Product Description

Ways to eat,ways to cheat: what to wear, what to ditch - discover the secrets that will truly make a difference to the way you look and feel about yourself. We all know that dieting simply doesn't work for most people. So here's a 'not-a-diet' book - a live-it, not a die-t - that will show you how to develop positive relationships - with your jeans, your butter dish, your waist, your world. If you think it's time to free yourself from the tyranny of thin, this sassy, funny and practical book by style guru Mimi Spencer is the one for you. Like your ideal best friend, she will help you release your thinner self without all the depressing self-denial, guilty weigh-ins and faddy food plans. Instead, she will help you make the most of what you've got, and see that the woman you are now is just as fabulous as the woman you want to be.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #36823 in Books
• Published on: 2009-03-12
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 304 pages

From the Inside Flap
Ways to eat,
Ways to cheat.
What to wear,
What to ditch.

Discover the secrets that really will make a difference to the way you look and feel about yourself.

If you think it's time to free yourself from the tyranny of thin, this sassy, funny and practical book by style guru Mimi Spencer is for you.

Like your ideal best friend, she'll help you release your thinner self without all the depressing self-denial, guilty weigh-ins and faddy food plans of conventional diets.

Mimi will help you make the most of what you've got, and see that the woman you are now is just as fabulous as the woman you want to be.

From the Back Cover
A live-it, not a die-t.

101 simple, essential tips for making the most of who you are

How to find the Perfect Jeans

Fix your Fattening Habits

The secrets of Solution Lingerie

Why you need a Diet Dress

How to give Good Photo

Defend against Calorie Ambush

Read this book now and discover a Whole New You

About the Author
Mimi Spencer is a prizewinning fashion and beauty journalist. She has a column in You magazine and writes for Observer Woman, Grazia and many other magazines and newspapers. She was editor of ES Magazine for two years following six years as Fashion Editor for the Evening Standard. She lives in Brighton with her two children and a barrister husband.

Customer Reviews

5 reasons to buy this book
1. Because this is not a diet book. It's a very well-informed, intelligently-written, very funny read that will enhance any bedside table, coffee table or loo shelf. 2. Mimi Spencer writes with a wit that makes you snort embarrassingly when reading her words on public transport. 3. She makes you want to read chunks of the book aloud to all your dearest friends. 4. She has created a smorgasbord of hints and tips that can work for anyone, anywhere, at whatever stage of life and girth. 5. This book makes you feel good about yourself. Really.

101 Things to do before you Diet
A very amusing book that tells us in a zany way the things we know already about losing weight. Eat less, exercise more and drink water. I so wish that Chapter 101 had been Chapter 1. I would most certainly read Mimi Spencer again and look forward to her next book.

Bloke view
Most guys would never admit to reading something like this, but I found a lot of really useful tips on how to get in shape without giving up too much.