The other problem with Trimpey is that his message changes with each edition and book. Not refinement or clarity, but literally contradicts things they said in earlier publications. Which really shows they had no clue what they were doing the whole time, and just kinda winging it.

[Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved it, much better than 12 step programs