Flip the Switch: Proven Strategies to Fuel Your Metabolism and Burn Fat 24 Hours a Day [Bargain Price] [Hardcover] Review

I obsessed for a couple of weeks before buying this book. I already had the "Low Fat Living" volume and had found it okay. It seemed to espouse a lot of the ideas promised in the advertisements for "Flip the Switch," so maybe I could save $35 and still eat better.

However, I did go ahead and try it out, which turned out to be a good decision. "Flip" has new science, starting out with a few lessons on hormones and how they control the body's chemical processes and why. With the recommendations for doing little things to turn on your metabolic thermostat (the Meta-Stat, they call it), you can keep yourself burning calories.

I found that when I understood what was going on with the body chemistry, it was easier to get myself to do the exercises, almost all of which are easy to work into even a busy daily schedule.

Most of the recipes are accessible, too. My favorites include anything to do with pistachios and chicken, as well as something called "peanut butter bursts," a delicious protein-filled, low but complex carb dessert that even my four-year-old loves.

Even the act of making the recipes is a sort of calorie-burner in itself, and it's fun. Most of the meals don't take that much time to make, especially after you get used to the process. It's not as easy as opening a carton, venting a plastic seal, and punching in a series of numbers on a keypad, but neither is it like building a piano.

One thing that did take some time was finding some of the ingredients. I'd never looked in some of the places I had to look now. Things like unsalted butter, toasted sesame oil, garlic and herb flavored goat cheese are not items I was in the habit of dropping into my cart. Besides the search time, I was afraid buying the ingredients would break the food budget, and for a while I did spend about three times as much as I did for salty, chemical-laden microwave meals, but after a couple of weeks, that expense plateaued and now I have most of the items I need for most of the recipes. All I have to do is buy the meat and I'm there.

Take a look at the salt and preservatives on the back of a box of a meal of shrimp. You're likely getting half a day's worth of salt. Then calculate the cost of buying a pound of fresh or frozen shrimp (about $4 in my area) and you'll find yourself singing the praises of this book, just like me.

And when you clean up, the stuff you wipe and throw away will make your garbage can smell like a gourmet meal.

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Be Your Perfect Weight Looking Good & Feeling Great [Audiobook] (Audio CD) Review

I bought "The Secret" from Amazon and am very pleased with that.I enjoyed Dr. Proctor a lot on that so I thought I would give this a try to lose weight.

Dr. Proctor barely speaks on this audio CD.I was not very inspired.

This CD is mostly Michele singing the same song over and over again.Perhaps one is supposed to be dancing during this whole thing--I guess that would work to lose weight.But then we all know that that is one of the things we are supposed to do. Fat people aren't dumb--they're just fat.

I actually fell asleep because the one song is so monotonous.Perhaps it's suppose to work sublimally while asleep.

I don't understand why anyone would give this 5 stars.I would love to talk to them and ask them if they lost weight and why they gave this product 5 stars.

I'm sending this back.

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The Perfect way to become your perfect weight. It teaches you how your old thinking relates to your body weight and how to change your old negative self-image to create your Perfect weight

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Thought Has No Calories: Mind Nourishment: The One Minute Diet Remedy (Paperback) Review

"Thought Has NO Calories" immediately distinguishes itself as much more than...just another diet book.This book stands apart from the endless stream of books about what to eat or not to eat.This is about new thought and the power every day thought choices have in dieting success.Lynne Lambert guided me on a 30 day journey of self discovery, enlightenment, and healing that helped me to disolve my body weight struggles for good.I highly recommend this book for anyone who is bored, tired and fed up with dieting!!Thought Has No Calories: Mind Nourishment: The One Minute Diet Remedy

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Transform the way you think, speak and act at mealtime! Thought Has NO Calories dissolves body weight struggles once and for all. Use the power of the human mind to discover life's secret recipe, and shift your motives about what (and how) you eat to achieve success today. Learn...the 5 ingredients of Creative Word!...the 10 perspectives for empowerment and peace!...And proven life-altering techniques to help make your fitness goals reality! Don't take this journey alone. Lambert can help you move beyond diet and gain the knowledge and tools you need to heal your body weight problems for life. Like countless clients before, learn how you too can create the purposeful mindset you need to succeed!

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Lose It for Life Workbook [Paperback] Review

I am currently leading an adult disussion group during Sunday school at my church.I had the class get both the book and the workbook.We have found that the real 'meat' of the work is done in this workbook.It asks you to think about questions that can really bring you to an understanding about yourself and why you do the things you do.I am very pleased with where this workbook is leading my group and the fellowship we are developing.

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This companion workbook to Lose It for Life will help participants to better apply the program to their specific situation.It is also ideal for group study, as it will help facilitate meetings for those who want to encourage each other in their journey toward better physical and spiritual health.

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Stop It! [Hardcover] Review

Carole Lewis chose too narrow a title for her book when she christened it Stop It! Yes, it does offer a lot of good advice on how to control one's appetite, but not just for food; she also talks about other unhealthy appetites, such as pornography, excessive spending, overly emotional behavior, and alcoholism.

Based on a Bob Newhart comedy routine in which he, as a psychiatrist, has only one piece of advice for people who come to him for counseling ("Stop it! Stop doing bad behavior!"), this book is actually that blunt, that simple...and that logical. Lewis says that wishing for changes is silly. One must face the fact that change requires commitment, discipline, goal setting, and confidence. She advises her readers to recite the mantra of "Stop it! Stop it! Stop it some more!" every time they are prone to revert to negative behaviors. They must fight and resist bad habits by forming new behavior patterns. It won't come overnight, but it will come for those who work at it consistently.

Her chapters titles sound like motivational poster sayings, such as "Stop Surviving, Start Thriving" and "Stop Relapsing, Start Resisting." Nevertheless, each chapter offers two important elements for people trying to curb destructive actions: first, there usually is a story or anecdote about someone who was facing a problem, was brought low by it, but then learned how to break free of the bondage of that poor behavior; and second, there are specific actions steps and pieces of advice the reader can follow as a way of learning to control his or her own poor behavior. The chapters share stories of people in the Bible who made poor life decisions, such as King David, and what the negative results were. There are also insights shared by addiction counselors dealing with people facing 21st century challenges.

Carole Lewis is national director of First Place, a weight-loss organization, and her book does not hesitate from time to time to relate stories tied to that business or to give a promotional plug to some of its teachers and directors. I suppose that comes with the territory. But if you don't mind an occasional imbedded commercial, this book really does provide pragmatic, functional advice to Christians and non-Christians who are trying to cope with health issues, emotional traumas, or spiritual matters. -- Dr. Dennis E. Hensley, Christian Book Previews.com

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Life is filled with examples in which bad habits must be stopped in order for good to prevail. Weight loss is no exception to this rule. Embracing bad habits prevents God from providing us with what we need to move ahead in victory. Stop It! will help readers desiring to lose weight identify and learn how to stop negative behaviors and start behaviors that lead to weight loss. Join the national director of First Place as she shares how to stop procrastinating and start a weight-loss program now, and how to stop running from God and start running to Him.

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The Diet Joke (Paperback) Review

(although I probably shouldn't call it a "diet" book because it aims to make a person never diet again, but instead to "reprogram" their way of thinking.)

I am not the average diet consumer. I actually LOVE reading about the technical aspects...the studies in the New England Journal of Medicine, new findings in fitness that increase caloric burn...for me, it's good reading.

For most people it's boring as all get out.

But most people, at least in the U.S., aren't happy with their weight either.

That is why this book interested me, and I think it would anyone who wants to "lose a few" or help someone else do it, but I was very skeptical. Anyone who reads my reviews has seen me mention I am a weight loss coach and I daily see the seriousness and pain of those unhappy in their own skin. I take it seriously. I had big doubts that a book meant to help you lose weight in a lighthearted way would seriously have the facts behind it to make it happen.

It did, however.

In fact, I suggest this book to clients in my weight loss classes now. I kid you not. It's actually a new way of looking at a very old subject. When people decide to lose weight they typically are not at the peak of happiness. In fact, they are typically frustrated, depressed, full of negative self-talk, and unhappy. To then want to read a very serious book about weight loss doesn't always fly. Or even hear someone talk about it. But I have read good serious books about weight loss...I am not panning them; they just don't make most people want to read 'em cover-to-cover typically.

The difference here is that this gives you REAL facts (and I will personally back 'em up. I am the world's biggest skeptic on weight loss books and marketing because of my profession so I am IMPRESSED that this was no fad new gimmick, no silly suggestions. This is a motivator but still backed by the biggest medical studies in HOW to lose weight. I can quote you the biggest medical studies because I love facts.) The differene here is that those facts(...all the "REAL DEAL" facts, not just ones meant to sell a book) are here, but you WANT to read them because of the humor interspersed to make it interesting. Yep, boring facts are laid out so you enjoy them, and the biggest difference, make you motivated to change.

Motivation to change...you know how your friends can tell you things that motivate you that most books couldn't? Those things that stick? This is filled with them. The writer is, without a doubt, hilarious...but what I love is that the facts stick because of how they are written. Yes, you'll know all about BMI, the diet industry, the brainwashing of advertising, weight loss myths, waist-to-hip ratio, the fact that statistically across the board men and women weight 25 lbs more on average than we all did 40 years ago and why...you'll learn tons of stuff that is all science based, but you'll laugh hysterically at what you learn, and how you learn REALLY how to get it off.

Here's what I mean as an example. We all make excuses when we want something that is an indulgence even if we aren't hungry, right? That dessert at the end of the buffet line? The donut in the work lounge after we aleady ate breakfast? Do you know that many I work with who begin fitness programs for the first time gain weight because they use it as justification for more eating (rather than muscle gain) often with the phrase "a car cannot run without fuel and so I need more fuel to work out". Oh, we all have those justifcation phrases in our head. She gives you phrases to think in response to those when they hit. Here's an example of the chapter on calories:

"How much do we really know about calories? Let's find out. We know the basic concept that calories are like fuel.. We know that, like cars, our bodies nead fuel to run. However, we also know that if you put too much fuel in your car, it spits and splashes on your shoes, so calories aren't exactly like fuel, and certainly not as expensive." She goes on to spell it out: "When cars are completely fueled up, they can't hold any more gas. When people are completely fueled up, they can still eat another cookie"

This begins a chapter, filled with jokes, but really, really solid facts of how to look at it. How to realize that weight loss happens when you take in less calories than your body burns so it dips into that spare tank (fat) to keep it going. And thus, the loss. This is often forgotten in the land of marketing of magic pills and restricting things like carbs...the actual science. Yes, she goes into determining your caloric needs, the basal metabolic rate, etc. but she does it while you are dying laughing at the jokes and cartoons in every line and page. Do I love that? I do. Yes, we were conditioned that not finishing our plate is "wasting" it. That's addressed. Those mental blocks.

There is a summation at the end of each chapter. Although I only shared a couple of paragraphs of that chapter, here's an example of the summation:

Calories are not the enemy, but that doesn't mean you can turn your back on them.

If your gas tank were as stretchy as your stomach, you could hardly afford to drive to work.

Some people do not have enough to eat. You are not one of them.

Nothing is off-limits if you limit how much you eat. Okay, so all that's simple. We kinda know all that. But the book goes into toxic ingredients that affect us, it goes into the same reprogramming I use in my weight loss classes, it digs deep to show you facts about sugar, salt, nutrition labels, foods that will shock you, facts that will shock you. And, more importantly, it is interactive. It asks you questions about yourself for self-discovery. And that, too, is a tool we weight loss instructors know must be done to help in weight loss.

As for the writing style, I had a hysterical English teacher when I was in high school. To this day, I remember actual sentences he said in teaching simply because they were taught with humor. So they stuck long after my dry science teacher's lesson left my brain immediately after the test.

Funny how that works. Literally.

I expected to not like this book. I like few weight loss books. But this actually isn't a diet book. It's about changes in your life that are easy to do that result in proven weight loss. It's even more about getting them into your brain in a hilarious way so you understand them and remember them when you are wanting to pick up a bad habit or a red velvet cupcake again.

I use motivational quotes when I help those in my groups to lose weight. They stick. She does too. In fact, I came into this book quite sure I wouldn't like it but the methods used are all those that any weight loss professional is taught to use to make lasting changes. Everything is hit on in the book...emotional eating rather than out of hunger and how to get past it, affirmations, reprogramming, the facts of what works and what doesn't.

You won't open this book and get a diet plan. It's more of a guide that will cause you to make changes. And I personally believe that's actually what people need. Losing weight means it's something you expect to find again. Dropping weight for good is a whole other mindset.

Negatives: I try to never leave any of my Amazon reviews without a negative so that it gives the full picture. The only thing I could think of here is that if you are expecting your food to be mapped out for you, you won't find it in here. That's a positive for me because you aren't in a deprivation phase which doesn't last...but if you are expecting it, know that going in. If you are really serious and dry, you'll also probably want something else because this is full of jokes and cartoons in spite of the dry subject. Honestly, fact-wise and motivation-wise, however, I have no negatives. I just don't.

CONCLUSION: This is my "hot list" book to suggest for weight loss. Anyone can "get it" and have tons of "aha!" moments and stop beating themselves and their plates down and be motivated in new ways for change that stick...and the book makes you actually WANT to read it from cover to cover...I didn't write any of the humor examples but they are pretty much in every sentence. When I am a raving fan of something it's quickly evident in my reviews. When I hate something, I spell out why just as clearly.

Raving fan. And, because raving fans always make me think they know the author or have some other personal interest in the book, I will state outright that I absolutely do not... I rarely have time to read a book (very few of my reviews are for books) so it has to wow me.

So well done on a subject that is my personal passion.

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Ready to lighten up? This easy-to-follow reprogramming guide can help. Filled with humor and fun, The Diet Joke is a laugh-riot, common-sense approach to better health. Funny lady Lisa Pedace takes readers on an entertaining journey that begins with the word "diet" and ends with a smile, with plenty of belly laughs in between. What we eat, why we eat, how we diet--it's all covered in knee-slapping style. Funny illustrations and thought-provoking activities drive the message home: It's time we take better care of ourselves. Who says losing weight has to be so serious?

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Love Hunger Weight-Loss Workbook ~ A 12 week life plan for the body, mind, and soul (Paperback) Review

The book is easy to read and understand, and easy to use -it has daily readings which help you stay focused.Excellent tips that I had actuallynever heard before.Explains all the inner workings of your dietbehaviors.I highly recommend it, and I've already bought it for severalfriends too.

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"Compulsive overeating is a complex and pervasive problem," say the doctors at the world-renowned Minirth-Meier Clinic."A one-dimensional approach to weight loss has rarely worked because different people are overweight for different reasons, and most people have several factors feeding their obesity problems."

Love Hunger Weight-Loss Workbook's multifaceted approach will help you develop lifelong lifestyle changes.In this workbook, the doctors of the Minirth-Meier Clinic have explored every possible weight-loss aid and provide daily sections for the body, mind, and soul.

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100 Essential Steps For Healthy Living (Paperback) Review

Great Book!Fun read!It contains a number of suggestions that are already known but are good reminders for those of us that forget the most effective changes that we could be making in our lives to be healthier.There are a high proportion of people in this country that could definitely benefit from some helpful healthy ideas that do not have the time to read a lengthy book on the subject; this is the book for them.It is straight to the point with a single message on each page accompanied by an often amusing photo.A great motivator!

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Practical no nonsense advice and inspiration for making simple yet effective changes in your life to become a happier, healthier person.The illustrations on each page make this book as entertaining as it is thought provoking.This quick, easy to read book covers the most important things you can do to look and feel your best inside and out.

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