Think and Grow Thin: The Revolutionary Diet and Weight-loss System That Will Change Your Life in 88 Days!

 

Shirley J.                 Adult Non-Fiction                        Weight Loss through diet and exercise

Think and Grow Thin: The Revolutionary Diet and Weight-loss System That Will Change Your Life in 88 Days! by Charles D'Angelo  288 pages

Yay!  Charles D'Angelo is from St. Louis!  He sites a lot of St. Louis references and confers with doctors from Washington University and from St. Louis University (his alma mater).   As a teenage, Charles weighed 360 pounds (when he was 17) and missed out on dating, activities, opportunities because he was embarrassed about how he looked and frankly, though, young he wasn't able to perform as his thinner compatriots were able to.  He deprived himself of meaningful relationships and participating in life as fully as he could have if only he had been thinner.   He is making up for lost time now and is using his struggle to help others as his God given mission on earth.   He cites a lot of motivational speakers (Zig Zigler, Tony Robbins, etc.) and psychologists is discussing the underlying factors that motivate us to get fat in the first place, and what keeps us that way.   There is no short cut, he simply states the case for eating healthy and exercising to stay alive and feel and be our best.   Very simple and straight talk here.  If you aren't ready to commit, you will never be able to keep the weight off for life.   You can't stop your routine of eating healthy and exercising daily if you want to stay fit, lean and in control.  You can't think, o.k. I've hit my goal weight I'm treating myself to a chocolate shake and fries.  Weight loss and great health is a lifelong commitment and I get the impression from the success stories that Charles figures he committed to a daily life commitment and if other people aren't don't waste his time.  No b.s. excuses.  As he quotes Yoda, "Do or do not.  There is no try."   Good book, I enjoyed it and learned a lot of good rules to put into practice.  He is right there will always be excuses for those unwilling to commit.  I recommend this book to elementary schoolers on up.  This book teaches good eating habits and great exercise habits.  His list of clients include locals to celebrities world-wide.