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Summary: Short but Effective
Review: I have bought just about every diet book available and they all take pages and pages to basically tell you just one thing--its either eat low fat--or eat high protein--or eat special oils--whatever. But this little book, which is a companion to Edita Kaye's really wonderful, The Skinny Pill, gives you fast, simple rules to follow. She manages to condense wisdom, common sense, an eating plan that you can follow at home and at work, and on the road and cram it all into a small, portable book. But that's not all. She has some wonderful inspirational stories....my personal favorite is "Having Dinner With Your Angel" I bought this book for myself, because I don't have a lot of time to read, and I ended up buying copies for my family and friends.
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Summary: Skinny Books Are Best
Review: I have read dozens and dozens of books on weight loss and dieting over the years. Hundreds if not thousands of pages of advice, information, and how to's, as we probably all have. But not a single one of all those books, made as much sense, gave out as much new research, simplified the whole food-to-fat mystery as Edita's Skinny Rules.First, she explains in a quick, simple way, which everyone can understand, just how food made us fat, and how the same food can make us thin. She boils it all down to a program as simple as telling time. Next, she gives us two quick rules...a morning rule to switch from fat making orange juice to a fat blocking orange, and a bedtime rule to enjoy fat burning peanut butter. She also talks about the importance of supplements. Not only diet or "skinny" supplements, but those critical ones like calcium, for our overall health. Finally, she doesn't neglect the mental and spiritual side of changing our lives around as our bodies gain in slenderness and health. I have been on Edita's program for 30 days and I have lost 30 pounds. Four of my friends have been on her program and have lost between an average of a pound of fat a day. I don't know about anyone else who is trying to lose weight...but for myself, I can say, God bless you Edita you care.
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Summary: A Thank You To The Skinny Rules
Review: I read this VERY little book and was sorely disappointed. I was expecting specifics about the plan and other guidelines. I believe this book was published, more to promote the "Skinny" supplements, than to be a source for information about losing weight. From the items listed in this book, I can't possibly believe you can lose weight. Maybe with the additional pills you can buy through the company, but definitely not from the book. It's like a previous reviewer said, there are no quantities of any food items in this book and all the information could be put on a one-page flyer. Don't waste your money!
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Summary: A Fine Christmas Present
Review: I received this book as a Christmas present and it has helped me to understand simply and easily how to lose weight and keep it off. I have given this book as a present to many of my friends and together we have all lost 100-Plus pounds. I plan to give this book as a holiday present this year. It works.
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Summary: don't buy this
Review: I was very enthused about trying this book. I first read about Edita's Skinny Rules in the "First For Women" magazine, 6/17/02 issue. The article was very detailed but was limited in information about the foods you could eat and sample menus. After reading the article, I wanted more. After ordering the book and reading it, I found this book to be the poorest excuse for a diet/eating guide I have seen in years...and I've seen and read a lot! :-) Not quite sure what the reviewers who gave it 5 stars were reading, but I don't think it was THIS book. Here is the REAL DEAL: THE BOOK
Costs [money] and is small, about 5 x 7. The text is written in about 13 point type so the text is big and takes up a lot of space. There is about one paragraph on each page with very little information and a lot of white space around each paragraph. The actual information doesn't start until about 1/4 of the way through the book. THE DIET
The magazine article has more detail than this book. In the book there is a list of fat-burning foods and fat-blocking foods, but that is all it is...a list. There are no quantity amounts on anything in the book's food list. The book also seems to contradict the details in the article. The article says to avoid refined carbohydrates such as sweets, bread, and pasta. The books' list includes waffles, pancakes, syrup, oatmeal cookies, and fig bars, again with no quantities specified! I don't know about you, but unlimited amounts of this kind of stuff is what has gotten me where I am today...overweight. :-) There are no detailed menu plans, just a generalized table of stuff you could eat for each of the 7 suggested meals. For example, at breakfast you could eat pancakes w/syrup OR waffles w/syrup OR oatmeal w/brown sugar OR toast, bagel, or muffin w/jelly. Again, no specific quantities or amounts were given for any of these foods. THE INFORMATION
There are a few anecdotal stories, but they are the kind of generic stuff you could find anywhere or know about first hand. Even most of the fad diet books have more substance than this one. The information contained in this book could have been written on a brochure. The diet itself (using the article as a guide)is not hard to follow, but keep your money and go get the magazine article, at least it has details and specifics to help guide you. Book - 1 star; article - 4 stars.
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Summary: A Thank You To The Skinny Rules
Review: Let me start off by saying that I'm female, 25 years old and have two young children. I have always had a problem with my weight. I never understood the problem until I read your book and realized it was because I was either over eating the wrong foods or starving my body. I started your lifestyle (I say lifestyle because diets come and go and are fads, this is a way of life for me now) 2 weeks ago. I'm 5 ft 9 inches and usually weigh anywhere from 240 to 220 pounds. The day I started I weighed myself and weighed 221 pounds and two weeks and one day later I weighed 205 pounds! I don't weigh every day because I understand that daily weights are going to differ. I have gotten several complements from co-workers and my own mother as to how much better I'm starting to look. I have energy now and don't feel drained at 6 pm every night. I can keep up with my kids who are 3 and 4 1/2. I'm not doing this for myself but for my two girls. I want to be healthy for them and have them not embarrased of me when they start school. I just wanted to say thank you so much. You have changed my life in such a way that you will never totally understand. I tell everyone about you and your website now. Thank you.
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