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Water with Lemon
Water with Lemon is a new weight-loss novel arriving in bookstores January 2007 - but it is not a diet. You don't have to do any math. And there's nothing to give up so there's no guilt. The best thing about Water with Lemon is that it delivers a compelling story with characters we can all relate to. Unlike preachy diet books filled with structured plans, this book models ...more
Paperback, 256 pages
Published
January 31st 2007
by Zhi Publishing
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The premise behind "Water with Lemon" is that it is a diet book told in the format of a novel. I appreciate the concept and can even say the story line had the potential to be very engaging. In a novel, however, I need a little more character development and a little less beating over the head with diet habits.
Having read my fair share of diet books, I’m confident in saying the eight habits laid out here are sound, doable actions that anyone should be able to understand an...more
Having read my fair share of diet books, I’m confident in saying the eight habits laid out here are sound, doable actions that anyone should be able to understand an...more
I got this book, hoping it would get me stoked for the new year.
As a novel, I felt this book was pretty poor. For me, the story distracted me more than helped me with the 8 habits.
The 8 habits seem great & I'm excited to incorporate the ones I think will help me and my family the most.
I am a HUGE Zonya fan. I love her cookbook. I love her tips. I love her show.
I just didn't buy the story or the characters and didn't really like the "health...more
As a novel, I felt this book was pretty poor. For me, the story distracted me more than helped me with the 8 habits.
The 8 habits seem great & I'm excited to incorporate the ones I think will help me and my family the most.
I am a HUGE Zonya fan. I love her cookbook. I love her tips. I love her show.
I just didn't buy the story or the characters and didn't really like the "health...more
This was a great book to get you out of the diet-mentality while making healthy choices become habits. This is written in a novel form and is kind of cheesy but really helps us understand how we sabotage ourselves with the diet-mentallity. That part I really like. The one thing I really didn't like and found hard to relate to was the verbally abusive husband. Most of us who struggle with our weight don't have low self-esteem becasue our husbands call us names. We do it to ourselves. Can be...more
I like the cookbook, Lickety split meals, and I thought all the ideas presented for healthy eating were excellent in this book. But the authors tried to put the info in a story as part of dialogue, and I couldn't stand the characters. The storyline was completely unbelievable to me, and distracted from what I really wanted--How to make healthy eating become habits that are easy to live with. I like Zonya, and her website, motivational tv segments, etc. But this book was a disappointment.
I enjoyed this fun way to learn about nutrition and health. The information really stuck with me and made an impact. It has changed how I am approaching food and the preparation of it in my daily life. It lists 8 habits that you can make a part of your life in a way that works for you and becomes seamless instead of an obsession and worry. I highly recommend it if you want to gain health through nutrition.
I have read so many weight loss books, I can't begin to name or count them all. This one is different! It is a story about weight loss. It made sense to me. I really love learning things through story telling. I tend to retain the information better because I can apply it to characters and a story, rather than just facts. I highly recommend this book. My husband even enjoyed it!
This book is a fictional story that follows the life of someone who is struggling with their weight. I learned a lot of stuff from the book and felt it was helpful information for me at this time since I am on a quest to make changes in my health and the health of my family.
I already knew all of this stuff, but it was interesting to read anyways. Because it's so short, I'll probably try to read it once a year to remind myself of these habits. An excellent book to teach people that "diet" is a noun, not a verb!
Three stars for the story, but FIVE stars for the message this book gave to me! My eyes have been opened and I won't be eating or looking at food the same way, ever again. The power of one good habit is MINE and I will be incorporating this into my life and the lives of my entire family. BRAVO Zonya :-)
I honestly do not even remember if I finished this book. I think I gave up half way because it was so monotonus. Had great advice about food, but basically it was drink a lot of water. Eat vegetables.
A new genre of writing. Teaching health tips through a novel that will change your life and help you lose weight. A first of its kind novel. Very compelling and a very interesting read.
Thank you for writing this book - easy and enjoyable to read, while gaining so much insight and purpose into how and why I eat what I eat - I will never eat the same!
For all you dieters, here's a common sense approach to weight loss in story form. Good read, but better for the positive direction and motivation.
I enjoyed the story as I read about the eight healthy habits. This was a great learning tool for me.
fairly entertaining. Good message
Great book- very motivating!
Marty
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Yuck.
I thought this was going to be a weight loss book- and I wasn't too excited to read it, but it ended up being a great book about nutrition and health. It reviewed health and nutrition in a story, rather than in a text format, which made it more relevant and interesting.
I would suggest it to anyone- it has many good life principles. To learn more about it, go to waterwithlemon.com
I would suggest it to anyone- it has many good life principles. To learn more about it, go to waterwithlemon.com
My high rating of this book is based on the message versus the actual writing. For anyone that has long-term weight issues, it's a great way to put things in perspective and realize that little changes make huge impacts. I believe, if followed, this book truly is the guide to permanent weight loss. However, the writing is overly simple and a little repetitive.
Has a great message and very good common sense principles for living healthy and losing weight, but the plot is a little cheesy. You have to take it with a grain of salt - it's not a fantastic plot, but that's not really what you're reading it for anyway. I'm a big fan of Zonya (the author/nutritionist), so that's what made it worth it.
A good book with a good message. You can definately tell you're reading an "information" book, but put in the story form makes it readable without being completely boring. I didn't really learn anything that I didn't already know, but some of the main character's insights while going through the learning process hit home with me.
Out of all the diet books I have read (and there is many) this one is the best! What a great fictional story that ties into some great healthy tips. I had read a chapter on line and the story grabbed me.
Great philosophy for a modern-day diet. It's not a DIET at all, but a change in lifestyle & eating to be healthy!
8 little secrets to loosing weight you can do without the "dieting." It's in a novel form. Really good.
Kelly
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i plan to pick this up and finish it eventually...
Painful to finish...
Very good book!
Lover Bean
marked it as to-read
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