Rezoom: The Powerful Reframe to End the Crash-and-Burn Cycle of Food Addiction

by Susan Peirce Thompson, Everett Considine

End the cycle of relapse and yo-yo dieting to create sustained weight loss and lasting recovery by embracing a total reframe on food addiction from the New York Times best-selling author of Bright Line Eating .

"An excellent guide. Susan Peirce Thompson provides a practical plan for change. This book is a roadmap to better eating habits and a better life."
 -- James Clear, #1 New York Times best-selling author of Atomic Habits
 
Do you think excessively about your food and weight? Are you plagued by food cravings? Do you wonder how other people get "full" so quickly while you just want to keep eating? Are you able to go long stretches with your program, only to crash and burn and have to dig out of the ditch-yet again?

Not only is food addiction very real, it's the hardest addiction to beat. It's exhausting and demoralizing. But there is a solution.

With her groundbreaking Rezoom Reframe, Susan Peirce Thompson, Ph.D., founder of Bright Line Eating, offers a new way to conceptualize food recovery. She shares the essential steps to avoiding the short-lived highs and vicious lows of relapse by helping you understand the psychological and biological origins of addiction and then giving you the system to break free. Woven throughout are lessons from Everett Considine, acclaimed Internal Family Systems practitioner, to help you overcome your inner resistance so you can finally stay on track in those moments of self-sabotage.

It is possible to live free from the tyranny of relapse. Let Susan and Everett help you to permanently unshackle yourself, find the sustainable way to manage your food, and enjoy your brightest life.

Genres: Health, Self Help, Nonfiction, Psychology, Audiobook

250 pages, Kindle Edition

Published December 28, 2021

Reviews

[Charles Thomas · Rating 5 out of 5]

End the yoyo cycle

I ve been a bright line user for to years. This book helps define the science of weight loss and the reason behind success and what may seem failure at the time. Its never failure unless you give up, just a deeper understanding of yourself and the complexities of food addiction. Thank you so much Susan thank you!

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book on the topic of food addiction and what real recovery looks like. I’ve read SPT’s other 2 books and this was is the most in-depth and covers so much of the Bright Line Eating program compared to the first book. Highly recommend!

[Jessica Sellers · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the Parts work ideas are incorporated.

[Kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

As recommended, it is helpful to think of this book at a reference or guide v just a book to read. Living per the BrightLine plan will take a lot of work - for me, at least. However, having read and underlined and scribbled all over BJ Fogg’s book and re-reading/listening (did both) for James Clear’s atomic habits, I at least understand the significance of habit stacking and creating an environment to be more successful with changing food behaviors.

[Vanessa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting Read

[Becky L Long · Rating 4 out of 5]

Audiobook. Good addition to the author's previous books. I love the science. While I don't adhere to Bright Line Eating, the books and bootcamp and internal family work has helped me work through my food obsession issues. Whether you intend to follow BLE or not all of Susan's books are incredibly beneficial for anyone struggling with food addiction, obsession, obesity or wanting to understand what a friend or family member who does is going through.

[Toni Miranda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wish I had had this knowledge years ago! Food addiction is real (even if the "experts" don't want to admit it!). If you have been struggling with losing weight and KEEPING it off...this is for you. I won't pretend it's easy - overcoming any addiction is tough - but Dr. Thompson lays out a plan that actually works...not just temporarily like most diets, but permanently. I highly recommend joining the BLE community in addition to this book. The support is phenomenal and makes the journey much easier.

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic book. Her original book "Bright Line Eating" changed my life. This book is a phenomenal tool to use if you cannot get off the yo-yo ride of dieting and weight loss.

[Linda I. Foley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Long way around the barn

The author has definitely suffered like the rest of us and knows of what she speaks. She has a well constructed program and delivers it in a logical manner. Her points, I take to heart and they will definitely be interleaved into my food campaign with hopeful improvement. She also has a web site that I will definitely comb through in a search for support. All that being said, her tendency to make a point then remake the same point over and over again across broad expanses of time and real estate tended to make me jump through the reading. It is a pet frustration of mine when an author pads a book with repetitive point making so as to gain page count. Non-the-less, the book was well worth the read, the research, the first hand experiences of the author, and her desire to help us who so desperately benefit from her wisdom.

[Christina London · Rating 5 out of 5]

A hard read

This took me forever to read. Is it me? Is it you? I don't know.

This is the sequel to Bright Line Eating, for those who tried, succeeded, then failed. That's me.

It isn't an easy read. There are stories of other people falling in the ditch and pulling themselves out, which I appreciated.

Then there's the parts work. I'd suggest not reading this on Kindle. Flipping to the Appendix is a pain. Also, it wasn't a gentle and easy read. Obviously, my brain was fighting this and I honestly didn't get a lot out of it.

What I did get was not to give up. It's OK not to be perfect right now, but we do need to learn from our mistakes and move forward.

So, I'm going to keep trying. I'll revisit this book and see how it changes after I've grown.

[Cindy Marsch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Although I've encountered most of this material in more than five years in the Bright Line Eating membership and thus find little "new" for me here, I heartily recommend it for anyone who's lived the misery of that "crash and burn cycle." For me, a veteran of food addiction recovery living in health many dozens of pounds below my highest weight, the biggest take-home message is that we need a recovery program sufficient to manage our individual level of need. This book is great, but more foundational is the original Bright Line Eating: The Science of Living Happy, Thin & Free.

[Jonathan H. MONTES · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is okay

I do like that the person actually struggled with real drugs and compared the immense similarity with trying to quit sugar.

It seems that once you give in the continuation will appear and it will stay for weeks and even months as the mind is hooked.

The only way to quit is to stop sugar altogether.

I wouldn't do it the line by line way this book teaches, but I do see some advice in here that could help in the journey of quitting sugar.

This is harder than quitting tobacco. It hard, but it can be achieved.

[Barb · Rating 4 out of 5]

I appreciate this book as I continue my lifestyle changes with Bright Line Eating. There is helpful information to get you back on track with your Bright Lines. It also helps you take your poor choices in stride because, after all, we are only human. You will learn how to develop habit stacks which help with automaticity. I know I will refer to this book often as I continue my journey with Bright Line Eating.

[Jessica Biggs]

Now that I know this author STOLE her entire plan from FA I won’t even finish this book. I tried BLE several years ago, and while it was really hard, I did lose weight on it. Decided to get this new one from the library and realized that her plan is identical to another that’s been out since 1998. Every “bright line” she claims she wrote came from a different plan. How she hasn’t had her ass sued, I don’t understand

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

While the idea is powerful, the bold statements in SPT's second book caused me to pause and actually question the "science" behind the entire program. Giving this four stars because I do think it is well written and provides a good background for the BLE system, but it didn't really inspire me to continue on the BLE path.

[Leanne · Rating 4 out of 5]

Susan Peirce Thompson is always interesting to listen to. I have had pretty good success with Bright Line Eating, but I also struggle to be so restrictive with my eating. Rezoom has good information for those who are familiar with Bright Line Eating. I'm not sure how helpful it would be for others.

[Lenka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Exceptional help when you are in the ditch

I loved this book. Came just in the right time.
Susans wisdom and love is beyond what's usually seen. Love you, Susan, thank you for being kind and brave.

[Angela G · Rating 5 out of 5]

Hugely inspiring. I like the concept of the "parts work" within the context of food and food addiction. This reads more "self help" than "diet plan" and I look forward to implementing the things I learned.

[Tammy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Joined a Food Addiction zoom meeting weekly online and also joined a narcissist abuse survivor meeting online. Finally I’m sugar and flour free for over 130 days! The longest I’ve ever been without. It’s a life style change but I take one day at a time.

[Alice Chau-Ginguene · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great follow up to the Bright Line Eating book, not as powerful as the first book but it’s still a good complementary book to the first.

[Maxine · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book.
I found the discussion of our different parts very interesting. Still have the journalling exercises to do, but found the book very helpful.

[AL · Rating 4 out of 5]

Love the prompts and perspectives in this book. They are extremely helpful in identifying what may be causing roadblocks in your journey and direct ways to stop cycling and finally progress

[Caitlin]

The Internal Family Systems and parts work info were fascinating.

[Urangoo Enkhtuvshin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Her beginning story and identifying how food addiction is worse than all the other addictions were my favorite parts.

[Josh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Helpful refresher and new take on bright line eating.

[Hannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Felt a little cult-like but also made some solid points.

[Nancy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great way to reaffirm the goals of eating.

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

3/30/2024 Strange that I am re-reading this at the same time of year.
3/30/2022 The parts work section wasn't my thing. Otherwise it was a very helpful supplement to the first book.