Product Description Not your typical boring diet book, this is a tart-tongued, no-holds-barred wakeup call to all women who want to be thin. With such blunt advice as, "Soda is liquid Satan" and "You are a total moron if you think the Atkins Diet will make you thin," it's a rallying cry for all savvy women to start eating healthy and looking radiant. Unlike standard diet books, it actually makes the reader laugh out loud with its truthful, smart-mouthed revelations. Behind all the attitude, however, there's solid guidance. Skinny Bitch espouses a healthful lifestyle that promotes whole grains, fruits, and vegetables, and encourages women to get excited about feeling "clean and pure and energized."
No longer a junk food addict!!! LOST 85 LBS!!!July 10, 2007 Jean Gardner(Michigan) 77 out of 97 found this review helpful
I can not emphasize how greatfull I am for having read this book. Before I read it I was trying every stupid diet in the world, diet pills, and even considered things that were probably illegal to lose weight. I was completely addicted to junk food and didn't even know it until I read this book!!! I was depressed most of the time, had no energy, felt hopeless that I'd ever be thin and feeling so completely despirate it was really sad.
I picked up the book because I liked the title. I was 100 lbs overweight and many times thought of skinny women as 'skinny bitches'...And I so wanted to be like them! So, I read the book and it totally changed my life. I saw the truth for the first time as to how the food industries will market complete garbage to humans for consumption because they can make a fast buck. I saw how cruel and deplorable the meat industry is in the name of greed. I realised that I was not helping myself by drinking diet soda (with all its poisonous artificial sweeteners) and eating milk and meat and eggs which all contain animal fat -which is not fit for human consumption... the book OPENED MY EYES - and I realised I had chosen to keep them shut and be ignorant for far too long...
I have struggled with food addiction and my weight since a child. I was anorexic and bulemic through all my teens and 20's. I have been morbidly obese for over 10 years (100 extra lbs) and I know that this book opened my eyes and THE TRUTH HAS SET ME FREEEEE!!!
SINCE I READ THE BOOK I HAVE LOST 85 LBS and I have no doubt I will lose all the rest. I gave up artificial sweeteners, sugar, meat, egg and dairy the day I read the book and will never return to these foods. The book convinced me 100% and there is no going back. I have read 100's of diet books - but this one really helped me make a life long change toward health and thinness.
I will say, that the chapter on You Are WHat You Eat was very hard to read - but it was the chapter that sealed the deal for me to make a change in my life. I would suggest if you read the book to read every page - even if it is hard. Because like the book says 'if an animal had to suffer it - the least you can do is read it. I was a tough nut - trust me - I was soooo addicted to junk food. THIS BOOK HELPED ME KICK ALL OF MY BAD DIETARY HABITS ONCE AND FOR ALL!!!
The swearing in the book is not every-other-word. I liked the no-nonsence approach because I get real tired of reading a bunch of fluff and want the facts given to me strait. So, that was not a problem for me.
I will add that they do mention doing excercise - But it is not an excercise book. They take the approach that you should live an active lifestyle - incorporating activity into each day and they recommend Yoga -which is impossible to do if you're 100 lbs overweight. So, walk or do what ever you can to get your body moving.
So, if you are depressed, despirate and feeling hopeless - read this book. THe first day I went cold turkey of all the junk foods and I had a headache. THe second day I had a headache. I did take some Ibuprophen and that helped. After 3 weeks of going without junk food I felt good, I had alot more energy and started going for walks and bike riding. I lost 10 lbs the first month and I was eating as much as I wanted and never felt deprived. I know I will never go back to the way I was eating. This book was a God-sent for me and I will be forever greatfull!!
eye openerMarch 20, 2006 greenie(Redondo Beach, CA) 29 out of 35 found this review helpful
A friend of mine recommended this book to me partly because it amused her but mostly because she believed in it's message-which by the way, does suggests organic foods and veganism as a way of life. The authors are straight forward and humorous (if you don't mind a bit of profanity). I felt like they were talking to me-not at me. It's a book that talks about what foods are harmful, why they're harmful and offers suggestions and substitutions to stop stuffing your face with the wrong foods. It's full of facts not fluff; some of which are detailed and gruesome accounts of animal cruelty, food processing and destruction of land.
Truthfully I didn't know that what I was about to read was going to change my life-but it did and all for the better. I didn't close the book with the idea that "I'll never touch meat/chicken/eggs/dairy again" but I haven't (I used to have 6 egg whites every morning and was a huge consumer of poultry). Until I read this book I never realized what happened in slaughter houses, poultry farms, and dairy farms and how eating these foods impacts my body. It's a great read and I highly recommend it for those who are interested in learning more about what's really on our plates.
Hilarious and informative!February 18, 2006 H. Bellock(Chicago, IL) 48 out of 60 found this review helpful
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 is that there are substitutes for milk, ice cream, etc that taste absolutely 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! Only thing I'd change is more recipes. 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!
Never knew I wanted to be a Skinny Bitch...'Till NowJanuary 5, 2006 A. Ponti(Portland, Maine) 25 out of 30 found this review helpful
Well let me first catch my breathe. I just finished this book a few hours ago, having started it last night. It was a riveting page turner and I will soon be rereading it, armed with a nice cup of decaf organic green tea and a highlighter. Sometimes the in-your-face approach can be really effective, and frankly what's necesary to get people to stop and think. I applaud Rory and Kim for writing a stellar book that sits you down and tells it like it is. It can be overwhelming, all the alarming information. But remember, Rome wasn't built in a day and I for one know I am going to continue taking baby steps on the road to a healthier, happier self. Is this book for everyone? Probably not, I know my sister and I have no intention of sharing it with our mother. But, if you have even a little thick skin and aren't afraid of a truth that isn't, if you'll pardon the pun, sugar-coated, then this is the book for you. The authors use facts and humor to make their point while also not preaching. I truly loved this book. It's high time something like this be written.
A complete shock to meDecember 31, 2007 Momto4athome(Wherever the Army sends us) 34 out of 43 found this review helpful
This book was definitely NOT what I was expecting. I had never heard of it, but happened to be browsing Barnes and Noble and saw it sitting there in the bestseller nonfiction section. Of course, the cover design and title did the job intended because I picked it up. The design of the cover and the title does NOT look like a health or nutritional book...it looks like Chick Lit. I half expected to pick up a fictional book that had been placed in the wrong section. I glanced through it and immediately picked up on the author's writing style....we could call it "no nonsense" but that really isn't adequately describing it. It's laced in profanity, but at times reads more like a cup of coffee with that "Friend" we all have...you know the one that doesn't care what people think...doesn't mince words...and could give a bleep less if people like it or not. I found it amusing, and it held my attention. So I bought it. I did NOT expect to find anything other than the same general diet info we always hear from weight loss books. I was WRONG.
First of all, this book is not fluff, which unfortunately most diet books are mostly full of...fluff. Inside of this chick lit looking, profanity laced book was a very well researched, informative and fully referenced literary work. There are more references in this book (scientific studies, research studies etc) than I have seen in many diet/health books. Also, it includes plenty of other resources like web sites, books, cookbooks, magazines etc. It may look like fluff, and it may read like a truck driver wrote it, but that is just clever marketing. At times it reads like a textbook because it carries so much serious information. So don't be fooled. They just knew how to get their book noticed, and it worked.
Last but not least, they are hard core vegetarians. This was another shocker. There was no way to know I was getting a book about animal cruelty and vegetarianism. The cover did not give it away and glancing through it quickly didn't do it either. They waited to approach the subject for several chapters into it. Another smart marketing move, as I may have put it down had I seen that initially.
I have never read any hard core detailed information on how animals are killed for food. They cited workers, quotes, insider info...it was disturbing--an understatement...for a moment I thought I had picked up the diary of a serial killer. It was just sick. Obviously I know animals have to die for me to get a Big Mac, but are we seriously killing them in the ridiculously sick and twisted manner described in this book??. If that is true, then I am horrified. I assumed it was like what happens when you take a pet to the vet and it needs to be euthanized. I mean, you wouldn't take your pet into the veterinarian to be put to sleep if you thought that first they were going to slam it against the wall a few times, shove something up its rectum, paralyze it from the neck down and poke its eyes out...just for fun...THEN put it to sleep. Any veterinarian doing that kind of unnecessary behavior would lose his license. So what is going on?? According to this book, prisoners sentenced to the death penalty get far nicer deaths, than the animals. If you read the info in this section it will definitely be a 'what the hell' moment....leaving you to wonder why it's necessary to be that horrific in the killing of the animals.
I guess this book left me feeling nauseated. I'm not sure what I'm going to do with the info, but I'm definitely going to do some more research. I don't feel you can just dismiss people as being one of those crazy vegetarians. If what they're saying is true, then I need to know that.
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