Synopsis
Over the last decade, Christian weight-loss seminars have become the vogue in thousands of mostly evangelical and conservative churches around the country. The Weigh Down Workshop is the market leader, with programs underway in more than 10,000 congregations nationwide."The Weigh Down Diet" combines workshop-founder Shamblin's nutritional advice and evangelistic zeal with testimonials from satisfied customers designed to whet readers' appetites for the workshop itself.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 1997-03-01 |
| Size | | Length: | 317 pages | | Height: | 10.0 in | | Width: | 6.5 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 24.0 oz |
Publisher's Note
Isn't your desire to overeat really spiritual hunger? Gwen Shamblin's The Weigh Down Diet is a groundbreaking approach to weight loss. People who have known no end to their hunger and who have no control over their late-night binges have learned through the Weigh Down Workshop that they can remove the irresistible desire for food. This is not a diet like others, because it is not food-focused. It contains chapters such as "It's Not Genetics or Your Mother's Fault", "I Feel Hungry All the Time", and "How to Eat Potato Chips and Chocolate". So, as you can see, here is a very different approach to weight loss. Weigh Down gives back hope to dieters who will learn that God did not put chocolate or lasagna on Earth to torture us - but rather for our enjoyment!
You can now join the thousands who have discovered a liberating new weight control plan and are turning to God to take away the desire to overeat. The Weigh Down Workshop, a remarkable program which already has thousands of support groups across the country and has gained national attention in media from "A Current Affair" to Womans Day, is now available as a book. What makes this ground-breaking approach to weight loss so unique is that participants can eat any kind of food-including fats and sweets--and be able to stop in the middle of a candy bar when their stomachs are full.People who have known no end to fullness and who have no control over their late-night binges have learned through the Weigh Down Method that God can remove the seemingly irresistible pull of the pantry and drive-thru restaurants. With this approach, participants can reduce the volume of food they want to one-third of what it used to be and yet still eat with fulfilled satisfaction. Yet this is not a diet like others youve seen. Dieting only increases chewing whereas with the Weigh Down approach, you will chew less food, but more importantly, with God's help-want less food. Quite simply, this approach equals weight loss. Weigh Down gives back hope; hope to dieters who will learn that they are not a failure. Stop torturing yourself. God did not put chocolate or lasagna on earth to torture us--but rather for our enjoyment! Hallelujah!
Industry Reviews
Tried every diet fad imaginable without success? Then try God. That's the advice of dietitian Shamblin, who claims that if we shift our focus from food to something more ethereal, the pounds will just melt away.
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Shamblin is the founder of the Weigh Down Workshop, which holds weight-loss seminars in more than 10,000 churches across the country. In this book, she takes a common approach to losing weight eat only when you're hungry and only until you are full and adds a spiritual dimension. According to Shamblin, most overeaters eat to fill a void in their lives, and some develop a real passion for food. She suggests that if they fill the emptiness with a passionate relationship with God, food becomes just a source of fuel for the body. Although trained as a dietitian and nutritionist, Shamblin does not advocate a low-fat diet. She claims that our bodies crave a variety of foods, including high-fat treats, which were created by God for us to enjoy. In fact, she recommends eating our favorite foods first at any meal, since we may not get to enjoy them if we stop eating when we are full. Using testimonials from satisfied customers and information for those interested in joining Weigh Down seminars, Shamblin combines the superficial nutritional advice of diet gurus such as Susan Powter with the evangelistic fervor of savvy televangelists such as Jimmy Swaggart to produce a book that is little more than an infomercial for the Weigh Down Workshop. (Mar.)
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