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Skinny Bitch

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If you're looking for a book to lead you to thinness while eating cheeseburgers, pop, and all your favorite junkfoods... If you're looking for a book that explains why it's not your fault you're fat... If you're looking for a simple solution to your weight problem... this book is not for you. If, however, you are interested in learning the facts about a way of eating that leads to optimal health and a fabulous figure, READ IT. Keep in mind (and this goes for you haters out there and those with thin skin): While you can't judge a book by it's cover, with a title like "Skinny Bitch: A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulous," you can be confident that the contents of that book aren't a candy-coated cake-walk to thinness. Prepare yourself for some harsh truth. You asked for the tough-love, and you're gonna get it. (And for the record, it works!)

I purchased this book after reading the back cover and the first few pages of the book at my local bookstore. It was funny, sarcastic, and written in a very conversational manner. It wasn't until the fourth or fifth chapter that the true basis behind the "skinny bitch" diet was revealed - in the opinion of the authors, the only way to lose weight and be healthy was to completely stop consuming any and all animal products including meat, fish, poultry, dairy and dairy/poultry products. The authors vividly describe what they believe to happen in slaughter houses and how animals are mistreated and consuming animal products is bad, bad, bad.

As with many diet plans, this one could very well work but you deserve to know prior to buying the book that it is all about living a vegan lifestyle.

This is a book for women who want to lose weight. Its catch is that it uses 'straight talk' to convey its ideas about how to lose weight. Do not buy this book if you are offended by profanity, which is abundant in the book. I can't really say that this is a 'diet' book, rather it is more of a diet 'method' book which teaches you what and what not to do and you go from there.

The book starts out by telling you quite bluntly (which is the tone of the whole book) what you need to give up, such as smoking and soda. A large part of the book is devoted to telling the reader what to eat and what not to eat. It covers areas such as carbs, sugars, meats, protein, etc. Some of the ideas can come across a bit controversial at times, but the authors do cite their sources which they are to be commended for doing. The book also contains a pretty big list of foods that are okay to buy in case you get confused. All-in-all its an easy to read book that is fairly short and easy to follow. However, the tone of the book will not appeal to everyone. Also recommend The Sixty-Second Motivator as dietary changes are useless unless you're motivated to stick with them.

I read this book expecting it to be just another one of those diet books. I had heard from somebody that it was the best diet book she had ever read. I wasn't interested in a whole body makeover, I just wanted to maintain a healthy weight. When I started reading the book, I quickly realized that it was more than a ridiculous diet book. It was a wake-up call and I was ready to answer it. The information revealed is INCREDIBLE. A lot of people might chose to be ignorant and disregard it, but if we want to change the poor state of the "health" of North Americans, we have to start believing. It exposes the truth about our screwed up food industry and all the organizations that are so determined to hide the truth about the crap we put in our bodies. After reading this book, I started doing some additional research about organic foods, OGM's, factory farms, veganism, vegetarianism and once again, I was blown away by the information that I managed to find. It's out there, you just need and open mind. I have been maintaining a vegetarian diet for a year and my body has gotten leaner, stronger and gaining weight is just simply not an issue anymore. Get the book, it will change your life.

I wish I would have read the reviews before I bought this book. Like some of the other reviewers, I was lured by a catchy title and the first couple of pages. But after that they totally go on a rant about becoming vegan, and the government and the meat/dairy industry. Although I agree it is a healthy lifestyle and I will try and implement some of their suggestions, I feel that this book is misleading and that they should be honest about the content. They play it off as a diet book (which I guess in a way it is), but really it's a book to convince people to become vegan with the promise of becoming a "skinny bitch".

I'm writing this to warn you. I read this book, and like many, was fooled by it. I was a vegan for 1.5 yrs.

I've changed my mind about this book and veganism. You should ask yourself these questions:

- What are the qualifications of these authors (one is a "know-it-all" and the other has a "holistic medicine" degree... what?)
- What are the sources they cite for their information (trace their claims back to unreliable sources like websites, pseudo-science books, and holistic/alternative medicine books... where are the studies and scientific studies to back the claims?)
- What are their tactics to win you over to their way of thinking? (they appeal to your sense of humour, "common sense", and emotions... they use shock/horror tactics similar to PETA)

I'm not denying that there is some truth in the book (factory farming is a very real fact), but think critically about the content. Don't take their word for it. Be vegan if you want, but do your own thorough research from reliable sources, and weigh the criticism of the opposition.

This book was a good read, but certainly not the best I have read. It was a little too profane for my taste at times. However, I do think that it was an entertaining read and even funny.

The main reason I picked up the book was to see what all the fuss was about; I wanted to read their funny and blunt commentary on the North American lifestyle. I figured it was a normal diet/lifestyle book so I was only reading for entertainment value. But, to my pleasant, very pleasant surprise, it was a PRO-VEGAN book.

I am a Vegan, and was NOT expecting this book to be Vegan, so my natural reaction was yay! But immediately after, it was "wait, what?"

You see, as a Vegan, I can say that the way Veganism was stuffed down the reader's mouth is unfair and not very tactful. I feel the best way to teach others is to openly inform others in a non-threatening sort of way. Ultimately it is everyone's choice to choose a path that suits them best.

While I admire the ladies attempt to shock the normal reader into the atrocities of the meat industry - perhaps this puts a bad taste in people's mouths about Veganism.

I give it 3 out of 5 for this surprise. Other than that, take what you want, leave the rest. Still a good read.

I love this book. Its witty, in your face attitude kept me hooked from beginning to end. The authors are not afraid to tell it like it is, plus they use sources to back up their info (unlike many other diet books). Sometimes they make you feel like an idiot: "Of course milk makes you fat! Milk turns a 90lb calf into a 450lb cow! Duh!" And the recommended food list is very helpful. Not only will you become skinny, you will be healthy as well! For more reading on how foods affect your health, get 'The China Study'. For more reading on the meat industry, get 'Slaughterhouse' or 'The Food Revolution'.

This book has a silly name and is clearly more marketable towards women, but I honestly think that everyone should read this book. Even if you don't conform to their way of life (mainly vegetarian and organic) it's okay, as long as you are well informed of what you are putting into your mouth. You may start to think twice about it. It's easy to understand and funny most of the time which doesn't make it seem like you are reading a diet book. It's rather short but to the point, no beating around the bush, so you know what they recommend you eat. I've gradually give up meat and let me tell you when you have the options we have today, you don't really miss it. It's a very informative book that everyone should read. And yes, milk does produce mucus (which is why singers don't drink it). It's narrow-minded to completely write off this book, and if you doubt their facts, do some of your own research. Are you willing to sacrifice your health because you want to look the other way and refuse to acknowledge potential dangers you use to assume (or were told) were safe. I'm certainly not going to play games or take chances with my health.

I bought this book because it is frank, honest, and outright funny! It's a rare thing for me to be laughing OUT LOUD as I peruse the bookstore, but this book is a great read. Yes it has some harsh facts about cutting through the crap that is considered a "normal" diet. But in this day and age, we all know that normal is overweight and/or unhealthy- so frankly I am glad to break from conformity! I have to say the biggest point this book can stress is the whole NO DAIRY attitude. What most people (myself included) don't know that there are substitutes for milk, ice cream, etc that taste absolutly GREAT! (fake butter better than REAL butter!) And you will freak out at how much better you feel and look if you get that garbage out of your system, it is truly amazing! Your skinny jeans become your every day jeans, if that isn't reason enough to give it a go! Even if you just read this book for the comic relief, it is well worth your time and hopefully some of their ideas will "click" with you to make positive changes in your life and health. Happy reading!