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A review by jessorella
Mini Habits for Weight Loss: Stop Dieting. Form New Habits. Change Your Lifestyle Without Suffering. by Stephen Guise
4.0
I think I bought this as a Kindle Daily Deal, and I bought it because I just don’t like a standard “diet” and anyway, none of them seem to work for me any more! Gone (apparently) are the days when I could chug two cans of Slim-Fast and have a normal dinner and be half a stone down in three weeks...
So, these days I’m heavier on the scale than I was after my son was born, and when I got married. In some ways I don’t mind being curvier, but in many more ways, I have a problem with myself when I look in the mirror. I was intrigued by the premise of this book because it delves deeply into retraining your habits to help you lose weight. It focuses on a system where NOTHING is off limits - not carbs, chocolate, takeaway, fizzy drinks or platters of cheese. It naturally suggests restraint in those matters, of course, but it explains HOW these things affect us, WHY we reach for them, how we can reapply our minds when we want those things again - and best of all, the mini habits system is only just a touch stronger than effortless.
A mini habit is called just that because it’s mini - it’s tiny. It doesn’t require a barrel of willpower every day, it doesn’t ask you to make calculations while you look a restaurant menu, it doesn’t ask you to shame or guilt yourself for choices you have (or haven’t) made. It just asks you to make a maximum of four super-tiny choices each day that will never push you further than you think you can go, even on your worst day.
It’s a really interesting premise, and I found the book intriguing to read. I note the author has written another book on mini habits that you can apply to life in general, rather than to weight loss, and I’ll be looking that up shortly.
So, these days I’m heavier on the scale than I was after my son was born, and when I got married. In some ways I don’t mind being curvier, but in many more ways, I have a problem with myself when I look in the mirror. I was intrigued by the premise of this book because it delves deeply into retraining your habits to help you lose weight. It focuses on a system where NOTHING is off limits - not carbs, chocolate, takeaway, fizzy drinks or platters of cheese. It naturally suggests restraint in those matters, of course, but it explains HOW these things affect us, WHY we reach for them, how we can reapply our minds when we want those things again - and best of all, the mini habits system is only just a touch stronger than effortless.
A mini habit is called just that because it’s mini - it’s tiny. It doesn’t require a barrel of willpower every day, it doesn’t ask you to make calculations while you look a restaurant menu, it doesn’t ask you to shame or guilt yourself for choices you have (or haven’t) made. It just asks you to make a maximum of four super-tiny choices each day that will never push you further than you think you can go, even on your worst day.
It’s a really interesting premise, and I found the book intriguing to read. I note the author has written another book on mini habits that you can apply to life in general, rather than to weight loss, and I’ll be looking that up shortly.