- Paperback: 304 pages
- Publisher: Thorsons (4 May 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007176996
- ISBN-13: 978-0007176991
- Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 2.2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 164,673 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Praise for ONLY FAT PEOPLE SKIP BREAKFAST
'A no-nonsense plan that DOES work’ Daily Mirror
'Not only can you lose weight but you can lose it permanently' Daily Express
‘This is not a diet book but a "get real" book, an antidote to all the quick-fix weight-loss books stuffed with unrealistic, restrictive and silly eating plans' The Times
'Beat the binge for good' Top Sante
'If you're stuck in the binge/diet/binge cycle, this diet could be the answer…enjoy guilt-free eating without overindulging' Glamour
‘A great new book…Worth a read!’ Woman's Own
‘If you follow her 10-point plan and visualise how you will look, feel and behave when you’re thinner, the pounds will slip away.’ Daily Mirror
Praise for STOP BINGEING!
'…a compelling air of authenticity… no recipes and no "nutribabble", just a sensitive and sensible blueprint…that could free you for good of the misery of binge eating.' Sunday Times Style Magazine
‘The only diet book that works is Stop Bingeing by Lee Janogly which, apart from being hysterically funny, puts the responsibility squarely on the person who puts food in her mouth. I’ve recommended this to five of my friends and we’ve all lost more than a stone and, more importantly, kept it off.’
Letter from a reader in The Daily Mail
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Do all your dieting attempts end in failure? Do you ever intend to eat one biscuit but actually polish off the packet? Does your weight vary enormously depending on how 'good' you've been? If this sounds like you, it won't for much longer! Take control of your eating habits with Lee Janogly and break free from the binge-diet-crave-binge cycle.
The reason why diets don't work for so many people is that they are actually binge eaters. This means that they can diet reasonably successfully until they get a taste of one of their trigger foods, whereupon they lose all self-control and eat as much food as they can physically cram in. The result is that a binger will be on a permanent see-saw of weight loss and weight gain, accompanied by varying degrees of guilt, anger, depression and frustration.
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39 of 39 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is an amazing book. I have read so many diet books that is a relief to finally find one that makes complete sense and not only that is genuinely funny.
The book reminded me quite a bit of the Ultimate Weight Loss Solution by Dr Philip McGraw and much of the advice is quite similar but said in quite a different way. I don't know if it is a cultural thing but when Dr Phil said his book wasn't a diet but a way of life but it sure looked like a diet to me. Lee pretty much says the same thing but I understand her completely and she has comebacks for any excuse you can think of along the way to stop reading and grab some chocolate.
Lee uses lots of humour and concentrates on eliminating sugar as the cause of most women's weight problems (this was certainly the case for me) but it was the revolutionary way in which she approaches the matter that make this a must have book for someone trying to break out of their overeating cycle.
Basically she is quite straight forward and says there is one person to blame if you have a weight problem and that is you as you are the only one putting food in your mouth so the choice is yours so you can keep eating the high-fat high-sugar foods or you can be slim. Unfortunately you can't do both (no matter what anyone says). While reading the book I must admit to squirming a lot. I like to blame other things (work, study, mother, boss, and the moon) for why I must eat numerous chocolate bars while no one is looking but now I can accept the truth.
Lee gives some general guidance as to what you should be eating but there are no recipes or strict diets to follow. As a bonus the bright pink cover makes the book look like a standard chick-lit novel so you can read it on the train, bus or tube and not feel embarrassed for reading a diet book in public.
I have only just started the living slim lifestyle - not a diet-and I hope that this will allow me to get off the overeat, gain weight, diet lose weight seesaw forever after all as Lee says - I might like chocolate but it doesn't like me very much!
25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've been a serial dieter for most of my adult life. (Start most Mondays and when I stick it out until Wednesday, it's a good week...)
I know all the theory: I just fail the practical. Or failed.
When it comes to losing weight, I don't need a diet. I know "all there is to be know'd" about diets. What I lack is willpower. Of the hundreds of slimming books and magazines I have read, this is the only one that has ever worked. Because it changed my way of thinking. Suddenly I found that elusive ingredient.
Two of the author's many telling comments stand out in my mind. One is that every time you choose the cake or the calorie-laden dessert, you are choosing to be fat. So simple. But so effective. Suddenly, I was no longer a miserable failure at losing weight: I was just choosing to be fat. Except that - unbelievably - I wasn't. When I had the choice, I was choosing NOT to eat the piece of gateau/biscuit/proffered sweet, etc. Instead of trying desperately to resist, and failing miserably yet again. Unheard of!! At first I couldn't quite believe what I was doing. But I have made that choice so many times since reading the book that now "I'm a believer".
The other comment was a question. If someone was trying to give up smoking, would you allow him one cigarette a day? That's what most diets do. You're allowed one, or maybe two, treats a day. And when you're a serial dieter like me, by George you live for that daily treat. The rest of what you eat is just duty. And a pretty disagreeable duty, at that. What you're thinking about, and all you really care about, is that one little treat. But the sugar in the treat is the smoker's cigarette....
As someone else said, maybe this book isn't for everyone. But it's the only one that's ever worked long-term for me. If you've read masses of dieting books and/or magazines; if you know all the theory and still fail the practical; I'd recommend that you try this book. So far, I have bought four copies! One for me and three for fellow sufferers. It has changed my life. I hope it changes theirs. And yours. Good luck.
I know all the theory: I just fail the practical. Or failed.
When it comes to losing weight, I don't need a diet. I know "all there is to be know'd" about diets. What I lack is willpower. Of the hundreds of slimming books and magazines I have read, this is the only one that has ever worked. Because it changed my way of thinking. Suddenly I found that elusive ingredient.
Two of the author's many telling comments stand out in my mind. One is that every time you choose the cake or the calorie-laden dessert, you are choosing to be fat. So simple. But so effective. Suddenly, I was no longer a miserable failure at losing weight: I was just choosing to be fat. Except that - unbelievably - I wasn't. When I had the choice, I was choosing NOT to eat the piece of gateau/biscuit/proffered sweet, etc. Instead of trying desperately to resist, and failing miserably yet again. Unheard of!! At first I couldn't quite believe what I was doing. But I have made that choice so many times since reading the book that now "I'm a believer".
The other comment was a question. If someone was trying to give up smoking, would you allow him one cigarette a day? That's what most diets do. You're allowed one, or maybe two, treats a day. And when you're a serial dieter like me, by George you live for that daily treat. The rest of what you eat is just duty. And a pretty disagreeable duty, at that. What you're thinking about, and all you really care about, is that one little treat. But the sugar in the treat is the smoker's cigarette....
As someone else said, maybe this book isn't for everyone. But it's the only one that's ever worked long-term for me. If you've read masses of dieting books and/or magazines; if you know all the theory and still fail the practical; I'd recommend that you try this book. So far, I have bought four copies! One for me and three for fellow sufferers. It has changed my life. I hope it changes theirs. And yours. Good luck.
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this trip while I was vacationing in London, and I think that trip will be the best thing to ever happen to me. Whenever I heard about bingers, it was only when refering to bulimia ("they binge and throw up") so I didn't even consider the possibility that I myself am a binger. Reading this book made me open my mind. One bag of kettle corn was never enough. It's one of the most humiliating thing going to the store and buying licorice, smarties, Oreos, and oh, yes, a diet coke. Lee is straightforward, and doesn't try to make you feel like it's not your fault like other diet books, because it is. But she also is clear to say that it is beatable, and you will be able to overcome your binging, and understands that you will slip up sometime, and tells you how to handle it. Read it, you won't regret it.
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Oh God, it's true!
Brutally honest and very sensible. Everything Lee says is true and sheds light on binge triggers. She also blows holes in any "I'll start again tomorrow, Monday, next... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Eve
ONLY FAT PEOPLE SKIP BREAKFAST
My wife finds this book very helpful unlike
the other dieting books she as brought over the years.
It was recommended to her by her Daughter
A GREAT LITTLE BOOK
the other dieting books she as brought over the years.
It was recommended to her by her Daughter
A GREAT LITTLE BOOK
Published on 6 Mar 2010 by Micheal Treddle
Motivational, but somewhat lacking
This is a great book to open your eyes up to the fact you have a sugar addiction and is full of motivational words and affirmations. Read more
Published on 31 Jan 2010 by R. Lacey
a majority verdict
my friends. there are none so blind than those who do not wish to see.most of the reviews concerning this author Lee Janogly are very much positive. Read more
Published on 3 Oct 2009 by Mr. M. L. Woods
Buy it! Buy it! Buy it!
I can't recommend this book highly enough. I can honestly say it's changed my life after many years of yo-yo dieting. Read more
Published on 17 Aug 2009 by Happy customer
Essential reading for those on the Fatkins Diet
I work with clients to help them lose weight and always recommend they buy this book. It slots in to all lifestyles but in simple, straightforward terms sets out how you will lose... Read more
Published on 5 Mar 2009 by S. Lumley
Woeful and insulting
I was fooled into buying this book by the glowing reviews it had received on Amazon - I'm glad to see a more balanced selection is now available. Read more
Published on 5 Aug 2006 by Angela Cohen
Useful But Flawed
I had this book passed on to me and gave it a go. The main points of the book are:
1. Give up all sugar. Read more
1. Give up all sugar. Read more
Published on 22 July 2006 by Scottish Dave
Only Fat People Skip Breakfast
I bought this book in October 2005 and to date (May 2006) I've lost 4 stone in weight. I would have liked to thank Lee Janogly personally for writing this enlightening book, but... Read more
Published on 24 May 2006 by Kathie Spain
Refreshingly different
I read an article about this book and decided to find out how good it was for myself. This book is refreshingly different to any other book obsessed with health and diets. Read more
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