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French Toast for Breakfast: Declaring Peace with Emotional Eating
This is a warm and compassionate guide to understanding the emotions that underlie eating shame, anger, guilt, sexual difficulties, and the fear of success. Clearly written for people concerned about food and weight issues, it is intended to help readers see food as their friend and nourisher, not their enemy.
French Toast For Breakfast is filled with practical exercises, dialogues from actual therapy sessions, straight-forward answers to common questions, an in-depth comparison of treatment options, and a look at relapse - how to prevent it and what to do if it occurs. It also includes a unique questionnaire to help readers determine which path to peace is best for them.
French Toast For Breakfast is filled with practical exercises, dialogues from actual therapy sessions, straight-forward answers to common questions, an in-depth comparison of treatment options, and a look at relapse - how to prevent it and what to do if it occurs. It also includes a unique questionnaire to help readers determine which path to peace is best for them.
272 pages, Paperback
First published April 5, 1995
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October 11, 2025
I read this for my CEUs and am feeling torn, waffling (see what I did there???) between two and three stars. The author provides some thorough intake questions worth saving and sharp, therapeutic insight into her many vignettes.
Unfortunately, she does advise one client in the FAQ section on how to lose weight and makes use of the phrase "normal weight." The Health at Any Size Movement hadn't yet taken off when this book was written, but I really wish that she would have discussed more the role of Registered Dieticians in recovery, not nutritionists, rather than often assuming their role in the behavior modification process.
I will also note that this book is outdated; ADHD is now recognized alongside OCD, depression, and anxiety as a major underlying component of eating disorders.
Finally, while I appreciated her providing overviews of the no-diet vs. Overeaters Anonymous approach to recovery, I should note that the latter remains a controversial approach, as we cannot be addicted to something we technically require to stay alive.
Unfortunately, she does advise one client in the FAQ section on how to lose weight and makes use of the phrase "normal weight." The Health at Any Size Movement hadn't yet taken off when this book was written, but I really wish that she would have discussed more the role of Registered Dieticians in recovery, not nutritionists, rather than often assuming their role in the behavior modification process.
I will also note that this book is outdated; ADHD is now recognized alongside OCD, depression, and anxiety as a major underlying component of eating disorders.
Finally, while I appreciated her providing overviews of the no-diet vs. Overeaters Anonymous approach to recovery, I should note that the latter remains a controversial approach, as we cannot be addicted to something we technically require to stay alive.
January 27, 2017
This book was very well written and very informative on how nutrition plays a huge role in recovery from eating disorders. It helped me understand how crucial seeing a dietician is with my own recovery
June 24, 2008
Not necessarily new or exciting material on working with ED's, but presented in a easily digested form;)
June 13, 2014
An easy approach to understanding and trying to deal with eating disorders.
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