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 "The best book ever" March 6, 2008
Couldn't stop eating! (Blackpool, UK)
19 out of 19 found this review helpful
I am unfortunately a typical overeater who buys every book going trying to fix my issues. Out of about the 30 diet and eating books i own this is the best and probably last i will ever buy!
Everything Marisa states in her book is so straightforward but has never been explained by anybody else before. Her methods are unique.
If you have tried everything else then please buy this book. It is fantastic. My thought processes have changed already,i'm not saying i am totally fixed yet but i'm getting there.
Have to say the best book ever. Just sorry i didn't find it before and spent 20 years trying to find the "magic" pill,book or diet.It doesn't exist, put these methods into action though and you should be on the right path.
Thanks.
Buy it for the hypnosis CD January 3, 2008
Chocoholic (UK)
32 out of 33 found this review helpful
This is a powerful book combined with the gift of an amazing hypnosis CD. Even after only 5 days the book and the CD have had an incredible effect and I am already changing my eating habits for the better.
Over the years I've tried every diet club and can quote calories, fat units, sins, drink litres of water and live on food packs. I KNOW what makes a healthy diet, what I need is help in keeping me on track and overcoming cravings and addictions that lead to my self-sabotage.
The book is insightful, informative and illuminating. I found the sections on how to use language in self-talk and affirmations to be helpful, as well as the section of identifying what type(s) of overeater I am (from 6 different categories). Marisa's background in nutrition is evident.
Some of the messages in the book immediately took up residence in my mind, such as telling myself that 'I am enough, I am more than enough', and not to eat 'glue' or 'mucous' (you'll have to read it to know more!)
So if your eating is controlling you, and you suffer from cravings that rule your life, buy this book - and if you do nothing else use the CD - it really does work.
Truly life-changing! February 19, 2008
N. Mitchell
48 out of 50 found this review helpful
I bought this book exactly a week ago, read it in one day and I've not looked back. After becoming pregnant with my son 6 years ago, I have struggled with my weight and attempted many diets to no avail. I really believed that I was incapable of ever losing weight and that I was destined to remain forever 5 stones heavier than my pre-pregnancy weight. For 6 years I had been constantly snacking, finishing off my kids' meals and controlled by cravings for bread, cheese and crisps. Marisa's book is amazing - on reading it I knew my life had changed and already felt happier and more energised than I had done in years. One week on, I remain happy and energised and I am a stone lighter, having shed 4 inches from my waist alone! Moreover, I have not for one second since reading the book craved bread, cheese, crisps or any other nasties and cannot even contemplate ever eating them again! My portion sizes have decreased dramatically and I am leaving food (unheard of a week ago)! I know it's going to be a long journey, but I have no doubt at all that I will shed those remaining 4 stones and even more! I have told my husband that we will be going on a summer holiday this year, something we have not done in 6 years because I could not face getting in a bikini! I really, truly believed I was a hopeless case, so if this book has worked for me it really will work for anyone. If your weight is making you miserable, then I urge you to buy this book. I am so, so grateful to have read it.
****UPDATE**** I'd just like to tell everyone that another 2 weeks on, I've shed another stone! I'm wearing trousers today that I couldn't even squeeze into a few weeks ago, but they are baggy now on my thighs! I am sooooooo happy! I know my weight-shifting is pretty dramatic, and I wouldn't expect everyone to shed that amount that quickly, but my eating habits were really, really bad beforehand - looking back on it I'm surprised I wasn't heftier than I was. I can't believe how unkind I was being to my body. But I am eating so well now - I eat when my body needs nutrition, no more, no less. I swear I'm not starving myself - I always eat whenever my body needs to. I'm still not wanting cheese, bread, crisps, chocolate... My kids actually bought me some chocs for mothers' day, so I felt obliged to have one - I so didn't enjoy it and I put the box in the cupboard and it's stayed there untouched ever since. I know they will sit there until they pass their sell-by date, then straight in the bin (sorry kids)! I swear, this book is an absolute god-send - it's written in such a lovely, easy to read, accessible style, it's not judgmental or dictatorial in any way, you believe and trust that Marisa is on your side, she shows that she understands what you've been through and genuinely wants you to be happy with your body, to look after it. She makes it so easy, and it IS easy, I promise (and this is coming from me, someone who thought that she was incapable of ever banishing her terrible eating habits). I know I sound a bit evangelical, but I AM evangelical about this book - it is so life-changing in the loveliest possible way.
Marissa's book and CD work miracles! March 6, 2008
Ms. J. V. Jones (London)
15 out of 15 found this review helpful
I bought Marissa Peer's 'You can be thin' book with CD included just over a month ago. I had been trying to lose weight unsuccessfully for ages, not easy when you run a chocolate fountain company! In the last month I've lost 10 pounds in weight (I'm quite small so that's a lot). I've not had any chocolate, no cups of tea, no cakes, nothing bad at all! All I eat now is fresh fruit and vegetables and I love them! There's no calorie counting, no having to think about what you're eating it just comes naturally. Well done Marissa you're a miracle worker!
Marisa Peer tells you "you are amazing" but I think she is amazing! February 14, 2008
Nita Parnell
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Like hundreds of women, I have tried every diet going, and never ever succeeded. I have bought almost every book on dieting hoping for a something that will help me, but it was not to be, UNTIL I read this book and listened to the CD. Marisa Peer alters the way you think about food, and its been incredible. For someone like myself to be able to sit in front of the tv in the evenings and not think I must go and eat that bar of chocolate, well, its no less than a miracle I think. I cannot praise her highly enough for giving me control over food, instead of food controlling me. I started the book one day, finished that and started listening to the CD, that was 15 days ago, and I have lost 10lbs in weight, without even thinking I am on a diet. I would recommend this book and CD to anyone who has a problem with food, its fantastic. Thank you Marisa, I wish I had found your book years ago.
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