If you begin your day intending to stick to a diet only to eat something you shouldn't before noon, then it's time to change course.

Dr. Sheila H. Forman, Ph.D., an acclaimed clinical psychologist, identifies the emotional obstacles that may be sabotaging your weight loss goals in this guidebook to finding a slimmer and happier you.

The crash course explains that there are two kinds of hunger-physical and emotional-and the secret to permanent weight loss is focusing on the latter. By understanding your own relationship with food and confronting bad habits that hold you back, you'll be...