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The Ten Habits of Naturally Slim People

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I bought this book on a whim, because i no longer do diets. I was looking for a new way to think about my body, having finally come to terms that i am heavy, my mom was heavy, i better get used to this body.

I started reading this book a year ago, and read only half way through it. I put a bookmark in the book, and said to myself, ok, when i have time, I'll go back and finish the book.

About a month later, I started thinking about what I had read, that judging what I put in my mouth doesn't work, that my body is craving things but communication with the brain isn't working because of all the ideas i have about food. And i decided to give it a short try. What the hell, if I failed, I would just gain a few more pounds, and if I succeeded, I would lose pounds.

I followed the weird-sounding advice in the book. I stopped judging food as good or bad. I ate whatever I wanted whenever I wanted. I bought whatever I wanted at the grocery store. I went out of my way to satisfy my hungers.

After a while, I got tired of all of the potatoe chips and chocolate ice cream, and said, okay, I am ready to figure out what I am after when I am foraging. Then I realized i was looking for salty or crisp or crunchy. And it was then that I was able to take control of my food intake. Because I started to realize what I was looking for.

Dieting doesn't work because it doesn't teach you to nourish your needs. This book teaches you how to identify what you need, if it's love, or hugs or nourishment, or if it's really food. I am still following this book a year later, and finally ready to pick it back up and re-read the first half. I quit smoking in December, a pack and a half a day, and gained about ten pounds. In the last six months I have not only lost those pounds, but another two or three.

In the interim I have also been diagnosed with a hiatal hernia, reflux (severe) and a misshaped duadenum. I have also identified that I have trouble swallowing (it's painful). I always knew I had TMJ. If I had not been following this book, I hate to think what would have happened to me in trying to treat my hiatal hernia and reflux. Since I was already rethinking eating, I was able to take this medical information and integrate it into what I had already found out about my "food trip".

Am I still too heavy? Yes. Am I eating less as a result of this book? Yes. Am I more picky about what goes into my mouth? Yes. Do I starve myself? No. Do I feel undernourished. No. Have I lost weight? Yes. Was it overnight? No. (But then, I didn't gain it overnight either.)

This book is a hands-down winner.

I was so excited when I got this book but then I read it. I was so disappointed with the lack of practical advice. The authors are quick to point out that copying thin eaters' habits is not the most important part of this weight-loss book. They want you to explore the spiritual depths first, which I think is great but it is eating less and doing more that contributes to sustained weight-loss and everyone knows this. I was hoping to find inspiration and realistic instruction on how to stop eating when full. I found none in this book whatsoever. I found the book to be highly disappointing.

This book does a great job of breaking down the thought processes of eating and overeating. It was only moderately helpful to me after the first reading. Then a year later I read "The Sedona Method" by Hale Dwoskin, then came back to this book and reread it. Now it *really* works. I hope others will benefit as much as I did. Good luck.

I think, the main reason people overeat is - they feel bad about themselves, they feel not good enough, and they hate themselves - body, mind and everything. This book beautifully adresses these issues, and helps you to learn again what a lot of people forgot - WE ARE GOOD JUST AS WE ARE. We knew that, when we were born(babies are not ashamed of themselves), but then this amazing knowing got slowly socialized out of us.
Basically this book is about loving yourself and trusting your body to make beautiful choices for you. And it does! I don't weigh myself ( scale is just another form of rigid control and I decided to let go of numbers and enjoy eating and life in general), but I know I lost weight, because I can get into size smaller pants(it is about 6 weeks since I trust my body to make food choices- be it more one day or less the other, be it healthy or not so healthy foods.) Now, I noticed, my body doesn't need to eat the whole chocolate - couple bites satisfies it more than the whole before. Nice side effect - I started enjoying exercise again. Moving is so much fun, when you forget the part, that you MUST move.
If you want to be slim naturally and resistance free(enjoy temptations instead of resisting them, and they will loose power), definetely check out this book.

The book was somewhat helpful. There isn't too much 'diet mentality' mentioned, but too much emphaphasis on 'healthy eating', which is something I think most people are really educated on. There are some helpful ideas, but this book is best checked out from a library so that you can take it back in two weeks.

Some of the chapters in this book were a bit 'far-fetched' to me. However, the other chapters gave me so much insight that I have read them over and over again. This book gives the reader the tools needed to modify their eating patterns. If you are having a hard time starting or sticking to a healthy diet this book may be just what it takes to motivate you.

Advance Praise - Quotes from letters of praise by authors and health professionals that reviewed the book prior to it's release. "The Ten Habits of Naturally Slim People offers the most intelligent approach to weight control and body image that I have ever read. This work is divinely inspired and I reommend it Highly." Sonia Choquette, Author of Your Hearts Desire and The Psychic Pathway. "Permanent weight loss can be natural and effortless. Finally a book that makes it so." John Douillard DC author of Body, Mind, Sport and a former director of Deepak Chopra's mind-body clinic in San Diego. "Often we see weight as a hopeless prison, with us behind the bars. The TenHabits of Naturally Slim People will help you to walk out of that prison...never to return. Cheryl Townsley, Author of Food Smart, Kid Smart! "The Ten Habits of Naturally Slim People not only addresses the underlying beliefs that affect our physical (body), it also...provides a marvelous new tool that makes changing beliefs a simple foundation for satisfying lasting [physical]change." Gary Smith, Psychotherapist

One word for this book: Excellent. No matter what "diet" you're on, you need to read this book.

This is a good book, however the author does not have her facts straight when it came to the exercise section. She needs to get updated info if she plans to do another book. She also states that we should throw out the "breakfast is the most important meal of the day" mentality. I disgree with this. It is the most important meal after the body has been fasting all night while sleeping. The body needs fuel to jump start the day and metabolism.

Definitely spiritually guided and as a result very helpful if people will apply the principles which are quite easy to master. Aligning ourselves to a higher vibrational way of thinking is what gets the desired results. Jill puts out many recognized ways of thinking which are not beneficial to us and shows the reader ways to benefit by upgrading our attitude. Rev. Daya Devi-Doolin, Author of Super Vita-Minds: How To Stop Saing I HATE You...To Yourself.