- Paperback: 280 pages
- Publisher: Lighten Up (Feb 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1899836136
- ISBN-13: 978-1899836130
- Product Dimensions: 24.4 x 16.8 x 1.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 633,074 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Amanda Ursell, The Sunday Times Magazine, 1999
"By the end of this book, you will be in danger of having changed your eating habits, taken up regular exercise and discovered you are a pretty wonderful person!"
Book Description
Slimming is a multi-million pound business founded on failure. 95 out of every 100 people who go on a diet will regain the weight they lost and more. Yet Pete Cohen has a remarkable 80% success rate with his revolutionary twelve-week weight-control programme. Pete's approach is not about counting calories or living by someone else's set of rules; it is, quite simply, about helping people to get to know themselves better and build their new shape around the person they really are. Unless your body fits you, it's going to wear out prematurely. If you get back to your own 'blueprint', weight-loss is likely to be permanent.
Many diet books are written by people who have a weight problem. All they teach us is how to become even more obsessed with food than we already are. We are made to de-commission our body's natural weight-regulation system, reinforcing a self-destructive pattern that is eating up our lives. Pete's programme is founded on the principle that everyone has the skills and ability needed to become the shape they really want to be. What he teaches us is how to listen to our own bodies and become our own person.
Pete's attitude to life is one of infectious enthusiasm. Pete loves to eat, exercise, and work with people. If you ask him how he regulates his pleasures he'll tell you, "If you enjoy lots of things, you haven't got time for any of them to get out of control".
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Most Helpful Customer Reviews
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I found this book very entertaining as it's written as a story. The characters really come to life and it is easy to spot yourself among them. It takes a new approach to weight maintenance, recognising that some people are underweight as well as over weight and the focus is to eat well rather than less. I found this book full of practical and interesting ideas in terms of how to think about your body and the food that you eat.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Pete Cohen has written a book that reminds the reader that they are in charge of thier outcomes. It is not a 'diet plan' that you can 'go on' or 'go off' of. Failure is simply not an option. In addition to Pete's knowledge of health and fitness, he is also an NLP practitioner, with this mixture of knowledge, he enables the reader to think about their own behaviour. I suspect many of the readers will walk away with some real practical advice that they can start to use immediately.This method of weight loss is not restrictive to weighing food or deprivation of food. It is a slimming programme that provides the tools to enable the reader to make choices that will be more congruent with their lives. If you have 'failed' at other diets, this book may help you become the person you wish to be. Enjoy.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm reading this book at the moment and I am thoroughly enjoying it. It is writen like a novel and follows the story of Pete Cohen's first "Lighten-Up" group. As you look at the open book, the left hand page has either a simple cartoon with a caption, or an inspirational comment or 'exercise' and the right hand page contains the text of the ongoing story. It is great because it looks into the problems that cause overeating and dispells many of the 'old-wives-tales'. Pete Cohen himself has all his advice based in solid fact and he has a degree in Sport Science and a masters degree in Sport Psychology.
His success rate for his "Lighten-up with Pete" program is 80% compared to 5% success for other slimming plans.
Give it a go!
Also: look out for his other books: "Lighten-up with Pete" and "Feeling Good for no Good Reason".
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Inspirational and radically different
We all know there are simply hundreds if not thousands of books out there, all based on every diet under the sun. What to eat, what not to eat, counting our calories etc. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Caineybear75
Finally, someone is talking sense!
This is the best diet book I have ever read because it isn't actually a diet book. It very sensibly addresses the reasons why people put too much food into their mouths. Read more
Published on 29 Dec 1998
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