Weight Escape: How to Stop Dieting and Start Living

The Weight Escape: How to Stop Dieting and Start Living

By Ann Bailey, Joseph Ciarrochi, and Russ Harris

Diet fads and fitness trends offer the prospect of losing weight, but rarely work out long-term. Using a mindfulness-based method called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), the authors promote a holistic approach to well-being and weight-loss that goes beyond calorie counting. You'll get results, and learn how to maintain a healthy weight-- and a healthy sense of well-being-- for the rest of your life.

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Publisher: Shambhala
Publish Date: 12/16/2014
Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781611802276
ISBN-10: 161180227X
Language: English

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Skip the diets and calorie counting--the bestselling author of The Happiness Trap reveals how mindful eating is the key to long-term weight control and well-being Using the mindfulness-based method called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Happiness Trap author Dr. Russ Harris, psychological practitioner Ann Bailey, and scientist Joseph Ciarrochi present a holistic approach to well-being and weight loss. Focusing on the mental barriers that prevent us from setting and achieving our goals, they go beyond meal plans and calorie counting to explain how you can apply mindfulness to your lifestyle and eating habits. Through practical exercises and personal stories they show you how to: - Set goals and give direction to your life
- Overcome destructive habits and exercise self-control
- Deal with cravings and stressful situations
- Develop self-acceptance This book contains the tools you need not only to get the weight-loss results you want but to maintain a healthy weight--and a healthy sense of well-being--for the rest of your life.

About the Authors

Louise L. Hayes, PhD, is an international acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) trainer, speaker, clinical psychologist, and researcher collaborating on interventions for adults and young people. Hayes has published research trials using ACT, and is coauthor of The Thriving Adolescent--the book that introduced DNA-v--plus the best-selling books, Your Life Your Way and Get Out of Your Mind and Into Your Life for Teens.

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ANN BAILEY, MA, is a senior clinical psychologist who has designed and implemented an award-winning government service. She is currently the psychological consultant for dieticians in South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Health, running workshops and coaching allied health staff on the principles of ACT for health and well-being.

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ANN BAILEY, MA, is a senior clinical psychologist who has designed and implemented an award-winning government service. She is currently the psychological consultant for dieticians in South Eastern Sydney Illawarra Health, running workshops and coaching allied health staff on the principles of ACT for health and well-being.

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