First things first

Orbach argues that if we eat when we are hungry and stop when we are full, our body naturally maintains itself at the weight that is right for us. This is our personal set point. Eating too much or too little slows our metabolism down.

Our body sends us signals about when to eat, what to eat, how to eat and when to do.

To chose to eat this way will mean an end to diets, binges and denying yourself of food you really want to eat.

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I've heard this before, most memorably in the book called "I can make you thin" by Paul McKenna. Did it work? Did it hell! So why is that I'm finding the process, initially at least, easier to follow with Orbach? Partly, as I person I'm kinder to myself and I've chosen a book that reflects that. Also, my feeling is that the McKenna approach is just too much pressure and psychologically, illogical. Just the title speaks volumes. McKenna can't make me thin. It's a sales technique. The title entices because it takes responsibility away. It's another miracle cure for being overweight, but the reality is somewhat different. And of course when the miracle doesn't materialise, the sense of failure and of being a failure which must be so familiar to people trying to lose weight or change their behaviours, returns.

I'm feeling hungry now, so I'm off to eat.