Skinny Bitch: A No-Nonsense, Tough-Love Guide for Savvy Girls Who Want to Stop Eating Crap and Start Looking Fabulous by Kim Barnouin

Poorly written, superficial science, and language was distasteful rather than funny.by Anonymous

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November 29, 2009: I had great hopes when I first picked this book up, thinking it would be a straight-forward, factual, fun and motivating take on healthy living. At first the use of foul language was funny, but it quickly grew old and off-putting. It was as if the authors were trying to shock, but instead they simply got in the way of their message. I was disappointed and surprised at the superficial understanding of human physiology, given that one of the authors holds a Masters in Nutrition. They wildly extrapolate based on very little good data, and don't even attempt to present both sides of the arguments, which really damages their credibility. I was also annoyed with all of the statements to the effect of "if we were carnivores, we would _____" fill in the blank. We aren't carnivores. We are omnivores. And yes, omnivores eat meat *and* veggies. I agree that we generally don't need much meat, and I think that Michael Pollan's advice is more useful: "Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." To give only a vegan option serious consideration in the face of some of the serious animal welfare issues is disgraceful. Most people live in an area that, if they look around them, has options for local, organic, humanely grown and harvested meat, eggs and dairy products. In short, I was looking for something fun and motivating, and instead found something offensive on many fronts, poorly-written, and really weak on science. I don't know what to do with the book now that I have it. I would ordinarily pass it on to a friend, but this one is so bad it's probably going to end up in the compost pile.

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November 01, 2009: I went to the bookstore to actually find books on weight loss while dealing with PCOS (which causes weight gain). Needless to say the bookstore did not have my books and was very rude when I asked them if I was looking in wrong place. Anyways, since I made the 45 mintues trip to the bookstore with friends who were not close to being done looking, I came upon this book, and opened it and read the first page and half of Chapter 8 Pooping, I was laughing outloud, it was hilarous, if only I would have finished this Chapter...I would have maybe looked further into the book before WASTING MY MONEY!! This book I figured would have some foul language in due to the title, but was very shocked when the F bomb was dropped as often as it was. The name calling also got to me. The book started off funny and had me laughing outloud and then took a sad turn for the worse. I thought I had gotten myself into a comical book with GOOD information to help you slim down. But instead this is a book to promote vegan and if you are not vegan then your just a dumb and blacked out from the bourbon, Or the vulagar material in the first few sentences on Chapter 5 just had me lose all disrepect!

If you have had an eatting disorder in the past such as I have, this is not a book for you!! It makes you have all those nasty thoughts about yourself again!! The back of the book should really forewarn people about the books foul language beyond the b**** word, and the books promotion to become vegan. Which I have never had any intentions ever becoming Vegan.

I gave this book a one star, because I was not allowed to give it no stars...don't waste your money...I just bought a $14.00 bonfire starter!!