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Summary: A second chance at being young
Review: After collage,I was 40kg overweight and had tried all the possible diets. I was coming to terms with the fact that I will always be overweight when I came across this book by accident. The first week, it took me half an hour to walk a block and back. Within the first month, I was walking 5 miles a day and losing weight rapidly, and proud to say I WAS NOT DIETING. 6 years have gone by and thanks to Walk Yourself Thin I have had a second chance at living my life not as a fat person but a thin person.
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Summary: It Really Works
Review: Although this book was writtin in 1990, its words still ring true today. I picked up this book at the library and I truly recommend to ANYONE who wishes to lose weight but all those fad diets just didn't work for you. Walking does. I have only been following this book for a few months but have gone down two pants sizes because of it. And...I've not changed my eating habits one bit.This book is wonderful, humorous and it really really works.
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Summary: clearing the air
Review: As the book's author, would like to clear the air regarding the (few) unfavorable reviews of my book (Walk Yourself Thin): put simply, the version of the book that "Sandie Sabo" and other unfavorable reviewers are referring to became extinct in 1995 -- for the precise reasons Sandie has cited: the book was, in fact, a bit "offensive" toward overweight people, and, after receiving a handful of complaints from such people, I "gutted" the book of anything that anyone could find offensive (for example, changing "fat people" to "plus-sized people," since that's the way they refer to THEMSELVES, so how "offensive" could that be?!) Not sure where Ms. Sabo got her copy of that old version (the library, most likely), but, rest assured, you can buy the new version with the confidence that all you'll do is laugh, and nod appreciatively, and get motivated to go out and walk -- as all the other reviewers have apparently done.
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Summary: Excellent and very readable book on the benefits of walking.
Review: I found this book in a walking store in Boston, read it on the flight home, and thought enough of it that I bought 350 copies to give to each of my clients. Judging from all the calls I got from my clients, they loved it too. Makes the dull subject of exercise funny and interesting. A very practical approach for those who need it most.
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Summary: I loved this book
Review: I really enjoyed reading this book. The author is very witty and gets straight to the point. He is very direct and very practical. The book is also very easy to read. I truly enjoyed his humor and I refer to it often. I carry it with me to "keep me on my toes". I recommend it to anyone who wants to change their lifestyle for the best!
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Summary: I loved this book
Review: I really enjoyed reading this book. The author is very witty and gets straight to the point. He is very direct and very practical. The book is also very easy to read. I truly enjoyed his humor and I refer to it often. I carry it with me to "keep me on my toes". I recommend it to anyone who wants to change their lifestyle for the best!
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Summary: Not for everyone
Review: I really wanted to like this book but found myself unable to get past Rives' cutesy approach and writing style. He has some good information to share but he's too impressed with his own wit and it wears after a while. I'm an avid walker and disagree with some of his concepts. For example, he doesn't discuss the benefits of healthy eating enough and folks are apt to think they can eat whatever they want if they walk - well, you can if you have the metabolism of a hummingbird. His chapter on other exercises is just plain silly and gives no useful information. I found many of the chapters repetitive and just got bored. Walking is a great fat-burning exercise, but you'll get more for your money with one of the excellent walking audiotapes by Kathy Smith or one of the many other exercise pros who from my reading take a more well-rounded and balanced approach than Rives.
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Summary: Spiteful, erroneous information
Review: I was very disappointed when I borrowed this title from my library. The author's tone throughout the book is quite sarcastic and insulting with what is supposed to be cute humor. To make matters worse, the information he provides to justify his comments are not accurate. For instance, in Chapter 36 "Breakfast" he states that breakfast is an unnecessary meal and that we have been brainwashed by the breakfast companies into believing that we need it so that we will buy their products. His second paragraph says "When you sit in a typical coffee shop and watch fat people smother their pancakes ('Large stack, please!') or French toast ('Texas-sizem if you've got it!') with all manner of butter, syrup etc., you soon realize that these addicts need no help at all! If anything, you almost think that they're the ones who've come up with this 'most important meal of the day' nonsense, simply to justify gorging themselves . . ." It continues like this for 2 pages. He claims that it is okay for your metabolism to skip eating, or to put it off as long as possible But that is not true according to research and studies that have proven that a starved metabolism will kick into fat storage rather than fat burning. His exercise program MIGHT counter some of the ill effects of following his nutritional suggestions because exercise will burn some calories. But the situation wouldn't be balanced or healthy. There are better titles available and the authors are far more gracious.
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Summary: Unbelieveably ignorant and misinformed...
Review: If I could have - I would have given this book "0" stars. I have never read a book on exercise to be so blatently filled with hateful and stereotypically bigoted remarks about fat people - not to mention erronious and misinformed. Obviously if the author [cared about overweight people], he would have researched and printed factual info (like the baloney about skipping breakfast being good for you... *sheesh*) and made an effort to help people of all sizes feel good about exercising and walking. Instead, he just added to the monumentally prejuducial treatment that fat people receive on a daily basis. Don't waist your money on this book, it is liable to just make you angry. It did however encourage me to walk - all the way out to the trash can to deposit this book! SHAME ON YOU, DAVID A. RIVES!
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Summary: Unbelieveably ignorant and misinformed...
Review: If I could have - I would have given this book "0" stars. I have never read a book on exercise to be so blatently filled with hateful and stereotypically bigoted remarks about fat people - not to mention erronious and misinformed. Obviously if the author [cared about overweight people], he would have researched and printed factual info (like the baloney about skipping breakfast being good for you... *sheesh*) and made an effort to help people of all sizes feel good about exercising and walking. Instead, he just added to the monumentally prejuducial treatment that fat people receive on a daily basis. Don't waist your money on this book, it is liable to just make you angry. It did however encourage me to walk - all the way out to the trash can to deposit this book! SHAME ON YOU, DAVID A. RIVES!
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