This book has changed my whole perception of what eating means to me: it meant too much and it didn’t deserve such a big role in my life. From the start until the end The Thin Woman’s Brain:Re-wiring the Brain for Permanent Weight Loss was captivating and inspiring, as well as providing me with many answers to essential questions. I have never really thought about how many feelings I have suppressed by stuffing myself with food throughout the years.Like any other girl with Famine Brain, I have tried to be a Will-Powered Thin Woman multiple times. However, only one of these attempts was successful and permanent – when I was a teenager, but I still haven’t reached the weight I was yearning for. My food cravings for sugary treats (especially chocolate ones) were endless, so I thought that I shouldn’t fight my nature. That is why I have stopped restricting myself and I was neither losing, nor gaining weight. On the other hand, I was constantly stuffed and blaming myself for this burden afterwards.One of the many simple truths, which I have realized after reading The Thin Woman’s Brain, was that no one was forcing me to eat everything on the plate and ask for more. I just had no idea it was not my body that was hungry, but my brain! This reminded me of the two contradicting advices from my childhood: “Don’t leave your dish uneaten if you want to be strong!” and “You always have to feel just a little bit hungry after a meal.” The latter hunger is probably generated in my brain, because I have never distinguished it from the actual physical hunger. Thanks to this book, though, I keep asking myself regularly “Am I hungry for real?” before taking a bite. If there are no physical symptoms of such a need, I seek for the emotional problem, which has caused my desire to eat excessively, and try to solve it. I came to a conclusion that I had to put an end to the maniacal obsession with food, including planning, dreaming how tasty it would be, etc.Impressed by the professional achievements of the author, I am very thankful for the opportunity to read her piece of art, because I regard this book as one. The style of her writing is light and friendly, revealing a lot of personal stories (even her own). I also appreciate the presence of numerous scientific and practical evidence supporting the theories. It probably required a huge research and a lot of efforts to create The Thin Woman’s Brain, but the final result is simply brilliant. The book is extremely helpful, according to me – no diet plans, no pointless restrictions that will lead to a consecutive increase of craving. I believe that in time I will be able to entirely return to the state of a Naturally Thin Woman.