Finally Thin!: How I Lost Over 200 Pounds and Kept them Off - and How You Can Too
Finally Thin!: How I Lost Over 200 Pounds and Kept them Off - and How You Can Too
The ultimate companion to any diet—featuring ten steps that will give you the information and motivation to achieve your own success on any weight-loss plan.
Kim Bensen knows about weight loss. And weight gain. For decades, she tried every diet there was, but nothing seemed to work – for long anyway – and she yo-yoed her way to 350 pounds. But she never gave up and in 2001, despite years of heartbreak and discouragement, Kim tried again. This time was different and the results were phenomenal: 212 pounds lost forever, fourteen dress sizes, four ring sizes, one and a half shoe sizes, and 200 points of cholesterol gone for good! In the end, Kim not only changed her health and size, but also her career. The clamor of “How did you do it?” by desperately struggling individuals as well as the national media motivated her to sit down and pen into words what she had put into action.
In Finally Thin!, Kim Bensen recounts her own success story and then breaks down her success into a ten-step system, showing readers exactly how she accomplished her weight-loss goal. From choosing the right diet for your needs to setting realistic goals, finding support, eating out, recovering from a slipup, the keys to maintenance, and even 75 recipes, this book covers it all in an upbeat, inspirational, and approachable tone. A must-have for anyone trying to lose weight, Finally Thin! will help dieters break free of the yo-yo cycle and achieve their ultimate goal—once and for all.
User Ratings and Reviews
2 Stars Nice story, but that’s it
I’m excited for her success, but I don’t think she addresses the core issues of weight control. All diets work - short term. Unfortunately emotions are the reason why 95% of people can’t sustain weight loss. Dr. Maxwell Maltz and Dr. Norton L. Williams found the only way to sustain weight loss is to change your habits…one at a time (also see Robert Mikkelsen’s book The Story of Big Belly Bob). Funny how this research gets brushed under the carpet.
Below is some additional info:
Dr. Norton L. Williams, psychiatrist, said recently that modern man’s anxiety and insecurity stemmed from a lack of “self-realization,” and that inner security can only be found “in finding in oneself an individuality, uniqueness and distinctiveness. Our currently held beliefs, whether good or bad, true or false, were formed without effort, with no sense of strain, and without the exercise of “will power.” Our habits, whether good or bad. were formed in the same way. It follows that we must employ the same process in forming new beliefs, or new habits, that is, in a relaxed condition. It has been amply demonstrated that attempting to use effort or will power to cure bad habits has an adverse rather than a beneficial effect.
Emile Coue` The little French pharmacist who astonished the world around 1920 with the results he obtained with “the power of suggestion,” insisted that effort was the one big reason most people failed to utilize their inner powers. “Your suggestions (ideal goals) must be made without effort if they are to be effective,” he said. Another famous Coue` saying was his “Law of Reversed Effort”: “When the will and the imagination are in conflict, the imagination invariably will win.”
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5 Stars She did it…there’s hope for me!
I wanted to save money, so I called the library to check for this book…”Finally Thin” by Kim Bensen. Three copies were currently circulating, and there were 32 people on hold for a copy of the book.
This confirmed to me there are so many women out there who are attracted to a book that tells them, “I did it…you can too! Here’s firsthand proof”! The cover of this book speaks compassion and hope, and those who would like to shed pounds but haven’t gotten control yet, are looking for empathy (it’s difficult); and a confirmation that a normal approach, and a healthy diet WILL work. This book is an excellent and true story.
4 Stars Finally Here
Though it took forever to get, the book arrived in perfect condition and I would absolutely order from this person again!!
4 Stars Great read
This book hits home and she is honest about the trials and things people wanting to lose weight go through. I enjoyed it and the only reason I gave it 4 instead of 5 stars is because a couple chapters are dedicated to explaining diets and the way they work and I enjoyed more the chapters of her life and all the suggestions on how to make it. I really enjoyed this book and highly recommend it to those who want and need inspiration while making the weight loss journey.
5 Stars Please Buy
Do it for yourself; Buy this book. This has been the most inspirational book. I too have lost a significant amount of weight on Weight Watchers and have kept it off for more than 5 years. I felt like Kim was telling my story as I was reading this. I finally felt like someone else knows what it was like to be on this journey and what it felt like before this journey began. I now realize that someone else knows that after 5 years the struggle with weight never goes away and the journey will never end. I am not alone with my feelings! If you currently or ever have struggled with your weight buy this book! You won’t regret it.
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