Book
You are not a before picture : how to finally make peace with your body, for good / Alex Light.
When we look in the mirror, so many of us see a 'before' picture: the miserable person in the side-by-side shot waiting for the 'glow-up' (read: weight loss) that will bring true happiness. But it's not our fault that we see our bodies as projects in need of constant work: this is just one of the beliefs that has been ingrained in us by diet culture. We have been taught to view ourselves as a collection of 'problem' areas for which the billion-dollar diet industry holds the solutions. Step-by-step, this book provides a framework for changing the way we view ourselves and the world around us. Working with experts in the fields of psychotherapy, fitness and nutrition, Alex empowers readers to interrogate their underlying beliefs, challenge the external and internal forces that are holding us back, and finally find freedom in our bodies, for good.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780008507565 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 288 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Publisher: London : HQ, 2022.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Dismantling diet culture: a history of diet -- The ugly truth: diets don't work -- The media have a lot to answer for -- Weight [does not equal] health -- 'Fat' is not a bad word -- Beauty is only a trend -- How you look is the least interesting thing about you -- Comparison always leads to self-criticism -- How we *should* be eating -- It's OK to gain weight -- Fitness does not equate to thinness -- Deconditioning is powerful -- The windy word forward: where to go from here. |
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| Subject: | Body image. Body image > Psychological aspects. Self-acceptance. |
| Genre: | Self-help publications. |
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