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The Little Book of Diet Help: Lose weight-without losing your Mind
The perfect companion to any diet regimen—a simple, accessible guide to shedding excess pounds for good, by helping you shift your attitudes towards food, your body, and yourself.
Little Book. Big Help.
Think you know how to lose weight, but can’t seem to shed those extra pounds? The truth is, most diets don’t work—or, at least, they don’t last. When we diet, we’re so consumed by what we can’t eat that we don’t focus on how we eat, and how eating makes us feel.
That’s where The Little Book of Diet Help comes in.
With this book you’ll
• • • How to recognize your bad eating habits and how to create new, improved ones
• • • Why certain foods affect your body and your mood
• • • The power of EFT and how easy techniques like tapping and hypnosis can combat cravings and boost your energy
• • • How to distinguish between physical and emotional hunger
• • • Why finding ways to manage stress will naturally help you eat better—and stay slimmer!
You’ll see that small adjustments to your daily routine can add up to big changes in how you look and feel. You don’t need complicated meal plans, you don’t need to spend hours in the gym, and you definitely don’t need to be miserable. You just need a little help!
Little Book. Big Help.
Think you know how to lose weight, but can’t seem to shed those extra pounds? The truth is, most diets don’t work—or, at least, they don’t last. When we diet, we’re so consumed by what we can’t eat that we don’t focus on how we eat, and how eating makes us feel.
That’s where The Little Book of Diet Help comes in.
With this book you’ll
• • • How to recognize your bad eating habits and how to create new, improved ones
• • • Why certain foods affect your body and your mood
• • • The power of EFT and how easy techniques like tapping and hypnosis can combat cravings and boost your energy
• • • How to distinguish between physical and emotional hunger
• • • Why finding ways to manage stress will naturally help you eat better—and stay slimmer!
You’ll see that small adjustments to your daily routine can add up to big changes in how you look and feel. You don’t need complicated meal plans, you don’t need to spend hours in the gym, and you definitely don’t need to be miserable. You just need a little help!
- GenresNonfictionHealth
192 pages, Hardcover
First published December 6, 2011
About the author
Kimberly Willis
3 booksI live in Yorkshire with my husband, teens, dogs and cats.
I have been a therapist for many years, and before that as a research chemist.
I have been a therapist for many years, and before that as a research chemist.
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August 25, 2017
Pensei que seria um grande livro que poderia ajudar na perca de peso, que trazia dicas muito úteis, mas realmente fala fala fala e pouco acerta. Até pode ser útil para algumas pessoas mas para mim sinto que foi um grande embuste.
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May 12, 2012
What spectacularly low average rating, GR!
Forget the cliche flower bouquet. What better way to congratulate a mother this weekend than by handing her The Little Book of Diet Help by Kimberly Willis? Nothing says "I love you, Mom" quite like gifting another book about dieting. "Here's something to help you lose weight. Happy Mother's Day!"
I didn't buy this book for my mom; I bought this book for my grandmother. She has been dieting since before I was born, she has been dieting since before her children were born, and I'm pretty sure she has been dieting since she was born. With all that dieting, my grandmother has accomplished two things: splurging on more diet plans than she can afford and gaining weight. After finally deciding that Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig were not for her, she has moved toward the hCG diet. It's only a matter of time before she finds 500 calories a day too restrictive and looks for another "miracle diet."
When will she learn that it's a lifestyle change that she needs? My guess is never, but that's why I bought her this book.
Well, I bought it for her and then read it, but I still plan on giving it to her. Does that count as a hand-me-down? It counts as even: she bought me a Scandinavian cookbook for Christmas but kept it for herself... She enjoys all-things food.
This book provided me with no new information, and I assume that none of it will be new to my diet-experienced grandma. However, if you--or someone you know--is like my grandma, you (or someone you know) disregard the hard work and look for quick-fixes when there are none. This book is more of a reminder of that, and hence provides nothing savvy searchers can't find online nowadays. With that in mind, I like Willis' book; it's a little motivational. It's nice to have all that information compiled and condensed into one, small book for reference.
One aspect Willis loves to dote on is tapping acupuncture points. If anything concerning acupuncture sends your head shaking in disbelief, this book is most likely not for you. When I was a youngster, my mom was gung-ho and made appointments to have needles poked into her face. That was okay until she tried it on me. Anything my mom did to help relax her anxious child ended up increasing the anxiety. I don't like it, it makes me anxious, and this acupuncture-point tapping isn't something I buy into.
Willis also has activities for dieters that include affirmations with tapping. If anything, this book focus heavily on a reader's mentality. How do you see yourself? How do you want to look? How do you speak to yourself? Your goals? Emotional eating, "food rules," alcohol, your liver, and exercise are covered, ending with an extended list of further reading material. It's nothing I haven't heard before, but is any diet book going to wow us with ground-breaking information in the world of health and dieting?
This is another motivational diet self-help book that will get added to the shelf among others. Ultimately, I think, it's about finding what works for you and making it a habit. That doesn't mean this isn't a nice book to keep around, although I am sadly $15 poorer. Maybe my grandma can become 15 pounds lighter with Willis. Happy Mother's Day!
If you are reading this book you're probably no stranger to dieting.
The first thing you need to know is that this isn't a diet book. This book is different.
You already know that you need to lose weight.
Forget the cliche flower bouquet. What better way to congratulate a mother this weekend than by handing her The Little Book of Diet Help by Kimberly Willis? Nothing says "I love you, Mom" quite like gifting another book about dieting. "Here's something to help you lose weight. Happy Mother's Day!"
I didn't buy this book for my mom; I bought this book for my grandmother. She has been dieting since before I was born, she has been dieting since before her children were born, and I'm pretty sure she has been dieting since she was born. With all that dieting, my grandmother has accomplished two things: splurging on more diet plans than she can afford and gaining weight. After finally deciding that Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig were not for her, she has moved toward the hCG diet. It's only a matter of time before she finds 500 calories a day too restrictive and looks for another "miracle diet."
When will she learn that it's a lifestyle change that she needs? My guess is never, but that's why I bought her this book.
This book will help you shift the blocks that are stopping you from becoming your slimmer self.
Well, I bought it for her and then read it, but I still plan on giving it to her. Does that count as a hand-me-down? It counts as even: she bought me a Scandinavian cookbook for Christmas but kept it for herself... She enjoys all-things food.
This book provided me with no new information, and I assume that none of it will be new to my diet-experienced grandma. However, if you--or someone you know--is like my grandma, you (or someone you know) disregard the hard work and look for quick-fixes when there are none. This book is more of a reminder of that, and hence provides nothing savvy searchers can't find online nowadays. With that in mind, I like Willis' book; it's a little motivational. It's nice to have all that information compiled and condensed into one, small book for reference.
One aspect Willis loves to dote on is tapping acupuncture points. If anything concerning acupuncture sends your head shaking in disbelief, this book is most likely not for you. When I was a youngster, my mom was gung-ho and made appointments to have needles poked into her face. That was okay until she tried it on me. Anything my mom did to help relax her anxious child ended up increasing the anxiety. I don't like it, it makes me anxious, and this acupuncture-point tapping isn't something I buy into.
Willis also has activities for dieters that include affirmations with tapping. If anything, this book focus heavily on a reader's mentality. How do you see yourself? How do you want to look? How do you speak to yourself? Your goals? Emotional eating, "food rules," alcohol, your liver, and exercise are covered, ending with an extended list of further reading material. It's nothing I haven't heard before, but is any diet book going to wow us with ground-breaking information in the world of health and dieting?
This is another motivational diet self-help book that will get added to the shelf among others. Ultimately, I think, it's about finding what works for you and making it a habit. That doesn't mean this isn't a nice book to keep around, although I am sadly $15 poorer. Maybe my grandma can become 15 pounds lighter with Willis. Happy Mother's Day!
March 14, 2014
Below are some words of wisdom that I appreciated.
1. "In order to have control of your life, your body, your weight, you must take responsibility for yourself. Only then can you make changes."
2. reak your own food rules - "patterns and habits that your mind has programmed in and that you now perform automatically." Example "I always have pizza on a Friday Night."
3. It is not a diet but a change of lifestyle
4. Some days you will fail at food control. "Expect it. Accept it. You are only human. It's okay." Make it a treat rather than a habit.
5. "It's never too late to become what you might have been." - George Eliot
1. "In order to have control of your life, your body, your weight, you must take responsibility for yourself. Only then can you make changes."
2. reak your own food rules - "patterns and habits that your mind has programmed in and that you now perform automatically." Example "I always have pizza on a Friday Night."
3. It is not a diet but a change of lifestyle
4. Some days you will fail at food control. "Expect it. Accept it. You are only human. It's okay." Make it a treat rather than a habit.
5. "It's never too late to become what you might have been." - George Eliot
February 3, 2014
I liked this little book full of inspirational help and dieting facts that might motivate the lazy dieter (like me). However, it looked so simple like I should be able to blow through it in 30 minutes, that my other bad habit kicked in: procrastination. I put it off and put it off until my library book is due back and I can't renew right now. I know this sounds super lame, but I'm only on page 35. Crazy, right?
Alas, I'll have to come back to you later Little Book of Diet Help. Until we meet again!
Alas, I'll have to come back to you later Little Book of Diet Help. Until we meet again!
April 21, 2025
Un agile libretto che si sfoglia velocemente. Con molte riflessioni molto buone per chi cerca un corpo più sano. Ovviamente alcune nozioni sono da aggiornare ma dato il periodo di pubblicazione, è comprensibile.
Quello che non ho gradito è l’eccessivo rinvio alla digitopressione. Essa è una disciplina e come tale andrebbe trattata, non buttato lì uno schema dei punti e degli esercizi spiegati alla buona.
Anche l’idea della mindfullness era buona, ma gli esercizi sono spiegati velocemente e tutti basati sulla visualizzazione, e molti come me non visualizzano e quindi non sanno come applicare i suggerimenti.
Altri argomenti come il fare errori… la responsabilità personale… e altri, che sono importanti , tutti trattati con frasi unite alla digitopressione persino nel capitolo dell’autoipnosi.
Di positivo comunque ci sono i concetti chiave e l’apertura a tecniche mentali non solo per contrastare la fame, ma anche per evitare o gestire lo stress, essere consapevoli di sè e perdonarsi quando si sbaglia perché bisogna imparare ad ascoltarsi e accertarsi.
Quello che non ho gradito è l’eccessivo rinvio alla digitopressione. Essa è una disciplina e come tale andrebbe trattata, non buttato lì uno schema dei punti e degli esercizi spiegati alla buona.
Anche l’idea della mindfullness era buona, ma gli esercizi sono spiegati velocemente e tutti basati sulla visualizzazione, e molti come me non visualizzano e quindi non sanno come applicare i suggerimenti.
Altri argomenti come il fare errori… la responsabilità personale… e altri, che sono importanti , tutti trattati con frasi unite alla digitopressione persino nel capitolo dell’autoipnosi.
Di positivo comunque ci sono i concetti chiave e l’apertura a tecniche mentali non solo per contrastare la fame, ma anche per evitare o gestire lo stress, essere consapevoli di sè e perdonarsi quando si sbaglia perché bisogna imparare ad ascoltarsi e accertarsi.
September 28, 2015
There are several simple statements that will help you realize how much you sabotage yourself when dieting. You have to stop the negative self talk and work on you. Try to forget what others think of you and concentrate on YOU. Know that no one is perfect but you can reduce stress, increase your exercise, drink more water, and accept the small changes as they develop.
April 8, 2017
Ho trovato questo libro troppo sintetico e superficiale. Si presume che debba aiutare delle persone alle prese con una dieta/un modo più equilibrato di mangiare, ma in realtà si rivela una raccolta di luoghi comuni. In più la traduzione dall'inglese è mediocre, e si nota. Mi dispiace, speravo meglio.
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January 9, 2013I'm not giving this book a single star. While I wasn't expecting to learn anything new, I definitely wasn't expecting to not finish this book. I think it was the chapter that suggested literally tapping yourself to ward off hunger that put the nail in the coffin. I mean...
January 18, 2012
Includes little tidbits of diet help. Big on tapping.
April 24, 2012
Has wonderful potential for a capitve audience.
January 1, 2021
The guidance this book presents is not something I believe can change that much my food behaviours
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