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Weight Watchers Start Living, Start Losing: Inspirational Stories That Will Motivate You Now | 
 enlarge | Author: Weight Watchers
Publisher: Wiley
Category: Book
List Price: $12.95
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Rating:  49 reviews
Sales Rank: 50796
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1 Reprint
Pages: 256
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 5.6 x 0.8
ISBN: 0470376163
Dewey Decimal Number: 613
EAN: 9780470376164
ASIN: 0470376163
Publication Date: December 3, 2008
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What Makes a Great Weight-Loss Success Story? OVER 70 REAL WOMEN AND MEN (INCLUDING A FEW CELEBRITIES!) SHARE THEIR STORIES AND STRATEGIES FOR FINDING A HEALTHIER LIFE If you've ever admired a friend, colleague, or relative who has lost weight and wondered, "How did they do it?", this is the book you've been waiting for. In Start Living, Start Losing, Weight Watchers, a global leader in weight management, brings you some of its best-ever and most inspiring stories of more than 70 women and men who have lost weight and kept it off. In this groundbreaking book, real people share their personal experiences, giving you an up-close and personal look at how they put their plans in motion, overcame obstacles, and persevered to reach their goals. The stories of the women and men in this book come from people from all walks of life, some from celebrated actors and authors. Yet all of them share a common goalato lose weight and find a healthier lifestyle. Each story features a Take-Away tip with practical solutions to everything from putting portion control into practice to finding time for fitness. Journal pages at the end of each chapter will help you stay motivated as you work toward your own smart eating and exercise goals. So start reading . . . start living . . . and start losing! WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL, INC. is the world's leading provider of weight management services, operating globally through a network of company-owned and franchise operations. Weight Watchers holds over 50,000 weekly meetings where members receive group support and education about healthy eating patterns, behavior modification, and physical activity. WeightWatchers.com provides innovative subscription weight management products over the Internet and is the leading Internet-based weight management provider in the world. In addition, Weight Watchers offers a wide range of products, publications, and programs for those interested in weight loss and weight control. To see and hear several Weight Watchers success stories online, log on to WeightWatchers.com/startliving.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 44 more reviews...
 Infomercial in book form May 22, 2008
Kathy in Colorado (Loveland, CO United States)
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
If this was the first book of inspiration I had ever read, I might be a bit more impressed. I got as far as the first two chapters and then tossed the book into my pile of stuff to sell at a garage sale.
This collection of weight loss tales is pure formula non-fiction. What to expect:
My name is _____. I overeat because _____. I realized I had to lose weight when _____. Then I joined Weight Watchers. My tip to lose weight is _____ (typically something like don't eat before going to bed - yawn).
Folks what I'm saying is there is nothing new here. If the concept of losing weight is not 100% new to you, you've heard all of this before. Each fluffy tale of weight loss success is only about two pages long, and to me, said nothing substantial. The book "Body for Life" provides much more genuine inspriation to make lifestyle changes.
 Inspiring May 18, 2008
Dina Zalisky
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Its good to read about people weight-losses and how they achieve. That is an inspiration for me.
 Encouraging reading April 17, 2008
amf0001 (New York, NY United States)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I ordered this for my husband who is struggling to lose weight but likes filling out his weight watchers form on line each night (which is an excellent way of tracking how much you eat, and showing you where you are falling short!)
He liked it and read it, finding it encouraging. It's not deep, and you can dip in and out of it, like a magazine, but it's much better for you than a candy bar, and that's how he avoided fattening treats at the airport, he sat and read this instead!
This should motivate you to eat healthier and lose weight! April 12, 2008
Ratmammy (Ratmammy's Town, CA USA)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
START LIVING, START LOSING - Weight Watchers
Rating: 4/5 stars
April 12, 2008
START LIVING, START LOSING is a collection of short inspirational pieces written by people who have had success with Weight Watchers and lost and kept off the weight. What I especially liked about this book is that it gave me ideas on what I was doing wrong with my own weight loss program, as well as help motivate me to change my current eating habits and try something different. A lot of the advice is common sense and obvious but I think to have it written down on paper makes it all more valid for me. Stories came from 'average every day people' to celebrities such as the Duchess of York, and the amount of weight loss varied from 10 lbs. to hundreds of pounds.
So for those who feel that they only have to lose 10 lbs. and yet feel bad that it's not what is considered conventional in terms of joining Weight Watchers (many in this book had hundreds of pounds to lose), this book will make you feel that it's all relative. It's just as hard to lose a measly 10 lbs. as it is to lose 100. It's a matter of eating right and exercising. And for those who have to lose hundreds of pounds, START LIVING, START LOSING is what can motivate you to change your bad habits and find inspiring ways to lose the weight and be healthy. It's not all about looks, but it's an issue of healthy living.
I recommend START LIVING, START LOSING to anyone trying to make a life change and wanting to lose some weight. There are a lot of great ideas in this book. It's fast reading, too, so for those who aren't big readers shouldn't be intimidated by it. Read a chapter a day, if that's what it takes.
Motivational and practical March 30, 2008
Camy Tang (San Jose, CA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of the best weight/diet books I've read yet.
The stories are from real people who are very honest with their struggles. No rah-rah pep talks from enthusiastic people who make me feel tired just listening to them--these people are authentic, down to earth.
The stories themselves are very encouraging and motivational without seeming canned or falsely cheerful. I really enjoyed hearing people's stories about their weight loss struggles.
The best part is the short practical tip at the end of each story, outlining a different tip for weight loss. It makes the book not just encouraging, but also useful for my own weight loss struggles.
The short stories are perfect for reading on the go, for when I have only a few minutes to kill in the car or waiting for something on the stove or in the oven.
The stories are also varied enough that it's nice to only read one or two stories a day, for that little pick-me-up in my attitude about my weight loss program or just something encouraging to carry me for the next few hours.
I especially liked that the stories applied to me even though I do NOT belong to Weight Watchers myself.
I highly recommend this book for anyone who wants a bit of daily motivation for weight loss.
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