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Book Review of Showing Up for Life : A Recovering Overeater's Triumph Over Compulsion

Showing Up for Life : A Recovering Overeater's Triumph Over Compulsion
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Heidi Waldrop spent most of her life caught in the grips of a compulsive relationship with a deceptively innocuos substance--food. Overweight from the time she was twelve, she weighed 330 lbs by the time she was 29. In this book, she shares her story--her struggle to stop depending on food for security and comfort and begin making peace with her body.