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Title: The Weigh Down Diet by Gwen Shamblin ISBN: 0-385-48762-2 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 17 February, 1997 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.27 (163 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: All I know is, it works!
Comment: It is clear to me that Gwen Shamblin is a Christian and loves God. I'm not going to get bogged down in trying to decide if she believes something that others think she shouldn't. That, to me, is between her and God.
All I know is, when I eat the way the book suggests, I lose weight. All my adult life I wondered what is was I had lost touch with - because I knew as a child I ate what and when I liked, and I was thin. When I read this book, I understood! I realized when I was a child, I ate if I was hungry. If I wasn't hungry, there was nothing that was going to make me eat! I remembered once being told to finish my meal so I could have dessert and I remember saying "I only have enough room for dessert" - and it was true! I remember being in the hospital when I was 12 and the nurse coming in to get my breakfast tray, and I had only eaten a couple of bites. She started questioning me about whether I was trying to lose weight, etc. etc. - clearly she thought I might be anorexic. And that was SO FAR from the truth. The truth is, I just wasn't hungry - so I didn't eat much!
Anyway, I have tried lots of diets, but this is the one that works. Wait until you are truly hungry and then eat only until you are satisfied. And when you are hungry, you can eat again. That has a tremendous psychological effect on me - I'm not telling myself I can't eat, I can't have this and that, I can only have a certain amount, I'm just going to have to be hungry. Instead, I know I can eat when I'm hungry and I can eat whatever I want to eat, I just need to stop when I am satisfied. What a difference being able to eat half of what is on my plate and push it away and NOT FEEL DEPRIVED.
All you have to do is learn to listen to your body again. I did that in childhood, and now I have learned to do it again.
It really works!
I agree with what someone said in previous review: Don't judge - that's God's job!
Rating: 4
Summary: Bravo!
Comment: I gave this book 4 stars because it has helped me so much. I always thought I was a failure for not being able to stick to a regimen of grapefruit halves, boiled chickens, and dry salad. Through this book, I have come to realize there is a better way -- a successful way. For those who knock this approach to weightloss... well, the evidence speaks for itself. One to five percent of regular dieters stay on their diets and keep the weight off. Up to 78% of those who attempt this approach are sucessful. It's life changing...this book is. The only reason I didn't give this book 5 full stars is because I save that review for the Bible =) But if there ever was a dieter's companion bible., this book would be it!
Rating: 1
Summary: Look deeper into the author's views.. She started a cult!
Comment: Normally I don't write reviews but if it means that I can warn even one person about this book, then I served my purpose. As a new Christian believer, I am learning to turn to God and fill that void in my heart that I used to fill with food. I had no idea that there were even any bible based weight loss programs. I was doing it on my own through prayer and thats it! Then as I am browsing the bookstore for some inspirational Christian prayer books I saw Gwen's book. At first glance, Weigh Down seemed like the answer to my prayers! I bought the book, and started reading the first couple of pages and I thought WOW, this is great! However, being anaytical in nature, I decided to do an internet search on "weigh down" and the "weigh down workshop", and to my surprise, there were many articles of warning, not about her diet.. but about the CULT she started called Remnant Fellowship. Anyhow, the whole thing just made me uncomfortable. Being a baby Christian, there are enough bad influences out there, I don't to be subtly indoctrinated with her cultish pseudo-Christian views. I prayed a lot, and asked the Lord to guide me in the right direction. Anyhow, I am returning the book immediately, and I'm going to look into other Christian based weight loss programs that are BIBLICALLY SOUND. Otherwise if its not biblically sound, its is really no better than any other diet program out there, you know? I am going to check out the book Thin Within by Judy Halliday...
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Title: Rise Above: God Can Set You Free from Your Weight Problems Forever by Gwen Shamblin ISBN: 0785268766 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: More of Him Less of Me: My Personal Thoughts, Inspirations, and Meditations on the Weigh Down Diet by Jan Christiansen ISBN: 1892016001 Publisher: Starburst Publishers Pub. Date: 01 December, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Desert Morsels: A Journal with Encouraging Tidbits from My Journey on the Weigh Down Diet by Jan Christiansen ISBN: 1892016214 Publisher: Starburst Publishers Pub. Date: February, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Exodus: Daily Devotional by Gwen Shamblin ISBN: 1892729008 Publisher: Weigh Down Workshop Pub. Date: September, 1998 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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Title: The Diet Alternative by Diane Hampton ISBN: 088368148X Publisher: Whitaker House Pub. Date: July, 1984 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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