The Thin Commandments : The Ten No-Fail Strategies for Permanent Weight Loss

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Summary: great to follow
Review: I enjoyed this book as much as I enjoy my new beverage of choice. Made from 100% organic soy, taste just like coffee and no caffeine. Finally, I got rid of that wired up feeling all day and feeling great. Look for it on the net by googling "s o yfee

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Summary: Fill full on a 1000 calories day
Review: I accidentally came across this book at the library while I was doing an 1800 cal day diet (using a PDA program to keep track) to drop some weight. This book showed me how to eat better, and feel fuller on what amounts to be around a 1000 calories per day (of the correct calories). The updated information was very helpful and informative. Needless to say I am dropping the weight faster and have more energy. As soon as I reach my target I will up the calories again. I also appreciated his experience in identifying what substitute foods/products are recommended and available now that cut out lots and lots of calories.

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Summary: A Good Rehash of Thin Tastes Better
Review: I am the biggest fan of Dr. Gullo! Ten years ago I bought his first book, Thin Tastes Better. That book was so awesome I bought copies for all my fat friends, and I kept it by my bed to read every night for YEARS!

Using Dr. Gullo's methods, I lost 100 lbs and kept it off for ten years. About 6 months ago I started to gain weight because I slipped into old habits. Naturally I ordered this new book before it was even printed.

The Thin Commandments is basically a rehash of Thin Tastes Better with some updated information; but the message is one I needed to hear again.

Basically, Dr. Gullo teaches us to treat our food addiction as the illness that it really is. No one would ever tell an alcoholic to "go ahead and just have a little", and yet dieters are continually bombarded by this message. That old argument, "you can't deprive yourself" certainly would never be preached to other kinds of addicts.

I know now that I can never eat certain foods in moderation. I have chosen to do without those foods in exchange for a healthy body. I don't feel deprived. I feel liberated from my fat body!

As Dr. Gullo points out, "If food could make you happy, fat people would be the happiest in the world!"



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Summary: seems pretty restrictive
Review: i have a few problems with this book (and suggested diet):

1. dr. gullo recommends many "boutique" type foods that are not only difficult to find, but VERY expensive. if you are on a budget for your groceries, his suggested food items will destroy that budget.

2. the actual diet is very restrictive and the portions are small. he has you eating the "boutique" foods throughout the day but it sure does seem to me that his suggested portions are tiny.

3. he has recipes that include zuchini but then bans squash from the diet.

4. most of gullo's "free" foods simply replace bad foods (bad snacks) with diet versions of the same. therefore, healthy eating is not encouraged -- you are simply substituting the junk with another junk food

5. my overall impression of the diet is there seems to be a lot of rules and regulations. this is not an easy diet to follow.

dr. gullo has some great advice in the thin commandments but most of it is common sense (drink cold water, when entering a restaurant use a listerene thin strip to supress the urge to go nuts on the breadbasket). the book lists at $24.95. you can find most of the information in this book at various online resources.

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Summary: Excellent insight into weight loss!
Review: This book offers a lot of advice to those of us who are still battling the buldge and not getting anything out of the low-carb craze. What I liked most was 'success without substution' which means that you can still eat the foods you love. This is a great diet book and I hope that it will bring an end to the low-carb craze, finally .I enjoyed this book as much as I enjoy my new beverage of choice. Made from 100% organic soy, taste just like coffee and no caffeine. Finally, I got rid of that wired up feeling all day and feeling great. Look for it on the net by googling "s o yfee".