Fed Up!
by Oliver-Pyatt, WendyFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-09-01
Publisher(s): Contemporary Books
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Summary
A medically backed, holistic approach to weight issues for a lifetime of health This important new book is for the millions of Americans caught up in unhealthy and unsuccessful dieting patterns. Wendy Oliver-Pyatt, a medical doctor, psychiatrist specializing in eating disorders, and survivor of bulimia, brings both expertise and personal experience to the physically and mentally destructive problem of dieting. In Fed Up!, she examines why so many men and women persist in this counterproductive behavior and offers a comprehensive, easy-to-follow 10-step plan for a healthpromoting lifestyle and sustainable weight levelwithout ever counting another calorie or fat gram, stepping on a scale, fearing fattening foods, or feeling guilty for missing a workout. From recognizing the toll dieting takes on the readers' lives to understanding the cultural myths that make them diet and redefining their relationships with food and weight-related issues, Dr. Oliver-Pyatt provides the tools people need to succeed. Fed Up! offers a holistic, effective approach to fitness that provides genuine, long-term results for anyone struggling with weight issues.
Author Biography
Wendy Oliver-Pyatt, M.D. completed her psychiatry training at New York University, where she was the chief resident of the Bellevue Hospital Outpatient Service. She has held faculty positions at NYU, Albert Einstein School of Medicine, and the University of Nevada School of Medicine. Dr. Oliver-Pyatt has taught courses on the subject of food and body preoccupation to medical students, psychiatry residents, social workers, nurses, and other health-care providers. Board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology in both general and addiction psychiatry, she is a practicing psychiatrist in Reno, Nevada, where she lives with her husband and two daughters.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. xiii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xv |
| Introduction | p. xvii |
| Get Fed Up! Why You Need to Stop Dieting to Start Losing Weight | p. 1 |
| My Journey | p. 3 |
| Diets Cause Weight Loss: Reality or Myth? | p. 15 |
| Dieting Causes Weight Loss? A False Belief | p. 16 |
| Your Body Is Smarter Than Your Diet | p. 18 |
| Ignoring Your Body's Messages Won't Work | p. 20 |
| You're Stuck with Your Genes | p. 23 |
| A Dangerous Obsession | p. 23 |
| When Dieting Takes a Deadly Turn | p. 26 |
| The Bottom Line: Diets Are Self-Defeating | p. 30 |
| America's Culture of Food Fear: Why Do We Diet When Dieting Doesn't Work? | p. 31 |
| What's Your "Ideal" Body? | p. 33 |
| The Ever-Changing "Perfect" Body | p. 35 |
| An Epidemic of Self-Hate | p. 37 |
| Spreading "Food Fear" Around the Globe | p. 39 |
| Why Don't We Just Say "No"? | p. 41 |
| Breaking the Cycle | p. 43 |
| Steps One Through Three: Do Your Homework to Prepare Yourself for Diet-Free Weight Loss | p. 45 |
| Step One: Recognize Your Exhaustion: Test Yourself--Is Food Preoccupation Running Your Life? | p. 47 |
| Step Two: Reject the Cultural Myths That Make You Diet and Gain Weight | p. 57 |
| Conduct a "Media Watch" | p. 58 |
| Take a Close Look at Diet Claims and Diet Reality | p. 61 |
| Acknowledge the Inner Toll of Dieting | p. 63 |
| Define Your Own Beauty | p. 65 |
| Putting It All Together | p. 72 |
| Step Three: Decide That You Are Good Enough Today to Love Yourself Today | p. 73 |
| Unlearning Negative Self-Talk | p. 76 |
| Seeing Through Your Excuses | p. 79 |
| Love Is an Action | p. 80 |
| A Word About Perfectionism | p. 82 |
| Take the Time to "Look at" and "Know" Yourself: An Exercise in Self-Respect and Self-Discovery | p. 83 |
| Steps Four Through Seven: Take Action: Solve Your Weight Problems Permanently | p. 87 |
| Step Four: Learn to Experience, Trust, and Enjoy Hunger and Satiation | p. 89 |
| "But I'm Afraid" | p. 95 |
| Before You Begin: Understanding Guilt and Dissociation | p. 97 |
| Starting Over: Three Stages to Relearn Your Relationship with Food | p. 100 |
| The Healing Process | p. 107 |
| What About Nutrition? | p. 110 |
| Step Five: Straight Talk About Exercise | p. 113 |
| The Big Lie: "No Pain, No Gain" | p. 117 |
| The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy | p. 120 |
| Level One Recommendations | p. 128 |
| Level Two Recommendations | p. 128 |
| Level Three Recommendations | p. 129 |
| Level Four Recommendations | p. 130 |
| Step Six: Get Your Doctor on Your Weight-Loss Team | p. 131 |
| Sometimes It Is Hormones | p. 133 |
| Other Conditions That Can Cause Weight Gain | p. 139 |
| Take the Step | p. 144 |
| Step Seven: Learn to Wait to Lose Weight | p. 145 |
| Why Fast Weight Loss Leads to Failure | p. 146 |
| The Stress-Weight Cycle | p. 146 |
| Losing Weight in a Stressful World | p. 149 |
| Wait to Change, Not to Live | p. 153 |
| Steps Eight Through Ten: Reach Out and Share Your Strength | p. 157 |
| Step Eight: Break Through the Secrecy | p. 159 |
| Secrecy and the Male with Food and Body Preoccupations | p. 163 |
| Overcoming Our Destructive Shame | p. 166 |
| Advice for Friends and Family | p. 168 |
| Ending the Abusive Hold of Dieting and Body Preoccupation | p. 170 |
| Say "Good-Bye" to Shame: Exercises in Reaching Out, Giving, and Receiving | p. 171 |
| Step Nine: Redefine Your Life: What's More Important to You Than Dieting? | p. 173 |
| Dieting as a Narcissistic Act | p. 175 |
| Rediscovering Your Interests and Values | p. 177 |
| Surprise! Why Not Thinking About Weight Makes You Lose Weight | p. 181 |
| Step Ten: Give to the Next Generation: Preventing Eating Disorders and Obesity in Children | p. 185 |
| The Epidemic of Childhood Obesity and Eating Disorders | p. 186 |
| Love Unconditionally | p. 188 |
| Foster Healthy Attitudes About Food | p. 191 |
| Don't Put Your Child on a Diet! | p. 197 |
| Get Fit Together | p. 198 |
| Help Your Child Develop Interests, Talents, and Self-Esteem | p. 199 |
| Point Out Unhealthy Cultural Messages | p. 201 |
| Make a Continuous Effort to Be a Healthy Parent | p. 201 |
| Transform Your Insight into a Brighter Future for Your Children | p. 203 |
| Questions I'm Often Asked | p. 205 |
| Afterword | p. 213 |
| Resources | p. 215 |
| Notes | p. 219 |
| Index | p. 227 |
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