Emily Boller - Starved to Obesity: My Journey Out of Food Addiction and How You Can Escape It Too!

Advance Praise for Starved to Obesity

Emily Bollers story is of enormous importance and will help many people. This is the only book on eating disorders that grasps the critical significance of the Standard American Diet as a contributing cause and that correctly identifies nutritional density as an essential aspect of recovery. Starved to Obesity is foundational to true recovery and turns recovery into something attainable and natural rather than a perpetual struggle. Beautifully, magnificently done! ...Emily has such a critical message and is the perfect messenger for a new era in medicine!

Jeffrey Rediger, M.D., MDiv, Faculty, Harvard Medical School, Medical Director of Adult Psychiatric and Community Programs at McLean Southeast, McLean HospitalAffiliate of Harvard Medical School; Chief of Behavioral Medicine at Good Samaritan Medical Center

Starved to Obesity gives us a compelling insight into the fundamental reasons behind food addiction and binge eating. Growing up with a mother whose love language was cooking and baking, to the terrible tragedy of losing her son; food became Emilys refuge. Ironically, turning to food ( the right kind ) was the solution to attaining her optimal weight. Starved to Obesity offers a science-supported, practical guide to finding a healthy relationship with food. Its well researched and wide reaching. If you struggle with your weight and want to learn from someone who has been there, done that, this book is for you.

Dr. David Friedman, Syndicated TV/Radio health expert, #1 international bestselling author of Food Sanity; How to Eat in a World of Fads and Fiction

Emily Boller draws upon her personal journey of tragedy to triumph to create a clear, hope-filled pathway to healing and wholeness. If you, a friend, or loved one struggle with dieting, emotional eating, weight loss, or health challenges, Starved to Obesity can change your life. It is a beacon of hope and a north star pointing the way to freedom.

Scott Stoll, M.D. , Alive! A Physicians Biblical and Scientific Guide to Nutrition , Co-Founder and Chairman of the Plantrician Project, Author, Speaker, Olympian

In Starved to Obesity, Emily Boller bravely shares her inspiring journey out of despair after stunning life tragedies left her drained of direction and trapped in a fortress of fat from out-of-control eating. Candidly, lovingly, with nutritional pearls aplenty, Emily shares her hard-won wisdom and practical advice for overcoming adversity and making delicious, health-promoting dishes that can help you transform the direction of your life to one of health and rich enjoyment of every day and every meal. I will recommend this wonderful book to all of my patients struggling with weight, food addictions and emotional challenges of many kinds. Thank you, Emily, for Starved to Obesity it is a gift to us all.

Michael Klaper, M.D., Nutrition-based medicine expert, author, speaker

We are facing an epidemic of obesity and Type 2 diabetes with its acute, chronic, debilitating, deadly diseases. Fast food and sugars are horribly addictive. This book completely describes the problem and gives a solution. A great book! I would recommend it to everyone.

Rudy Kachmann, M.D., Neurosurgeon, Author of fifteen wellness books; TV and radio wellness authority

Emily Boller is an inspiration to everyone who knows her. As a formerly obese mother of five children, she is living proof that you, too, can finally overcome your battle with food. Starved to Obesity will not only teach you how to do it, but it will also leave you feeling Emilys warmth and understanding that you are not alone. Its time to be set free!

Sarah Taylor, MBA, MS, Vegan in 30 Days, Vegetarian to Vegan

Emily Bollers writings and presentations are engaging, authentic, and applicable for todays culture. Her insights are the result of experiencing devastating loss and triumphal victory along her journey towards a healthy lifestyle.

Ken Hood, Wellness Director at James River Church in Springfield, Mo.

Emily Boller is a great example of identifying and gaining victory over some monumental issues in her life. She has embodied the theme of Not Somehow, But Triumphantly.

Carl Sovine, Ph.D., Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

I loved Starved to Obesity ! It was raw, liberating, and empoweringoffering hope and inspiration for anyone seeking to embrace a healthy lifestyle.

Kristin Misner Meier, MSPT, wife, devoted mother of three

The truth in this life-giving book will set you free. Thank you, Emily, for your vulnerability, wisdom, and grace.

Carol Doscher, President & CEO, Graceworks Inc., New York City

Emily Boller has faced her own eating challenges with unflinching honesty, unfailing open-mindedness, and unflagging persistence. Learning from her journey has equipped me with important guidance and tools for my own journey.

The Rev. Dr. Susan Gilbert Zencka, Frame Memorial Presbyterian Church in Stevens Point, Wis.

A POST HILL PRESS BOOK

ISBN: 978-1-64293-051-1

ISBN (eBook): 978-1-64293-052-8

Starved to Obesity:

My Journey Out of Food Addiction and How You Can Escape It Too!

2019 by Emily Boller

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Cover art by Cody Corcoran

Cover photos by Ruth Yaroslaski

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To my husband, Kurt, who has graciously learned

to love me unconditionally and support me wholeheartedly

in sickness and in health.

Disclaimer

The following pages are my unique story of food addiction. I am not a physician, psychologist, or theologian. This book is not intended as a replacement for medical, psychological, or spiritual advice and care. A health care professional should be consulted if you are on medication or if there are symptoms that may require medical or psychological attention.

CONTENTS

I first met a smiling, healthy-looking Emily Boller in 2009 in an airport after she had lost more than a hundred pounds following my Nutritarian diet-style. We had never met before, and she did not consult me about her weight and health issues. She also had done it without any local friends or family to support her, and she had significant obstacles thrust in her path, yet she persevered. Emily had read my book, Eat to Live, and applied the information on her own with fierce determination. I had seen her photos and corresponded with her by email, and she was at the airport to be a success story on a television interview I was doing.

She kept journalistic documentation of her transformation with great photos and verbal accounts of the transformation that took place, as she essentially became a different person.

Since then, Emily has spoken at my Health Getaway events, has written wonderful, uplifting and insightful blog articles, and has interviewed scores of others who have also transformed their lives. She has learned a lot and is now a scholar in this field of health transformations. I am not only grateful for her sharing her impactful health makeover in my books and television appearances, but also grateful for her insight and motivation through her writings that she has given to so many thousands of members at DrFuhrman.com and on my blogs.