Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
Chapter 1 The Power of Self-Talk for Better Eating, Health, and Self-Caring (What You Say Is What You Get!) 1
Chapter 2 How Self-Talk Triggers Trouble with Food, Fitness, and Self-Caring (Hey, Quit Talking to Me like That!) 21
Chapter 3 Principles of Smart Self-Talk (They're Right Here on the Tip of My Tongue!) 41
Chapter 4 Smart Self-Talk about When, What, Why, and How to Eat (Sometimes I Want Food So Badly, I Could Eat My Words!) 69
Chapter 5 Smart Self-Talk to Prevent, Manage, and Recover from a Binge (I Get It-Word Power, Not Willpower!) 87
Chapter 6 Smart Self-Talk for Self-Caring (Sweet Words Taste Better than a Hot Fudge Sundae!) 99
Chapter 7 Smart Self-Talk for Social Eating (It's Hard to Hear Myself Think with All That Chewing Going on around Me!) 117
Chapter 8 Think Proud, Talk Proud, Act Proud, Be Proud (Nothing Tastes Better than Pride!) 143
Endnotes 169
Bibliography 171
Index 173