Rating: 
Summary: OUTSIDERS view of the Weigh-down diet
Review: This book arrived to someone who had given up on ever making another diet work. Well overweight and discouraged. it was like a light in the night, it just made plain common sense and tied in with so much I read in the Bible but had never heard taught. Gwen gets to the heart of the matter! She challenges you to consider the myths around dieting and discover for yourself what is really keeping you FAT! It worked for husband and wife and our children too. In summary she says, eat as often as you are hungry and only eat as long as you are hungry. Listen to your body's feedback which is a God-given gift. She has some revolutionary points of view on all sorts of things - refreshing a and likely to make you think and thin. Get it!
Rating: 
Summary: False Teacher
Review: Beware...... Gwen Shamblin is a false teacher of the first degree. She denies the deity of Christ and the Trinity. This book teaches not freedom but bondage to her system and works. Be very careful friends.
Rating:
Summary: it can work.
Review: if you are at a place where you are feeling lost and out of control, then this is the book for you. I have read it and for the first time in my life, I have lost weight (10 lbs. so far) without being on a diet. I eat whatever I want (ice cream, cheese, etc.) and don't worry at all about it. I actually crave and eat healthy things now and have more energy, which makes me actually want to exercise. I don't stuff myself with all the synthetic, body-corroding 'Fat-free' junk anymore and eat more natural and simple foods. By focusing all my energy on my relationship with the Lord, I have quit fighting myself and all my urges and desires. I am overjoyed that by simply giving in, He has given me the one thing I have craved for so long - being thin! My weight loss has been continuous and steady, but it took about 3-4 weeks before anything happened. Don't be discouraged and keep praying - you will feel like the weight of the world has come off your shoulders before you ever lose a pound. It's all about faith.
Rating:
Summary: Two Years And Counting!: A Weigh Down Testimony
Review: ...I was a person who tried many different diets and diet products and exercise programs...I heard about the "Weigh Down Diet" from friends. I dismissed it as yet another diet fad. Then about a year later I met up with a friend I hadn't seen in awhile. She had lost a lot of weight. In very casual conversation, she told me about the Weigh Down Diet and how it affected her life. This is someone I highly respect and look up to. Soon, I ordered a copy of "The Weigh Down Diet" for myself...I began putting the ideas of WD into practice the very evening I received the book. And I have never gone back! I am happy to report I lost all the extra weight and have been maintaining my weight now for over TWO YEARS! This is the first time I can ever say I have done this. Not only that, contrary to what many people might believe, I am extremely healthy. In fact, I'm rarely sick. And since reading the book, I've been learning to seek God more and more for help in other areas of my life. Even now, when I am tempted to eat when I am not truly hungry, I call on Him to help me and He's not failed me yet! As a result, I have a healthier body (one I'm also happier with) and an even closer walk with Him. What could be better? :-)
Rating:
Summary: THE Answer to Dieting
Review: This is the answer to endless dieting Its message is so clear and compelling. Gwen has truly found the answer to endless dieting and damaging overeating. She has been able to communicate to those of us obsessed with food the way to set us free. The principles apply to all other areas of life also. I read the reviews of people who had read Gwen's book. The main thing that impressed me was the number of people who reported their lives being changed by Weigh Down, not just that they had lost weight. After I read both of Gwen's books, I became convinced that she had the true answer. It has been a great blessing. I am easily maintaining my weight, enjoying food and learning more about devotion to God.
Rating:
Summary: This is the answer to endless dieting
Review: I have purchased this book for all my family members. Its message is so clear and compelling. Gwen has truly found the answer to endless dieting and damaging overeating. She has been able to communicate to those of us obsessed with food the way to set us free. The principles apply to all other areas of life also. I was overweight as a child, and lost weight during puberty. But I have always felt heavy and have needed to diet or try to control what I eat all my life to maintain a normal
weight. I was successful. I weigh 120 lbs at 5'5" tall and I am 50 years old. Recently I had noticed that I was really preoccupied with what I could and could not eat. I didn't want to lose weight, but merely maintain my current weight. I had read every diet book written (except Gwen's) and know every calorie in every food. I have shelves of cookbooks. I had the most success on a vegetarian diet, but I still was overly preoccupied with what I would eat. Prohibitions and dependence on rules and calorie counts caused me to binge out from time to time. I went to the Internet. I found the Weigh Down Workshop. I read the testimonials of people who had taken the workshop, and the reviews of people who had read Gwen's book and recorded their comments at Amazon.com. The main thing that impressed me was the number of people who reported their lives being changed by Weigh Down, not just that they had lost weight. After I read both of Gwen's books, I became convinced that she had the true answer. A local Weigh Down Workshop was starting in 2 weeks, and I called to join. It has been a great blessing. I am easily maintaining my weight, enjoying food and learning more about devotion to God.I never thought to ask God to help me with my eating. It just never occurred to me. I feel so free now. Gwen is so scriptural that I know she is speaking the truth. I devour her books, videos and tapes. I plan to coordinate my own class in the fall. Thank God for Gwen, and what she is able to so clearly impart. I no longer even desire to overeat, and I believe that I will be able to help others in this area. I am so zealous about this program that I need to hold myself back sometimes. But I have opportunities in my work and in my church to pass this on to others, and I pray that God will continue to lead me in this endeavor. Nancy E. Given
Rating: 
Summary: I think the author's heart is in the right place but........
Review: Hi I've read the Weigh Down book, and attended 2 of the weigh down workshop series at a local church. I think the author's heart is in the right place, but the heavy emphasis on guilt when you overeat in both the book, and in the workshops were not helpful to me in maintaining a weight loss. Maybe my view of God as more forgiving or understanding of our human weaknesses than Ms Shamblin's God got in the way. I do think that non Christians would feel uncomfortable with the sometimes heavy handed attitude of "THE CHRISTIAN WAY IS THE ONLY WAY". In summary, the approach of eating what you want when you are really hungry, and stopping when you are satisified IS a good one, but I don't believe the possible underlying intolerance is helpful.
Rating:
Summary: 16 years old & lost 20 lbs safely!
Review: I am a 16 yr old girl and I used to be overweight with low self esteem, and I was killing myself walking 2mi a day but it just wasn't helping! I have fibromyalgia and everyone who realizes what that is knows that you just don't feel good enough to be at the gym struggling with your weight. But then I started this weigh down diet and discovered that I can eat whatever I want and that all of those rules people taught me like "Breakfast is the most important meal of the day" or "Eat all your vegetables first" really weren't as healthy as people thought. While my cousin battled with her anorexia I lost 20 pounds over 6 months and I've kept if off for about a year now. I went from pushing a size 13 at one point to my current size 3/4! Losing the weight has really helped me with my self esteem AND my illness because I was able to lose the weight even though I became weak and couldn't do the workout thing anymore. I was concerned about the focus not being on all the vitamins and the "carbs" and blah blah, but the author's whole point was that anything is healthier than being overweight because your body really has a hard time. But I know it wasn't the book alone because it was praying to God for his help that has given me the success!
Rating:
Summary: Spritually rewarding
Review: My wife and I both found this book to very spirtually rewarding and highly recommend this book to anyone who has an type of problem that they have not been able to defeat using conventional man made devices. Truly, food is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to physical dependencies and God can help overcome them no matter what they are
Rating: 
Summary: Thought provoking book!
Review: Gwen offers a lot of thought provoking ideas in her book the "Weigh Down Diet". Instead of turning to food, Gwen suggests we turn to God. I really feel Gwen has a lot of spiritual richness to share. I am not surprised that many are finding success with the program. "Eat when you are full. Stop when you are hungry" thats Gwens motto and a sound one. I give her book high marks for reminding us of what is important. I do however, have reservations regarding this book. Thin and fit are not always the same thing. You can be slender and not fit. Gwens suggests that you eat whatever you want. I agree you can in moderation but I also feel one should recognize that some foods lack nutrients. Though these foods should be enjoyed I do feel that an effort should be made to eat nutritious, life giving foods. But Gwen does not seem to feel this is important. How much you eat is more important than what you eat, she says. While that may be true for overall weight loss, it is not true for health. Her sample diet lacks in basic nutrients. There was hardly any calcium for example. And as Gwen does not believe in supplementing with vitamins etc. I feel the plan could cause problems in the long run. In addition Gwen supports the use of aspartame which some studies have shown can cause health problems. Gwen does not appear to support exercise either. Exercise if you want, she says, but its not going to help you lose much weight. Gwen seems to forget that exercise helps keep you fit! She mentions that our Grandparents did not set foot in a gym. And that may be true, but many of them led active lifestyles. Today many of us live a sedentary life. Exercise does not have to be formal (ie done in a gym) but activity should be worked into the day to stay fit. Exercise is also wonderful for good mental health. The spiritual aspect of the program is the core of the book. I feel Gwen writes with her heart but I feel that each individual needs to develop their own personal relationship with God. It will not be the same type of relationship for everyone. Gwen has very strong feelings about what God thinks and what God wants you to do. Her ideas of God demonstrating negative emotions, such as jealousy etc. conflict with the idea that others have that God is an all loving, accepting force who supports you no matter what. At times I was uncomfortable with Gwens thoughts. Some of what she said just didnt feel right to me. But Gwen does not seem to allow for individuals to have their own feelings about God. This is what God thinks and what God wants according to Gwen and there is no other way. Personally I prefer to view God as a total loving spirit that will support me regardless of if I eat too many cookies or not. Overall though I feel Gwens book shares some interesting thoughts and her idea that too much emphasis is on food not on the spirit is wonderful. I would recommend reading it for some of the insights she shares. But I would also take heed that good nutrition and exercise are very important.
| 
