Review: Recommended
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 25, 2014
The author of the book Illustrated Counting Calories has wrote a wonderful book of encouragement for those that have suffered from being overweight. I found the pictures in the book to be just amazing and I really feel that it makes the book so much more alive and understandable for the reader. As I read I find a little bit of myself in the book as the girl stands in the mirror and stares at the reflection that she sees. I too at times look in the mirror and find myself saying to myself that I need to lose some of the weight and that ugly fat roll that I have hanging under my ribs, ugh how I wish it would just disappear in the night. Trying different diets and all the other promising lose weight programs are just so familiar to me that it's not funny.  Many times I had found myself giving up and just denying the fact that I really needed to find another way to go about losing the weight. It's very hard to except that being overweight can cause so many problems even for a person's everyday life.  It makes it hard to get out of bed, take a shower, keep yourself clean, get a good night sleep, breath when trying to get dressed, and so much more.  I begun to have lots of back problems a few years ago and I really didn’t want to admit to myself that all that pain was caused from being almost 180ilbs and should have only been about 130lbs max for my height. Heck I'm only 5'4" and 180lbs didn’t seem like a lot at the time but once I tried a calorie diet I begun to feel the difference. I lost over 45lbs and was at a nice 133lbs. I quit my diet because I became fatigue due to low iron. I have gain back a few pounds and now I weigh in at 148lbs. I know it don’t seem like a lot to those of you that are bigger then I but please you have to remember I am only 5'4" and my normal weight is only between 120 and 130. I look in the mirror and just know I still need to lose some more weight.  I really feel that this book might help me to do my diet again by helping me to understand what foods will keep me healthy and still lose the pounds. Maybe I will be able to do it this time without the low iron problem.  I am defiantly going to try out some of the recipes that she has listed in the book. I won't hurt to try it.