Most of our country—63% of men, and an astonishing 77% of women–is struggling with their weight, either fighting to lose those extra pounds or battling to keep them off. In the groundbreaking Think Thin, Be Thin, nationally prominent therapist Doris Helmering and award-winning health writer Dianne Hales assert that the true key to a healthy body is a healthy attitude toward food and exercise. Their logic is simple: it’s your brain that ultimately controls what you eat, and how vigorously you work out, and if you change the way you think, you can change the way you behave. Using proven psychological strategies and scientifically based exercises, readers learn how to harness their thoughts to transform their behaviors, bodies, and lives. With practical advice on such troublesome issues as curbing emotional eating, getting motivated to exercise, and overcoming diet plateaus, this book is the ideal complement to every diet and weight-loss program on the market.

The easy-to-follow exercises include:

#6. Repeat a positive, motivating affirmation like "I am healthy, work out, and eat carefully" while driving to work, blow-drying your hair, or jogging on the treadmill, to raise your self-esteem.
#61. Develop a reward system for yourself to reinforce your progress as you reach goals: relax in a luxurious bubble bath after a vigorous workout, or buy some fantastic earrings when you've lost five pounds.
#93. Take a whiff of a sweetly scented vanilla candle to curb a craving for sweets; neurosensory studies show that certain aromas suppress hunger.

This empowering little book is therapy for under fifteen dollars and a must-have handbook for the thinking dieter.