Lisa Morrone - Overcoming Overeating: Its Not What You Eat, Its Whats Eating You!

Overcoming Overeating
a whole-person approach to weight loss

A comprehensive remedy for weight loss. Lisa rightly views weight problems as having their origin in not just physical, but also mental, emotional, and spiritual arenasAn invaluable resource to the countless people struggling in this area of their life.

David Hawkins, PhD, psychologist, director of the Marriage Recovery Center, and author of When Pleasing Others Is Hurting You

A practical, sustainable, and results-oriented approach that will guide you to permanent mind changeOvercoming Overeating provides both the why and the how toward becoming the new, healthy you.

J. Ron Eaker, MD, physician and author of Fat-Proof Your Family and A Womans Guide to Hormone Health

If you have struggled with overeating, this resource will provide you with practical help. Lisa walks with you through the bookgiving you a clear strategy to restore balance to your life in the area of eating. I highly recommend this work.

Scott Forsmith, LCSW-R

What Health-Care Experts Are Saying
About Other Books by Lisa Morrone, PT

Overcoming Headaches and Migraines:

A complete and understandable guide for both the practitioner and the patientLisa Morrones extensive preparation, research, and years of experience are reflected in the safe and clinically proven techniques she recommends. A must-read for primary and specialty providersand of course, anyone who suffers from headaches.

William Robert Spencer, MD, FAAP
ear, nose, and throat specialist

Overcoming Back and Neck Pain:

Uniqueit enables the nonmedical person to understand and manage their pain, but it is comprehensive enough to be an excellent resource and reference guide for physicians who take care of these problems. Well done.

Warwick Green. MD,
orthopedic surgeon

A very practical approach to the key things patients really need to know. I recommend it to all sufferers from spine problemsI appreciate Lisas treatment of every person as someone who has not only a body and mind, but a spirit as well.

Kent Keyser, MS, PT, OCS, COMT, ATC, FFCFMT, FAAOMPT,
practicing and teaching physical therapist

A treasure chest of information, easily understood, and presented with clarity, wit, and optimism...a truly enjoyable journey from head to toe. A definite re-read!

Mary G. Flanagan, RPA, physician assistant
Adjunct Professor, Touro College PA Program

HARVEST HOUSE PUBLISHERS

EUGENE, OREGON

All Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version. NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved.

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Graphics of addiction cycle by Peter Morrone; back-cover author photoPeter Morrone

Published in association with the William K. Jensen Literary Agency, 119 Bampton Court, Eugene, Oregon 97404.

This book is not intended to take the place of sound professional medical advice. Neither the author nor the publisher assumes any liability for possible adverse consequences as a result of the information contained herein.

OVERCOMING OVEREATING
Copyright 2009 by Lisa Morrone, P.T.
Published by Harvest House Publishers
Eugene, Oregon 97402
www.harvesthousepublishers.com

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Morrone, Lisa, 1967
Overcoming overeating / Lisa Morrone.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-0-7369-2702-4 (pbk.)
1. Compulsive eatingPopular works. I. Title.
RC552.C65M675 2009
616.8526dc22

2009017209

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It is not good to eat too much
A person without self-control is like
a city whose walls are broken down.

PROVERBS 25:28

Without a doubt, the first person I must thank is my literary agent, Bill Jensen, who upon reading the subtitle I had written for another book, Its Not What You Eat, Its What Eats You, thought it would make a wonderful book title as well as a desperately needed, fresh look at the subject of weight loss. I followed his advice, as did the publishers committee at Harvest House, and voil, this book was born.

My heart is full of admiration and gratitude for my editor, Paul Gossard, at Harvest House Publishers. Paul, this is our third book together (with more on the way). Your encouragement, attention to detail, and your eloquent mastery of the English language, along with your constant attention to the reader, have polished my writing, once again, to a high gloss! I am so thankful Harvest House paired us together.

I am always mindful of the risk that the publishers committee took on this new author back in 2006. To Terry Glaspey, LaRae Weikert, Bob Hawkins Jr., John Constance, and Barb Sherrill: I am honored to partner with you each in book publishing. I have found a comfortable home with a warm family. Thank you for your continued enthusiasm in my book writing.

Special thanks to Scott Forsmith, CSW, who has read this manuscript in its entirety and has added to its effectiveness with his wisdom of patient care in the field of psychology.

I would be remiss not to thank those of you who have shared your personal journeys within the pages of this book. Your candid reflections are a true encouragement. May your stories resonate with the hearts of many who struggle, as you did, with food addiction.

Also, much love and gratitude goes out to my RYT Prayer Team. Ladies, you faithfully undergird all I do. With your support, God is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine.

Lastly, I must give credit for this books completeness to my husband, Peter Morrone, who for the third time now has read and critiqued each chapter I have written three times over! Your input has blessed me and my readers alike (and probably made my editors job a bit easier!). I love you, always.

by Ron Eaker, MD

T he world needs another diet book about as much as it needs another flu pandemic, so its a good thing Lisa Morrone didnt write one! Overcoming Overeating is a lifeline thrown to the millions of people who struggle with their weight. As a practicing physician for over 20 years, I have seen firsthand the devastation of being overfat. Men and women dramatically reduce both the quantity and quality of their years as they are forced to deal with the side effects of overweight and obesity: hypertension, diabetes, stroke, cancer, depression, and more.