With more than thirty simple, delicious recipes (including her famous SkinnyGirl Margarita), a one-week program to jump-start readers on the Naturally Thin lifestyle, and warm, witty encouragement on every page, Frankel serves up a book for a healthier and thinner life.

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Review: 2009-11-13

Love the straight forward and sound advice.
Bethanny has nailed it on the head with her bestseller. She offers good sound advice on food on how to maintain a heathly, sustainable lifestyle. She is incredibly generous with intimdate details of her private life and also shares the secret eating habits of celebrites that she has worked with over the years. She understands what most women are dealing with in their personal lifes and the challenges that we are faced with. She recognises that food can be used in a destructive way and shares her battle with us on how she overcame this. She taught me in 10 simple steps how to; recognise when I'm hungry, what my body really needs, not to be afraid of food and how to get to know myself and what I really want. Most of all she got me off that crazy merry-go-round of dieting. HOORAY... I love her for it! I'm sharing this with all my girlfriends this Christmas. Can't wait for the next book!


Review: 2009-11-05

Good "diet" tips...we should already know
I read several other reviews for this book, and although I do agree that the author is "naturally thin" due mainly to her very low intake of calories a day...which I could never do...I think her book was full of helpful "tips" on eating better and not just crash dieting.

Her 10 rules are: (1) Your Diet Is A Bank Account, (2) You Can Have It All, Just Not All At Once (3) Taste Everything, Eat Nothing (4) Pay Attention (5) Downsize Now (6) Cancel Your Membership In The Clean Plate Club (7) Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself (8) Know Thyself (9) Get Real (10) Good For You

I enjoyed her easy to read (and relate to) writing style. She inserts side notes "Bethenny Bytes" "Naturally Thin Thoughts" & "Celebrity Secrets" which act like mini-example stories or nuggets of info.

A lot of what she has to say is common sense, but she just summarizes it all and reminds us to take better care of ourselves because we can all be thin if we work at it.

Suggestions like: eat organic whole foods, smaller portions, exercise, tasting things not eating all of it, enjoying our food slowly and not in front of tv or in car, etc.

I don't think anyone will end up looking like her unless they ignore all the great tips and basically just cut their calories WAY down. Her average day calories comes well under 1000, which is like 2 to 4 times smaller than what most of us consume. But maybe she's right---maybe we should eat like birds so we can look like them :)


Review: 2009-11-02

Loved it!
I am amazed at some of the reviews surrouding this book. It's like some individuals read snippets, but not the whole thing. Yes, she does mention having 3 bites of a steak, but along with that, she has rounded out the meal with wonderful and healthy items. Yes, she does scoop out bagels, so that she has more room for the healthy stuff! She explains again and again that this approach to eating prevents the wild animal attack on the ice cream bowl at midnight mentality. Further - I, for one, am glad for her reminders of what an insane gluttonous society we live in - especially as people around the world starve. It's embarrassing, and I'm glad she points readers towards a more healthy and planet friendly eating style. Being short on time (as many people are) I appreciated her chapter success approach to her ideas. The diminishing return concept has already helped me a great deal! This book is my own new bible in terms of motivation.


Review: 2009-10-28

Good Recipes - Good ideas
I'm a big fan of Bethenny Frankel so I bought the book to see if her method for staying thin and looking great would work for me.
She has some good ideas and they work, but they require an incredible amount of discipline and perseverance. My favorite part of the book are the recipes and her guide to assembling easy lunches for a busy life on the go. I keep the book on my kitchen counter for reference I use her ideas that much. I like Bethenny's writing style, its light, fun and very personal. I enjoyed the book a lot.

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