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 One of the best books on weight loss Feb 07, 2010
I loved this book--If you are trying to lose weight this is the book for you!!! The author is a weightloss coach who writes about her clients difficulities with weightloss. I loved the part about the different types of eating!!! This book is a must have!
Great and Inspiring book Jan 20, 2010
From all my previous trial to loose weight, i finally found my right way. Not only to loose weight, but to live a happy life.
Hmmm Jan 19, 2010
I originally borrowed this book from interlibrary loan, planning to just read it and return. However, now I am buying the book, because I got so much out of reading it. Brooke has a personable, warm style that is a little quirky for an author, but the book reads comfortably. Her purpose is in guiding the reader, presumably someone who wants to lose weight, through the thinking and feeling concepts and exercises that seem to be the core of her weight loss coaching practice. She has some excellent insights to share! I thought so highly of myself that I didn't expect to learn much, but I was wrong and humbled. I have lost 50 pounds this past year and I thought I knew how to lose weight (and I do), but her approach is in helping you get to the essence of yourself, your values, what you really want, your goodness, your vitality, and learn better how to respect and appreciate and honor yourself, in your body, but also in your mind and heart. Weight loss, she posits, is a natural response to this different, better way of thinking and behaving. I have been successful losing weight counting calories and exercising, but I've been concerned for quite a while trying to think of how I'm going to maintain my weight loss without counting calories. Now I know! Her exercises are real; they are not hypothetical or fantastical. She really does have a solution to overweight that is more about solving the source of the problem rather than treating the symptoms (overfat). I don't consider myself to have a self-esteem problem; the book is still valuable. Brooke coaches you on how to get what you really want. In this way, the book is transformative. I truly looked at myself and my life differently and much more positively after and because of reading this book. That is a blessing. It has given me hope and confidence in other areas of my life where I am struggling a bit. Kind of magically, this other area has suddenly become much easier and not nearly as much of a burden. I think because I am thinking and interpreting differently, on account of what I learned in this book. Lastly, in the book, Brooke shares some personal details about herself and her life and perhaps even some things that she might not normally share (e.g. some not-so-flattering personal stuff), that she is easy to appreciate as a person and accept direction from. She is humbly sharing her gift. So, I recommend the book.
Eye Opener - Good Tools! Dec 12, 2009
I bought this book because I do well in my career and the title just struck me as different from all the other selp-help books. The book is frank, open, and she expresses her own fears and troubles witht losing weight. She focuses on you and wants you to do the same.
One thing she said in this book that has really struck a chord with me is this: If you don't have the time to lose weight because you work full time, then quit. I know that is a very very strange answer. But it is so true. I really did not have the time - I have 4 children, one is 12 mos old, I work full time in HR, and I go to college full time. I honestly had no time to take care of myself. I have decided to quit my job and stay home. I realize this is not ideal for all and that some out there are struggling... but if you can, do it! I can't wait to spend time with my family and do daily outings to the gym.
I wish this lady was in my town because I'd book sessions with her in a heartbeat. The book will have to do for now. Good luck everyone, it's tough stuff.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED for emotional eaters Oct 05, 2009
This book has helped me soooooo much. It is an easy, but thought-provoking read. I have learned to identify and respond to my emotions instead of reaction to them by eating. My whole mindset about eating has changed. I have been eating healthier since reading this book and have lost 6 pounds in the last 3 weeks because of it.
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