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At age twenty-seven, and more than a decade into her modeling career, Mia Kang found herself in Thailand, standing at the edge of a Muay Thai gym thousands of miles from her New York apartment, watching fighters she didn’t know spar and sweat. As she stood there, something primal came over her—the desire to fight. What began as a short vacation to escape the toxic world of modeling became the start of an incredible journey that would forever change Kang’s relationship to food, to her body, and to her own sense of self.

Achieve Rapid Weight Loss with Hypnosis, Even if You've Struggled for Years. Do you feel trapped in a cycle of diets and cravings that never lead to lasting results? What if there was a way to lose weight naturally and rapidly, without punishing diets or grueling workouts?

The Longest Match: Rallying to Defeat an Eating Disorder in Midlife is a beautifully written and heartfelt memoir illustrating the trajectory from early childhood, through adolescence and early adulthood, to midlife when eating disorder thoughts and behaviors took over the author’s life. Journal entries reveal occasional negative thoughts about her weight or food in younger years, but the stressors of midlife knocked this high functioning woman off her feet.

Stress Holds Secrets: From Overthinking to Balanced Dieting is more than an informative resource; it's your guide to transformation. You'll find actionable steps to combat stress, manage its physical manifestations, and embark on a life characterized by improved well-being. Are you ready to outlive the grasp of stress, heal from its effects, and regain control over your life? Do you want to break free from stress-induced skin and digestive problems and master the art of calm living? Then this book is the perfect companion for you.

As a teenager in the 1990s, Katie Brown was one of climbing's first "comp kids"—a young natural who, along with her peers, redefined the image of a strong and successful climber. After climbing for less than two years, Brown won her first junior national title. The next year she became the Junior World Champion at age fourteen in Laval, France. In 1996 she won both the Rock Master—a prestigious international contest in Arco, Italy—and the esteemed X-Games. From 1996 on, Brown won every US Adult National that she entered, as well as a World Cup Title in France in 1999.

Exhausted after feeling the same year after year? Discover the plan that will get you to stop the binge this year. No control? Uncover the truth that you need to get you back to healthy habits with minimal effort. Unearth this powerful strategy on how to change up not only binge eating but all aspects of your life and become the person you were meant to be. Delve into the secrets as to how why what you are currently doing is not working. Why is this book different? We’re not here to be your friend. We are not here to give you light suggestions.

Do you feel trapped by body hate? Are negative body thoughts taking over your life? Let's face it: body hate is ugly. It steals your time, your money and your peace of mind. Most of all, it can hold you back from living your dreams and leading the life you truly desire. Love Your Body tackles the negative thought patterns that cause you to feel anxious, discouraged and downright miserable about your appearance. It's a simple, common-sense guide to learning how the way you think affects how you feel about your body (and your life!).

For too long, parents have been given an impossible task: keep your kid from getting too fat, while making sure they love their body. In this practical and essential book, body-confidence parenting coach Emma Wright uses current research to put an end to fights at the dinner table, and shows how you can teach your child or teen to step away from expectations that leave them anxious about food.

Inch by Inch tells the story of one woman’s 50-year struggle to feel at home within her skin. Childhood sexual abuse confined Monique to a body controlled by others. After decades of trying to flee from herself, Monique tipped the scales at 200kg. She was grinding to a halt, immobilized by the labor of living.

In I Love My Kids, but I Want My Body Back, Dr Malcolm Linsell shares his patients’ experiences so other women will know what to expect when contemplating plastic surgery. From initial consultation to surgery and beyond, 10 women reveal how their body image issues had a negative impact on their mental and physical health, relationships, and quality of life. Their stories are honest accounts of how they found the courage to change what they didn’t like about their bodies, creating for themselves a calm self-assurance that radiates out to those around them.

In the age of The Biggest Loser and the "war on obesity", we’re pressured to conform to certain body standards at any cost. Sure, everyone should eat right and get exercise, but what if you do that and you still don’t fit into the clothes at the mall? In Two Whole Cakes, Fatshionista extraordinaire Lesley Kinzel tells stories, gives advice, and challenges stereotypes about being and feeling fat. Kinzel says no to diet fads and pills, shows by example how to stop hating your body, celebrates self-acceptance at any size, and urges you to finally accept the truth: Your body is not a tragedy!

At the age of 14, Laura Freeman was diagnosed with anorexia. She had seized the one aspect of her life that she seemed able to control and struck different foods from her diet one by one until she was starving. But even at her lowest point, the one appetite she never lost was her love of reading. As Laura battled her anorexia, she gradually rediscovered how to enjoy food - and life more broadly - through literature.

What if I told you There is a proven process that can UNPLUG PAIN, FEAR & TRAUMA from your Brain? You can REMOVE SUBCONSCIOUS SABOTAGE & CREATE an existence brimming with ABUNDANCE, LOVE, and HAPPINESS. What if I told you...there is a safe, powerful process that can SHIFT you FROM WOUNDED TO WARRIOR in a WEEK. The WIRING PATTERNS in our brain become the AUTOPILOT controlling the DESTINATION of your LIFE. Pain is HARD-WIRED into these brain patterns, unconsciously sabotaging your goals.

Do you hate your body? Are you deeply dissatisfied with your appearance, shape, or weight—so much so that you avoid looking at yourself in the mirror, avoid certain social situations, or dread having your photo taken? If so, you are not alone. Body dissatisfaction and even body hatred have reached epidemic levels in our culture—particularly for women and girls. But you don't have to live your life consumed by feelings of shame and self-hatred. This workbook offers a way out of the darkness.

This book helps the listener understand why compulsive eating and compulsively controlling of our eating and weight hasn’t brought us freedom from the obsessive cycle of on and off dieting. It guides the listener in identifying and understanding the opposing, crazy-making voices that accompany eating and weight problems, and guides us to relief from the self-directed bigotry of looksism.

This book is part memoir and part guidebook that would be helpful to anyone considering bariatric weight loss surgery. Jamie gives a brutally honest account of the year after her weight loss surgery where she lost 143 lbs. Filled with tips, advice, and emotion, this book is a must for anyone considering a gastric bypass, gastric sleeve or a SADI-S (single anastomosis duodenal-ileal bypass with sleeve) procedure.

A new conversation about the media and radical self-love, A Body to Love provides lessons on positively navigating body image in a social media saturated world.

This guide will guide you along in a crazy world with supermarkets full of shelves with snacks that contain absolutely no valuable nutrients whatsoever. Welcome to the Binge Eating book, the book that can help you stop snacking on things that aren’t healthy for you. Many people face this problem. It has become more common as the media is found mostly at home, with billions of people who have gotten into the habit of watching TV daily.

This audiobook's message is rooted in the philosophy that people inherently possess the wisdom necessary to make healthy choices and to live in balance. It emphasizes that self-love, acceptance of genetic diversity in body size, celebration of the unique beauty of every individual, and intuitive self-care are fundamental to achieving good physical and emotional health. It encourages listeners to shift their focus away from ineffective, harmful weight-loss efforts toward improving and sustaining positive self-care behaviors.

Do you seek a specific food every single day? Do you instantly reach out for this food during vulnerable moments of your life or after a stressful day? Do you find satisfaction after giving in to sweet treats? This audiobook will help you understand why you have such intense desires for a particular type of food and how you can handle the cravings. Become more informed about the various techniques you can use to curb your food cravings today.