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Thin for Life: 10 Keys to Success from People Who Have Lost Weight and Kept It Off | 
 enlarge | Author: Anne M. Fletcher
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Category: Book
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Rating:  40 reviews
Sales Rank: 30379
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 432
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 0618340556
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.25
UPC: 046442340557
EAN: 9780618340552
ASIN: 0618340556
Publication Date: March 31, 2003
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Amazon.com Review
What a novel idea: if you want to know how to successfully lose weight, study the real experts--the people who have done it! Registered dietician Anne Fletcher did just that. She surveyed 160 "masters" who succeeded in losing at least 20 pounds and keeping the weight off for at least 3 years. This was the minimum; most lost far more weight--an average of 63 pounds--and more than one-third have kept the weight off for a decade or more. How did they do it? Thin for Life presents their success stories, strategies, motivation, inspiration, and tricks. Most had tried "many times and many ways" to lose weight before discovering what worked for them and how to prevent and recover from relapses. Some techniques worked for many--such as keeping a food diary and increasing exercise. Others were highly individual and will spur you to do your own creative thinking. Fletcher compiles the "10 keys to success" that emerged most often, lets the masters speak for themselves throughout the book, and fills in additional, valuable information and resources. Whether you have 10 pounds to lose or 100, this book will help you do it--safely, effectively, and permanently. Highly recommended. --Joan Price
Product Description
Whether you want to lose 10 pounds or 100, Thin for Life will help you master your weight problem by sharing the strategies of the real experts hundreds of women and men who have lost weight for good. In this new edition of the acclaimed bestseller, award-winning weight expert and registered dietitian Anne M. Fletcher weaves together strategies of the weight-loss "masters" with exciting recent research to show that permanent weight loss is easier than is commonly believed. New findings about people who succeed The 10 keys to permanent weight loss The lowdown on diets low-calorie, low-fat, and high-protein Resources for losing weight programs, Websites, and more Winner of a National Health Information Award and chosen by the Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter as "one of the top 3 diet books on the market."
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 An incredible confidence booster! December 15, 2007
M. M. Sherman (Cincinnati, OH)
During the process of losing 54 pounds, I began reading "Thin for Life" on the recommendation of a friend. First, this book is not a quick fix for anyone trying to lose weight. If you're a couch potato who is looking for a magic formula for weight loss, look somewhere else. What it is, however, is a sure-fire confidence builder, especially for those of us who have continuously lost weight and then gained it back. I can't count the number of times I've joined groups like Weight Watchers or TOPS and lost weight, only to pile it back on again (and then some) a few months later.
That's why this book is so helpful - it gave me the motivation and confidence I needed to not only lose the weight, but KEEP IT OFF! I didn't read it all in one sitting - instead, I would read a little bit before I went to bed each night and let it sink in. Knowing other people had kept off this weight - and reading about their successes and setbacks - helped keep me going. I've read it through once already, but because I know how much it has helped me, I am planning on reading through it again. It sits by my bed as a constant reminder of the pounds I've managed to lose and the vigilance I must continue to keep on with my success.
Give This to Any Friend Interested in the Subject December 8, 2007
Roadrunner (Nevada, USA)
This book puts everything I have learned into one body. It is optimistic and encouraging. There really is hope. I have been well on my "weigh" so the book just topped off my efforts. Everyone who hopes to take weight off and keep it off can benefit from collective thinking that this book is.
 Pretty good March 27, 2006
R. Birns
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
I like this book. I don't love it. It has interesting mini-stories about people who lost weight and kept it off, just like the title states, but doesn't go into great detail.
A true weight loss tool March 9, 2006
F.E.M. (Missouri, USA)
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
This book was suggested by my dietitian. I have been impressed with the level of research and authority contained in the book. It is reassuring to see the process that I am going through is the same thing experienced by others and that they were, and remain, successful in their weight loss. I highly recommend this book and consider it a "must have" for anyone who is serious and committed to changing their lives through weight loss.
The good, the bad, and the ugly January 3, 2006
jaedworks
40 out of 41 found this review helpful
The good: The advice here from successful weight-losers is wide-ranging, generally useful, and presented in context so that you know something about the person's weight history and particular circumstances. Not all of it is going to be useful for any particular person, of course, but the perspective of successful people is, as another reviewer remarked, like gold.
The bad: About half the book (scattered throughout plus a section at the back) consists of the author's own weight-loss advice and diet program. This is very much oriented toward fat-as-dietary-demon. If you're using a high-protein/low carbohydrate approach, this part obviously won't be applicable for you; if you're following a conventional low-fat/limited-protein/high-carbohydrate diet, you'll find it more useful. HOWEVER...
The ugly: Be careful about the particulars of the diet advice here. The book advises use of margarine instead of butter in the meal plans, which was conventional thinking in 1994 (when the first edition was published) but is inexcusable in a book published in 2003. The author recommends using sweet snacks such as jelly beans, licorice, marshmallows, etc., and says "Sugar and low-fat sweets per se don't concern me too much as a dietician" so long as they don't contain fat. Sugar candy may have zero fat but that doesn't make it a good thing to encourage people to snack on. A dietician writing in 2003 should know better.
Summary: by all means read the book, but get it for the stories of the "masters", not the diet advice. Just about all of the "masters" had at least one thing to say that I found useful and insightful.
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