The Quest for Peace, Love, and a 24" Waist: Challenge Your Beliefs, Remember Your Spirit and Lose Weight With Joy [Paperback]

Deborah Low (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2001

We live in a society where the pressure to be thin often overshadows our emotional and spiritual well-being. Millions of women measure physical and emotional health with the bathroom scale.

Happiness is not found in a 24-inch waist nor in the number you see beneath your toes.

In this powerful and spiritually inspiring book, you will understand the issues surrounding body image and weight loss-you will learn how to stay motivated, eat well, and exercise properly. This book also provides a proven daily recipe to help you:

• Connect with your spiritual nature
• Make peace with your body
• Lose weight with joy

Losing weight is a legitimate goal, but losing your spirit along with the pounds is not.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"A joy to read. . .I would not hesitate to recommend this book to my clients." -- C.C Cunningham, M.S., ACE-certified Personal Trainer (American Council on Exercise)

A very enlightening way to lose weight. I highly recommend it. -- Deepak Chopra, M.D.

The wise principles explored in this book will help you tune into the intelligence of your body. -- David Simon, M.D., of The Chopra Center for Well Being

About the Author

Deborah Low is an A.C.E. Certified Weight Management and Lifestyle Consultant who holds a degree in psychology from the University of Victoria, B.C. She has worked in the health and fitness industry for more than fourteen years, including work with Deepak Chopra and The Chopra Center for Well Being.

Product Details

• Paperback: 169 pages
• Publisher: Cedar Fort (November 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555175732
• ISBN-13: 978-1555175733
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,344,183 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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80 of 81 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A changed mindset, October 31, 2002

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T. Lin "DramaQueen" (Selangor, Malaysia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Quest for Peace, Love, and a 24" Waist: Challenge Your Beliefs, Remember Your Spirit and Lose Weight With Joy (Paperback)

This is really an amazing book. I was initially skeptical of it since I was burnt by too many diet fad books (Body for Life being one of them), I was reluctant to try it out. Still, I did, and it was a major risk since I live in Asia, and it takes great expense to have it shipped to me.
Well? No regrets. I've since learnt to relax, ditch the scale, stopped being so punishing to myself and love myself. I now love exercise, sleep better, am happier and no longer think happiness is tied to the number on the scale or how small my hips are. Deborah Low has a message: it's not the diet, it's the mindset that helps you lose weight. The best thing is that unlike many fitness gurus who sound vague when they try to help you achieve that mindset, deborah low guides you to it through a series of simple exercises. The nutrition bit is a little skimpy though. However, you can easily get proper nutrition advice from other books (and mind you, proper nutrition, not fad diets like Atkins, what nots.)
However, if you think it's easy work "lovin'" yourself, be warned. It's not as easy as it sounds. Strangely, it is tough work to love yourself. It requires mental discipline to stop negative thoughts about yourself, and it also requires discipline to FORCE yourself to slow down and not steal that extra minute to read an e-mail before bed. I still struggle with this, but rereading Deborah's book helps me refocus. Great book.

38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Throw away your diet books . . ., April 21, 2002

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De "anitagoodman66" (Kearns, UT United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Quest for Peace, Love, and a 24" Waist: Challenge Your Beliefs, Remember Your Spirit and Lose Weight With Joy (Paperback)

Throw away every diet book you've ever read because there is finally a sensible approach to taking care of your body. When I first browsed through this book one of the phrases that caught my attention was the author stating that she judged her day by what she ate. I realized how often I did this. Then later in the same day a co-worker stated that she had been "bad". We both know that she wasn't referring to some horrible sin she had committed -- but to the fattening food she had eaten.

This book will help you focus on your true worth and how to nurture yourself and take care of your body and spirt. You will examine the reasons why you want to lose weight and find the internal motivation to make good choices. The weight-loss will be a natural by-product of the good choices you are making.

This is a book that helps you realize the good within yourself and empowers you to treat yourself with the kindness you deserve -- both physically and spiritually.

37 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get off the diet rollercoaster and lose weight easily!, July 27, 2002

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John (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Quest for Peace, Love, and a 24" Waist: Challenge Your Beliefs, Remember Your Spirit and Lose Weight With Joy (Paperback)

Until you adopt the spiritual perspective that Low shares, you will continue to jump from diet to diet, wondering, "What is wrong with me? Why can't I lose weight?" I am happy with who I am, and as a result I have lost 18 pounds. Don't get on another diet until you have worked through this book. It is completely refreshing and challenges the whole mental aspect of how you see yourself.

I found her site very helpful too at deborahlow.com. By making peace with myself first, I have lost weight without even dieting. I wish I had this book 16 years ago when I went on my first diet, the grapefruit diet. After years of rollercoaster dieting, thank you Ms. Low. My life is better because of you.