This can be the last weight-loss book you ever read. Finally, make peace with food and have a body you're proud of by drawing on the wisdom and grace already inside you. Replace cravings with calmness. Relate to food as a loving friend, not a feared enemy. In her own quest for freedom from compulsive eating and yo-yo dieting, Moran―once the chubby child of a diet doctor―discovered the power of combining the principles of the Twelve Step Program with the gentle way of eating espoused by yogis and mystics, and now supported by cutting-edge nutritional research. The result: falling in love―with yourself, your life, and The Love-Powered Diet! " The Love-Powered Diet is thoroughly researched and beautifully written. It gets my highest recommendation." - Neal Barnard, MD, author of The 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart and president of Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine This is the third incarnation of a book I originally wrote in the early 1990s. At that time, I'd kept off 60 pounds for seven years; now it's been nearly thirty -- something that rarely happens, but if it happened for me, it can happen for you. What I share in The Love-Powered Diet is a combination approach that saved my life: (1) change from the inside -- this has nothing whatsoever to do with food; it has to do with internal wiring, a revamp of which is absolutely essential to transform a compulsive eater, chronic dieter, or food addict; and (2) a thorough introduction to a whole-foods, plant-based diet, the way I've eaten for all this time, never dieted, and haven't had to worry about weight. In a way, this is two books in one, and if even only one half speaks to you, it could change everything for the better. (Note: If you're thinking of buying this book, do choose this edition which has been revised and updated; any earlier version of The Love-Powered Diet is old [1992], and the book called Love Yourself Thin is a 1997 version of that same book.) Victoria Moran is the author of eleven books, an international speaker on wellness and personal growth, and a certified holistic health counselor. She has maintained a weight loss of more than sixty pounds for nearly three decades. Her other books on weight loss include Fit from Within ; Fat, Broke & Lonely No More; and books on health and well-being include Lit from Within , Younger by the Day , and Main Street Vegan. Her website is mainstreetvegan.net. Follow her on Twitter @Victoria_Moran.