21 Life Lessons From Livin' La Vida Low-Carb: How The Healthy Low-Carb Lifestyle Changed Everything I Thought I Knew (Paperback) Review

For most of my adulthood, I struggled with sugar addiction, eating disorders (bulimia and then compulsive overeating), and body image issues. In my 20s, I hit rock bottom. In addition to hating my body and having a compulsive relationship with food, I suffered from depression and low self-esteem. I hated myself for my out of control bingeing.

To find healing, I read just about every health, diet and nutrition book on the market. (Exercise was never my problem, as I enjoy moving my body. The problem was what I was putting in my mouth.) I also tried just about every eating plan on the market.

Here's what I learned:I'm sugar sensitive - someone whose body reacts to sugar like a toxic drug. Sugar and other simple carbs - flour products, dried fruit, processed snacks (tortilla chips and potato chips) and grains - yes, even whole grains - trigger a reaction in my body that makes me crave more and more and more.

By contrast, when I stopped eating sugar (and foods that act like sugar in my body - those grains, processed snack foods, and flour products), it was like a switch was turned off in my brain. My cravings disappeared. My hunger vanished. I was no longer insatiably hungry for food, but could take it or leave it. My weight normalized. My moods improved. My depression lifted. I felt like a completely different person.

Eating this way - a high fat, moderate protein, low sugar (hunter-gatherer type) diet - makes me feel on top of the world. (Here's what that looks like in a typical meal: a large serving of low glycemic veggies with butter or olive oil, nuts or some other fat, and a serving of protein.) I am no longer obsessed with food or my body, but am able to turn my energy to what is most important to me. What freedom.

And yet...

I have often gone *off* this way of eating for several reasons:

* As a spiritual seeker, I want to eat vegan because it's non-harming.
* I feel insecure about eating this way. It's unconventional, and in many "experts'" eyes, unhealthy. It takes a lot of courage to live outside the box.
* I feel embarrassed about my struggles with food and I want to eat like a "normal" person - to eat whatever I want and never gain weight.

When I go off my eating plan, I go right back into the compulsive overeating - and the pain.

Enter Jimmy's book. What Jimmy's book, website and informative podcast have done is given me the courage to stick with a low sugar/carb way of living. His passion for low carb living is evident in every page of this book. Like me, and probably you, if you're reading this review, Jimmy wants to help you find freedom from weight and food issues. For good. Let his story and knowledge guide you into a space of trust where you can eat in a way that isn't necessarily conventional or "normal" but that makes your body *sing* with health and vitality.

It has taken me a lot of soul searching (and courage!) to honor my body's make-up (there's that sugar sensitivity piece) and recognize that I need to eat in a way that honors my body, how *my* body was made - and not some general one size fits all prescription from the medical or nutritional community. Non-violence begins with myself.

Eating vegan made me feel crazy. Just awful. Eating my unconventional high fat/low carb way makes me feel amazing - it enables me to serve the world with love.

I will never be one of those people who can eat just one bite of cake or eat anything I want without any consequences. Some people can. I am not one of them.

What is *your* truth? What makes your body thrive? If you suspect that a low carb diet will help you, read Jimmy's words. Listen to his podcasts. Use his website. When you're trying something new, it's normal to feel terrified, to be unsure or scared. That's why it's so helpful to have someone like Jimmy to help you - he's traveled the path before you. He will lead, inspire and guide you.

Use his story as an anchor to root you on this new path, to ground you into freedom.

Wishing you health and wholeness, Karly Randolph Pitman

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After shedding 180 pounds in 2004, Jimmy Moore quickly realized that low-carb was about so much more than just weight loss -- it was a way of eating that he needed to do for the rest of his life not just to manage his weight, but to improve his health, too!What if almost everything you've ever been told and thought you knew about diet and health was 100 percent dead wrong? "21 Life Lessons From Livin' La Vida Low-Carb" takes you through the daily education that has taken place in Jimmy's life through his voracious researching, blogging, interviewing and being engaged in constantly learning more about the healthy benefits of an effective controlled-carbohydrate nutrition over the past few years.Now he's sharing 21 of the most invaluable lessons he has learned over the past five years with those who are struggling with what to do about their obesity, health, and this thing called life. Class is now in session! Learn these lessons for yourself without doing it the hard way!

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The Automatic Diet [Bargain Price] (Hardcover) Review

"Muscle mass is the body's most ancient furnace." ~Charles Stuart Platkin

Charles Stuart Platkin's "Breaking the Pattern" helped me to analyze my self-sabotaging behaviors and again in The Automatic Diet, he presents strategies for overcoming negative patterns in eating.

The Automatic Diet presents ideas for promoting overall health, controlling weight and enhancing your self-esteem. Charles Stuart Platkin unveils misconceptions about weight control and shows you how to have long-term success.

The Diet Detective takes you through your eating behaviors and you can decide if you want to include behavior modification strategies to your everyday diet. Through self-analysis you start to break negative patterns and destructive eating tendencies. He explains how most diets deliver temporary results and most people gain the weight back. How is this diet different?

This is not a diet where you have to give up chocolate (Who could give up Leonidas Belgium chocolates?) or your favorite foods. What the author seeks to encourage is a healthier lifestyle. Since most diets don't bring the results we are looking for, Charles Stuart Platkin advises a lifestyle change. In most cases, he doesn't take away foods like popcorn and carrots; he shows you the best choice. There are a few lists of "items you ought to think about throwing out." These include the usual suspects - sugar, soda, ice cream. I was a little shocked to learn about the calories in the Starbucks Classic Coffee Cake.

I still think in moderation, you can handle a little ice cream, although I must say I feel terrible if I eat too much sugar in a day and it can produce the feeling of chronic fatigue for 24 hours. The author recommends good protein sources, a good variety of vegetables and healthy starch choices.

I am happy to see that another author is talking about the muscle mass issue, because this could help many dieters over the initial hurdles of initial weight gain when you start to exercise. The author also explains why a drastic reduction in calories triggers the body's famine-survival mechanism. This of course slows down your metabolism.

There are also ideas about "excuse busters" and self-talk is definitely your friend or enemy. My most recent self-talk to increase my exercise includes telling myself how good I'm going to feel after I exercise and eat my fruits and vegetables. Being proactive and buying clothes that are too small also seems to be good motivation. I also threw out any clothes that are too big for me, so I simply will have nothing to wear if I don't exercise.

Another idea is not buying anything that you know you should not be eating and buying lots of things you know you should be eating. Then, when you are home and hungry, you make better choices. Doing Yoga also seems to help because it generally puts you in a much calmer state of mind and you feel more in control of your choices.

If you are heading towards 40, then you may also want to read The Metabolic Plan to learn about amazing supplements and how you can stop the aging process, increase muscle mass and feel younger each year.

~The Rebecca Review

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Diet for a Pain-Free Life: A Revolutionary Plan to Lose Weight, Stop Pain, Sleep Better and Feel Great in 21 Days, ADA...sound nutritional advice...do-able, delicious..a godsend to pain sufferers. [Bargain Price] [Paperback] Review

I am about 35 pounds overweight and have struggled with joint pain for the past 5 years. I have tried everything since Celebrex was taken off the market and after being recommended this book by my sister, I can honestly say I finally found something that works! I have been on the diet for about 2 months and have lost 15 pounds already, which has done wonders for my pain- I don't have any! The recipes are also really good:)

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The Atkins Journal: Your Personal Journey Toward a New You, A 120-Day Record [Plastic Comb] Review

It is astonishing to read the slam pieces here about Dr. Atkins so-called obesity and overweight condition at the time of his death. Here are the facts:
* He previously had a heart condition called cardiomyopathy -- a serious disease of the heart muscle which is unrelated to diet.
* He died of a head injury because of an accident falling on slippery ice and not of being overweight.
* His actual weight was 200 pounds when he was admitted to the hospital at the time of his accident. The erroneous reports of him weight 258 lbs was based on his weight at the time of his death. The extra weight was not fat, but an accumulation of body fluids linked to organ failure during his coma.
* His previous reported heart attack was due to a viral infection and not diet related. He spoke openly of his condition on various national news programs.
* The report that was released about him being overweight was leaked to the press by a group named "Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine", which is an ardent opponent of the Atkins diet. In short, they distorted his weight by reporting the weight at the time of death - 258 lbs, and not at the time of his admittance - 200 lbs...an obvious attempt to discredit and distort the facts surrounding Dr. Atkins death.
* A formal complaint has been filed by the Medical Examiner of New York regarding the suspicious leak of this information to the public by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine."
* The disinformation surrounding Dr.Atkins untimely death is politically driven by the AMA and other detractors of the diet.
Dr. Atkins book, New Diet Revolution has turned the AMA and other nutritional views upside down and has created a furor over the standard edicts of the medical profession. What is not said among the detractors of the Diet is that it is safe and it works. The information contained in this book will not only help you lose weight, it could save your life. The food industry, especially the bread and pasta industry have lost hundreds of millions of dollars because of the low carb revolution. Is it any wonder that this diet is under so much fire? Keep an open mind and read the book.

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The Sixty-Second Motivator [Paperback] Review

Being a cardiac rehab nurse, and spending a lot of time each day trying to get people to change their lifestyles to create better health, this book caught my eye. After reading it, I found the principles instantly useful for me to use at work. They can help anyone get motivated to get past the barriers that keep them from making changes to improve their health. Additionally, the book is short and to the point which is good for a busy Mom like myself.

If you want more info on it before purchasing, I suggest you check out some of the links in the comments section below to get some unbiased reviews from other independent sites (some of the reviews here seem a little way out, like they had an axe to grind with the author or something). You really can't find much bad written about this neat little book!

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Based entirely on research from peer-reviewed journals and randomized controlled trials, The Sixty-Second Motivator is an easily read story that reveals practical motivational techniques. In less than 100 pages, readers will have the necessary tools to enable them to motivate themselves or others. A handy worksheet is also included which guides the reader through the motivational process.

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The alli Diet Plan (Paperback) Review

Initially I was excited about this book as a companion to the Alli pills I purchased. That is, until I opened the Alli box and found there was ample literature about diet and exercise included.
My advice is to see if you really want more information than provided, and then go ahead and buy the book.
I wish I hadn't.

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28 Day Mediterranean Diet Plan [Paperback] Review

I was very disappointed in this book.First, it's not what I know to be the Mediterranean Diet.Plus, the book title is misleading - it is not a 28 Day Diet Plan.There is no first day, etc., you need to go online to join the diet plan.It was a complete waste of money."The French Don't Diet Plan" book really tells you how to eat on the Mediterranean Diet.

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