The Last Weight -Loss book you will ever need.

                                                               

Review : Wake Up : You're probably never going to look like that ; How to be Happier, Healthier and Imperfectly fit. - Michelle Pearl - April 2010

Are you one of those people who are constantly wasting money on diet after diet and not losing all that weight, flit from one crash diet to another and have yet to found one that works wonders. With the media constantly shoving skinny women and muscled men down our throats it's no wonder that we are all trying to lose weight , but readers beware- crash dieting is not the way to do it as you end up putting more weight on in the long run.
Wake Up by Michelle Pearl is the last weight-loss book that you will ever need and have to pick up again. This book tells readers and lets them in on the secret that you don't have to be a skinny rake or a muscled man to be healthy and happier and even by losing a little bit of weight you are on your way to becoming a better you.
Have you ever wondered what the word "diet" actually means - it's definitely doesn't mean starving yourself thin and crazy. The dictionary defines "diet" as to select or limit the food one eats in order to lose weight. Nowhere does it say to stop eating completely to lose weight.
What I loved about reading Wake Up , is that Michelle has separated the characters to 2-4 pages so they are easy to read and understand and she has added quotes and anecdotes throughout her book to support what she says .
My favourite thing about her book is that each of her chapters and steps focuses on what is called "The Pearl Principles" - which is a 10 step programme that also includes a bit of input from our healthy mind not just our bodies.

                                                 The Ten Steps of Pearl Principles:

1. Eat all the time
2. Con your cravings
3. Repeat what you eat
4. Forego the fat
5. Trash the temptations
6. Don't let fast food be your failing
7. The Dreaded "E" word
8. Throw away your calendars
9. Make changes in your two week baby steps
10. Stop striving for mass -media promoted body ideals.

This book is ideal for everyone I believe , it doesn't matter if you are trying to lose weight or not , this book also deals with the issue of that we do not have to be the media's idea of the perfect body shape to be healthy and happy. I highly recommend this book to each and everyone of you readers out there. The foreword of this book was also written by Kai Hibbard , a former contestant of the hit show "The Biggest Loser".