Survival Of The Thinnest: How To Use Your Genetic Script To Stay Thin Without Dieting

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Summary: Logical, easy, and funny
Review: This is a great little book. It's friendly, clear, easy to understand, and best of all -- easy to follow. From a hilarious introduction that shows why the vast majority of diet books can't be right, it goes on to propose a simple system that, with a little dedication but no unrealistic effort, anybody can follow to make their own body keep themselves thin. It's a shame this book didn't appear years ago to save people a lot of wasted effort. Of course, nothing in here is rocket science. But there is so much confusion in the weight-loss world and people seem to only be able to focus on one thing at a time (low-carb is only the latest fad sweeping the country -- which, by the way, this book proves is bound to fail, just as low-fat failed before it) This book shows you the right thing to focus on, why, and how to do it. It's highly recommended.

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Summary: It's sound science, and it works!
Review: Three weeks into this program, I have to admit: this works! I am a forty-year-old mom who had been yo-yo dieting and binge-eating for four years, struggling to lose the last five pounds of pregnancy weight-gain. Before, I was always one of those thin people who ate whatever I wanted without a thought about the amount of food I was eating. Now, incredibly, the pounds are coming off, and I am eating whatever I want. No more dieting. No more bingeing. By just working out aerobically for 30 minutes a day and eating only when I feel hungry, I am making my body slim down because my body thinks I need to work like this to survive. I was skeptical at first, and even fearful of losing control over my eating, but this book gave me a good dose of science and helped me take a leap of faith in my body's biology. This book explains how it is. I am immensely grateful for this book. Thank you, Mr. Hariton. Anyone who really wants to end the agony of yo-yo dieting should get and read this book. Just try the program for three weeks, and you'll be glad you did.

Update on earlier review (above): It's been two months since I gave this book a rave review for having changed my life and body for the better after only three weeks on the plan. I am back to report that, yes, this plan really, really works. The results amaze me: In less than three months I have lost seven pounds, down to my pre-pregnancy weight, and I have lost 3/4 inch off my hips, down to my pre-pregnancy measurement. And I have done this just by stationary-bicycling or speed-walking for 30 minutes a day and by eating whatever I feel like whenever I am hungry. Believe me, I eat whatever and howevermuch I want -- I even overeat at times (for example, during the recent Christmas holidays!). It's just that often I find I am not all that hungry. According to Hariton's theory, this would be because the daily 30-minute workout makes my body think that it needs to work hard physically for survival and cannot afford to carry any excess weight.

To be thin again now, while eating whatever I want, just as when I was younger -- this is so weird, and so wonderful! Goodness, I owe so much to this one, little gem of a book. To everyone who struggles with a weight prblem, I say this: please give this plan a sincere try. Buy this book, or just borrow it from the public library, but give it -- give yourself -- a chance.


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Summary: I gainned weight!!
Review: When I first heard about this book I was so excited and happy to finally discover a solution to my problem. I eagerly read the book and put it into practice for 6 weeks. I ate only when I was truly hungry and stopped as soon as I was full. I also exercised as hard as I could for six weeks. After 6 weeks I discovered I gainned 4 pounds! I then cut back on my exercise to 4 days a weeks, cut back on fat grams to 20 percent of total and have now been slowly and happily losing a pound and a half a week. Diet alone and exersice alone do not work. It takes both. Save your money, this books advise we all already know.