Skinny Chicks Don't Eat Salads

By Christine Avanti

Book Overview

Packed with real-world advice for a real-life transformation, Skinny Chicks Don't Eat Salads by Christine Avanti, CN shows that it's not only possible to shed weight while eating carbs, fats, and all... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1605299979
• ISBN13: 9781605299976
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Length: 308 Pages
• Weight: 1.11 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

If you want to see results, this is your book!!

Christinve Avanti's "Skinny Girls Don't Eat Salads" book is FANTASTIC!! I picked up her book last May. I was really interested in the nutritional aspect of it. I wasn't actively looking to lose weight, but I wanted to change the way I ate, and I wanted to make it a lifestyle change. I was a fairly healthy eater before, but as I quickly found out through her book, my meals weren't properly balanced and I wasn't eating as frequently as I should have been. My blood sugar would take a nose dive and I would become really crabby and indecisive. When I finished her book, I wanted to make a change. I also wanted my husband to make the change with me. He had tried various weight loss programs, but they never worked. He would lose some weight but he would eventually fall off the program and gain any weight he had lost back. The programs weren't sustainable for him because he was either deprived of calories or the food was nasty. I told him about Christine and her book. He was open to give it a try. In June, we started the her "Simply Slimmer" program. It took us a bit to figure it out, but once we got the hang of it, we were both pleasantly surprised at what foods we could eat and we never were starving. We both completed a body assessment in June and just completed another assessment this last weekend. The results were impressive, especially for my husband!! For me, I lost 10 pounds and dropped my body fat percentage from 24.7% to 20.0%. For my husband, he lost 43 pounds and dropped his body fat percentage from 32.1% to 18.8%. We both feel great, and my husband looks amazing!! We couldn't have done it without Christine and her book. She helped us achieve a healthier, more energetic lifestyle as well as helped my husband lose the weight he wasn't able to lose before. If you want to lose weight and eat healthier, this is the book for you. You'll get results without having to starve yourself or sacrifice good food. And the receipes in this book are delicious!

If you want results - this is a must read!

I cannot recommend this book enough! If you want to feel great, have lots of energy, clarity and focus, lose body fat, lose excess weight and finally make eating a life-style instead of another dreaded "diet" - this is the book for you!!! I had the amazing opportunity to work one-on-one with Ms. Avanti as one of her nutrition clients and it literally changed the way I looked at food and the way I was eating. I was a long-time sufferer of very frequent headaches and although in pretty good shape, I wanted to drop some body fat. My very first meeting with Christine was so eye-opening that I still remember it to this day. She explained to me that my headaches were caused by my erratic blood sugar levels throughout the day - spiking when I ate only carbs at a sitting (with no protein or fat) and plunging after waiting too long to eat again. I followed the program (which very quickly becomes a very easy way of life) and in no time, my headaches ceased, I lost excess weight and body fat and felt amazing! It's so simple - if you want to loose excess weight, feel great and have tons more energy - just buy this book. You will not be disappointed!!!

This is the book to go beyond ever having to "diet" again. A Winner!

The information in this book has literally changed my life... After trying unsuccessfully to lose any weight for three years, and not understanding why, Christine has unlocked the mystery. Christine explains how our body reacts to the food that we eat, unlocking the puzzle for me, once and for all. I have lost eleven lbs in three weeks. My glucose and liver enzyme levels have come down significantly. I have energy like I did when I was many years younger (my age is 66). For the first time in four years, I greet the morning with energy, rather than dragging myself out of bed. Energy, weight loss, and NEVER hungry, not ever, what more could one want. With the knowledge that Christine shares in Skinny Chicks Don`t Eat Salad, you have an easy to follow nutritional plan for a lifetime. I will never have to fight the scale, ever again. Thank you Christine for writing this book!

A wonderful diet book that isn't a diet.

Avanti offers sound nutritional advice and commonsense ideas for changing the way you eat. This is the only "diet" book you need. She explains the insulin/blood sugar connection in easy to understand terms. She uses a "PC combo" meal plan (complex carbs and protein at every meal) and insists that we eat 4 to 5 times a day. Advice on supplements and recipes are also included. A nice section on basic strength and cardio training exercises is also clearly written and easy to understand with a section on beginner muscle toning at home.

This book is a total winner!

What attracted me to this book was that when I read the back cover, it sounded like it wasn't going to tout a gimmicky diet plan, but was going to give me what I wanted: the truth about nutrition and common sense guidance that would help me overcome the bad eating habits I have--the main one being my sugar addiction. I'm happy to report that it delivered all of that and more! One of the great things about the book is that it's full of up-to-date, well-researched information that completely clears up all of my confusion about carbs, fat, protein, sugar, etc. Finally, after reading it, I feel like I know what's fact and what's fiction. Plus, the advice in the book that I was the most hopeful about--what I needed to do to kick my sugar addiction--totally works! After putting the advice into practice, for the first time in years, I am not jonesing for sugar--I am a sugaraholic, so this is a huge deal. For me, overcoming my sugar cravings is half the battle! For a variety of reasons, I am now more serious than ever about making changes to achieve the weight, fitness and health levels that are right for me. This book has made me feel like I have all of the information, not to mention the motivation, to be successful. On top of giving me confidence that I can finally kick my sugar addiction, the book has waylaid another fear of mine--that I was going to have to go hungry and deprive myself in order to achieve my goals. The book showed me that I can eat AND lose weight and get fit! Again, I don't want to give too much away, but it's true what the title says, losing weight and becoming healthy isn't about starving, it's about eating. Any fitness/nutrition plan begins with getting into the right frame of mind--so many things about this book--the sugar addiction help, the info about how eating can be a strategy to weight loss, the myth-busing info, etc.--have gotten me into a really great frame of mind--I feel empowered. I also want to mention that I really enjoyed reading thid book. I didn't feel like I was being preached to or like I was reading a nutrition text book, it was like talking to a trusted friend who has been there, done that, knows what she's talking about and honestly wants me to succeed. Also, I love the meal plans and recipes. I can't wait to hear more from Christine--would love to see her get her own cooking/fitness show!!!