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Win the Fat War for Moms

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This book didn't have much specific, practical advice- I mean, everyone knows that if you eat fewer calories and exercise more you'll lose weight, right? Some people must find it motivating to read 100 stories stories about other people losing weight, but I don't have a lot of time on my hands and prefer to get the main points without all the fluff in between. (Every case study went something like, "Janeane ate a lot while she was pregnant and gained 30 pounds. After having the baby, she ate less and exercised more and lost the weight!" No duh!)

I really enjoyed reading this book. After my second pregnancy, my husband bought me this book because he knew I wanted to lose some weight. I found the book very inspiring. It gave me a lot of wonderful ideas, everyday things that I can do to get rid of those postpregnancy pounds. The most wonderful thing about it is that they are interviews with mothers just like us, who did it. It talks about the quality of the food we eat, the importance of exercise, the need to relie on friends and family, and thousands of little tips to help us through it. And it is useful the minute you find out that you are pregnant because there's a whole section on the pregnancy itself. When I became pregnant the first time, I was already overweight, so the pregnancies are not entirely the reason why I wanted to lose weight. This is why I'm looking to buy the mother book WIN THE FAT WAR. I'm sure I can learn things from that book too.
Believe me, you will not regret buying this book.

This book wasn't really a book giving a lot of guidlines on losing postpregnancy pounds, it was just a bunch of stories about moms that lost weight. There were some great stories, but a lot of the stuff was common sense. I wouldn't recommend this as a weight loss tool, but rather as a good motivational book to get going on the weight loss.