Customer Reviews
A helpful addition to a dieter's armoury - By: Self-help junkie, 14 Sep 2008 
OK first off - my review is NOT based on just reading the book & thinking 'Oh that sounds wonderful'. I read the book 6 months ago & now I weigh 28lbs less than I did then. So I'm writing with that experience to back up my thoughts here!
First of alll, this book is NOT a diet book; you have to choose two diets to use with it (they have to be healthy diets, which aim for a 1-1.5lb loss per week, not a crash-diet). This book aims to give you the psychological tools that you need to succeed with the diets you have chosen.
The two diets I used were: 1. WeightWatchers online (that was my primary diet) & 2. Audrey Eyton's F2 diet (that was my 'back-up' plan for when I couldn't count points, as the WeightWatchers diet requires you to).
So - this book is a step-by-step, 'deal with your obstacles' course: it teaches you how to deal with sabotaging thoughts such as 'It's my birthday, I DESERVE a treat', or 'Just one biscuit won't matter'. It also teaches you that hunger is not an emergency! One day, you even have to go without food between breakfast & dinner, just so that you learn that you won't die from hunger. You also have to write everything down that you eat (that's true on the WeightWatchers programme too), & plan what you are going to eat the day before. A big lesson that I learnt (sounds very obvious, but it's true!) is that life ISN'T fair - there ARE some people who can eat a lot more than me & stay slim, but I can't: tough. If I want to be slim, I have to accept my limits.
I didn't stick to alll of her advice, but I certainly used a lot of it to help me stick to WeightWatchers when I felt hungry, bored, fed up etc; etc;. And now I'm 28lbs lighter & ready to embark on the 'maintenance' phase.
I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who is serious about losing weight & who is prepared to tackle some lessons which at first sight may sound rather strange, but which actuallly do help you to stay the course.
Good luck to everyone else!
