The Thin You Within You : Winning the Weight Game with Self-Esteem
Author: Abraham Twerski
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ISBN: 0312200331
Publisher: Griffin Trade Paperback (15 November, 1998)
Sales Rank: 154,278
Average Customer Rating: 4 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Thank you Rabbi Twerski.
About two years ago, during my junior year of high school, I was about 40 pounds overweight- not an insignificant amount! I had gained the weight over a relatively short time frame, thus strongly indicating emotional factors requiring my attention. In addition to visiting a nutritionist/counselor on a weekly basis, I bought Rabbi Twerski's work. There are undoubtedly countless books available in losing weight (not to mention Dr. Phil's recently published one!), so why was I particularly inclined to seek out Rabbi Twerski's? Rabbi Twerski is a unique phenomenom: A doctor of the soul, a magnificent Torah scholar, heir to a royal Chassidic dynasty. Incidentally, his late brother and nephew served as beloved rabbis in my community for decades. It was thus only natural I should seek the wisdom of this great sage in his work The Thin You Within You. Rabbi Twerski doesn't address calories and food intake per se. In fact, such charts are brought up only fleetingly toward the end in a "besides the fact" manner. No, he delves to the root of the problem. Utterly convinced that most, if not all one's problems are rooted in a lack of self-esteem, Rabbi Twerski applies the same truth to the condition of being overweight. From this starting point, all else follows: his practical guidance and formulas to effectively lost weight to eventually find that "thin you within you." I also urge you, no, I IMPLORE you to read and absorb Rabbi Twerski's many (30+) books. They will all change your life in a lasting way.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Kind of disappointed
I just finished this book and I am not sure why, but it felt like it was missing something. I am reading alot of books about this issue right now and I didn't find anything new in this book that I haven't read in many others. But I will give him credit about the self esteem that he is constantly reminding you is the root of all of this - I just feel he failed to give you any really good advice, except for some affirmations, on how to improve it. I guess you would have to buy his other books.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Too many metaphors, not enough info.
I found this book to be full of silly metaphors (as if that's the only way we could relate to Dr. Twerski). It just didn't get me the information I needed. Perhaps others would find it motivational. Similar Products
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