Hungry Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin edition by Allen Zadoff Health Fitness Dieting eBooks
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Weight loss advice, laughter, and inspiration from the delicious, caloric, yet uncomfortably large life experiences of a formerly fat man.
Allen Zadoff spent years reasoning that a big, healthy man should have a big, healthy appetite and that his rapidly increasing girth was no more than a regular guy thing.
At 350 pounds, however, it became clear that what had started as a little weight problem was destroying his life. Desperate to find a new way of living that would carry him into thin and beyond, Zadoff began to focus less on what he ate, and more on the physical and emotional underpinnings of what he came to understand as a disease. The pounds melted away, and so began the adventure of a lifetime.
Following Zadoff's incredible journey both up and down the scale, Hungry blends his personal story with surprising strategies for weight loss success; it is as laugh-out-loud funny as it is inspirational.
Hungry Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin edition by Allen Zadoff Health Fitness Dieting eBooks
Nice memoir with a bit of wit and humor thrown in for good measure. It was a quick read and I really enjoyed it. As someone who has struggled with my own overeating and weight issues over the years, it was very relatable to me, and he gives some very insightful advice. It's well written, although a few of the chapters are a bit sparse and could have been combined, but it's not a big deal to me. The disconnect for me was likening compulsive overeating with an actual, chemical addiction to "trigger foods" which the scientific community is on the fence about (food addiction being an actual addiction or compulsive eating being an eating disorder - the author refers to it as both in the book and himself seems to go back and forth in how he refers to it). I would take all that with a grain of salt - don't label yourself a "food addict" just because you have exhibited similar behaviors to the author. The author does at least let us know that hey, he's not a doctor or dietitian, he just stopped overeating and has been able to keep from backsliding too much for well over a decade, and here is what worked for him, and what worked for him may not be what worked for you. I also respect the non-diet, body-acceptance message in the book as well. Too many of us have spent years being obsessed with what it would be like for us if only we got to a "socially acceptable" weight. Too many of us spent our entire adult lives (and many of us part or all of our childhoods) fantasizing that if only we got thin, everything else would fall into place. He busts that myth right out of the water and lets us know that it's foolish to wait around to live until we get to a certain bodyweight. Start living and enjoying your life now because it won't wait around while you struggle with the pounds and try to get thin. Basically what the author says he's been doing, minus the "food addiction" support group and therapy, is what I've been doing: 3 meals per day and that's it. Life got so much more simple and sane once I stopped dieting and I have lost weight simply because I'm not eating any extra food that my body doesn't need, but it's not some big to-do. Just 3 filling meals and that's all I have to worry about. The key is to make food and eating take up as little "brain space" as possible, and this includes learning over time to mostly regard food as fuel (although the foodie left in me still wants to enjoy what I eat, I just no longer want to be obsessed with it). Overall a nice read and I recommend it, just don't regard it as the gospel in regards to "food addiction."Product details
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Hungry Lessons Learned on the Journey from Fat to Thin edition by Allen Zadoff Health Fitness Dieting eBooks Reviews
Allen Zadoff is a saint. Really. He wrote a book that FINALLY describes what an overeating addiction is from a real person's standpoint, not just from a nutritionist's idea of what we should and should not be consuming. He is honest, funny and the knife hit me right where I lived....for food.
I was in tears by the third chapter of this book. He was talking about ME! Years of anguish that I didn't have to endure if I had just looked to explain WHY I ate instead of WHAT I ate. If I could meet Mr. Zadoff in person, I'd hug his neck. He'll never know what an inspiration he left with me today after reading this book. Mr. Zadoff, if you think you don't make an impact on this world...think again. You've made a tremendous impact on mine by writing this book. I love the Red, Yellow and Green light illustration. Very simple and easy to understand points about food and our sometimes addictive personalities towards it. This would also be an EXCELLENT book for someone to read who wants to understand an overeater in their family. BRAVO! Wonderful book.
I bought this book and read it within a day or two of the AMA declaring obesity is a disease. Interesting timing since this is the premis if this book. I'm not sure what the results of getting this label will be, but I hope it at least increases awareness of the problems people have with food.
I have been on a lifelong journey to control my eating and therefore my weight. Like Allen Zadoff, I have tried lots of different solutions, all of which were unsuccessful. For just over a year, I have been successfully losing weight. Part of it is recognizing a need to change my relationship with food and that this change isn't just "until," it is forever. I, too, am adicted to food. I have become aware of having trigger foods, similar to an alcoholic. This book helped to reinforce the belief that I need to stay away from these foods. Allen said he tells himself that he is just going to stay away from them just for today and then recommits the next day and the next. I have been telling myself that I ate more M&Ms in the previous years than most people eat in a lifetime, so I have already had more than my share - even if I never eat another one! It was interesting to learn that Allen has found that his trigger foods change over time. I'm going to have to consider this as I continue my efforts. Since I have been doing this for just over a year, reading the experience of someone who has walked the walk for much longer is beneficial. This is one reason that I have been bingeing on books on the subject rather than on food. I am especially helped by ones like this, rather than one pushing a particular diet.
The one area I haven't been working on is establishing a support network. I need to consider this and look for ways to accomplish it. So much of Allen's experience is what I have experienced. I have isolated myself and limited my experiences. One difference is our ages. He found his solution over 30 years earlier than I have. I don't think I need to learn how to date at this point in my life. I am also retired, so finding the new me in the workforce isn't needed, either. This doesn't mean I couldn't benefit from something written in every chapter of this book. I have lots more to think about and to consider. I am grateful for that.
Nice memoir with a bit of wit and humor thrown in for good measure. It was a quick read and I really enjoyed it. As someone who has struggled with my own overeating and weight issues over the years, it was very relatable to me, and he gives some very insightful advice. It's well written, although a few of the chapters are a bit sparse and could have been combined, but it's not a big deal to me. The disconnect for me was likening compulsive overeating with an actual, chemical addiction to "trigger foods" which the scientific community is on the fence about (food addiction being an actual addiction or compulsive eating being an eating disorder - the author refers to it as both in the book and himself seems to go back and forth in how he refers to it). I would take all that with a grain of salt - don't label yourself a "food addict" just because you have exhibited similar behaviors to the author. The author does at least let us know that hey, he's not a doctor or dietitian, he just stopped overeating and has been able to keep from backsliding too much for well over a decade, and here is what worked for him, and what worked for him may not be what worked for you. I also respect the non-diet, body-acceptance message in the book as well. Too many of us have spent years being obsessed with what it would be like for us if only we got to a "socially acceptable" weight. Too many of us spent our entire adult lives (and many of us part or all of our childhoods) fantasizing that if only we got thin, everything else would fall into place. He busts that myth right out of the water and lets us know that it's foolish to wait around to live until we get to a certain bodyweight. Start living and enjoying your life now because it won't wait around while you struggle with the pounds and try to get thin. Basically what the author says he's been doing, minus the "food addiction" support group and therapy, is what I've been doing 3 meals per day and that's it. Life got so much more simple and sane once I stopped dieting and I have lost weight simply because I'm not eating any extra food that my body doesn't need, but it's not some big to-do. Just 3 filling meals and that's all I have to worry about. The key is to make food and eating take up as little "brain space" as possible, and this includes learning over time to mostly regard food as fuel (although the foodie left in me still wants to enjoy what I eat, I just no longer want to be obsessed with it). Overall a nice read and I recommend it, just don't regard it as the gospel in regards to "food addiction."
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