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Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Lose Weight is a refreshing and thought-provoking take on nutrition, food, and weight loss. True to Allen Carr’s trademark method, the book doesn’t rely on restrictive diets, calorie counting, or intense exercise routines. Instead, it focuses on shifting the reader’s mindset and unraveling the myths and misconceptions surrounding food and nutrition.

The book’s greatest strength lies in its simplicity. Carr approaches weight loss with a no-nonsense attitude, dismantling the fear, guilt, and emotional ties people often have with food. By framing unhealthy eating as a trap and empowering readers to free themselves, Carr creates a sense of liberation rather than deprivation.

What makes this book stand out is its emphasis on instinctive eating. Carr promotes a return to natural, whole foods while encouraging readers to listen to their bodies and reject the processed, addictive foods that dominate modern diets. His approach feels less like a diet and more like a lifestyle change that restores balance and joy in eating.

While some may find the repetitive style slightly redundant, it reinforces the principles for lasting impact. This book is particularly eye-opening for those who feel stuck in yo-yo dieting cycles or overwhelmed by conflicting nutritional advice.

Overall, Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Lose Weight isn’t just a guide to shedding pounds—it’s a mindset shift that transforms your relationship with food. If you’re ready to embrace a healthier, simpler approach to eating, this book could change the way you think about weight loss forever.

Sometimes it feels like the universe is trying to tell you something. Deciding that my next course of food study should be raw and then reading this book was one of those moments. I'm still a skeptic and have yet to start said curriculum (or to find any scientific research for or against the new trend of the raw diet). But Allen makes some good points about the bad feelings overeating induces and uses his trademark CBT techniques to change our psychological associations and "brainwashing" with regard to food. Particularly to change our desire for processed food. Immediately after reading I was very excited at the prospect and new mindset, and hey - I didn't want sugar or processed food all day! But I think I will need to read it a few more times for it to really make a difference (the shine has worn off quickly after just one afternoon). Plus, it's hard to adopt immediately unless you have said fresh food on hand.

Review to come

“Kilo Vermenin Kolay Yolu” sağlıklı beslenme alışkanlıklarının kolayca benimsenmesine yardım etmeyi hedefleyen bir kitap.

Kitapta sağlıklı beslenme alışkanlıklarının nasıl kazanılacağı, hangi yiyeceklerin tercih edilmesi gerektiği ve zararlı alışkanlıkların nasıl terk edikeceği gibi konular ele alınıyor,

Yazar kilo vermenin kolay yolu olarak gerçekten aç olduğunuzda gerçek besinlerle beslenmeyi öneriyor. Kilo vermenin bu uygulamanın doğal sonucu olacağını savunuyor.

Gerçek besinleri sebzeler, meyveler, tahıllar, kuruyemişler ve bakliyat olarak tanımlıyor. Et ve süt ürünlerinin insan sindirimine uygun olmadığını ve şekerin zararlarını öne çıkarıyor.

Öne sürdüğü fikirleri fil, orangotan, zürafa gibi güçlü ve büyük hayvanların otobur olduğu gerçeği ile destekliyor. Ayrıca araba metaforu kullanarak yakıt ve besin ihtiyacını ve çeşitlemesini ilişkilendirerek konuyu daha anlaşılır kılıyor.

Kitapta verilen önerilerin çoğuna katılıyorum. Sadece meyve yemeyi fazlaca öne çıkarmasını ve meyvenin hiç zararı yokmuş gibi bir izlenim vermesine katılmıyorum.

İçinde diyer reçeteleri olmayan, sağlıklı beslenmenin ana hatlarını anlatan, kolay okunan bir kitap.

I loved this book. Even when I was part way through I was already feeling differently about what I was eating and didn’t enjoy my usual coffee with milk. I’m a pescatarian but have never wanted to give up fish and dairy but this book has really put me off eating them. It really makes sense and makes you consider much more carefully what you are consuming and why and to question whether you are really enjoying all those processed foods and chocolate or whether you’ve just been conditioned to think they are tasty. I often choose the unhealthy option because it appeals more for some unknown reason but when I choose something healthier I generally enjoy it more.
I borrowed this from the library but now want to buy my own copy so that I can re-read it.

Good book to read, most of the point we already knew it, but now is the time for us to implement it

Basically you must eat REAL food ,
Stop eating junk or processed food,
Try to eat more vegetables & fruits instead of meat,


When he says enjoy eating your favourite food as much as you like, meaning that eat real food, fruits vegetables, unprocessed food, eat when you are hungry and stop before you feel full, give your stomach a space, dont use it as a dumping ground, love your body

So yes now you will understand the basic idea of what he is going to tell us, hope we can enjoy life to the fullest, dont over eat, choose food wisely , we are not a dustbin, look at the wild as an example

Before i end, dont be lazy, keep on moving, not excersising buy moving, that might sound better i guess for those who hate the word Excercise

It went on well until he started making facts up concerning the human nature starting from chapter 12 onwards.

I love this book. A lot on negitive reviews for this book are missing the point. There really isnt a diet here. It recommends something close to a Mediterranean diet. Full of fruit and vegetables, whole grains, nuts and seeds. He does say its okay to eat meat and dairy and other things just in moderation. This book doesnt do as well with explaining the repetition and the hypnosis it uses. The quit smoking book does a great job at explaining how we are brainwashed and he uses similar methods to change the brain washing. It also gets you thinking about the food you eat and how to avoid prossesed foods. Which i think is the biggest problem people face today. Its a reminder to eat more real food and less food looking products.

Non mi aspettavo certo un capolavoro e sono sempre diffidente nei confronti dei manuali pseudo self-help americani. In realtà l'autore è inglese ma il libro oltre a essere brutto e scritto male risulta particolarmente irritante. Vaga senza un filo tra religione, luoghi comuni e affermazioni dal tono fideistico; condisce il testo con paragoni opinabili e troppo spesso confronta gli uomini e gli animali con generalizzazioni a dir poco azzardate. Il tono è quello del predicatore dalla fede del tutto irrazionale che, continuando a dire che sei libero, vuole a tutti i costi mostrarti la luce appellandosi alla "natura". Questo sfruttamento doloso e perverso del potere "salvifico" di tutto cio' che è "naturale" e l'ostracismo verso tutto cio' che è "artificiale" rendono sempre meno credibile l'interlocutore che vorresti tanto riportare all'età della pietra per vedere se ci si troverebbe poi cosi' bene. Alcune affermazioni sono del tutto oltraggiose, le cose sane hanno un buon sapore e le cose tossiche e i veleni un cattivo odore e sapore. Tutto converge (anche se l'ho mollato a 50 pagine dalla fine non volendo sprecare altro tempo) verso una forma oltranzista di veganesimo. La "spiegazione" che la "forza" degli animali viene dalle dimensioni (e gli animali piu' grandi sono tutti vegetariani), che quelli carnivori in realtà mangiano solo viscere (e solo degli erbivori) perchè alla fine cercano le fibre ed i vegetali lascia quantomeno perplessi. Ci possono essere molti motivi per diventare vegani, sicuramente non leggere questo libro. Diseducativo.

If I could rate that book as minus 5 stars, I would. Complete nonsense - just terrible pile of illogical thoughts. God, animals, mother nature, apes... And I simply hate such brain washing. No no no... Read it till the end simply because I am stubborn and wanted to see what's at the end. I very much hope that the suggestions in the book will do no harm to people and they will not end up slim, but very sick. And yes - I know - THEY ALL brainwashed me, that's why I cannot be trusted :))

This book feeds the reader a steady diet of misinformation and truisms. Poor Allen Carr.... I so enjoyed his Easy Way To Control Your Drinking... thought it was spot on... but I believe he wrote Easyweigh was under the influence of freebasing Twinkies. Don't bother.