Change Your Mind, Change Your Weight

Rating:
Summary: Okay book - unbelievably poorly edited
Review: I bought D'Agostino's book, "Living La Vita Dolce," and loved her style so much that I sought out "Change Your Mind, Change Your Weight." The information in the book is nothing new but her style is engaging and she emphasizes how important it is to get your brain involved before you even attempt to change your body weight. Having said that I would have a hard time recommending this book to a friend because it is difficult to read - typographical mistakes and grammatical errors truly distract from the information. I am not talking about one or two errors throughout the whole book. An example is a section title in bold print, "The Weight-Loss Maize." Ronin Publishing, Inc. has failed this author miserably. Buy the book for the motivation it provides but be prepared to shake your head at the poor quality.

Rating:
Summary: Okay book - unbelievably poorly edited
Review: I bought D'Agostino's book, "Living La Vita Dolce," and loved her style so much that I sought out "Change Your Mind, Change Your Weight." The information in the book is nothing new but her style is engaging and she emphasizes how important it is to get your brain involved before you even attempt to change your body weight. Having said that I would have a hard time recommending this book to a friend because it is difficult to read - typographical mistakes and grammatical errors truly distract from the information. I am not talking about one or two errors throughout the whole book. An example is a section title in bold print, "The Weight-Loss Maize." Ronin Publishing, Inc. has failed this author miserably. Buy the book for the motivation it provides but be prepared to shake your head at the poor quality.

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Summary: A wonderful find for the struggling dieter
Review: This joyous book offers the dieter and would-be dieter a specific psychological plan for managing his or her thoughts, moods,and behavior in a way that helps him or her start and stick with a diet and overcome backsliding. Complex cognitive-behavioral concepts interwoven in the text are presented in a simple, comprehensible, accessible fashion, helping the dieter take control of his or her food intake and develop a life-long healthy relationship with food and eating. Useful tips come tumbling down throughout as Dr. Mautner becomes your guide and companion in the difficult but doable task ahead. I know this book worked for me. Two chapters into it and I stopped eating at night and between meals, and felt good about myself and my accomplishment. If you are struggling with losing weight, don't miss this. Highly recommended.

Rating:
Summary: Good information but...
Review: This little book has a lot of informative techniques on what you can do to win the weight battle. Instead of focusing on nutrition D'Agostino zeros in on your mind. How to use the mind to help you help yourself to the body you deserve.
The book includes ideas such as aversion therapy (ie imagining the food in a negative manner), rethinking your attitude after you have blown it, visualization etc.
The draw back is, as another reviewer pointed out the editing. If someone is going to write a book on "loosing" weight lets at least spell it correctly. Throughout the text the word "loosing" kept cropping up casting doubts on the authors expert ability to help anyone be effective at "losing" weight as she couldn't even spell the word! Santa "Clause" also makes an appearance. Hmmm didn't know Claus has changed the spelling of his last name. These errors and others really cast a big shadow over the book - distracting. I am not the world's greatest speller either, but if my book was up for publication I would certainly run a spell check on it.
The illustrations were also unattractive. Tiny pencil drawings of stick figures with pot bellies.
Though most of the ideas in the book are very good, you will have to look past the drawings and text errors, and that can be tough to do.