|
|
|
|
| Lions, Tigers, Leopards, etc. |
|
|
HomeShop at BookSurgeJuvenile Non-FictionAnimalsLions, Tigers, Leopards, etc.The Food Contrarian: Quotes For People Recovering From or Dealing with Eating Issues |
|
|  |
| Customer Reviews: | | Average Customer Review: ( 115 customer reviews )
Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
 A Must Have For a Person With an Eating Disorder-Inspirational! Jul 05, 2008
By Cassie Mae
I thoroughly enjoyed reading Tuchy Palmieri's book "The Food Contrarian". With all of the eating disorders people have in the world today, this book is extremely helpful. He states many others have said "when reading on a daily basis, they gain insight, confidence, and courage to overcome their specific problem."
The quotes in this book are very inspiring. I am going to hang one page a week on my refrigerator to remind me I do not have to eat to feel better emotionally.
I especially liked the quote: "Food fight: When the food wins." How true that statement is!
The steps one must take to overcome their food addiction will be made easier to achieve by reading this book. I think Mr. Palmieri did a fabulous job on how he presented the list of steps. It is as if you are telling yourself you can meet your goal. You can be strong. You can do it!
I truly enjoyed the poetic pieces you can recite to yourself to make you feel loved and to give you confidence in times of need.
I highly recommend this to anyone who needs help losing weight or with anorexia, bulimia or any food disorder. The Food Contrarian is very helpful for a person recovering from a food disorder. This also would make a wonderful and caring gift to a friend or family member who needs help.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Eating - We all do it. Mar 01, 2010
By Roger Y
This is a book that is directed at people with eating and weight problems. There are many words for thoughtful reflection in this book. It consists of a collection of quotations and sayings in general about food but frequently branching out into other problems people deal with.
A lot of the book is based on twelve step programs in general and overeaters anonymous particularly. Not being familiar with these twelve step programs leaves one confused about the meaning of some of the quotes but there are many others that can be thought provoking and inspirational.
You could sit and read through this book and ponder and analyze the quotes and how you can use them to improve your life or you can pick it up and read a section or even at random to get a quick pick me up. Comments like "Just as it does no good to fuel up a car and just leave it idling, it does no good to eat heartily and be a couch potato." can be very thought provoking.
"The Food Contrarian: Quotes For People Recovering From or Dealing with Eating Issues" as presented by Tuchy Palmieri and Healing - Habits could be a useful book to have around for any one with eating problems.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
An aid all of us with eating problems. Jun 08, 2009
By Blue Cobia
"Reader"
The Food Contrarian is a collection of quotes/ sayings collated into groups to provide advice and guidance/ hope and direction for those of us that have eating/ weight problems as many of us have. Most of the information contained in this book comes from members of overeaters anonymous and similar meeting groups. The book states that it is based on their twelve step program. I myself have never attended one of these meetings and have no idea what the twelve steps are. I feel I would have had better understanding of the book and its organizational groupings if the program and the steps were to have been explained/ listed as part of a preface to the book. In spite of this disadvantage I found the quotes/ comments to be enlightening and encouraging. I feel that the book was designed to provide quick pick-me-ups for people in the program and to provide thoughts to ponder and words of advice. I can see that this collection will be useful and inspiring to all people with eating problems whither they are in a program or just working on their own. For those of us that have never been is a program like this some of the comments/quotes could use an explanation to go with them but the vast majority have understandable meanings as written. This is another good example of Tuchy Palmieri and Healing-Habits.com collaborating to produce good literature designed to help others.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Inspirational albeit slightly hard to follow Sep 22, 2008
By Stacie H. Connerty
"Urban living mother of 3"
Tuchy Palmieri's The Food Contrarian follows on the heels of Sex and Intimacy: The Gifts of Life, Tuchy's Law And Other Contrarian Quotes To Help You In Life's Journey and Money And So Much More: The True Meaning of Wealth.
Everyone loves a good quote and Tuchy Palmieri's The Food Contrarian does not disappoint. The book, while inspirational and informational is a little hard to follow along at places. However, I did enjoy the quotes and found them to be extremely relevant to those suffering or recovering from any sort of addiction.
There is useful information in the form of AA plus 12-step program motivation. The Food Contrarian is definitely a must-have gift for anyone in your life with an addiction or buy it for your own book collection.
I enjoyed the book and think that others will too.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Slogans for your table May 22, 2008
The book came across more as a book of slogans than quotes, and it can get repetitive. The structure seemed almost entirely set around 12 step program and Christian influence, and I would have liked to see it be a slightly more eclectic collection. It's obviously meant to be a book for reference, to keep on a shelf or coffee table and to glance through when you need a bit of inspiration or thought. And to that end, I found the outline and organization wonderful. He has the book separated into sections, so that you can easily find the readings on the topic of your choice.
See all 115 customer reviews on Amazon.com
|
| | |
|
|
|
|
|
