Eating Less: Say Goodbye to Overeating

Anyway, I got fed up with waiting for the miracle cure and read Gillian Riley's book. I had preconceived ideas concerning the book before I started, I thought it would be all that stuff about repressed rage, subconciously wanting to be fat because it felt safer, unexpressed emotions etc etc etc (I'm sure you've heard it all before). As I read, however, her common sense and simple ideas really seemed to strike a chord. I read the book in one day and put her ideas into practice immediately. It was a revelation. For the first time I didn't feel powerless regarding my eating habits.

The book contains simple strategies to gain control of your eating habits NOW,I found that they worked immediately. If you really take on board what the author is saying, you will gain more self-knowledge and experience a real shift in your attitudes and thinking around food. If you think you've read everything there is to know about eating and weight, you haven't. This book contains new ideas and information that I personally found more effective that anything else I have ever read. I would recommend it wholeheartedly.


At last I have conquered my eating problems   April 23, 2003
26 out of 26 found this review helpful

I can't believe it,this book makes perfect sense, everything has just fallen into place. I feel so much more confident due to a higher self esteem, which the book talks about. Its about understanding the cause which is the overeating not the sympton which is the weight gain, once you understand and have mastered the cause, the rest falls into place. I read the book in February and so far have lost over a stone with no difficulty whatsover, its amazing. Wish I had read this years ago. Better late than never.


At last, a breath of fresh air... on a tired old subject!   April 25, 2001
93 out of 96 found this review helpful

I first encountered Gillian's book when I participated in her course of the same name about two years ago now. I think I thought then that I knew it all. How wrong I was! Gillian's methods are such a relief and make such common sense. Taking the emotions, the angst and the stress out of the whole eating and dieting game, she quietly but surely helps you to navigate your way through the whole food addiction maze and gives you real tools, with which to free yourself. Two years down the line, I still re-read the book from time to time, and still benefit from what it has to say. And my own eating patterns? Let's just say that, with a lot of patience and even more practice, her philosphy has helped me discover a far, far healthier relationship with my food and with my eating. Oh, and yes I have lost a significant amount of weight 'effortlessly' (ie without dieting) over this time as well. Actually, about three dress sizes worth... This is no quick fix, fad or diet book. And perhaps if you can combine reading the book with doing one of her great courses, you might get the extra push needed to make those necessarily deep-rooted changes. But even on its own, I would unreservedly recommend this book to you. If you are really serious about making changes, about re-evaluating your life's priorities and about stopping food from ruling your life, buy this book and study it. It's not an easy road, but -take it from me- if you stick with it and take its message to heart, you too will find it changes your life. It has mine that's for sure.


This book will make you cry, laugh, and cry again   December 27, 2006
Nicolette Laurence (Guernsey, Channel Islands)
45 out of 46 found this review helpful

If you have ever cried when you have bought a book to help you with overeating and it told you that you have to stop eating your 'trigger' foods forever....if you feel like you will never be able to stop eating...if you think you are incapable of losing weight....PLEASE PLEASE buy this book. It is unlike anything I have ever read, yet it makes total sense and I feel better already, as if a weight is off my shoulders. I always knew I could never cut out certain foods completely from my life, and the thought filled me with fear and hopelessness. Gillian Riley presents this whole new way of looking at food addiction which has not filled me with dread at the thought of starting yet another failure-doomed diet, instead I am raring to go and feeling full of hope for the future. I am filled with optimism and confidence that this will work, and if I fall off the wagon, well Gillian has that covered too! This book is a miracle. Stop dieting and start looking after yourself - you won't be alone. I am so excited!! Thank you Gillian x