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Body Clutter: Love Your Body, Love Yourself | 
 enlarge | Author: Leanne Ely
Publisher: Fireside Books
Category: EBooks
List Price: $11.99
Buy New: $9.59
You Save: $2.40 (20%)
Rating:  193 reviews
Sales Rank: 4923
Format: Kindle Book
Media: Kindle Edition
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.2
ASIN: B000NY11K6
Publication Date: March 2, 2007
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Product Description
"In Sink Reflections, Marla Cilley -- the FlyLady -- helped hundreds of thousands of her fans combat overwhelming household C.H.A.O.S. (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome). Taking a "baby-steps" approach, she offered little chores to do every day, to wipe out clutter and feelings of inadequacy. Now, in Body Clutter, the FlyLady and Leanne Ely, the Dinner Diva and creator of the Saving Dinner series, team up to teach readers how to handle and erase the clutter they carry on their bodies and minds when it comes to body image.The FlyLady and Leanne say that it's not about finding the perfect diet, it's about the way you feel about food and your body and understanding sound nutrition. With warm voices, unique lingo, and no preaching, they apply a step-by-step technique, coaching the readers from beginning to end and sharing their own success stories along the way. "
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 Why Assume a Woman's Body Weight is a Reflection of Her Inner Life? October 9, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
When we see an overweight man do we automatically assume that he smothers emotional pain by stuffing his face?
I ask the above question because, though I find Cilley and Ely to be engaging and honest in their discussion of the difficulties of obesity, I also question the premise that emotional pain is the cause of excess body weight. Women are so associated with emotions and emotionalism that it seems a natural extension to assume that any problem they encounter must have its origins in troubled thoughts and feelings. But is this an accurate way to look at obesity? Or does this approach have women vainly searching for emotional solutions to a problem that may be physical or environmental in origin?
My own weight has increased during a period of great personal contentment. I am not the walking wounded, my emotional life is normally even keel, yet those pounds are pretty stubborn. I wish the authors had gone into other possible causes of obesity and not assumed that my body weight is a reflection of inner turmoil. As in Cilley's previous work, "Sink Reflections," I expected the authors to spend more time delving into the details, such as how they integrate better diet and exercise into their daily routines. In this I was disappointed.
If you feel that your excess weight does have an emotional component, do read this book. These ladies probably have a lot to say to you that you will empathize with and consider. But if you just cannot attribute your eating habits with emotional pain,then you would do better to seek out a book with more detailed nutrition and fitness advice.
Not exactly a diet-book, but if you are still in doubt... October 7, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I was curious about this book and after hearing both FlyLady and tons of Flybabies say that "it is NOT a weight-loss book", I decided to give it a try.
I do not need to loose weight, but as anybody I still constantly ask myself when to eat how much and what, and do I get enough sleep and exercise etc... I think the most valuable point I got out of the book was that it confirmed that I do kind of deprive myself of sleep and that I should love myself more and go to bed earlier.
This book is clearly written with a lot of love and good intentions, and the text is easy to read (except possibly if the contents bring up emotions in you that are hard to bear). The authors give personal accounts of their struggles and previous problems. I am blessed not to have such a troubled past. If I had, I think this book would have been a great consolation to me.
If you do have body clutter, I think that this book will address a lot of different ways of looking at your situation and that is why it is "not just a weight loss book".
So if you are not overweight (or have any kind of self-punishing behavior) and do not have a traumatic past, you probably do not need this particular book. But I'm a strong believer in FLYing in general. I have gotten a more positive outlook on life and my situation since I started listening to FlyLady & associates, and I think my family has benefitted from this in several ways.
 not worth buying September 8, 2008
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
i took this book out of the libray and could not make it thorugh to the end. the authors are emotionally abused and found comfort in food. they got heavy and from what i could tell they are sitll heavy. one of them has diabetes and she is over weight. i think they need therapy. they have a lot of issues and things bottled up. it does not tell you how to have your own exercise plan, how to pick a gym, and in one chapter it tells you to eat five times a day with small snacks. who has time to eat five times a day?
 Body Clutter July 6, 2008
Body Clutter: Love Your Body, Love Yourself
I love this book! Written using personal experience and gentle encouragement, this book helps us understand why we have too much body clutter by examining the clutter we have between our ears. Once we understand why we think the way we do, it is easy to see why we eat the way we do. So simple, so profound. Thank you for writing this book!
Taking control is about setting goals - and keeping them. June 25, 2008
What first captured my attention and made me feel like I'd made a good choice is the preface to this book. It tells just how hard it was for the authors to 'fess up to their own body issues. VERY! I REALLY appreciated that level of honesty. The book then follows the FlyLady's procedures and philosophy. It's not fancy, just down home common sense. I bought this book on a whim, and I'm very glad I did. It has MUCH to say about how women take care of themselves and how they can change negative habits. Buy it. You'll be glad you did.
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