
Book Review From The Entertainment Critic: Hungry Girl

Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World
THE ENTERTAINMENT CRITIC BOOK REVIEW, BY JAMES MYERS
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HUNGRY GIRL: RECIPES AND SURVIVAL STRATEGIES FOR GUILT-FREE EATING IN THE REAL WORLD
By Lisa Lillien
Published by St. Martin’s Press
Publication Date: April 29, 2008
Price: $17.95
317 Pages
ISBN-13: 9780312377427
Four Star Rating ****
FOUNDED HUNGRY GIRL, INC., IN MAY OF 2004
HUNGRY GIRL IS A FREE DAILY EMAIL SUBSCRIPTION SERVICE ABOUT GUILT-FREE EATING THAT LAUNCHED WITH JUST 200 SUBSCRIBERS
THERE ARE CURRENTLY OVER 410,000 PEOPLE WHO RECEIVE HG'S DAILY EMAILS FILLED WITH TIPS, TRICKS, PRODUCT REVIEWS, RECIPES, SHOCKERS AND MORE.
HUNGRY GIRL ADDS 500 - 1000 NEW SUBSCRIBERS TO THE DAILY EMAIL LIST EVERY DAY, WITH MOST NEW SIGNUPS COMING FROM WORD OF MOUTH REFERRALS.
TAGLINE IS "I'M NOT A NUTRITIONIST, I'M JUST HUNGRY."
HUNGRY GIRL CONTENT IS SEEN REGULARLY ON YAHOO TV, WEIGHTWATCHERS.COM, SEVENTEEN MAGAZINE, PEOPLE, STYLE WATCH, THE NY DAILY NEWS, AND ON THE TV SHOW EXTRA.
“This book was so much fun to write (I have to admit, the recipe testing was my favorite part!) and I hope it helps you realize that eating better is not about depriving yourself. You can easily find ways to eat the foods you love (even so-called “bad” ones) by whipping up fun and easy, better-for-you versions right at home.”
Lisa Lillien has written a brilliant, new and refreshing book in response to the overwhelming demand that she has received for her recipes. The book, Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World is the latest outgrowth Lisa has achieved from her renowned site, Hungry-Girl.com. The Hungry Girl phenomena started with Lisa and just one employee back in 2004. Wisely, deciding that she would come to her customers as opposed to forcing them to find her, Lisa began a newsletter concerning one of her favorite passions/obsessions, eating. With just herself, and one employee, she began to send out a weekly newsletter to about 200 close friends and contacts. Like many of us that love to eat, Lisa struggled with the “yo- yo” effect of loosing and gaining weight, fad diets, and frustration. She made a conscious decision to take control of what she ate, and she wanted to exercise such control that she not have to deprive herself of the food she loved and craved. Her obsession became her inspiration, (Lisa came up with Hungry Girl when she was taking sweets to a laboratory to have them tested to see if in fact they were low fat). Her alterative was brilliant; why not make and create guilt-free versions of her favorite craves and indulge to her heart’s content? The trick is to use replacement ingredients that are low in calories and fat, but don’t sacrifice taste.
Lisa’s thoughtful strategies have paid off. Her daily newsletters/emails are received by almost 500,000 subscribers. They had identified with the fun presentation and sassy style, far removed from boring, dull diet content normally delivered by nutritionists and doctors. The guilt-free recipes, food and product reviews, dieting news, shockers, and all things food approach have expanded Hungry Girl’s sphere of influence to Yahoo Weight Watchers.Com, Seventeen Magazine, People Style Watch, The New York Daily News, Woman’s Day Magazine, Good Housekeeping, and on the TV Show ‘Extra
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