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Book Launch Competition
To celebrate the launch of my new book last month, Random House Australia and I ran a competition for a free quick-start weight loss-coaching program with me.We were amazed to receive over 300 entries for this competition, each entrant answering the following question in 25 words or less:
Why are you fed up with diets that leave you feeling hungry, and why are you ready to lose excess weight now?
In reading your entries, I felt overwhelmed with sorrow at how familiar you are with feeling hungry while trying to lose weight, as well as the massive number of people who have actually gained even more weight as a result of getting too hungry while dieting.
While there will only be one winner of this competition, your entries inspired me to keep writing and sending out this newsletter in order to support you in your Don't Go Hungry Weight Loss Adventure. I know - through my medical research and from helping hundreds of people (including myself) - that it is possible to lose weight and keep it off without hunger. My biggest motive for writing to you is to help you see this principle in action in your own life.
That said, here are my favorite 3 entries for this competition:
- It is time to get sexy, eating (not starving) is sexy... as is a slightly more svelte figure
- I lost 20 kgs last year with exercise. Now it's time to ensure my food is up to scratch for my final 10 kgs!
- I am in a wheelchair and most diets stipulate exercise. I need help with the food part, what and how much to eat
What our readers say...
"Dear Dr Amanda, this is the first time I have written to you but really felt the need to tell you what a positive impact your book and newsletters have had on me. This newsletter is no exception – the article on the Famine Reaction is an eye opener to me – I have felt it and experienced it and didn’t know what it was. As the article indicates, I tried to “fight” it and figure out what was “wrong” with me. As I answered the questions you suggested, I realize that it was a feeling of being “out of control” and so fearful to give in to the message my body was giving me – fear that if I ever started eating I would never stop! While I would still like to loose about 10 pounds, I am delighted to say that after a lifetime of dieting/binging and having NO freedom in eating (I am 60 years old), I am finally listening to my body and trusting it to tell me what it needs. And ………………. the result is that I truly desire healthy nutritious foods most of the time, but at times want something that used to be on “no way” list. As I listen to my body I am experiencing the ability to have a limited amount of something (like chocolate) and not binge on it. This is just amazing to me! Thank you for your wonderful support. "