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The Secrets of Skinny Chicks | 
 enlarge | Author: Karen Bridson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Category: Book
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Rating:  21 reviews
Sales Rank: 665390
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Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 256
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Dimensions (in): 8.9 x 6 x 0.7
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.25
ASIN: B0012F9WC4
Publication Date: July 26, 2006
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Product Description
Now you can find your inner thinner chick with the exercise, diet, and image secrets of the most enviable bodies . In The Secrets of Skinny Chicks, award-winning women's health journalist Karen Bridson profiles 25 svelte women--including models, actors, athletes and regular folks--to reveal exactly what it is each one does to look so great. These women share with you their tips for planning menus, exercising, and staying motivated as well as advice on boosting metabolism. You will learn how to adapt these secrets into your own life safely and realistically. .
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 Interesting Information July 16, 2008
Veronica (England)
Despite the somewhat obnoxious title, I enjoyed reading this book and think it has a lot of interesting ideas packed into its 273 pages. It profiles the typical daily diet and weekly exercise routines of 21 so-called `Skinny Chicks' ranging from US dress size 2 to 8 (the UK equivalent of size 6 to 12). After this, the author describes the 50 `secrets' of these women, going into more detail about how they keep slim and fit.
As expected, the advice given is pretty much standard healthy eating stuff. Count calories. Bulk out meals with vegetables and salad. Drink lots of water. Learn positive self talk. Although I suppose I have been doing some of these things already, it was still useful to read the ideas in print and pick up a few extra tips along the way.
It was actually the exercise information that I found most refreshing. Personally speaking, I've found a real passion for working out at the gym - and in this regard I agree with the author that developing a 'healthy addiction' for exercise is an excellent way to lose weight, and it doesn't seem like a chore because you're getting so much out of it and feel so good.
Overall, the book is a good read for anybody with an interest in health and fitness, but I would still caution people not to take the advice to the extreme. The book does go on about calories a lot, and at one point I had to put it aside because I was becoming obsessed with counting calories. Also, I have a bit of a problem with the term 'Skinny Chick' being held up as the ideal in the first place. I do not want to be 'skinny' (a word which brings to mind skin and bone). I want to be fit, healthy and reasonably toned. Make sure you feel confident about your body and where you're heading before you read this book, so you don't fall into the trap of always striving to be thinner.
 This book motivated me! July 11, 2008
runnergirl27 (Texas)
I have read this book twice in the last couple months and it motivates me.
A lot of the info. is stuff we already know (as I have read almost every diet book under the Sun and then some) but it was written in a fresh way. I really like this author. I want to get her running book now as I am a runner and would like to read more books by her.
Some of the info. is extreme exercise 2 hours a day and eat 1600 cals a day or less to be a size 2. But she also says you do what you are comfortable with. If you want to be a size 10 it is unlikely you need to workout that much and eat so little. It is up to you. I for one cannot work out that much and eat so little. Not gonna happen and I am not an actress so do I really need to do anything that extreme??? But I still love the book. It is very interesting, with a few things I did not know and written very well and it motivates me to run more and eat a little less. So I am pleased and would recommend to those who like reading books with diet tips and such and like to workout a lot or are willing to be open to the idea of really increasing their exercise. I am still working on the food issue...I like to eat!
 Diet Tips from Anna Rexic June 5, 2008
Midwest Farmer's Daughter
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Skip this book, unless you truly want a lifestyle of never enjoying your food again and plan to work out for a minimum of two hours every day for the rest of your life. "Useful" tips include Exercise More! Eat Less! Become Vegetarian! Keep a Food Journal! Eat Protein Bars & Shakes instead of Food!
If you are considering or struggling with your latest diet and haven't read it, I seriously recommend anybody out there try reading Dana Carpender's "dieting memoir" How I Gave Up My Low-Fat Diet and Lost 40 Pounds (Revised and Expanded Edition). You just might see a little of yourself in Dana's description of her weight struggle, (I know I certainly did!) and her eventual "AHA!" moment when she realized that it wasn't fat that was making HER fat. I found her story very enlightening.
And if you are a lover of fine food like I am, who doesn't wish to beat herself up but would like to look a little trimmer, another fine pick with a lot of continental charm is French Women Don't Get Fat: The Secret of Eating For Pleasure. This is book that speaks of the joys of fresh fruit ripening on the kitchen counter (with the smell wafting through the house) and the pleasures of buying seasonal produce from the farmer's market (among other French eating habits). Great recipes in this one. Sensible & lyrical, this one is a joy to read even if you don't plan to diet.
Both of these are much better choices.
Good Book May 31, 2008
Dawn McMillan
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Book was insiteful on "what skinny chicks do" to keep healthy.
Recommend for anyone looking for a lifestyle change, and needing some hints on how to do it.
Best diet book that I have read in a while March 15, 2008
beebe6 (Dunsmuir, CA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
What I like about this book is that it presents the consequences for over dieting. The first part of the book is about having a positive self image. When it presents the Skinny Chicks it shows just how hard they have to work to get the bodies that they have and puts in to perspective how realistic your goals are.
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