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W.A.I.T.loss: The Keys to Food Freedom and Winning the Battle of the Binge
Have you ever “felt fat”? Do you beat yourself up when one bite of cookie dough turns into eating the whole batch? Have you dieted yourself into a larger dress size? Are you frustrated because hours of exercise have produced zero results? If you have answered yes to any of these questions, you are not alone. Studies show that 75% of women suffer from some type of eating disorder. Whether it’s bingeing, bulimia, or another addiction, the good news is there is hope. The Keys to Food Freedom and Winning the Battle of the Binge is about Wendy Hendry’s journey to recovery from 35 years of binge eating and food addiction. Like many others stuck in their own cerebral food prison, Wendy dieted and binged her way into obesity. Learning the keys to physical and mindful health that she shares in her book, Wendy was able to heal her body as well as free her mind. Now a certified Health Coach and Fitness Trainer, Wendy’s W.A.I.T. (What Am I Thinking?) and Click approach to recovery has helped hundreds of others find that same freedom. Most diets teach how to lose weight, but only through changing daily habits can weight loss be maintained. Weight loss should be a natural consequence of healthy living. This book will help you find that. The Keys to Finding Food Freedom and Winning the Battle of the Binge is the perfect combination of storytelling, common sense, humor and scientific proof that recovery is possible. If you need help with bingeing, food addiction, chronic dieting or just simple weight loss, don’t W.A.I.T. any longer!
148 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 10, 2016
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About the author
Wendy Hendry
2 books8 followersWendy Hendry is considered one of the most inspiring people in the fitness industry. As well as being a fitness instructor and owner of Sweaty Chix Fitness, she has motivated people in her role as Health and Wellness Coach and entrepreneur.
Wendy's passion for health and fitness was driven by her own personal struggle with food addiction and obesity. In her own personal pursuit of health and healing she began on a journey that would eventually strike a flame in thousands to get active. Eventually becoming an expert in nutrition as well as fitness, her W.A.I.T. and Click Approach to mindful eating has influenced thousands more to overcome food addictions and unhealthy habits.
Wendy received her Bachelors degree in Microbiology from Brigham Young University and is co-founder of Biolynk Corporation, an Antibody Recruitment Company.
She currently lives with her family in the beautiful mountain community of Mapleton, Utah. When she's not helping clients or at the gym with her husband, she can be found reading Jane Austen, contemplating the amazing blessings that God has given her, and arguing politics with her children
Wendy's passion for health and fitness was driven by her own personal struggle with food addiction and obesity. In her own personal pursuit of health and healing she began on a journey that would eventually strike a flame in thousands to get active. Eventually becoming an expert in nutrition as well as fitness, her W.A.I.T. and Click Approach to mindful eating has influenced thousands more to overcome food addictions and unhealthy habits.
Wendy received her Bachelors degree in Microbiology from Brigham Young University and is co-founder of Biolynk Corporation, an Antibody Recruitment Company.
She currently lives with her family in the beautiful mountain community of Mapleton, Utah. When she's not helping clients or at the gym with her husband, she can be found reading Jane Austen, contemplating the amazing blessings that God has given her, and arguing politics with her children
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September 26, 2022
This succinct and well-organized book has a lot going for it. Author Wendy details her journey through yo-yo dieting and tells about her journey into mindfulness and healthy life habits that finally broke the cycle.
Her writing is approachable and lighthearted. She has personal anecdotes and solid nutritional data from her many years of nutrition coaching. She shares challenges and action items that are practical and accessible. She references the studies she used with clear and concise footnoting. Above all, she teaches that maintaining a healthy weight is so much more than what you put in your mouth and when.
I liked her comprehensive approach.
On my kindle
Her writing is approachable and lighthearted. She has personal anecdotes and solid nutritional data from her many years of nutrition coaching. She shares challenges and action items that are practical and accessible. She references the studies she used with clear and concise footnoting. Above all, she teaches that maintaining a healthy weight is so much more than what you put in your mouth and when.
I liked her comprehensive approach.
On my kindle
April 13, 2016
‘My purpose in writing this book is to help you gain that same freedom.’
Utah author and fitness expert Wendy Hendry is sharing her technique and approach to the obesity battle with this delightful, wise, challenging and completely accessible book that presents her credentials in a crowded field of health and fitness. She received her academic training in Microbiology from Brigham Young University and is co-founder of Biolynk Corporation, an Antibody Recruitment Company. She also is the owner and trainer of Sweaty Chix Fitness, where she has motivated people in her role as Health and Wellness Coach and entrepreneur, praised for her expertise in nutrition as well as fitness: her W.A.I.T. and Click Approach to mindful eating has influenced thousands more to overcome food addictions and unhealthy habits.
We get a strong idea of where we are going with this guide from Wendy’s Self Evaluation: ‘When I first started my health journey, I did a self-evaluation to determine where my current reality was. I was shocked to take the same evaluation a year later and see how far I had come. I promise if you begin applying the keys here, you will see amazing personal improvement in both your physical and mindful health. Let’s start then by focusing on YOU. I highly encourage you to grab a piece of paper, write down where you are now, and then compare it to where you are in six months or a year from now. Breaking free from any addiction, including food, requires a change in habits, both physical and mental. It takes time for habits to develop, and sometimes the change is gradual. This self-evaluation is a great way for you to see how far you have come. And don’t get me wrong. You WILL begin feeling better right away. The thing is as each key principle becomes more firmly entrenched in your brain, your life and health will just keep getting better and better!' She teaches us how to rate our current physical health, mindful health, and our motivation.’
More supportive sense of Wendy’s caring follows in her revealing Introduction: ‘This book is not a diet book. Diets do not work! I know this because I’m pretty sure I have tried every diet in the entire world. As a matter of fact, at one time I dieted my way up to about 200 pounds. Diets do the opposite of what we want them to do. Diets make us fat. What this book does give you are the keys to food freedom! Applying these principles will teach you the habits you need to break free from an unhealthy relationship with food. Most diets have you lose weight with the hope that you will get healthy. This may work short term, but permanent weight loss and optimal health require a permanent change in behavior. By applying the keys to freedom, you will find yourself getting healthier, and the happy consequence will be a healthy weight.’
Then we get to the significance of the book’s title (and the core of Wendy’s expertise – no, genius!)
the W.A.I.T. – and-Click Approach: ‘W.A.I.T. is an acronym that I developed to help in my own health journey. It stands for— What Am I Thinking? W.A.I.T. acts as a cue for us to slow down and take time to breathe. It gives us time to ask if we are actually hungry and if not, to figure out what is triggering the urge. W.A.I.T. is also symbolic. The results of our efforts aren’t always immediate, and that’s part of the W.A.I.T.’
But to write more in a review would be to prevent the reader from the discovery of Wendy’s journey to and from obesity, her very accurate depth of nutritional scientific knowledge, her irresistible humor, and her very successful results she encourages us to join. This is a splendid book on so many accounts and one that is recommended most highly (have you looked around and noted all the obese people around you…????). Share it and hope Wendy writes more.
Utah author and fitness expert Wendy Hendry is sharing her technique and approach to the obesity battle with this delightful, wise, challenging and completely accessible book that presents her credentials in a crowded field of health and fitness. She received her academic training in Microbiology from Brigham Young University and is co-founder of Biolynk Corporation, an Antibody Recruitment Company. She also is the owner and trainer of Sweaty Chix Fitness, where she has motivated people in her role as Health and Wellness Coach and entrepreneur, praised for her expertise in nutrition as well as fitness: her W.A.I.T. and Click Approach to mindful eating has influenced thousands more to overcome food addictions and unhealthy habits.
We get a strong idea of where we are going with this guide from Wendy’s Self Evaluation: ‘When I first started my health journey, I did a self-evaluation to determine where my current reality was. I was shocked to take the same evaluation a year later and see how far I had come. I promise if you begin applying the keys here, you will see amazing personal improvement in both your physical and mindful health. Let’s start then by focusing on YOU. I highly encourage you to grab a piece of paper, write down where you are now, and then compare it to where you are in six months or a year from now. Breaking free from any addiction, including food, requires a change in habits, both physical and mental. It takes time for habits to develop, and sometimes the change is gradual. This self-evaluation is a great way for you to see how far you have come. And don’t get me wrong. You WILL begin feeling better right away. The thing is as each key principle becomes more firmly entrenched in your brain, your life and health will just keep getting better and better!' She teaches us how to rate our current physical health, mindful health, and our motivation.’
More supportive sense of Wendy’s caring follows in her revealing Introduction: ‘This book is not a diet book. Diets do not work! I know this because I’m pretty sure I have tried every diet in the entire world. As a matter of fact, at one time I dieted my way up to about 200 pounds. Diets do the opposite of what we want them to do. Diets make us fat. What this book does give you are the keys to food freedom! Applying these principles will teach you the habits you need to break free from an unhealthy relationship with food. Most diets have you lose weight with the hope that you will get healthy. This may work short term, but permanent weight loss and optimal health require a permanent change in behavior. By applying the keys to freedom, you will find yourself getting healthier, and the happy consequence will be a healthy weight.’
Then we get to the significance of the book’s title (and the core of Wendy’s expertise – no, genius!)
the W.A.I.T. – and-Click Approach: ‘W.A.I.T. is an acronym that I developed to help in my own health journey. It stands for— What Am I Thinking? W.A.I.T. acts as a cue for us to slow down and take time to breathe. It gives us time to ask if we are actually hungry and if not, to figure out what is triggering the urge. W.A.I.T. is also symbolic. The results of our efforts aren’t always immediate, and that’s part of the W.A.I.T.’
But to write more in a review would be to prevent the reader from the discovery of Wendy’s journey to and from obesity, her very accurate depth of nutritional scientific knowledge, her irresistible humor, and her very successful results she encourages us to join. This is a splendid book on so many accounts and one that is recommended most highly (have you looked around and noted all the obese people around you…????). Share it and hope Wendy writes more.
January 14, 2018
You have to read this book !!!
I have tried everything , at least I feel like I have this book really made me feel like I could do it . I could beat this addiction I really never thought of my weight problems being caused by an addiction. I actually cried during certain parts because I didn’t feel alone anymore . Thank you for this book .
I have tried everything , at least I feel like I have this book really made me feel like I could do it . I could beat this addiction I really never thought of my weight problems being caused by an addiction. I actually cried during certain parts because I didn’t feel alone anymore . Thank you for this book .
April 17, 2016
Wendy Hendry has mapped out with clarity a simple, proven path to losing wait, and perhaps more importantly, maintaining an ideal weight that is possible for anyone. Using the keys to food freedom in this book has led me to renewed health and vitality that I can continue for life. Kevin Dunn CEO
October 25, 2017
This book is EXACTLY what I needed to read to help prepare my mind for a serious overhaul of the way I look at the role of food in my life.
June 9, 2016
WHAT IT'S ABOUT
W.A.I.T.loss: The Keys to Finding Food Freedom and Winning the Battle of the Binge is about Wendy Hendry’s journey to recovery from 35 years of dieting and bingeing. Like many others stuck in their own cerebral food prison, Wendy dieted and binged her way into obesity.
Learning the keys to physical and mindful health that she shares in her book, Wendy was able to heal her body as well as free her mind. Now a certified Health Coach and Fitness Trainer, Wendy’s W.A.I.T. (What Am I Thinking?) and Click approach to recovery has helped hundreds of others find that same freedom. Weight loss should be a natural consequence of healthy living. This book will help you find that.
MY TAKE
I listened to the audiobook which Hendry narrated. She did a fabulous job. I'll probably listen to this again.
The book follows her journey to overcome her tendency to binge eat. As someone who's been dieting for nearly half a century, I was sympathetic to many of the things she's dealt with. She shared what she's learned through experience and study (citing reliable sources).
I like her philosophy and the relative ease of the plan she uses. Like her, I'm really busy. I don't have a lot of time for complicated processes. If it's too difficult, it ain't happening. I'm looking forward to giving this a try.
W.A.I.T.loss: The Keys to Finding Food Freedom and Winning the Battle of the Binge is about Wendy Hendry’s journey to recovery from 35 years of dieting and bingeing. Like many others stuck in their own cerebral food prison, Wendy dieted and binged her way into obesity.
Learning the keys to physical and mindful health that she shares in her book, Wendy was able to heal her body as well as free her mind. Now a certified Health Coach and Fitness Trainer, Wendy’s W.A.I.T. (What Am I Thinking?) and Click approach to recovery has helped hundreds of others find that same freedom. Weight loss should be a natural consequence of healthy living. This book will help you find that.
MY TAKE
I listened to the audiobook which Hendry narrated. She did a fabulous job. I'll probably listen to this again.
The book follows her journey to overcome her tendency to binge eat. As someone who's been dieting for nearly half a century, I was sympathetic to many of the things she's dealt with. She shared what she's learned through experience and study (citing reliable sources).
I like her philosophy and the relative ease of the plan she uses. Like her, I'm really busy. I don't have a lot of time for complicated processes. If it's too difficult, it ain't happening. I'm looking forward to giving this a try.
June 7, 2016
I love how she helps you toward being more healthy, without talking down to you. It's a hand-upto where *you* want to be, in a very friendly way. She shows that even though we may not be happy with where we are, she has been there and wants us to succeed in getting to where she is.
March 13, 2017
Accessible read
Some of the books out there for binge eating are so cumbersome and difficult. This book was an easy read with great information in easy to understand language. I finished it in less than twenty four hours.
Some of the books out there for binge eating are so cumbersome and difficult. This book was an easy read with great information in easy to understand language. I finished it in less than twenty four hours.
April 9, 2018
FANTASTIC BOOK! Recommended for anyone that is a binge eater and wants to stop.
This wan easy, fun, and quick read. Packed with useful information, Wendy does a phenomenal job teaching the information in a way that everyone can understand. She kept my attention throughout the book and I didn't want to put it down.
For the first time I have hope that I can overcome binge eating with the knowledge she has shared and the tips provided. She is a genius!
This wan easy, fun, and quick read. Packed with useful information, Wendy does a phenomenal job teaching the information in a way that everyone can understand. She kept my attention throughout the book and I didn't want to put it down.
For the first time I have hope that I can overcome binge eating with the knowledge she has shared and the tips provided. She is a genius!
August 4, 2019
Quick easy read with some useful information.
May 11, 2021
Wendy gives you good advice for the various issues around our weight loss.
August 20, 2021
Awesome
Good read. Learned a lot to control cravings. Hopefully I can win the battle of the bulge loved the book
Good read. Learned a lot to control cravings. Hopefully I can win the battle of the bulge loved the book
November 18, 2024
A few good reminders, nothing brand new..
July 19, 2016
Wendy has a lot to share and I have gained so much from my interactions with her. Helpful and insightful read.
January 14, 2017
Why
There is a lot of good advice in this book some that I have heard before and also some new advice.
There is a lot of good advice in this book some that I have heard before and also some new advice.
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