I mentioned that I was looking forward to reading the book called Mindless Eating. (http://susanlosingaweightlossadventure.blogspot.com/2010/06/1854-new-look-at-books.html). It arrived a few days ago and I find it hard to put down. It's filled with lots of research and probably more facts than I thought might be included but it's extremely well written and funny.
What I've come away with from reading this book is how much of what we eat is totally mindless. Also, I've learned that we are influenced by so many food cues that we aren't aware of that have tremendous potential to encourage mindless eating, such as the size of our bowls and plates, the size and shape of our drinking glasses, and even the size of the package, can, or bottle that our food comes in.
What makes this book entertaining is the very clever research that was done on how/what/why we eat what we eat. Although you might not think this sounds like good summer reading, it just might fill the bill for you. I'm really enjoying it and find myself becoming very mindful of lots of aspects of mindless eating.
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Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Sunday, June 6, 2010
185.4 A New Look at Books!
I have just added something new to this blog, a way for you to go directly from the post to learn more about books that I mention.
Recently I wrote about Geneen Roth's book entitled Women, Food, and God. Several of you have bought this book and from what I'm learning, have found it to be quite fascinating and full of good ideas to think about and possibly put into practice. I know I have some new ways of thinking about food and when/what I eat since reading it.
And yesterday as I was driving through our gorgeous desert, I heard an interview on the radio about the new book Mindless Eating. So much of what I have posted in this blog has been all about being aware and eating mindfully. This sounds like a great book and I am looking forward to delving into it.
If you are interested in learning more about the books I cite in this blog, all you have to do is click on the image of the book, and Amazon.com will take it from there. And, if you have some ideas for books that you think might be helpful for the faithful on this blog, please let me know. (I am not in the business of selling books, but if you order through this blog I do get a little kickback, and obviously will appreciate it.)
Hope you are having a great weekend.
Recently I wrote about Geneen Roth's book entitled Women, Food, and God. Several of you have bought this book and from what I'm learning, have found it to be quite fascinating and full of good ideas to think about and possibly put into practice. I know I have some new ways of thinking about food and when/what I eat since reading it.
And yesterday as I was driving through our gorgeous desert, I heard an interview on the radio about the new book Mindless Eating. So much of what I have posted in this blog has been all about being aware and eating mindfully. This sounds like a great book and I am looking forward to delving into it.
If you are interested in learning more about the books I cite in this blog, all you have to do is click on the image of the book, and Amazon.com will take it from there. And, if you have some ideas for books that you think might be helpful for the faithful on this blog, please let me know. (I am not in the business of selling books, but if you order through this blog I do get a little kickback, and obviously will appreciate it.)
Hope you are having a great weekend.
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