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Having just finished another book that denounced tofu, I had to wonder what a vegetarian/vegan based diet book had to say about all things soy.
Skinny Bitch is less a diet book, and more a drill sergeant pep talk with a heavy emphasis on cutting meat products from your diet. Luckily, I already don't consume most of what they are advocating people should cut out of their diets, but I have to imagine the average American would be horrified to be told to cut basically everything fun from their diets.
This book will try to convince you to drop caffeine, soda, artificial sweeteners, alcohol, sugar, refined or processed foods, and all meat and dairy products. It's a pretty tall order, but they work their skinny tails off trying to convince you with horrifying facts about each of the aforementioned food products.
Of the vices I have left that they recommend cutting, I have to give them credit for making me think maybe, just maybe, I can try to cut cheese out of my diet. It's the only dairy I have left and I love it so, but the book made some pretty compelling arguments. They also convinced me to stop it with the Splenda.
There is a LOT of cussing in this book, so if you are at all offended by that sort of thing, this is not the book for you. And they are pretty harsh when they lay all their facts out for you, so it's not for the weak of spirit either. Their diet plan is pretty useless, as there are no recipes, no shopping lists, nothing to help you actually achieve the four week plan they propose.
However, following the guidelines of drop all the fun stuff will almost certainly result in weight loss. You won't need the week by week plan, you'll just have to start paying close attention to what you're eating. The hard part will be letting go of the yummy, addictive foods!
Skinny Bitch is less a diet book, and more a drill sergeant pep talk with a heavy emphasis on cutting meat products from your diet. Luckily, I already don't consume most of what they are advocating people should cut out of their diets, but I have to imagine the average American would be horrified to be told to cut basically everything fun from their diets.
This book will try to convince you to drop caffeine, soda, artificial sweeteners, alcohol, sugar, refined or processed foods, and all meat and dairy products. It's a pretty tall order, but they work their skinny tails off trying to convince you with horrifying facts about each of the aforementioned food products.
Of the vices I have left that they recommend cutting, I have to give them credit for making me think maybe, just maybe, I can try to cut cheese out of my diet. It's the only dairy I have left and I love it so, but the book made some pretty compelling arguments. They also convinced me to stop it with the Splenda.
There is a LOT of cussing in this book, so if you are at all offended by that sort of thing, this is not the book for you. And they are pretty harsh when they lay all their facts out for you, so it's not for the weak of spirit either. Their diet plan is pretty useless, as there are no recipes, no shopping lists, nothing to help you actually achieve the four week plan they propose.
However, following the guidelines of drop all the fun stuff will almost certainly result in weight loss. You won't need the week by week plan, you'll just have to start paying close attention to what you're eating. The hard part will be letting go of the yummy, addictive foods!
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I guess this could be “good advice” for someone, but I feel annoyed and duped by this book. I expected a sassy dieting book, and realised half way through that it was a vegan scare tactic book. I did not sign up for reading a book about salt being shoved up a live pig’s butt…
It's been a few years since reading this and still I avoid Tyson products and feel awful when I eat bacon. If you are trying to reduce your meat consumption pick this up! Otherwise, skip this snarky vegan manual.
the title pretty much sums up the attitude. to sum up what's inside - be vegan.
I'd say that "Skinny Bitch" is the People Mag version of "An Omnivore's Delemna", but I haven't read Poulin's book yet... I'm down with their message on food additives. Stay away from additives (MSG, high fructose corn syrup, aspartame, just to name a few). I'm not quite there on the vegan thing, but I can get riled up about the abuses of the Food Industry. But Hey Biotches, beer is vegan! As the Bitches say: Use your head, read the ingrediants.Smile a lot, give compliments whenever you can, and be nice to everyone.
Too much negativity around food choices and name calling. I already have enough negativity around food and call myself nasty names. I don't need a book telling me the same. I would rather read the evidence in research articles
I remember reading this on the floor of a book store in Arkansas circa 2008. I don't know what caught my eye about it, but I cracked it open, sat down, and then finished it in one sesh.
This book brought a couple of interesting (and, possibly, concerning) ideas about the food industry, but not a scientific lens. Mostly in a "ugh that's SO GROSS" lens. It kinda felt like having a group of judgy friends judge what you eat, but not necessarily because they care about your health, but because they feel like they are finding their essentialist role in the universe by doing so.
That doesn't mean there isn't some fun humor and attitude in here. I also think it fills an interesting niche, like hiring a person to call you fat while you're running so that you don't lose motivation.
This book brought a couple of interesting (and, possibly, concerning) ideas about the food industry, but not a scientific lens. Mostly in a "ugh that's SO GROSS" lens. It kinda felt like having a group of judgy friends judge what you eat, but not necessarily because they care about your health, but because they feel like they are finding their essentialist role in the universe by doing so.
That doesn't mean there isn't some fun humor and attitude in here. I also think it fills an interesting niche, like hiring a person to call you fat while you're running so that you don't lose motivation.
This book fueled my eating disorder in the mid 2000s. Don't recommend ahaha.
After reading this book, I was not able to touch meats or chicken for a few months. But alas, this book is just so crass, I can't give it more than a 2 star. The information is good but the author's writing and expressions are far too slang for my taste.
The tone would have been more effective if not overused so much in every instance by showing disgust at what "factory x" or "company y" is doing and how the whole world of food industry has gone to hell in a handbasket.
A little too much drama but points well taken.
Some parts of the book were hard to read & swallow, I am sure this was the exact intended message, and it made me aware and curious about subjects I now want to research and learn about. The message definitely had a huge impact on me.
I'd probably not read it again and besides, there is a lot of material on this topic out there now ....
This book is great... It has turned me into a vegetarian! Seriously!