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19 May 2014
Title
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Walk It Off
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Author
| Emily Stanford |
Publisher
| Amazon |
Publication Date
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Pages
| 43 |
Genre
| Sport, Lifestyle |
Product Description from Amazon
Who Else Wants To Lose Weight Walking and Keep It Off Forever -- Without Dieting? Forget joining a gym and wasting your money. Stop to ponder before you sign up for raquetball, beach volleyball, or even baseball. And if you think you need to run, or at the very least -- jog -- think again. Running and jogging are tough on the joints. It is crucial that you exercise regularly. But you don't need any sports, athletic facilities, or fancy (and expensive) equipment. You can forget about all of that stuff to still lose weight surely and systematically over time.
All you need to do is start walking -- the right way -- and do it every day. Do this and you can forget about those ridiculous diets forever. If you're like me, it seems like you've tried them all, but you have little or nothing to show for your efforts -- at least not over the long term. Fortunately, there IS a better way. Walking to lose weight is the simple answer. It's been there all along. But like a lot of things in life, we tend to take walking for granted. And most people just don't realize how effective walking can be for anyone who is fed up with diets yet wants to lose weight finally and forever.
Walking is the easiest, cheapest and most convenient form of exercise there is. Once we learn how to walk, we never forget it. But it seems that with each generation, we walk even less than the previous one. It's easy to overlook the value of walking as we strive to save time and maximize comfort levels. But the result is that many of us are overweight today. There's a simple solution to weight loss -- walking. And that's what I share with you in WALK IT OFF: Walking To Lose Weight - Simple Tips and Techniques to Lose Weight Walking and Keep It Off For Good - Without Dieting
Losing weight doesn't have to be difficult. It doesn't have to hurt. And it should never ever leave you feeling deprived. Walking is easy -- and it works. If you're looking for a realistic and simple activity that can help you lose weight -- walking is your answer -- and this short book will tell you all you need to know. Are you ready to have the body you always wanted? If so, Pick up your Kindle edition of WALK IT OFF: Walking To Lose Weight -- Simple Tips and Techniques To Melt Away Fat and Keep It Off For Good – Without Dieting TODAY!
My Review
This is quite a small book (43 pages) and can be read in an hour or so. I got this as a Freebie on Amazon, so couldn't really go wrong here.
The book is aimed at the amateur who is thinking of taking up walking as a hobby / as an aid to weight loss. The following is covered:
- why choose walking
- calories / lets look at the numbers
- how to loose even more calories
- techniques and right postures
- set goals
- track your progress
- how to start and finish your walk
While a lot of it is common sense, I think this book can serve as a great starting point and motivation to get you up and going and keep at it. It provides us with the basics and I did find the information about calories and techniques / postures most interesting. I picked up some very good tips, i.e. plan your route and fruit is a good thing to eat before and after. Most important is to develop a routine. At the end, you can read all the books you want, but you have to keep at it.
One thing I would disagree though, and this is with the claim in the product description that you can lose weight by walking without diet. Whilst this is probably strictly speaking true, I think it is important to point out that a sensible diet is also required. It is mentioned within the book, just not in the product description and I think this is actually wrong.
11 May 2014
Title
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The Complete Guide to Weight Loss Motivation
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Author
| Bill Rockwell |
Publisher
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Publication Date
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03 Jan 2013
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Pages
| 154 |
Genre
| non-fiction, nutrition |
Blurb:
From Amazon:
Are you tired of trying various diets and exercises to lose weight, but which just don’t seem to work?
Do you always “fall off the horse” because you start getting discouraged and frustrated when you see no results?
Well, if you said “yes” to any of the questions above, say goodbye to all those doubts, because this book will help you to find the answers. This book will keep you motivated from the moment you start your weight loss journey until you have lost all the pounds you wanted to lose, and will help you maintain your weight. Motivation is the key to success; be motivated and prevent yourself from “falling off the horse” and having to start over again as you follow this guide.
This book offers things to avoid - such as fad diets - in order to lose weight effectively. Also, it will offer knowledge behind the common reasons behind weight gain and how to effectively counter it. Wrong perceptions only lead to failure; the valid and invalid reasons to lose weight will make you realize what matters most and why you really need to lose weight.
Well, if you said “yes” to any of the questions above, say goodbye to all those doubts, because this book will help you to find the answers. This book will keep you motivated from the moment you start your weight loss journey until you have lost all the pounds you wanted to lose, and will help you maintain your weight. Motivation is the key to success; be motivated and prevent yourself from “falling off the horse” and having to start over again as you follow this guide.
This book offers things to avoid - such as fad diets - in order to lose weight effectively. Also, it will offer knowledge behind the common reasons behind weight gain and how to effectively counter it. Wrong perceptions only lead to failure; the valid and invalid reasons to lose weight will make you realize what matters most and why you really need to lose weight.
My Review
The reason I bought this book is because it states 'guide to weight loss motivation' rather than another diet book. Let's face it - lots of us who are on diets have been on several ones, tried lots, have probably their favourite, some work, some don't for us. What we really do need is motivation to carry on. This book actually provides both.
The author looks at why different types of diet don't work that well or make it difficult for us to keep to, the causes as to why we falter how we try to cheat ourselves and what it takes - lots of sacrifice, dedication, discipline and determination. Further he identifies steps to help us and what hinders us. All of those can be applied to all diets and not just a specific one. As a bonus, the Kindle version also contains some healthy recipes and a short chapter on the Paelo Diet.
There were a few things which I did find puzzling and confusing though. For example, in Chapter 6.7. Avoid creamy sauces. That much we know. But it is than further said after that headline that 'recent studies have claimed that dairy products can in fact contribute to weight gain ….. Avoid or lessen your diary intake.' That may be true also but not all diary is creamy sauces? Ok, maybe I'm being picky here - excuse the pun. Maybe a bit more specific which diary is better and which one not so.
Overall, there is a lot of very good information provided, and for me, it did mainly serve as motivation guide. I also liked that no specific diet is named as such (apart from the Paelo diet in the bonus chapter which the author sanctions.
5 March 2014
Title
| The 2 day diet |
Author
| Dr Michelle Harvie and Prof Tony Howell |
Publisher
| Vermillion London |
Publication Date
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2013
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Pages
| 360 |
Genre
| Health, Diet, Lifestyle |
When reviewing a health / diet book, I think it is important to distinguish between the review for the book (ie. is it easy to understand / scientifically explained / recipes etc) and a review of the actual diet (did I do the diet / is it do-able and most importantly - did it work)
Here is a review of the book contents:
Diet two days a week, Eat normally for five.
The basis of this diet is that you should stick to very low calories and restricted amounts of food for 2 days, and for the rest of the week, you can eat … well, not everything you want, but what is considered a healthy diet.
The book starts of with explaining the obesity crisis etc and gives a detailed description of the science behind the diet program offered and why it works. I find this actually really good and that makes it stand out for my from other diet books I have read. It explains why it is considered a very healthy lifestyle - long term and short term goal. Than the actual diet is explained -> how to do the two restricted days and what to eat (mainly protein, dairy and veg), and how/what to eat on the 5 unrestricted days. There are further chapters on 'moving more' (the type you actually find in any diet book), how to stay slim once you reached your target weight and also recipes. Appendixes show exactly what food and how much of it you can eat.
What I found very good were case studies and 'your question answered' at the end of chapters. I found the book very clear written and the science certainly sounds convincing. Once you read yourself through it, your are ready to go.
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Ok, and since you are reading this review I presume you would like to try a dieting programme and would like to know: Did it work for you?? and the short answer is : No. While the book is very clear and well written, I found it to hard to stick to and too restrictive and not liveable for a full time working woman with 3 children and a house to run. Exactly how much one can eat of everything was a bit confusing. Also, I didn't always have that much protein-based food stuff in the house (with 3 hungry teenage boys!). Saying all this, my (single and unattached) work colleague has been doing it and lost weight for a while but than also gave up. But she says if she would ever go on it again she knows she would lose weight again. Long sigh……..
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