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You know the feeling. Maybe you are having it right now. The one that says, “I can’t take it anymore – I just have to lose this weight.” Anything could have triggered it: an important reunion, a cruise, feeling winded as you chased your toddler running down the street. In a way – that feeling is a good feeling. You now have a plan. You feel determined – this time you will stick to it no matter what. You can do it.
You can do it, because my book, Am I Hungry?, is different. In fact it may seem a bit too different. You may be surprised to learn that the answers to a healthier lifestyle have been within your reach the whole time. The problem is that you have been reaching out instead of reaching in.
To be clear, this book is not going to give you a whole new set of rules to follow. In fact, I recommend only one “rule”: Whenever you have an urge to eat, ask yourself, “Am I hungry?” To answer this simple question, you will need to become aware of not only your physical state, but aware of your thoughts and feelings, too. You will need to restore the skills you were born with and develop new tools necessary for lifelong weight management and health.
I was overweight from an early age. Picture red hair, lots of freckles—and chubby. We didn’t have a lot of money so we didn’t waste food; besides there were starving children in Africa. My athletic, skinny younger brother could, and would, eat anything not nailed down so I made sure to get my share first. My grandmothers were both wonderful cooks and I learned early that food was love. At the same time, my mother was slender and dieted to stay that way. She was the only one in our family who never ate the baked potato. I believed that when I grew up, I wouldn’t get to have potatoes anymore either.
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