Water with Lemon

I have read many diet books, purchased many fitness products, but would always get so frustrated when I didn't stick to anything. This book has helped me by giving me a missing puzzle piece - PATIENCE - focusing one small step at a time until it becomes a habit. I am impatient - I hate my extra weight and want to lose it all NOW. But I've been wanting that now for at least 2 years, and it hasn't happened because I am so impatient - I jump from one diet/fitness product to another when the results don't show up in a few days/weeks. My impatience has actually slowed/stopped my progress! So if I do the one step process, at least 2 years from now I will be at a healthy weight that I can sustain. Thank you Zonya and Stephen for your very helpful book!

I loved reading this book. I had a hard time putting it down. I learned a lot and I loved how it was written as a novel. I have had a hard time finding the motivation to change the way I eat, but after reading this book I found the "courage".

This book was sent to me by my sister, who saw Zonya Foco, one of the authors, give a presentation in NY. I love Zonya's show on PBS, but I didn't even know she'd written a book. Though my sister and her husband couldn't stop raving about Water with Lemon, and have changed the way they eat because of it, between kids and work it still took me a month before I found the time to read it. All I knew of it then was that it was a different kind of diet book, though truthfully, at the time, I really didn't think that was possible. I mean, aren't all diet books really the same? Boy, was I ever wrong! Once I began reading, I finished the book, cover to cover, in two days! For me that's a miracle in itself. This is the first time I couldn't put down a diet book, and that's because this diet book is written in the form of a page-turning story! Since then I've read it a second time, and now I keep it on my bedside table so I can pick it up every once in a while just to flip through and soak up the motivation it gives me. What the authors did is put you into the mind and heart of a woman who has to lose 60 pounds, and just like the rest of us, not only can't she do it, but she can hardly even think about doing it, because just the thought of going on a diet is so painful. Then by coincidence she meets her neighbors, two of the most endearing characters you'll ever meet, who take her by the hand and show her how they lost their weight. Unlike every other diet book I've read, and I've read plenty, these authors don't tell you what to do. Instead, they show you how it's done, so that you sit back and watch the story. The concept is unique and they do it very very well, and it completely changes how you look at what they're saying. What they do is move you from one step or habit, to another, all while keeping you in the mind of the main character. While doing this they very cleverly do two things. First, they show you how simple the eight habits are. And second, they describe how just because these habits are simple, they can also be emotionally difficult to incorporate into your life. About a quarter of the way through the book it hit me that this was all part of a well designed plan, because this is how the authors ultimately motivate and inspire you. What happened with me, was I began, in my mind, to yell at the character, saying, come on, what your neighbors are saying to you is so simple, how can you still not be able to do it! And then I fell into the trap the authors set for me. Because at that point I began to say to myself, wait a minute! If I'm yelling at her to do it, telling her it's so easy, then why can't I do it? And that's when this book began to change my life. Is there anything new here? Yes! Not the eight habits, as important as they are, we already all know them, but the way these authors show you how to incorporate those habits into your life is completely different. That, for me, was an absolute eye-opener! It completely took the

This book was great! It has tons of helpful nutritional information which is broken down into an easy-to-understand format. This book inspired me to live a healthier life.

Let's face it. Everyone knows what they need to do to lose weight. Yet, 2/3 of Americans are still overweight. So where do we go from here? Using a truly "novel" approach, Stephen Moss and Zonya Foco cleverly apply the concept of motivational storytelling to nutrition and weight loss education. Simply put, we know what to do, and now we have Moss and Foco to tell us "how." Filled with clever bits of wit and wisdom, "Water with Lemon" empowers the reader by weaving the authors' eight habits of healthy eating into the story of Karen, a woman struggling to lose weight and regain control of her life. Before you know it, the endearing characters and captivating storyline have subtly influenced you, the reader, to adopt "Water with Lemon's" eight lifestyle habits, one by one, until they are integrated seamlessly into your life. Oh by the way, this isn't as much about weight loss as it is about getting healthy. But as Karen finds out on her journey, get healthy, and the weight will just fall off! Julie Beyer, MA, RD Nutrition Education Specialist NutraConsults, LLC