TCM: A Natural Guide to Weight Loss That Lasts (Traditional Chinese Medicine)

"Good, because this is the only book I have met in my life that actually have told me the reason I gain weight and the reason I can never lose weight no matter that I think I do eat healthy food or I exsersise or I walk, or I add a lot of herbs into my diets.
Bad because this books says that it is the Qi gong that will make you lose weight not the food. OK, but then why the author puts only 8 pages of exercise? The rest of the 328 pages is all about food and a lot of bla- bla - bla. You can't understand this 10 exercises - which 1 works for what?
Also there is too many passages of the book that repeat to make the book bigger probably.I have some serious doubts that the author of the book knows in debth or understands in debth the TCM.
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~ Written on 2008-04-21

"THE BOOK SOUNDED LIKE IT MIGHT BE A HEALTHY WAY TO LOSE WEIGHT BUT IT BECAME VERY UNREALISTIC IN DOING.YOU CAN'T LOSE BY ELIMINATING EVERYTHING HEALTHY.NOW I WISH I HADN'T BOUGHT THE BOOK NOT BEING ABLE TO CHECK IT OUT FIRST.THE SELLER WAS FAST IN SHIPPING."
~ Written on 2008-03-26

"I have enjoyed the book and am using the QiGong exercises and have only followed the eating suggestions for one week. So far, I am surprised that I have energy for the day, am feeling good and starting to lose weight. "
~ Written on 2008-01-29

"This book changed my life and my eating habits. I have never found much help with the "diet" books out there but I had tried so many diets that I was starting to lose hope of ever getting myself healthy. I would try a diet and not really understand why I was doing what I was doing and would feel overwhelmed, and eventually just fall off the wagon. I would not be motivated into getting back on. I hated how I looked and didn't do anything to change it. I was not just looking to lose weight, I was looking to get healthy and change the way I looked at food. Food was just too important and my day revolved around what I was going to eat. It was too hard thinking about what to take and how much. I ate the wrong things and ate too much. I was stressed out and getting bad headaches and just not sleeping well. A friend told me about this book and how it helped her. I am so happy I have a friend like her. Reading this book along with the "diet" was so helpful and The excersise was so simple but so energizing. It has become a nightly ritual that helps me relax and recharge. Dr. Lu really helps you to understand that fixing your body from the inside will change your body on the outside. I started reading the book and was thinking how can what he tells me to eat be helpful when the portion is so small?....it really is amazing that I used to consume the amount of food I used to when now, I eat a smaller amount and have never felt better. I am not being weighed down by all that food and I feel lighter. Dr. Lu takes the guess work out of it and so I don't have to feel stressed about what to eat. I "gave back" 4 pounds in my first two weeks and I am now in week four and am so excited to see where I go from here. I have never hung in there this long before and I can't wait to finish. I have already seen a difference in the food choices that I am making and I am doing it because of how good the food is and how good it makes me feel. Dr. Lu doesn't make you feel bad about yourself, or put harsh demands on you. You really do feel better that first week. If you feel hopeless and feel stressed out or get bad headaches (like I USED to)read this book and change your life, and your future."
~ Written on 2007-07-18

"Clearly written, non-judgemental and easy to follow, my entire family has been preparing for and following this program for 3 weeks (5 weeks to go for the full effect). We all feel better, have fewer symptoms (sinus/headaches/lethargy/etc) and except for my 14 year old daughter, feel satisfied with the amounts and types of food we eat. She eats more and is becoming much more discerning about what she really wants to eat and when she's had enough, as are we all. The focus is all on re-training yourself to pay attention to your body's signals and of course to reset the body's systems so that you can trust your "desires" will be exactly what is healthful for you.
The caveat is that without the DVD of the Qi Gong exercises, you will *never* figure out how to do them correctly. The stills and descriptions in the book are woefully incomplete."
~ Written on 2007-07-12