Love to Eat, Hate to Eat: Breaking the Bondage of Destructive Eating Habits
- ISBN13: 9780736914383
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Love to Eat, Hate to Eat: Breaking the Bondage of Destructive Eating Habits
This sounds like an ideal book for a person with an eating disorder. But it heaps loads of guilt and condemnation on an already needy and suffering soul. The idea that over or undereating is sin is one concept. But the fact is that the individuals embroiled in this cannot help themselves. They are already people pleasers and perfectionists, how can telling them the whole problem is because they are sinners be of help? They are already as good as they can get themselves to be. They are not bad–they are hurt and afraid. It has been said no one can overcome an eating disorder without the help of a therapist. This I believe. There are too many important issues involved in this DISEASE to dismiss it as sin. If the person knew the issues they would be a long way to getting help. God loves these dear ones and understands the enormity of their situation and their pain. These are very good people. Heaping more condemnation on one beset with self-loathing is surely not the path to freedom. Adding God’s displeasure to this already mountainous pile of self hate can only be damaging–perhaps pushing some over the edge. A good book to avoid!!!
Rating: 1 / 5
Like her fellow misguided evangelical Larry Crabbe, this woman quickly puts the label of “sin” on problems that are more complex. Being told that they are sinners who need to repent is the last thing that people who are struggling with eating disorders need to hear. I think it is this belief about themselves that drives many of them to eating disorders in the first place. The book just pushes evangelical Christian dogma without seeking a proper understanding of the issues it discusses.
Rating: 1 / 5
I thought this book would help would my issue with emotional overeating.
Most programs refer to God or a higher power and touch upon it from time to time, but in this book it is the theme : Turn to God so you won’t overeat.
If that works for you then that’s wonderful, but it is not so clear from reading the summary and cover just how focused on religion this book is.
I found it misleading and was very disappointed. Clearly, not for everyone.
Rating: 1 / 5
I was really disappointed with this book. had thought the title would mean it would give more practical advice.
sadly it was a book that offered little other than confrontation re sinful thoughts and behaviours. while i am a Christian, i felt people with eating disorders need more compassion than just being smacked around the head with verses and dogma. very let down by this book, as it made me feel WORSE not better…maybe for someone who is nearly recovered, but think it would be very unhelpful for anyone struggling with eating disorders
Rating: 1 / 5
I have read about half of this book and so far I am having a lot of trouble with it. First of all, the book deals almost exclusively with overeating. I suffer from anorexia, so the book hasn’t spoken to my issue too much so far. Also, the author really reiterates over and over again how sinful overeating is (and giving food too much of a prominent place in your life to include restricting your intake). So far, I have found no helpful advice, for change – just more and more criticism of the way I’ve been living my life. I know that God should be the center of my life. I am striving to get food back into it’s proper place. This book has done nothing but make me feel worse about myself. I am hoping that sometime in the second half of the book the author will provide some concrete help to me.
Rating: 2 / 5