The Marshall plan for lifelong weight control

By Edward M. Marshall

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0395294762
• ISBN13: 9780395294765
• Release Date: January 1981
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
• Length: 116 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Common Sense We All Need

I've been a struggling dieter for most of my life, with short successes and long failures. Not one of my grown children has a weight problem. I found a copy of this book at a thrift store, and thought why not. In it, the author describes exactly how a thin person eats and knows when to stop eating, why they never have to watch what foods they eat, how they know their body's signals, etc. Then he tells you how to stop dieting, learn to eat like a thin person does, and finally stop struggling with obesity and dieting. The more I read, the more sense it made to me. I have no doubt the huge emphasis I place on food is from years of labeling foods as good or bad. My thin daughter has never done this. To her, as long as it doesn't taste nasty it's "good food". My husband and I are both going to use the techniques in this book, and at the least, come through with a healthier way of looking at food and appetite. Hopefully we'll also lose a few pounds in the process. I would throw out all the diet books on your shelf and try this one. The only reason I didn't give this five stars is because I reserve that for absolute masterpiece, blow me away type books. But this one is a good book on the subject of eating to live instead of living to eat.

informative, clearly written

I found the book very informative. Much of it is very common sense. Dr. Marshall is right when he said, "Thin people never has an obsession with food." They know that food is fuel. Thin people are very selective in their food choices. If they are craving an ice cream cone, then a milk shake is not what they are going to order. I would highly recommend this book to anyone wishing to end their weight problem once and for all.