Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #429 in Books
• Published on: 2008-01-03
• Binding: Paperback
• 192 pages

Dr Susan Horsewood-Lee, renowned GP
In this book Marisa's approach, combined with her personality and humour, works with the reader to make (a healthy lifestyle) possible.

You Magazine
I'm always sceptical at the thought of another `miracle diet' book, but this really is different.

Celebrity Diet Now magazine
The secret to weight loss lies in changing your attitude to food.

Customer Reviews

The best book I've ever read!!!!
I bought this book last week and read it within two days. It is absolutely amazing the effect that this book has had on my attitude to food and my confidence levels! I know it sounds corny but I really do feel like a new person already!

I've tried every diet on the planet over about a fifteen year span and my weight kept creeping up to almost 13 stone, every diet and exercise plan didn't seem to work and the pounds would shift very slowly. I could never understand why and so I kept looking for some answers - I think I've finally found them!!!!

I was worried about cutting down on wheat and dairy as probably 95% of my diet consisted of these two areas but, after reading the book and listening to the CD, I stopped eating them straight away. Over the last six days my attitude towards the food I'm eating has changed dramatically and I'm now eating loads of fruits, veg, nuts and seeds along with lean proteins. I NEVER thought I would ever get to this way of eating - I always avoided fruit as I thought it was boring but I love it now. I'm not fussed about chocolate, biscuits, cakes, bread, pasta, cheese and I'm finding good and healthy alternatives for them - this really amazes me.

I don't want to sound too much of a goody goody but the CD really reprogramms your thinking for the better and the book explains what wheat, dairy and junk food actually does to your insides. It isn't a book that states you must follow this program or else, Marisa explains about making choices in life and you end up really wanting to choose better foods for your body.

I haven't weighed myself yet (6 days into it) but I do intend to and I will put an update on here when I have. My clothes are feeling much looser already, I stopped feeling bloated on the first day, my skin and eyes look clearer and brighter and I feel fantastic!!!

Please, if you do only one thing for yourself, buy this book and you'll never look back!!!

Fantastic Book! Buy it, it will change your life!!!
It has only been one week since I finished reading the book and started to listen to the cd and already I feel like a different person. In the past few years I've yo-yo dieted and gone from being 10st to over 13st then back down, back up, back down etc. and have been a real binge eater of chocolate, cakes and pizza. In addition I've had anxiety/depression issues and haven't felt I'm good enough. Reading this book has given me real confidence in myself, and in this first week I have dropped 4lbs and have completely enjoyed eating in this new way and haven't had any chocolate cravings at all, which is all I've ever thought about with previous diets. This is definitely more of an eating plan for life rather than a quick fix, but that is good because this is what I've wanted - to be healthy inside and out, and for it to be something I can maintain, and it is very easy to follow. There is no specific diet plan, only guidelines, and to be honest it isn't a struggle and it is nice to put my needs and those of my body first for a change.

Like another reviewer I had planned not to do this until a month or so down the line however I too cannot recommend this book highly enough, so had to write a review now. If you have problems with overeating and food in general, or have yo-yo dieted for years this is the book for you!

Honestly, this is the best £6 i have ever spent on anything, and believe me I have spent a fortune over the years on various slimming products, or slimming clubs. Give it a go!!!

Marisa - thank you so much for getting me on the right track and for the first time in my adult life being in control of what I eat rather than it controlling me!!

Lets hope the positive changes continue
Ive been seriously overweight for about six years and go through times of successfully losing weight, but the snacks and chocolate and crisps always creep in. This book has really challenged how much I believe I want to lose weight when im snacking on junk food. I currently have to lose weight for medical reasons and this book has helped me rethink the food I eat. I haven't even used the CD yet.
The lower rating reviews for this book have commented on cutting out food groups. Marisa explains the food our body was intented to eat. Cutting out wheat isn't cutting out all carbs. And into the book it does state that goats cheese is easier for our bodies to digest. Ive read the one star review of this book and the author doesn't mention anything about changing your attitude to food which for me was the key concept of this book.