Healthy Living Books Books

Rating: - Marissa's book and CD work miracles!
I bought Marissa Peer's 'You can be thin' book with CD included just over a month ago. I had been trying to lose weight unsuccessfully for ages, not easy when you run a chocolate fountain company! In the last month I've lost 10 pounds in weight (I'm quite small so that's a lot). I've not had any chocolate, no cups of tea, no cakes, nothing bad at all! All I eat now is fresh fruit and vegetables and I love them! There's no calorie counting, no having to think about what you're eating it just comes naturally. Well done Marissa you're a miracle worker!

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Rating: - Amazing and immediately effective!
Fantastic book. Within a couple of days my eating habits have changed and I no longer think about food all the time. I also see my body very differently and feel for the first time, my mind and body is working together to achieve the same thing. I read the book in one evening and am now listening to the CD. Key to success - do all of the exercises - may not seem important but they are very effective coaching techniques and will really change your mindset.

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Rating: - Read this book!
I have struggled with my weight for years and have lost all faith in diets. When I do manage to lose some weight I seem to lose my motivation after the first stone and then pile it on again. Feeling as if I needed a completely different approach I ordered Marisa's book last week and read it all in one day yesterday. It is completely different to anything I have read before.
Marisa style of writing is accessible, insightful and very interesting. The chapter on language was of particular interest to me and I am already changing my vocabulary in relation to the excess weight I carry.
The test to establish what kind of overeater you are was very illuminating as are the case studies that follow.
Marisa's approach is comprehensive and she tackles this difficult issue from all angles using a mixture of psychology, excellent nutritional advise and common sense.
I did all the exercises along the way and found some of them fascinating (particularly the one where you hold a suspect item of food in your hand and then get someone to pull your finger and thumb apart-it astounded me and my partner!)
I am definitely going to change my eating habits and this time I will be doing so willingly not resentfully.
The accompanying CD is great too and I am looking forward to listening to it again this evening. I feel excited and motivated and I am looking forward to being free of this problem after so many years.

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Rating: - Marisa Peer-life changing- body changing
I bought this book a week ago and couldn't put it down till I finished it......I read it through without skipping to the 'miracle bit' that I ususally search for in diet books because there isn't one- ( I must have read and tried most of the diet books that have been published over the last 20 years-this is not a diet book- it is a life changing book that provides a well written, accessible, intelligent approach to the way we eat. It made so much sense-explaining both the emotional, environmental and physical aspects of our eating patterns providing clear guidelines for 'demon foods' to avoid. I have already started to put the guidelines to practice and am feeling positive and energised and looking forward to a new refined body shape that I'll keep for life and not for a fortnight!

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Rating: - Truly life-changing!
I bought this book exactly a week ago, read it in one day and I've not looked back. After becoming pregnant with my son 6 years ago, I have struggled with my weight and attempted many diets to no avail. I really believed that I was incapable of ever losing weight and that I was destined to remain forever 5 stones heavier than my pre-pregnancy weight. For 6 years I had been constantly snacking, finishing off my kids' meals and controlled by cravings for bread, cheese and crisps. Marisa's book is amazing - on reading it I knew my life had changed and already felt happier and more energised than I had done in years. One week on, I remain happy and energised and I am a stone lighter, having shed 4 inches from my waist alone! Moreover, I have not for one second since reading the book craved bread, cheese, crisps or any other nasties and cannot even contemplate ever eating them again! My portion sizes have decreased dramatically and I am leaving food (unheard of a week ago)! I know it's going to be a long journey, but I have no doubt at all that I will shed those remaining 4 stones and even more! I have told my husband that we will be going on a summer holiday this year, something we have not done in 6 years because I could not face getting in a bikini! I really, truly believed I was a hopeless case, so if this book has worked for me it really will work for anyone. If your weight is making you miserable, then I urge you to buy this book. I am so, so grateful to have read it.

****UPDATE**** I'd just like to tell everyone that another 2 weeks on, I've shed another stone! I'm wearing trousers today that I couldn't even squeeze into a few weeks ago, but they are baggy now on my thighs! I am sooooooo happy! I know my weight-shifting is pretty dramatic, and I wouldn't expect everyone to shed that amount that quickly, but my eating habits were really, really bad beforehand - looking back on it I'm surprised I wasn't heftier than I was. I can't believe how unkind I was being to my body. But I am eating so well now - I eat when my body needs nutrition, no more, no less. I swear I'm not starving myself - I always eat whenever my body needs to. I'm still not wanting cheese, bread, crisps, chocolate... My kids actually bought me some chocs for mothers' day, so I felt obliged to have one - I so didn't enjoy it and I put the box in the cupboard and it's stayed there untouched ever since. I know they will sit there until they pass their sell-by date, then straight in the bin (sorry kids)! I swear, this book is an absolute god-send - it's written in such a lovely, easy to read, accessible style, it's not judgmental or dictatorial in any way, you believe and trust that Marisa is on your side, she shows that she understands what you've been through and genuinely wants you to be happy with your body, to look after it. She makes it so easy, and it IS easy, I promise (and this is coming from me, someone who thought that she was incapable of ever banishing her terrible eating habits). I know I sound a bit evangelical, but I AM evangelical about this book - it is so life-changing in the loveliest possible way.