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I bought Stop Stuffing Yourself when I felt helpless about my bingeing. I had stagnated at 180 pounds for over two years and I knew that I couldn’t lose any more weight and still binge. I knew I needed to get past the bingeing, but I had no idea how to do it, so I got this book.

What’s Good About This Book:

Like all Weight Watchers books, they sprinkle many case studies from people who have lost weight. In some books, they even show the before and after pictures. This book has profiles such as these, but no pictures. I always love to see other people who have succeeded because it gives me hope. Even though I know that those people might have gained all that weight back (or might not even exist), I get inspired by those “true to life” stories and advice. It’s the same reason I like Weight Watchers Magazine every month.

What’s Not So Good About This Book:

Chapter 2: Discovering Your Eating Style really turned me off to the whole book. It was a large chapter of quizzes to determine your eating style. I find quizzes like that to be a simplistic condensation of the real issues behind overeating. I started out answering the questions, but by the second page, I stopped to see how long this quiz was going to be. When I realized that it was a full chapter of questions, I stopped right there.

This book has a lot of good advice about not eating when you’re bored or angry, but it wasn’t what I needed to conquer my bingeing.

Should I Buy This Book?

If you have a serious problem with bingeing, this book will not help you get to the bottom of it. If you tend to eat when you’re bored or lonely, then this book might help you, but only if you can get past the neverending quiz in Chapter 2.