Thin People Don't Clean Their Plates: Simple Lifestyle Choices for Permanent Weight Loss [Hardcover]

Jill Fleming (Author), MS (Author), RD (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 30, 2005

When Jill Fleming obtained her bachelor of science degree in dietetics and a masterÂ’s degree in nutritional sciences, she found herself carrying an extra 40 pounds. Since her plan was to work with overweight people to help them lose weight, Fleming knew she needed to examine her own lifestyle.

She began with simple changes: cutting back on junk food, drinking more water, moving her body. Her weight started to melt off. Fleming went on to develop the THIN CHOICES® weight-loss and maintenance program based on her own success, the success of her weight-loss clients over 11 years, and numerous surveys of thin people. Here she reveals her life-transforming approach to permanent weight loss.

The book is divided into 17 chapters, each describing how the habits of "thin" people keep them that way. From "Thin People Don’t ‘Diet’" to "Thin People Don’t Go to Bed Full," from "Thin People Eat Chocolate" to "Thin People Drink Water," you’ll soon learn exactly what you need to do —and you’ll understand the reason. Easy-to-understand analogies and visuals will help translate often confusing scientific nutrition information in layman’s terms.

Latter chapters include recipe alterations and menu ideas, a summary of the THIN CHOICES program, and tips on maintenance once weight loss has been achieved. A suggested reading list provides additional resources.

Fleming writes, "It has been said that ‘where the mind goes, the body will follow.’ Believe that you are a thin person; begin living like a thin person and soon you will become that thin person." And it truly does seem that simple.

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About the Author

Jill Fleming, MS, RD—registered dietitian, consultant, motivational speaker, and author—is the founder of the movement to end obesity in America with her THIN CHOICES strategies. She has helped thousands of individuals move from the "diet mentality" to the THIN CHOICES way of living with impressive results. She continues to motivate audiences around the world to stop dieting and start living in a thinner body.

Fleming is a member of the American Dietetics Association, Nutrition Entrepreneurs Practice Group, the National Speakers Association—Wisconsin, and the National Association of Women Business Owners. She lives in Wisconsin with her husband and three children.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 136 pages
• Publisher: Inspiration Presentations Press; 1st edition (January 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0975488848
• ISBN-13: 978-0975488843
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,132,987 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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64 of 65 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Commonsense advise for permanent weight loss!, March 26, 2005

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Lee Mellott "Skin Care For Wrinkles" (Frederick, Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Thin People Don't Clean Their Plates: Simple Lifestyle Choices for Permanent Weight Loss (Hardcover)

Jill Fleming a registered dietician with an MS in nutritional science developed the THIN CHOICES program. This program reveals the habits of thin people.

In her book "Thin People Don't Clean Their Plates", Fleming reveals her techniques. The book opens with inspiring quotes from Jill's clients. In the 17 chapters that follow, Jill explains exactly what thin people do that helps them stay that way. Though the 136 page book is slim, Jill gets right to the point instead of including the extra fluff many other "diet" books do. She doesn't spend time writing about why all the other diets out there (except hers) don't work and she avoids a lot of scientific, technical chatter.

Chapters include Thin People Don't Diet, Thin People Carry Snacks, Thin People Don't Go to Bed Full, Thin People Eat Fruits and Vegetables and more.

The bottomline is the commonsense that prevails throughout the book. If you want to lose weight and maintain it you will have to eat less and/or move more. Jill tells you simple ways to do this. I especially liked her information on walking. One thing Jill shares is that a 155 pound woman who adds 1/2 hour of walking to her daily routine with no other dietary changes can lose 26 pounds a year. Sounds very doable to me!

Fleming encourages you to give up dieting and adapt an approach that you can stick with for a lifetime. Simple suggestions to incorporate into your life for wellness and a healthy slim body.

41 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Takes you back to common sense, October 23, 2005

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This review is from: Thin People Don't Clean Their Plates: Simple Lifestyle Choices for Permanent Weight Loss (Hardcover)

This reminds me of things I was taught when I was a little girl by mother. The simplicity of eating and staying thin before we even realized the medical reasons or the explanation and understanding of what makes us fat. We have been given so much bad information with fad diets with self proclaimed cures and treatments when it is very simple. None of the diets out there tell you to stop eating when you are full. None of them tell you to listen to your body. There are bad fats and there are bad carbs but eating healthy and not eating too much is important too and not over feeding your body. This book will get you started on small changes at a time that will help you behave and eat like a thin person until you are a thin person. It also helps you and teaches you to indentify the reasons why you abuse food. The author is also a caring individual. I e-mailed her with a question and she replied to my e-mail the very next day with an answer and words of encouragement. That in itself is encouraging. I am sick of people getting wealthy on this growing epidemic. Every other TV commericial is trying to sell you something. You buy them all and you are still fat. If you want the refreshing truth...read this book! It is easy to read and to understand.

30 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, a simple, common-sense approach to weight loss., March 17, 2006

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B. Pearce "still learning" (Belton, MO USA) - See all my reviews
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No gimmicks, no forbidden foods, no endless chapters of vague promises about the program to be described later in the (usually too large) book. This is a slim volume of tips and facts that make perfect sense and are completely doable.

The author is a dietician who ironically packed on 40 pounds obtaining her bachelor's and master's degrees and has been through the weight-loss process herself. Unlike most "diet" books, the testimonials are kept to a minimum and there is no sales pitch for packaged foods, tapes or DVDs.

Each short chapter outlines an important step to permanent weight loss in straightforward language, and the chapters address psychological, social, and physical aspects of achieving weight loss in a healthy way.

Whether you need to lose weight because you feel unhealthy, can't deal with the huge restaurant portions presented these days, are overstressed or too busy to think about your eating habits, you'll find the information in this book helpful.