Customer Reviews

Walk Away the Pounds: The Breakthrough 6-Week Program That Helps You Burn Fat, Tone Muscle, and Feel Great Without Dieting

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Leslie Sansone has created a great book! I follow her videos at home and reading this book has really helped me understand a few more things about her goals and what we need to do to achieve them. I read this book yesterday and I could not set it down! I finished it with tons of new information that I will be able to use!

She is an amazing person and she expalins her theory on losing weight and how we can try it as well. She creates a helpful log for each day to keep us on track and motivated. She also explains how and why she got into this business.

If you are ready to lose weight then this is the book for you! You should also check out some of her walking videos. I was so dumb to buy a 1,000 elipitical! I use her every morning before breakfast while my eliptical is folded!

Check out www.lesliesansone.com

Good Luck!

This book has been helpful to me because it eases me into exercising without overwhelming me with alot of 'rules' I need to follow.

The book has an introduction that gives you the scoop on why walking is such an effective workout, why walking is good for you health and informs you on a few things you need before you begin the program.

The next section deals with the actual exercises you will be doing during your 6-week challenge. Leslie has plenty of pictures of how to do the stretches, strength training moves and basic walking moves. Leslie is pictured using weighted gloves, weighted balls, an ab belt, and stretch band. If you want to see these images before you purchase the book, check out her website at [...]

Part 3 of the book is titled, "The Program" and is basically a place to journal your progress through the 6-week program. At the beginning of each week, you are asked to write down your goals for that week and what you accomplished the week before. There is also a walk booster for every week and they involve things such as, taking a multi-vitamin, drinking plenty of water, adding strengh training, self-acceptance, and sleep.Leslie makes it very clear that you can choose whether or not you want to do the walk booster every week. She really just wants you to start walking! In the daily journal pages, you are asked when you will walk that day, did you walk that day, did you take your vitamin, how did you feel and a beautiful thing. As the program progresses, you will also keep up with water intake and how much sleep you got. There are a few pages that also give you the opportunity to keep the program going after the six weeks by walking longer distances. Chapters on walking during and after pregnancy, senior walking, and changing your eating habits are included.

Finally, the 4th section of the book is titled "Making Life Work." Leslie tells you a little bit about herself, how to deal with stress, and motivation.

The book includes a DVD but I was disappointed with it. The walking pace didn't match the pace of the music. I highly recommend Leslie's other walking tapes. She has a great many to choose from on her website and most come with a video preview you can see right on your computer screen.

I have enjoyed doing the program so far and once again, it eases you into every step without having to do everything at once.

I am a total addict of Leslie Sansone's Walk Away programs - I had many exercise videos, but never stuck to anything until I found her energizing, fun, and most of all easy workouts.

In her personal, talking-to-you-like-a-best-friend style, Leslie shows you how regular exercise benefits you in all ways from your health to your body to your mind and then presents her easy to follow basic workout which consists of three walking steps that are interchanged and sometimes modified while doing the program.

There is no dieting in this program! She is a strong proponent of getting up and moving to better your life and shows it here by offering a few modifications you can make to your way of eating to help you lose weight, but no real diet, which I think is great! It helps to show that the real health factor is getting the exercise you need, not feeling deprived of the food you want which is why many diets fail.

She has many success stories to motivate you peppered throughout the book and closes with a discussion about how stress affects your life and how you can beat it through exercise.

I love Leslie! She is personable, motivating, and a great teacher - I am forever grateful to her for getting this former couch potato, at-home mom to stick to an exercise routine that I know will always benefit my life.

I am a big fan of Leslie Sansone and her walking tapes and have several for variety and love them all. I recently bought this book based on the reviews of others but found it really was geared to those who are new to walking. There is one small chapter for advanced walkers but it doesn't really tell you anything you don't already know if you currently do Leslie's tapes.

If you are just starting out walking, you may find this book contains some good information and inspirational stories. But if you are already a "Walker", your money is better spent on a new Leslie Sansone DVD to make sure you have variety in your workouts and a subscription to Weight Watchers magazine, which will provide you with more insight into healthier eating habits.

I returned my book. Sorry Leslie.

I really loved this book. Leslie goes over all of her signature moves in pictures, there's a 6-week journal with assigned exercise and tips for each day and success stories. Beyond the six week program, you also get two more walk schedules, suggestions for eating better, etc. Plus it's all in color - which is always fun.

The downside to this book - which is only why I took a star away is the awful 1-mile walk DVD that comes with it. If I could rate both separatedly, the book would get 5 stars, the DVD only 1.

Leslie works out alone and that's fine with me, but she constantly walks out of time with the music. And the editing is a joke! At one point, she's suppose to be walking and the screen abruptly cuts to her kicking and then quickly goes back to walking. There's also a spot near the end where she's suppose to be doing knee lifts to the count of four but only does one. No cooldown either!

Bottom line - do buy the book, but if you are new to Leslie, give her other workouts a try .. any but this one.

You won't be dissappointed if you buy this book. It covered many (if not all) areas of life! Leslie is so motivating and inspiring! I could not put this book down! I read the whole book within 2 days! I have been going by this book this past week and have already lost 2.6 pounds! This is the best book anyone could ever buy! I can't wait for the next book she has coming out next January!

My son and I are about half done with the 6-week program, and we both notice a definite improvement in how we feel. It's the first time that he has been so enthused about walking, or exercise of any kind. I recommend without reservations! We've also bought a couple of her DVDs to walk with, which helps.

Leslie's products have helped millions of people start bringing fitness into their lives. She is a great exercise enthusiast and teaches the reader a great deal. Her videos are great for walking at home in front of the TV.
This book is worth the money, makes a great gift for someone who needs fitness in their live and will change yours!

This is a wonderful program for anyone starting out with WATPs. It includes a DVD to get you started. It explains everything to a tee to get you started on a reasonable walking program, and gives much encouragement along the way. It makes the 6 weeks easy to progress through, by slowing adding things to add to your program. You will love this book if you are just getting started or are an intermediate walker. If you practice this program as it is given, you will be a walking pro in no time!

Although I have not yet completed the plan, I do feel that the material in this book is achievable. She walks (pardon the pun)through the steps at a pace that anyone could work with. I am giving it a try.