Review: No plan - just desire and determination
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 4, 2014
This is not your ordinary diet book. Keith Mackler, did not use any of the ‘regular’ diet plans that most of us are familiar with. His plan: “was to not have a plan.” He used what he calls mindful eating. He states that one must have a healthy relationship with food.He does agree with a ‘regular’ diet on a few points. A couple of them are exercise and a support group. Keith does agree that you can go it alone if necessary but that it is much easier if you have a support system of family and/or friends around you. “Support is a necessary element during the weight loss but even more during the maintenance phase.”Keith writes, “Alas, I find myself agreeing with most scientists, that you must burn more calories than you eat in order to lose weight and maintain weight loss. So no matter how much you or I want me to write that you don’t need to exercise to lose weight, I can’t do it. You need to move to lose.” Keith tells us how he accomplishes this. “I decided to adopt what I call a super active lifestyle. Essentially this means that I now embrace and live a lifestyle that pushes me physically and work my total body on a daily basis.” The required 10,000 steps are easily accomplished as he walks everywhere in his “gym” NYC. At home he simply does sit-ups and push-ups every day.Keith was using food as a ‘drug of choice.’ He writes, “Food is my addiction and in order to stay healthy and happy I need to avoid my triggers.” He gives many helpful hints and guidelines that one can apply to their own lives if one choses to adopt this excellent form of transformation. “I want to show everyone that you have all the tools within yourself on any given day to succeed in changing your life.” You can if you think you can, if you think you can’t then you are also right!