Rating: 
Summary: Good book, but with some reservations.
Review: This book details a concise, prayer-focused, hunger-and-fullness approach to weight loss. That part is great. The part I have reservations about is choosing to fast one meal a day.The approach will work. After all, less food ingested = weight loss. It worked for me for over 3 months. But due to only eating two meals a day, I found that the tendency toward binging was still there, even with the praying over my food. The two meals a day weren't cutting it for me and I started feeling more hungry all the time. If you have children, I think this "skipping meal" approach could possibly be dangerous examples to them of proper eating habits. Because of this, I feel that the "fasting" suggested should definitely be more individually applied. Some people will do well with only eating two meals (or less) a day; others won't. I think that the fasting is a good idea, but one person's fast will be different from another's. For some, fasting from eating between meals is the best approach. For others, fasting from eating late at night would be better, etc. I found it interesting to note that in this edition (2002), Ms. Hampton started recommending things that seemed to go along with the usual points made in any other diet book (get exercise, drink more water, etc.). The original edition (1984?)did not emphasize this at all. When I originally reviewed the book, I gave it 5 stars and a glowing review. Over time, I have reconsidered my position and have edited my review. Yes, I think that prayer and hunger and fullness approaches to eating are important. But I don't think that a general recommendation of fasting one meal a day is necessarily going to work (or be healthy) for everyone.
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