I know, I know...a diet book. Roll your eyes. It has all of the signs and symptoms of being another gimmicky, short-term fad diet book. But its not. I promise you, it's totally not.
I wasn't familiar with Martha Beck before I picked this book up, but apparently she's done a lot of work in the health industry and most of it has been dealing with the way the American thought processes effect our weight-loss or...lack thereof.
This book is changing the way I think, not just the way I act...or try to act. So much of the time I set out to lose that "last 15" from my pregnancy days and try to will-power my way through some insane diet regime, only to fail miserably 2 or 3 days in.
Beck promises to help you reinvent the way you think about food, to stop your weight-gaining thought patterns and turn you into a skinny person - for life. The kind of person that never worries about their weight again. I have to say, I was a skeptic when I read those promises...but I am a skeptic no more. Through the exercises put forth in this book I truly have found it within myself to stop overeating and eat only what my body needs. You guys...I love food...this is monumental. And you know what? I still love food as much as I did before I started the book...I love food and I've lost weight.
Now, my numbers aren't going to knock any one's socks off. I started the book about 10 days ago and I've lost 6 pounds. Six pounds that would. not. budge. in the last six months. I was running, I was dieting, I was freaking out and fretting and not a pound was coming off. I read this book, took some deep breaths, implemented the ideas that seemed like they would work for me and off came the pounds. If that doesn't sell you, I don't know what will.
Five stars for this little baby...I would give six if I could - one for each pound. : )
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