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When Your Body Gets the Blues: The Clinically Proven Program for Women Who Feel Tired and Stressed and Eat Too Much

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This book is a must have for all women! It explains in laymens terms why things happen and gives a clear easy solution to follow. I wish I would have found this book sooner!

The most I got out of this book was exercise, in the sun and then rate your moods. Please- I thought maybe it would get into more foods to eat, to help with the overeating. I wouldnt waste my money.

Go to the Library and take it out for free!~

The LEVITY program and this program is extremely well-rounded. While the advice and some elements of the program seem like common sense, they really are helpful and to be reminded of them in a structured program like this is a great refresher. The exercise and supplement program really helps, and I am more conscious of how much better I feel when I am outside longer.

This book is a rarity - science-based,yet easy to read, and loaded with helpful examples. Dr. Brown, the author, writes with compassion, and enthusiasm, sharing some of her own experiences with the program she and Jo Robinson devised. It made me wonder how many women might have been misdiagnosed as clinically depressed, and medicated, when only their BODIES were "blue". This is a cheerful, inexpensive, and eminently do-able program that makes sense and works. I received a number of inquiries from friends who'd seen my copy of the book, so it's making the rounds now!

The book is a great resource refernce and will help many readers. It could have been a little more "reader friendly". The products reviewed are extremely helpful and proven especially "Levity" - the vitamin supplement.
M. DiMilia, M.D. Internal Medicine, Adolescent Medicine & Pediatrics, N.Y., N.Y.

Being a 33 year-old, divorced professional who is 5'4" tall and weighs 140 pounds, I am the quintessential "AVERAGE" American woman. This book was a huge success for me. I calculated my "Mood and Symptom Inventory" score over the past 6 weeks. Here's the breakdown:
Week 1: 24.5
Week 2: 35
Week 3: 39
Week 4: 35.5
Week 5: 41.5
Week 6: 45
The higher your score, the better you feel. Pretty amazing, eh? I was so tickled that I wanted to share it with you. Jo (one of the authors) sent me the downloadable Daily Journal which has been a huge help. Oh, and I, like so many others have lost 5 pounds without even trying.

I was very pleased to find out that someone has looked at women's health in a holistic fashion. The authors have done their homework and integrated information about exercise, light therapy and vitamin therapy so solve a problem that is pervasive and brings together a whole constellation of symptoms of malaise.

The Body Blues book not only is easy to read, but it is based on real verified science-- something one rarely sees in the self-help category. As a scientist myself I especially appreciate this.

With the exception of vitamins (which can be bought at any drugstore), all the authors' recommendations can be followed at no cost to the individual. This makes it even more surprizing that the authors have refused to sell or be involved in the sale of the vitamins they recommend.

Not only holistic thinkers, but public-minded too. A breath of fresh air.

I just love this book! Finally something that makes sense and is easy to do. It's great having the "all in one" tablet rather than calculating the vitamin supplements myself and taking 6 different pills! I highly recommend it!

Family woes can cause weight gain just as much as sitting around and stuffing your face, or at least is a direct correlation. This is a really good book but not super great. I work with overwieght kids almost on a daily basis which leads me to the moms and parents in general, and know firsthand that the moms tell me over and over, challenges from normal hectic family life cause depression and lead to becoming hopeless and leaves them feeling helpless. Why? Because most of them are overweight too. All of these characteristics and road blocks lead to overeating, eating when not hungry and totally unmotivated to go to a gym or even outside where others can see them. The book is pretty solid on offering advice on much to do about women, but family life, parenting in particular, needs to be in the great scheme of body conditioning. Pardon me while I suggest a book that offers help in this area, well ok, there are two, one is Mommy-CEO, Revised Edition, by family/parenting expert, Jodie Lynn and The Girlfriends Guide to Getting Back Your Groove, by Vicki Iovine. I know - I know, they are both about women, motherhood and mommies, but both stress fitness and taking time out for yourself as a woman. In fact, Mommy-CEO has a guide in it for Make Time for Mommy, without feeling guilty, that I have copied and put up on my frig. What I'm saying is maybe combine the three books, and yes, Vicki's is a little funny with humor, but what better way to start off the day but with a clean bill of health in the upstairs department. It's our minds that lead us into many a dead beat days and get us depressed as well as those 30 extra pounds. I'm just suggesting to follow the rules and guidelines in this book, take the supplements, get up and get out to exercise but get your mind set right to take care of family challenges as well. If you are blue, begin your program with making a list of things that affect your heart, as in heavy-heart, not fat. Most of the times when people do this, especially moms, they will say... kids, weight, husband, work, money and other relatives - make me crazy, have a heavy heart, and lead me into stress every minute of every day. It's amazing that the things these women are talking about are usually repeated in that very order. For quicker and better results get your homelife, kids and hubby, in order before you add more guilt to your day about not exercising when you should have and could have. Ask for help from any and all family members and get yourself out of the "I must do everything myself" mode which both books shout loud and clear, and into having more time for mommy without feeling guilty.

I bought this book the minute I heard about it and I've been on the program for the past month. I'd been feeling horrible for quite some time -- years, really. And, I'm thrilled to report that the LEVITY program works like a charm. I've got more energy, I'm losing weight and, most significantly, the cloud of emotional malaise that had pretty much engulfed me, has lifted.

A great, great book.