Review: Sensible Advice
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 18, 2012
The reason I bought this book (may one say "bought" when the book was freely given?) was because summer is coming to the southern hemisphere which is where I live.  Any book that tells me I need not be hungry while I lose "winter weight" is going to interest me.As always, I read the reviews which were mixed.  "Ho hum" tedium followed by praise, and that made me wonder.The book is a very quick study, that comment is true. This is a short book.  It also bears a couple of very simple messages that I found helpful.I would not hesitate to suggest that - for instance - a teenager who is anxious to slim down but stay healthy  should have this book bought for him or her.  Also, perhaps, a busy mom whose focus has been off herself to the extent that she's forgotten how to begin (again?) the endless cycle of staying fit and trim while making sure that those in her care do the same, and so on.  I see this book very much as a re-reminder; in my view it makes you remember things you knew and had temporarily forgotten.It pleased me that food like oatmeal was suggested (I hate oatmeal) in a hidden form!  Even more pleasing was the idea that I was reminded of cold oats (with grated apple, cinnamon and a low fat yoghurt topping, left in the fridge overnight), just as I'd enjoyed all those years ago at a day spa!That sort of thing, you see?That is what makes me think that, as a starting point for summer, this is a book that deserves the extra star I've just added during my composition of this review.Plain, simple, sensible.I know that whoever uses this book as a guide to losing weight isn't going to starve to death, exercise till they collapse, or faint in my class from the extremes of food that their fad diet currently advises.  I wish the author was my dietitian, and when her next book comes out with a couple of menu plans, I hope I know about it.And that is why I give it four low fat stars!