I WISH I WERE THIN, I WISH I WERE FAT THE

JUMP OFF THE WEIGHT GAIN/WEIGHT LOSS TREADMILL AND DISCOVER THEREALREASON MOST DIETS FAIL!With so many diet programs available, most overweight people try one after another, with varying degrees of temporary success, but never succeed in reaching the permanent weight loss they so desperately want. In the bestsellingI Wish I Were Thin, I Wish I Were Fat,Michelle Joy Levine, a psychotherapist for over twenty years, uncovers therealreason why most dieters fail: an unconscious yet powerful fear of being thin or a desire to be fat! As incredible as this may sound, the poignant and revealing case histories presented in this book demonstrate how childhood experiences affect our eating habits, and the helpful exercises included will teach you how to stop sabotaging your goal of permanent weight loss.Understanding why we overeat is the first step toward a healthy weight and happier life. This highly acclaimed, remarkably insightful book is a must for anyone who is serious about eliminating destructive eating habits from their lives forever.

Michelle Joy Levine is a certified psychotherapist and psychoanalyst in practice over twenty years. She has helped many chronic overeaters break the destructive diet/binge cycle and achieve real weight-loss success. She lives with her family in Dix Hills on Long Island, New York.

Contents

Preface

PART ONE
FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Food for Thought
Fattening Wishes
Our Unconscious
Wishes Can Come True

PART TWO
HUNGRY FOR YOU

Hungry for You
Loss of Childhood Bliss
Eating to Recover the Lost Union
Merged or Lonely
"The Pounds Have Been Melting Away"
Nurturing Ourselves Emotionally
Feast or Famine
The Ba-Ba
Eating to Comfort
Fantasy
The Golden Fantasy
Cannibalistic Fantasies
Filling the Emptiness
Filling the Void
The Experiment

PART THREE
TO BE OR NOT TO BE: THAT IS THE QUESTION

To Be or Not to Be: That Is the Question
In Complete Control
Now I Have Control
Defiance
Defying Overeating
Overeating to Please
Prisoners of Childhood
Pleasing Yourself

PART FOUR
OEDIPUS REX

Oedipus Rex
Oedipal Wishes
Resolution or Not
"Chocolate Is Something You Have an Affair With"
Allowing Ourselves to Be Sexually Desirable

PART FIVE
THE EVIL EYE

The Evil Eye
"Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall"
A Voracious Hunger
"I Thought If I Became Pretty My Mother Would Die"
I'm Just an Unattractive, Unassuming Fat Individual
Being Beautiful and Tolerating Envy

PART SIX
FAILING TO EAT OR EATING TO FAIL -- MASOCHISM

Failing to Eat or Eating to Fail
Freedom from Suffering

PART SEVEN
THOSE EATING-MY-HEART-OUT BLUES

Those Eating-My-Heart-Out Blues
Eating the Pain Away
"No One Loves Me as I Want to Be Loved"
Hunger Pains

PART EIGHT
SMORGASBORD

Smorgasbord
Wonderful Connections
Losing Weight Versus the Feeling of Invulnerability
The Unthinkable and Unspeakable
Separating Trauma from Sexuality

PART NINE
FURTHERMORE

Developing Awareness
The Quest for the Perfect Body
Diet and Exercise
Getting Help
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

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I WISH I WERE THIN, I WISH I WERE FAT THE REAL REASONS WE OVEREAT AND WHAT WE CAN DO ABOUT IT

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