When You Eat at the Refrigerator, Pull Up a Chair: 50 Ways to Feel Thin, Gorgeous, and Happy
July 27th, 2010 | 
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- ISBN13: 9780786885084
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Geneen Roths pioneering books were among the first to link overeating and compulsive dieting with deeply personal issues that go far beyond weight and body image. Now, in this fun, practical book, she helps readers radically shift their relationships with food and find more life-affirming ways to care for themselves. With an exhilarating combination of intelligence and wicked good humor, she offers bite-sized pieces of invaluable wisdom.Amazon.com Review
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When You Eat at the Refrigerator, Pull Up a Chair: 50 Ways to Feel Thin, Gorgeous, and Happy
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5 Responses to “When You Eat at the Refrigerator, Pull Up a Chair: 50 Ways to Feel Thin, Gorgeous, and Happy”
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I like it that this book is divided into short chapters so that I can read it when I have small bits of time.
Rating: 5 / 5
My dissertation at university is on eating disorders, so I’ve been reading quite widely on the subject. Geneen Roth’s books had been recommended to me for ages, so I decided I should start with this one: maybe it was the wrong choice as an introduction to her work, maybe not. I guess I’ll find out after reading the rest of her books.
Mind you, this is NOT a disappointing book: Not at all. It contains good, very useful ideas, and it makes clear points. The basic, no-diet philosophy of Roth is valid & makes sense. And since this is a self-help book, it helps that the author uses examples, little stories, & catchy titles. From cover to cover, it can be read in a couple of hours, but I think it’s better to read the ideas more slowly, savouring & trying to understand each one better.
“When you eat at the refrigerator…” is NOT a bad book: it’s just that these things have been said before, & (in my opinion) much better, for example, by Susie Orbach. Maybe Orbach concetrates more on the theoretical part & Roth tackles the more practical, self-help part. I don’t know. And maybe Roth has covered more theory in her other books. But this book, for me, was lacking in theoretical explanation of the ideas presented, & so most of these ideas seemed like little gimmicks to me. But, as a beginnning book, a book of ideas that can lead to other similar books, it’s not bad.
Rating: 3 / 5
I am only on page 14, but I already know that this book is going to change my life. Geneen has an against-the-grain look at dieting, weight loss and cultural expectations of women, and has already made me question the way I treat my appetites and my body. I am looking forward to reading the rest of this book.
Rating: 5 / 5
I read a few books by Geneen Roth, including this one, in the beginning of 2003. After reading them, I gave myself permission to stop “dieting”, and allowed myself to eat the food I like, thinking that if I didn’t feel deprived that I would eat less and lose weight. I also kept away from the scale. The result was I gained 30 pounds in 9 months, before stopping myself from this upward climb. Its taken over 4 years to lose those 30 pounds. To this day I still regret reading those books. While I don’t think its healthy to obsess about food and counting calories and body image, I do think we need to be careful about what we eat.
Rating: 3 / 5
Book was a good read, some I had heard before but new perspective too. Also humorous and encouraging.
Rating: 4 / 5