Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman, Kim Barnouin Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Skinny Bitch
Book Review: A vulgar book, that is not for everyone
Summary: 1 Stars
There are some good tips in this book, but the vulgar way in which the information is discussed I find really tragic. I don't need to be cursed at to understand the value of nutrition, so what could have been a really funny and interesting book becomes a four letter word cuss-a-thon! I find the homage to Tony Robbins and Dr Wayne Dyer, a complete joke...These men would never subject their readers to such immature profanity...that serves no other purpose, than shock value. Too bad being a vegan can't clean out your mouth!Book Review: A wonderful wake-up call for someone who's tried a lot of "healthy eating plans"
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is wonderful. I won't pretend that their weight-loss tactic is anything new, but their way of conveying it is startling enough to make me actually put into practice all those healthy tactics I've known about for so long. Also, while I expected their "attitude" to be some lame attempt to sell more books, I actually really liked it. They don't sugar-coat anything, and frankly, they talk to us the way most of us talk to ourselves. We already DO know how to be healthy, but obviously, we need someone to convey it to us in a new way, which these ladies have done. This book is just great - I literally laughed out loud (MANY times) and I literally sobbed and cried (during the section on slaughterhouses). I have never been a vegetarian and have never been much of an animal lover - but as of today, I will never eat meat again. Thanks, skinny bitches!Book Review: APPARENTLY ANYONE CAN GET A BOOK DEAL THESE DAYS
Summary: 1 Stars
STUPIDEST BOOK I EVER READ IN MY LIFE--PURE NONSENSE! SAVE YOUR MONEY AND BUY SOMETHING ELSE! I THINK I LOST IQ POINTS AFTER READING THIS GARBAGE. NOT TO MENTION THEY INSULT YOU EVERY OTHER PAGE!Book Review: AWESOME BOOK!
Summary: 5 Stars
I absolutely love this book. It is incredibly easy to read. It is short, yet it covers all the bases of eating healthy. I thought I already knew everything there was to know about basic butrition- but this book taught me so much more. I borrowed my friend's copy and liked it so much I bought my own. Then I loaned it to another friend and she liked it so much that she bought her own as well, and is getting her friends to read it. It really is a great book. I am appalled that anyone can even criticise this book. There is a plethora of references in the back and everything they include in the book is factual information.Book Review: AWESOME book but....
Summary: 4 Stars
Well i really loved this book. i've never really thought about what i was eating until i read this book. It really gives you a whole new insight. The first thing i did after i read it was go get new groceries and took a long look at what i already had. The book tells you how things are killed, what chemicals are put into processed foods and what they do to your body. Also at the end of the book it gives you websites you can go to and a list of foods you can find, that taste good. I gave this book a 4 because some stuff i didn't like the fasting part, i don't think anyone should fast completely, also the title is misleading. The book is hilarious though.
now what to eat: I live on an air force base and sometimes we don't have a huge selection, but we do have a brand called morning star and all of there foods are delicious. My fav would be the corn dogs. Also theres a brand called quoinic and they have a turkey roast that is really awesome which taste good and has the texture of real turkey. Amazingly there is vegan cream cheese, vegan sour cream, and vegan mayonnaise. I also recently found vegan ravioli, which you boil yourself. If your looking for something vegan and aren't sure it usually says right on the label somewhere. I also like amy's soy cheese pizza. I usually add organic sauce and there are even immitation pepporinis that are good and look normal. Also smart dog is a good brand, my fav for them is there meatless hamburger meat and hotdogs. I tried four different kinds of milk, my favorite was rice dream with vanilla. i'm not big on the soy milk & my husband loooves the chocolate milk.
If you go to Allrecipes.com they have some cool recipes and all you have to do is substitute everything. My favorites are mock tuna, and there chilli.
COST: okay, so it is a little expensive. but if you think of the money you are saving on not being able to eat fast food it really balances out. Also if you've given up meat then your meals will be cheaper at the bigger restaurants because you have to be picky. Speaking of picky...my husband is doing this with me and he thinks i'm extremely picky because some of the food we eat doesn't taste so good. (watch out for organic, vegan mac & cheese, and some chips) Well i've decided i can be picky because everyday i'm finding new things that taste just like the old ones, without animals dying and me eating alot of chemicals.
LASTLY: Okay, so my mouth still waters when i see meat and i'm really hungry, but after eating i feel so much better and the meat doesn't really bother me anymore. I always feel really good now, i never feel like my stomach is heavy anymore and i feel a lot more in control of my food. I actually have fun trying to find new things to cook. I also get a lot of crap from other people, telling me my diet(change of lifestyle) isn't healthy. Thankfully none of these people know what there talking about, in fact they don't really know what they are eating. Another really cool thing about eating soy imitation meat is that it doesn't take as long to cook, because most things just need heating up also, there isn't alot of grease like you get when you cook regular stuff, like sausage, bacon, and hamburger meat.
If you can't find these foods at your local market, google natural food markets for your area. My fav are trader joes, aqua vita and wild oats. good luck.