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A review by barriereads
Skinny Bitch: A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulous! by Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin
2.0
hmmm, at first i was like oh this should be a light, funny read about things i like to read about - food and health. but then it started getting creepy. i felt by the end the authors were promoting starvation and even at one point told you flat out, "Do not eat until you are starving" sure, if you want to be skinny then do that. but skinny does not equal healthy.
i don't read these books to go on a diet. i already live a very healthy lifestyle, make my own meals every day, avoid high fat/fried anything and exercise 5-7 days a week. i don't need this book, but i like reading them to see others perspectives. but for the people that do need this book, i would highly recommend something that promotes a healthy lifestyle, and not a skinny lifestyle (there is a difference).
this book went a bit too far with the cursing. shit man, i curse like a sailor and i understand that when you write you should be yourself and so writing fat ass or bitch every now and then is just apart of you. but this book took it too far, to the point of being annoying and tactless, and well, something an annoying and tactless skinny bitch would sound like. if you like being treated that way, then read this book. i just hope i never meet the authors or have friends like this in my personal life.
i did learn some things, and at one point almost cried when reading about what the farmers had to say about killing cows. i'm a meat eater, but not to extreme. i can see their points, but this book is clearly a guide to being vegetarian and they should've noted that on their shitty cover. as if the unproportioned model wasn't enough.
i also thought it was interesting that some of the foods they suggested to buy were packaged goods. a lot of canned and frozen foods like organic burritos. with all the shit they talked about over and over again, and then suggest annie's organics seemed weird to me. basically the way i see it, anything in a package probably has lots of salt or sugar in it. sure, it's organic, but that doesn't mean it's healthy just because they slap an special label on it.
i also didn't understand why they were pushing soy so much. soy is not a wonder drug to cure you of your milk habit. people are still trying to figure soy out and what it's doing to our bodies, so before you swear by this book and eat/drink only soy do some internetting on subject.
to note, i did find this book interesting up until the last few chapters. but by the last chapter it seemed as thought they were telling you to be anorexic. it was actually a bit disturbing. and i wish it hadn't ended on that note. i understand fasting can be fine, i'm not sure once a month is necessary but i've never fasted so what do i know. but i thought it was funny that the side effects they mentioned felt a lot like the side effects on many of the foods they were dissing. i have considered fasting, but if it starts giving me headaches and feeling nauseous then why torture my body? i rather eat a quiona salad and feel healthy then not eat for a day and feel sick. that part just didn't make sense.
and then the kicker. at one point they said that for breakfast all you need is an apple and to eat it one slice at a time, in 10 minute increments. oh god, did this piss me off. breakfast should definitely consist more of just an apple, and doesn't have to be eaten sooooo slowly. who are they kidding? believe me when i say i am fit. i wear a size 2/4. i run races, swim, hike and eat all the grains/veggies/fruits in the world. so when a book tells me that breakfast should be an apple eaten in an hour i want to scream at them for telling unhealthy people that this is the way to go. there is a way to eat a breakfast that is good for you and having just an apple eaten in turtle's pace won't suffice.
in conclusion and gosh, this is the longest review i've given so i must have a conclusion. read it for a laugh and discuss with your girlfriends, but please don't make this book your go-to guide to maintaining a happy, healthy life.
i don't read these books to go on a diet. i already live a very healthy lifestyle, make my own meals every day, avoid high fat/fried anything and exercise 5-7 days a week. i don't need this book, but i like reading them to see others perspectives. but for the people that do need this book, i would highly recommend something that promotes a healthy lifestyle, and not a skinny lifestyle (there is a difference).
this book went a bit too far with the cursing. shit man, i curse like a sailor and i understand that when you write you should be yourself and so writing fat ass or bitch every now and then is just apart of you. but this book took it too far, to the point of being annoying and tactless, and well, something an annoying and tactless skinny bitch would sound like. if you like being treated that way, then read this book. i just hope i never meet the authors or have friends like this in my personal life.
i did learn some things, and at one point almost cried when reading about what the farmers had to say about killing cows. i'm a meat eater, but not to extreme. i can see their points, but this book is clearly a guide to being vegetarian and they should've noted that on their shitty cover. as if the unproportioned model wasn't enough.
i also thought it was interesting that some of the foods they suggested to buy were packaged goods. a lot of canned and frozen foods like organic burritos. with all the shit they talked about over and over again, and then suggest annie's organics seemed weird to me. basically the way i see it, anything in a package probably has lots of salt or sugar in it. sure, it's organic, but that doesn't mean it's healthy just because they slap an special label on it.
i also didn't understand why they were pushing soy so much. soy is not a wonder drug to cure you of your milk habit. people are still trying to figure soy out and what it's doing to our bodies, so before you swear by this book and eat/drink only soy do some internetting on subject.
to note, i did find this book interesting up until the last few chapters. but by the last chapter it seemed as thought they were telling you to be anorexic. it was actually a bit disturbing. and i wish it hadn't ended on that note. i understand fasting can be fine, i'm not sure once a month is necessary but i've never fasted so what do i know. but i thought it was funny that the side effects they mentioned felt a lot like the side effects on many of the foods they were dissing. i have considered fasting, but if it starts giving me headaches and feeling nauseous then why torture my body? i rather eat a quiona salad and feel healthy then not eat for a day and feel sick. that part just didn't make sense.
and then the kicker. at one point they said that for breakfast all you need is an apple and to eat it one slice at a time, in 10 minute increments. oh god, did this piss me off. breakfast should definitely consist more of just an apple, and doesn't have to be eaten sooooo slowly. who are they kidding? believe me when i say i am fit. i wear a size 2/4. i run races, swim, hike and eat all the grains/veggies/fruits in the world. so when a book tells me that breakfast should be an apple eaten in an hour i want to scream at them for telling unhealthy people that this is the way to go. there is a way to eat a breakfast that is good for you and having just an apple eaten in turtle's pace won't suffice.
in conclusion and gosh, this is the longest review i've given so i must have a conclusion. read it for a laugh and discuss with your girlfriends, but please don't make this book your go-to guide to maintaining a happy, healthy life.