You Can Be Thin: The Ultimate Programme to End Dieting...Forever [Paperback]

 

 

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I have lost 64lbs in the past 12 months and I could not have done it without this book.I am 50 years of age and I have always struggled with my weight.BUT what made this book so special you may ask,the answer,this book deals with your head and not your stomach.Like most people I knew what I should and should not eat, but could not keep it up for more than a day or two at the most,this book helped me understand my behaviour around food,it took away DEPRIVATION and replaced it with choice MY CHOICE.Whether I ate something or not it was up to ME,have you any idea how liberating that feels. I have not eaten chocolate in over 12 months and this is from a confirmed chocoholic, I made the decision to cut it out of my diet, no one else ME.I recommend this book wholeheartedly,I have just finished reading it for the FOURTH TIME as I find it so motivating,there are many light bulb moments within the book,buy and read it, is my advice to you.

I agree with all those who have said that this book immediately made an astounding difference to their life. I have only had the book a week, and have dropped 5 lbs in that week, but for me that is a happy side effect - the MAIN benefits being that I can have a fantastic relationship with food, easily and for the rest of my life (no more guilt, cravings, binges and low self-esteem). If you had asked me 8 days ago if I could imagine NOT drinking cappuccino's (just ask my friends!), eating eggs WITHOUT toast or NOT loving pasta with cheese or even going a week without snacking in the evening OR drinking coffee without milk ...I would have laughed in your face! I have changed so much in that week it's quite phenomenal!
I have read Paul McKenna, Beyond Chocolate and countless books on emotional eating over the last 5 years and I am sure each one has left an impression, but Marisa's book is like finding the final piece of the jigsaw and now I feel everything makes sense. This is the ONLY book I have written a review for, and if my friends ask 'what has come over you?' (which they will, after a few weeks of no cappuccino's or carrot cake)... I will tell them all about this book. I am so grateful to Marisa for writing it.

Firstly I have to say, that I have only had the book a week and I was originally going to review it after a month or so to see how I got on, but instead, I'll review it now and add an update in the future. Secondly I have to say, I was sceptical when I started to read this, I am not someone who falls for any speech given to me, I am very guarded and at times I can be closed minded, I didn't think this book would work, but I decided to give it a go, so this review is coming from someone who is not easily led and I certainly don't normally go for positive thinking all the time, personal life has shown me that doesn't work...anyway...on with the review.

I ordered this book with two others and it was by pure chance that I read this one first, and I am so glad I did. (the others are untouched now). As soon as I read the first page, it was like I realised there was a very real and almost scary possiblity that my destructive relationship with food was going to come to an end for the first time in 11 years.
Every word that Marisa says makes perfect sense and I even found myself bawling when she stated that I have basically been abusing my body for years with the rubbish I've been eating. Which is right, I was married to a man who made me feel euphoric for a few minutes, and in the gutter the next. I was depressed, sad, hated myself and I was fat. I got rid of him, so why have I accepted the same emotional turmoil from food all these years??? The answer is right here in this book. I really feel that Marisa has managed to make sense of an age old problem that we face everyday and she has given a solution that makes perfect sense and is completely 'do-able'. What I like even more is that she isn't some size 0 (never had so much as one fat cell) celebrity Doctor who is spouting what she 'believes' is right, she has been where we all are.

She talks about certain foods and how they should ideally be cut out from your diet if possible, but she doesn't make you feel that if you don't you will fail. This book is all about thinking about what you are doing, and making choices. Sounds like american psychobabble rubbish right? Well it's not. I can't possibly begin to explain how this book has changed things for me, even at this early stage, so you will just have to read it for yourself.

If you have struggled for years to overcome the rush that food provides, only to feel guilty and deflated after, read this book. If you have ever started a diet with all the best intentions only to have piled it back on again and more, then read this book. This is not a book with menus in, it does not instruct you what to eat on certain days, this is not to turn you into a robot that must follow Marisas menu or you will fail, this is about you dealing with the issues you have with food, turning them on there head and being in control of you having a great life. Free from addiction to junk food. Free from the guilt and self loathing after the daily blowout of awful foods. Free from the obsessive thoughts of food on your mind constantly. Free to take it or leave it. Free to be who and what you want to be. It doesn't get any better than that.

This book will not be a miracle cure if you don't read it and believe it, it won't make you think and change your ways if you have closed your mind and you believe that you have no trouble with food. Pointless argument, or else, why would you be buying the book.

This for me is the book of the millenium. Already I feel better, I'm not bloated and even better, I turned down pizza the other day without even thinking. I am even going to one of her seminars and I am so excited at the bright future I can see because of this book.
Please read it, you'll be so glad you did.
P.S. The hypnosis CD is fantastic, don't know how it works, it just does.
Ok, I'll shut up now.
Watch this space!!!

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5.0 out of 5 stars I would recommend this book
This book was recommended to me by a friend, so i looked it up on amazon and found it at a very reasonable price, i ordered it and it arrived really quickly and in excellent... Read more

Published 10 days ago by lin lee

5.0 out of 5 stars Attention fellow fatties buy this book !!!!!!!!!!!
A huge thank you to all you other review writers,if it was'nt for you,i would never have bought this book or written my first ever product review

This book is sheer... Read more

Published 18 days ago by haana joan

5.0 out of 5 stars should be called 'you can be healthy and thin'
The book is just a book but the philosophy is gold. I am so glad that I put on 4kg recently (due to a long illness and my mom feeding me and looking after me) because it made me... Read more

Published 22 days ago by bellasana

5.0 out of 5 stars Life Changing
After 30 years of reading diet books this is the book that changed my life. I now eat healthily and have lost 2 stone. Read more

Published 24 days ago by Angela Broxbourne

5.0 out of 5 stars The last "slimming" book you'll buy, for sure!
I've been struggling with weight all my life.
I wish I read this book 20 years ago, now I'm 40, and for the first time in my life I don't crave food, I wake up in the morning... Read more

Published 1 month ago by Raffaella Niccioli

5.0 out of 5 stars You Can Be Thin
A kind girlfriend recommended this book to me and I just lapped it up. As I was reading, I was aware that Marisa was re-programming my attitude towards food. Read more

Published 1 month ago by CharismaNikki

5.0 out of 5 stars If you are wasting money on slimming clubs you need to buy this book now!
I purchased Marisa's book after seeing the success of a work colleague who had shed a lot of weight following the programme. Read more

Published 3 months ago by Jules

5.0 out of 5 stars It is a must read...
It is not often I take the time to write a review...but this book and Marisa has changed my life, my outlook and my future so much, i feel i need to. Read more

Published 3 months ago by Sarah

5.0 out of 5 stars this book actually works
It takes a while to get into at the start, but this book really CAN make you thin. And best of all - you'll feel good when doing it. Read more

Published 4 months ago by dawniedoodle

5.0 out of 5 stars Breaking through the barriers with this life changing book!
If you have ever struggled with yo yo dieting, coping with food cravings or generally maintaining a consistent approach to weight loss you need to buy this book. Read more

Published 4 months ago by Missy

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