The Vice-Busting Diet: A 12-Week Plan to Break Your Worst Food Habits and Change Your Life Forever

May 17th, 2008 Posted in Hardcover

Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B0012BR8J2
Manufacturer: St. Martin’s Press
Release Date: 2006-07-25
Average Customer Review: (From 11 total reviews)
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Just another diet book by Tamii
I picked up this book from the public library after reading all the glowing reviews here at Amazon and I have to say that I’m disappointed with the content! It’s just another diet book saying the same things over and over. There’s nothing new here, and there’s the familiar emphasis on eating correctly and exercising which every fat person knows by heart! And, the “vices” listed are nothing new either as again, every fat person knows that eating cookies, chips, pizza, ice cream, and drinking sodas will put weight on you IF you don’t eat these things in moderation and exercise consistently! It disturbed me that foods are labled “vices” as we all know that if you eliminate foods while trying to lose weight, these are the very foods you’ll pick up once you’re finished dieting! The recipies at the end of the book are the same ones you’ll find in any low fat, low carb book…blah, blah! Most overweight people are not fat because we don’t know how or what to cook! Believe me, we know what to cook and how to cook it!

The exercise regimens are the same as you’ll find anywhere and most people know to start with small steps then build up as you go along. The thing that I hated about this book is that it just promotes walking and weight lifting. These activities are great, but I think anything that gets you moving will do in the beginning! Some people will want to do other things like dance, aerobics, swimming, tennis, bowling, surfing, etc…!! The real secret is to do activities that you love! No new tips on how to really motivate yourself were given, and the reasons listed for dieting and exercising were the same old, tired reasons that people have used over and over, but never seem to stick! If you want motivation for eating and moving well try the book, The Zen of Eating!

What was really missing from this book (for me) was some insight into the reasons why fat people stuff and stuff themselves with high caloric foods and the steps you and I can take to stop. I don’t think the author is aware that food is really not the issue, but it’s what’s irritating or aggravating the person to eat comforting junk foods! I finally figured out the the reason I put on over 100lbs was because of the loss of a much wanted relationship and the stress of teaching disabled students in an educational system that can not meet even a few of their needs! OK, so now I need/wanted a book that would give practical tips on how to deal with eating when I’m frustrated with my job and self, angry at situations/people/students I can’t change or influence and when I’m wanting sexual touch, intimacy and comforting!! And, I need some good info on how to stay motivated when I’m dead tired from telling a 17 year old student that 7×8 is not 40 over and over, when I’ve written 50 educational plans in 4 months and attended so many unnecessary school/faculty/parent meetings that I’m blue in the face!

Again, if food were the main issue, then fat people would eat carrots, cabbage and string beans by the bushels! Fat people are overeating to comfort themselves from situations that make them feel powerless, irritated, aggravated and stressed! Hello!! From this book, I also would have liked some information on the diffent types of overeating that exist. Yep, we don’t all eat the same way! Some of us gorge on sweets, some of us like salty foods, some like a combination of both and some of us just love huge amounts of non-sugar foods! Additionally, some of us are compulsive/obsessive eaters, emotional eaters, stress eaters, and binge eaters just to name a few of the terms. And, I’m sure there are even more types out there. Ok, there can’t be a “one shoe fits all sizes” approach to these different eaters/issues, right????

Overall, I think this book is great for people who suddenly find themselves fat and don’t have a clue as to what to do, but if you’ve been fat for a while and you’ve tried dieting, exercising, pills, surgery, liquids, potions and angel dust…this book really won’t give you anymore insight into how to deal with what’s eating you and how to stop! For me, eliminating foods is just not a long-term solution! So, save your money and give diet authors Geneen Roth or Victoria Moran a try…at least they’ve come close to figuring out how to deal with the non-food issues that drive people to eat to excess and how to find the motivation to correct the problem while learning how to live a more fulfilled life at any size!

I’m recommending the book on my own site by Richard T. Waddell
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3SWTPVG40YMC9 Hi,

Normally I don’t bother with diet books because dieting seems like common sense to me, it’s just hard. Julia adresses, among other things, cravings. For me, the constant mental and physical bludgeoning of cravings are specifically why dieting is so hard and wears you down. I already had a way I use to get on track, but I always have trouble staying there. Julia’s book provides the methods and motivations that will keep me on track.

Some people might say I’m shamelessly piggy-backing on the excellence of the advice in this book to promote my own free site where I encourage physical activity. Absolutely true. However, the point to you should be that I think enough of this book to recommend it and discuss it in detail on my own site - which I can’t put a link to here. Did I mention my t-shirt says “Quest for Endorphins”, nudge, nudge, say no more.

As for shameless; hey, it’s a dog-eat-dog world of trying to provide absolutely free information about how easy it can be to be really fit when you’re almost 61 by exercising for mood and energy instead of health and fitness - you end up with all of them - so I can promote the same thing on a larger scale someday.

Update - I recently had occasion to revisit a book I read many years ago. I wanted to refer to it on my site. As I thumbed through it I realized it was not as dated as I thought and there was a lot more value than just the concept I wanted to reference. So, if you want to “get your mind right” (which I believe will help in applying Julia’s recommendations with an increased expectation that you can really make a change), I recommend Psycho-Cybernetics, A New Way to Get More Living Out of Life - the original, from 1960. It’s not psycho-babble and it’s not touchy feely (for the most part) - it’s based on valid psychological principles. Read my review when you get there for more.

- Energy Focused Exercise, everything else is drudgery

Richard Waddell

Quest For Endorphins

Vice- busting diet by C. Unger
A very sensible approach to change your way of eating.I like how it teaches you to slowly change bad habits while incorporating new ones.Taking your time to change and not try to do it all overnight,if the change is too drastic you won’t stick with it.I would recommend this book to anyone who has tried and failed at other diets.

Vice busting! Get slim without dieting the old way! by Mary L. Williams
Vice Busting is the no diet way to get slim. Julia helps you to identify the things that are keeping you from losing and helps you keep them off with Vice Busting. A must for everyone who really wants to lose weight and keep it off.

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