3D: Diet, Discipline and Discipleship [Hardcover]

Carol Showalter (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2002

The best way to know the heart of the 3D program, is to know the heart of the woman who took it national and has guided its development ever since. Writing with transparent and endearing honesty, Carol Showalter, the wife of a prominent Presbyterian minister in upstate New York, tells of fighting (and mostly losing) the battle against excess weight all her life.

In 1972, she was about to enroll (again) in a well-known secular diet program that was meeting in her church, when she was arrested by a Sunday school poster of a happy face, with a slogan, "Smile, God has the answer!"

She could not get it out of her mind. And when she prayed about it, she found He did have the answer.

Today, there are nearly one million graduates of the 12-week program, 3D, many of whom have had their lives wonderfully changed, as they discovered that God would meet them, wherever thay were at and would heal them, often through others who shared their struggles.

That revelation—and how much more time He desired her to spend in prayer with Him, conferring with Him on everything— changed her whole way of looking at things, and her life.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

With all of the fads, trends and here-today-gone-tomorrow crazes of the diet industry, it's refreshing and reassuring to encounter a tried-and-true method. Carol Showalter's 1975 book, 3D: Diet, Discipline & Discipleship, which has already sold half a million copies and served as a manual for 3D church groups across the country, is being re-launched this month from Paraclete Press. Showalter's book is distinctive in that it is not just a diet book, with the usual recipes, testimonials and sample menus. It is first and foremost a candid spiritual autobiography, chronicling the author's religious journey and her struggles to overcome judgmentalism and lack of self-esteem. Showalter's forthright honesty about the ups and the downs of dieting, family life and her church community will resonate with many readers.

Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Less a weight-loss program than an affir-mation of Christian living, this is a revised edition of Showalter's original 1977 book. A faith-based 12-week plan, it relies on the familiar American Diabetes Association food exchange lists for balanced meals. The first half explains how the author's growth in her personal relationship with God led her to her present ministry with the 3D program. Aside from the diet, daily devotional readings (sold separately), journaling, and Bible study are the foundations of this plan. For Christian collections and large public libraries.

Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA); Revised edition (January 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557252947
• ISBN-13: 978-1557252944
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #953,944 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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32 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 3D - it works!, April 9, 2000

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"kruemel_96" - See all my reviews

This review is from: 3D; Diet, Discipline and Discipleship (Individual Member's Kit) (Paperback)

The 3D book worked really well for me. I have arthritis so I wasn't able to really do much of any workouts to lose weight. With the help of this study I lost 25 pounds in three months which I thought impossible. It helps to do it with a friend to hold you accountable for the progress but it can be done alone. Biblestudy with short daily devotionals, charts, hints and tips help you to get the discipline you need to lose the weight you want and become a better follower of Christ.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Living a Healthy Lifestyle, March 27, 2008

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This review is from: Your Whole Life: The 3D Plan for Eating Right, Living Well, and Loving God (Hardcover)

This new edition of Carol Showalter's book is excellent. I encourage everyone to read it and learn how to control their weight and be disciplined in their lives.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Reminder to focus on the Healer, August 6, 2010

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R. J. Chalone - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Your Whole Life: The 3D Plan for Eating Right, Living Well, and Loving God (Hardcover)

Your whole Life, by Showalter & Davis, is daily encouragement and reminders to seek God. The daily readings are based upon a scripture passage and the questions at the close of each reading are a catalyst for deeper soul searching. The crux of the book is to cause one to explore with her Creator the whys of her weight/food issues and to seek healing from Him. One is to actively and purposefully pursue a "Whole Life" with God at the center. I highly recommend this book as a great start in beginning and the continuing of the "get real" with yourself and God process!