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Allen Carr's Easyweigh to Lose Weight | 
 enlarge | Author: Allen Carr
Publisher: Penguin
Category: Book
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Rating:  52 reviews
Sales Rank: 4255
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Pages: 224
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Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5 x 0.6
ISBN: 0140263586
Dewey Decimal Number: 613
EAN: 9780140263589
ASIN: 0140263586
Publication Date: December 2, 1999
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 It sure works - once you've understood it May 20, 2006
Erik
29 out of 29 found this review helpful
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.
Will you read this book with an open mind? January 22, 2006
35 out of 36 found this review helpful
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
Rubbish to read BUT IT WORKS ! June 23, 2006
NewLife@44 (Channel Islands)
32 out of 33 found this review helpful
I bought this book after easily and happily becoming a non-drinker by reading Allen Carr's "Easy Way to Control Drinking".
I began this "diet" book with high hopes and expectations, however, I almost threw it in the bin as soon as Allen Carr started talking about a "Creator". Despite my annoyance at the religious element I persevered out of respect for his alcohol method. Unfortunately I found most of his arguments insultingly simplistic and tunnel-visioned.
On reaching the end, I concluded that it truly was a load of rubbish..... but that maybe I would have fruit for breakfast the next day instead of my usual toast.
Its still early days, but now I find myself eating mostly fruit and vegetables and have cut down drastically on "junk food". I still eat meat and fish but find I am satisfied with a much smaller portion.
So what's going on? Well I believe that somehow within the text Allen Carr manages to brainwash his readers into doing things his way, even when they don't accept his reasoning.
Whatever - it works for me - thank you Allen Carr.
How to Change Your Life for the Better! July 4, 2001
robert_m_davis@hotmail.com (UK)
29 out of 31 found this review helpful
Well! Mr Carr has done it again for me. I gave up smoking just like that and don't even think about smoking anymore. Could his book on dieting work?? Well I had to try. I have to admit that I had to persevere to get to the end, and some parts I just thought were silly. But something registered. I almost sub conciously changed my eating habits and have discovered a love of foods that I did not know existed! Add to that an increase in energy and well being with the weight that is literally falling off me I felt compelled to write about it. My advice is therefore, read with an open mind, reserve your judgement. And maybe then you will enjoy some success and benefits that this book can bring to your life. Way to go Allen!
At last, someone who agrees that dieting is difficult! April 15, 2002
54 out of 59 found this review helpful
Do not read this book if you think that a magic wand will be waved and you will lose weight without any effort. Unlike Weight Watchers, Alan Carr tells you that you will feel hungry (and of course, you do!) but that your hunger means that you will really enjoy your meal when you do eat (this is also true). I have learnt to really think about whether I am hungry before I eat and to stop when I am full. I feel healthier, have lost weight and still enjoy decent meals (with alcohol). Instead of thinking about what to eat all the time (and counting points - Weight Watchers), I know what I am going to eat because I am eating the foods I like without the guilt. No one said losing weight was easy (least of all, Alan Carr) but at least with Alan Carr I had the feeling that he understood where I had got all my bad habits from and that it was not my fault. To me, it was good common sense.
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