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"Body Clutter", written by Marla Cilley and Leanne Elly, the friends over at FlyLady.com. Yes, the authors are the Flylady and her friend the Menu Diva. Since I find I have much in common with these two perfectionist moms, I knew their take on weight loss would hit a cord with me.

I have been reading "Body Clutter" for a few months now. It is one of those books you get mad at. You have to read it a bit, then put it down and digest the words or maybe even allow yourself to throw the book across the room a few times. Yeah, its a soul searcher. Even so I kept finding myself returning to its pages, eager to see what area of gluttony sin I would be found guilty of next.

I must admit one of my main attractions to this book was the fact that both of these gals were really overweight. I'm not talking the lousy 20 to 40 pounds like most folks out there, we're talking those gals who are well over 200 pounds and just getting under that number would make them feel like beauty queens. Okay, I can relate to that. Sorry if this offends some of you with just a bit of weight to lose, as I know your 20 pound struggle is ever bit as difficult as my 100. Yet until you've worn a size 22, you can't be in the big fat lady club. Not that I'd wish that on anyone but I can tell you we have different struggles than you. Not just physical, but emotional struggles. And that is what this book is all about.

Marla and Leanne do an excellent job of getting down to why we eat. Its not about the food, its about healing up your Stinkin' Thinkin' as they call it. Its getting to the root of the problem, our emotional healing. Call is psycho-babble but its all true. I have the weight on my body to prove it.

Marla and Leanne also do a great job of basic nutritional guideance and setting up baby steps to wellness. This is why so many of us perfectionist types have never suceeded with our weight. If we mess up even once, we quit. I know its a lame excuse but its the truth. The baby step method that Marla and Leanne talk of not only works but it helps you overcome the perfectionist trap. It can consequently take you years to drop your body clutter, but with each month you are becoming healthier and that is the main goal here, to get healthy. The looking better is just a bystandard to having a healthy heart and body.

I would recommend this book for anyone but especially the woman out there who have struggled with weight since they were 4 years old, as I have. This book will speak to you and hopefully will bring you into some new ways of thinking about food and you.

Janelle

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Posted by Anonymous

Thanks for all of the great posts. They are very helpful. Annette Have a great weekend.

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