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The Secrets of Skinny Chicks - Book
Customer Review:
Very enjoyable and motivating book. The point of this book is that women who look good and are fit usually work very, very hard to be thin and in shape. The first part of the book is filled with detailed examples of very fit women, exactly what they eat each day (a sample food diary), exactly what exercises they do each day of the week, what their attitudes towards food are, what their personal philosophy of weight loss is. This was my favorite part of the book, because it was very eye opening. Most of the women eat between 1200 and 1600 calories a day. And yes, as other reviewers have mentioned, they exercise often up to two hours a day. It was eye-opening to me, because it helped me to see how much I ate compared to how much these women eat; it's no wonder I'm overweight!
All of this work and effort might seem unrealistic to most of us, but the rest of the book is chock-full of ideas of how to put over thirty of these women's "secrets" into practice in the real world. The good thing is that after reading about what the fit women do, it doesn't seem so overwhelming to exercise a half hour or an hour a day---it seems doable. There isn't a lot of new information here, it's true, but this book is a great motivator packaged in an inspirational and entertaining way.
If you are a beginning dieter, you'll find much that is enlightening here. If you're a veteran (as I am), you'll find a nice shot in the arm of motivation and a good review of all of the latest information on diet and exercise and healthy body image. I'm excited about ways of creating a healthy lifestyle for myself again.
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