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42 of 42 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
It sure works - once you've understood it, 20 May 2006
I have benefitted immensely from this book. I read it in 1998, lost my surplus 15 kg / 33 lbs over the next few months and now, in 2006, I have never regained them! My energy level has also soared. The book combines the basics of the Diamonds' Fit for Life programme with Allen Carr's classic psychology on changing your perception of the problem so that it becomes easy and enjoyable to apply. Many of us, however, have been brainwashed to the point where one reading may not suffice. I had to read it 3 times from cover to cover and refer many more times to specific sections. But, it was well worth while.
Most of your negative customer reviews reveal that the reader has missed at least one fundamental point, in particular what Allen calls the junk margin. He goes to quite some trouble to explain that we CAN eat a certain amount of junk food without any harmful consequences. There is therefore never any need to go to a party and sit there resisting temptation. I still use this junk margin, and probably always will! You may, as I did, occasionally find something you don't agree with, but before throwing out the baby with the bath water, why not consider whether it really is a significant obstacle?
I also notice that one of your recent customer reviews (generally a positive one) says "One question he never touched on was fish." In fact, there is a whole chapter entitled "Meat" which begins by defining meat as "the flesh of any animal, bird or fish, including shellfish".
If any reader benefits as I did but still wants more information I would recommend that they read the original Fit for Life book by Harvey and Marilyn Diamond.
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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Changed my life/ Saved my life, 22 May 2006
I read Allen's easy way book on stopping smoking after my father contrated COPD at 58, despite seeing both his parents die the same way from the same weed before hitting 70! And went from a 40 a day habit to zip, 6 months ago. Could the easyweigh book work too??? ABSOLUTELY! I will be honest to say I was more scepticle after reading some of the reviews but I decided to put my faith in him one more time, I owed him that much. I am now 3 weeks down the line, full of energy, happy in myself and on my way back to the ME I was once. The only tip I will give is to read this book in small bite size peices over the first week or so. It will be easier to take in and before you finish the book you will already be on board. Am I now a vegan? No. I just put me first now before making food choices and have discovered more food than I ever knew existed...Allen is Brutally honest with you, treat yourself in the same way and you will be fine. Good luck. OOOh my weight loss...lots, but who cares anymore!!!
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40 of 41 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Will you read this book with an open mind?, 22 Jan 2006
By A Customer
I did - and I know I've found the answer I've been looking for for 20 years!
I've done every diet you can think of. I've had my moments of success - but have always felt as though I was doing without the food I really wanted and ultimately piled the weight back on.
At 15 stone I was suffering phsically and knew I'd be shortening my life if I didn't do something soon.
I was told about Allen Carr from my sister, who'd transformed her approach to smoking, along with all but one of her friends who'd read his book. They were all devout and happy non-smokers!
She urged me to buy the book - and I'm so glad I did!!
The first thing you have to do is "keep an open mind". My advice would be that, if you're not prepared to do this, you will question everything he says in the book (even though you know it to make perfect sense). So maybe you should put the book down and pick it up again when you're ready (and stopped kidding yourself, that is!)
The clever thing is about this book, is that he gives you a free hand to eat what you like. Allen doesn't tell you what you should do - I won't go into all the elements within the book - I think you need to read it in the right order for it to "click". But by the end of the book, you've reached your own conclusions, helped, of course, by what you've read.
It isn't someone telling you what to do, it isn't a weird eating plan, IT ISN'T A DIET!
But it does help you to get your head right.
The freedom it gives you is wonderful!
There's no guilt...
There's no stuggle...
There's no restrictions...
You just know what to do and you know you want to do it and why!
Although it's early days, I know this is it! I've lost half a stone in 3 weeks and have found a freedom I never thought I'd find and a wonderful future ahead.
Thank you Allen Carr
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