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Eat What YouLove, Love What You Eat:

How to BreakYour Eat-Repent-Repeat Cycle

By Michelle May, M.D.

YES, YOU LITERALLY CAN HAVE YOUR CAKE, AND EAT IT TOO!

--New book is the antidoteto ineffective eating, without sacrificing the food you love

Many of us that diet to shed pounds find ourselves trapped in an"eat-repent-repeat" cycle - we deprive ourselves, feel guilty about ourcravings, and return to poor eating habits.

Michelle May, M.D., creator of Am I Hungry? - the non-diet approach toweight management, has written Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat: How toBreak Your Eat-Repent-Repeat Cycle, revealing an alternative to yo-yodieting that does not require weighing and measuring food, counting points, oreating pre-packaged meals. Instead, May empowers readers to eat fearlessly,using their natural cues of hunger and fullness to guide them.

May combines her background in medicine and psychology with her ownpersonal struggles with food and weight, having been a self-proclaimed 'yo-yodieter' for twenty years. Upon developing a healthy, balanced relationship withfood, May, an award-winning author and inspirational speaker, spent the lastten years teaching individuals to take charge of the their life and learn toresolve mindless and emotional eating.

"Try as we might, diets simply do not work long-term," says May. "Mostdiet plans lead to guilt-driven eating, followed by punishment-laden exercise. Butwe each have the ability to manage our weight effortlessly using our internalcues of hunger and fullness. You really can eat what you love - there are nogood or bad foods. Exercise is not used to earn the right to eat, but a meansto achieve a vibrant, healthy lifestyle."

Using'uncommon' sense and an integrative approach to healthy living, May teachesreaders how to:

"The problem with yoyo dieting is that there is a complete lack ofcontrol. The book provides the empowerment to manage one's weight withoutdeprivation or guilt, learning how to eat the foods you love when you'rehungry, stop eating when you are satisfied, and to meet your other needswithout food. Ultimately, it is not about being good, it's about feeling good,"adds May.

Michelle May, M.D. is a recovered yoyo dieter and the founder of the AmI Hungry?® Mindful Eating and Weight Management Program which received theExcellence in Patient Education Innovation Award. She is the award-winning author of Am I Hungry? What to Do When Diets Don't Work. Her newestbook, Eat What You Love, Love WhatYou Eat: How to Break the Eat-Repent-Repeat Cycle will be available in October 2009. She holds an M.D. from theUniversity of Arizona College of Medicine, and a B.S. in Psychology fromArizona State University.

May has trained and licensed over 150 healthprofessionals to facilitate Am I Hungry?® Workshops worldwide. She has beenfeatured on the Discovery Health Channel and Oprah and Friends with Dr. MehmetOz and quoted in Body+Soul, Fitness, Parents, Self, USA Weekend, US News &World Report, Vim & Vigor, and WebMD. Her personal success story waspublished in Chicken Soup for theDieter's Soul. Dr. May's shares her compelling message and constructiveapproach with audiences around the country, conducts corporate weightmanagement workshops, and advises numerous organizations about promotinghealthy lifestyles.

May must practice what she preaches inorder to balance her personal and professional life while maintaining her ownoptimal health. She cherishes her relationships with her two children, Tylerand Elyse, and regularly enjoys yoga and hiking near her home in Phoenix, AZ.She and her husband Owen, a professional chef, share a passionfor gourmet and healthful cooking, recipe development, winetasting and traveling.

To learn more about mindful weight management, or to pre-order Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat: How toBreak the Eat-Repent-Repeat Cycle,please visit www.AmIHungry.com.

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