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4.5
I love this book. As a pregnant woman who enjoyed indulging in the occasional cigarette and wine every night with dinner until she saw those plus signs on her ClearBlue Easy, I did not feel one bit inferior or judged reading this book. It's HONEST. Caffeine, cigarettes, alcohol, and meat-based foods are bad for you and bad for your baby during pregnancy. Slaughterhouses are gross and the kill and processing of animals in the US (I live in the EU, thank God) is deplorable. If one can't appreciate a book that informs you that the chicken you're consuming has basically been dipped in lysol after being killed on a conveyor belt or boiled alive, among other lovely details of meat production and distribution, I am forced to question one's intelligence. Hey- I'd love to tell myself that a cake a day won't make me fat or that meat shot up with hormones and killed after having things shoved in various orifices under unthinkable duress won't negatively impact my body but it's just not so.As for the people complaining about the repetitive nature of the book...I have to question if you're actually pregnant. I am. I forget s***. FAST! The only repetitive part is if you've already read a lot of the Skinny Bitch books, which I have. I love these ladies. I think that the individuals whining about the authors making them feel "inferior" or crying over this not being a "fun" or "light" read need to pull their heads out of their asses. This book was written with women's and baby's health in mind. And it gets the point across in what I consider to be a pretty fun way. It's not light but most of the books that are are full of bs that is neither educational nor groundbreaking. If you feel like you're doing everything wrong, chances are...you are. The authors' point is that you have an opportunity to equip yourself with a new information set.As a die-hard fitness lover and notoriously healthy eater, I found this book in the series to be particularly entertaining and informational. Not a lot that I didn't already know from my own long-time relationship with health and nutrition (I'm a certified yoga and Pilates instructor with a lot of food allergies and an obsession with healthy eating) but there is a lot that I don't think most people know. Because in my experience, most people buying "how to be thin" books aren't well-versed in nutrition to begin with. If you don't want to burst your ignorance bubble, this book will probably leave you in tears or inspire you to hurl it across the room. Go for it. As for me, I am planning to stay healthy and skinny and fabulous through the next 5 months. Cheers to the authors (with a glass of organic soy milk, of course!) on another winner. Highly recommended for all expectant moms and the general public. I think something vastly overlooked is the authors' point of compassion and caring toward ones' self, ones' baby, the environment, and the future for our kids. How could that possibly be wrong?
