Thin Within: A Grace-oriented Approach to Lasting Weight Loss
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Product DescriptionDiets just don’t work. Judy Halliday and Dr. Arthur have years worth of research to prove it and most Americans have personal testimonies that echo that same sad truth. But Halliday’s extensive experience and study also . . . More >>
Thin Within: A Grace-oriented Approach to Lasting Weight Loss
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I absolutely loved the original book–I was introduced to it when the wife of a visiting professor to Cornell used me and some other women as guinea pigs because she was into changing careers from private school English teacher to diet/color consultant. When I found the book years later in the local library I checked it out a few times. Each time I had a significant weight loss (20-30 pounds overweight and went down even further). This even worked in my 40s!
I decided after eventually putting the pounds back that I would buy the book since the library no longer had it. I did get a used copy but the print was really small so I ordered the new book.
Overkill on scripture is an understatement. This woman can twist anything in the Bible to go along with her beliefs, so needless to say, as a more liberal Christian who believes anyone can get to heaven, I was disappointed. The Bible, written over years by many authors and severely edited 300 years after Christ(scores of books left out), is a wonderful, important book, but it is one of many collections of the Creator’s word. Is God so stupid that he would only save one group of people and let the others burn in hell? (Which, by the way, came purely from Dante 1300 years later. )
There is also SEVERE exclusion in this book, which I find anything but Christian. Perhaps Wardell should have written a separate meditation book and kept the dieting to a purer version. Still, if you can stomach this (pun intended), the wisdom between the Biblical lines works well. (It’s about 50/50–be warned).
Jill (age 53)
Rating: 2 / 5
The original edition of this book was an interesting and inspiring approach to weight management written in a direct and reader-friendly manner. This edition is an uneasy hybrid of religious proselytizing and weight loss advice based on the notion Christianity is the best diet ever. The theory and tips that made Thin Within so useful in its first incarnation are buried under an avalanche of quotes from the Christian Bible, and digging your way through is an exhausting task. The implication that Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Taoists, Pagans, atheists and everyone other than born-again Christians are excluded from the Hallidays’ weight management paradise because they lack the requisite theology is simply offensive.
Rating: 1 / 5
I hate to write a negative comment about this book because when I read the original version in 1988 I though it was probably the best diet book available. However, while this revised version does still have the same essential content, it also force feeds you with an overwhealming amount of biblical theology. It’s not that biblical quotes are bad because a few might help and inspire. The problem with this edition is that the author goes WAY overboard with far too many irrelevant quotes. An overwhealming random assortment of irrelevant biblical quotes make it very difficult to get to the relevant content of the book. What were they thinking?
Rating: 1 / 5
I read the original version of this book when it was first published in 1987. If you want to avoid the religious rhetoric, check out that version instead. The old version is excellent. I give the new version only two stars because the pervasiveness of born again Christian thinking is a dissapointment and a distraction from the principles that can help anyone (not just Christians) struggling with their weight or body image. I am happy for Judy that she has found her spiritual path, but it is really a shame to alienate people who do not share her beliefs. That said, the concepts of this non-diet lifestyle are excellent. It teaches you to listen to your body and take value judgements out of evaluating food. No food is forbidden, but you commit to eating only when you are truly hungry. As simple as it sounds, it takes tremendous commitment, time and compassion toward yourself to make this change – but if you do you wont regret it! Good luck.
Rating: 2 / 5
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Rating: 5 / 5