How many weight loss and/or fitness books do you have on your bookshelf? I have several. They all have good information, but I still sit here with an added sixty pounds of unhealthy weight.

What's the problem? Am I lazy? Am I just a procrastinator? Do I like to be fat? Do I like not being able to chase my kiddos or play an active sport with them? Sure, I can be lazy and a procrastinator, but I sure miss out on a lot because I'm just not in the shape physically to do much.

So, what's the answer?

I believe the answer is found in this book. As I read, I felt as if though Chantel was spying on me and reading my thoughts somehow. How did she know I was a perfectionist (that obviously fails time after time)? How did she know my methods and way of thinking when it came to my self-image and weight loss efforts? Because she's been there!

I've never read a weight loss book that put it in such a do-able perspective. She has shown me how to let go of my perfectionist tendencies and the haunting failures of my past. She has shown me how to live healthy for today, not worrying about tomorrow.

If you need to lose some weight or just get healthy, I highly encourage you to read this book. I am giving my honest opinion here! I am definitely thanking my God and Saviour for sending this book my direction!

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I just finished reading a copy of The One-Day Way by Chantel Hobbs. She is a breath of fresh air in a world full of lose weight quickly with this diet fads. Her philosophy is simple, food, fitness, and faith. Eat good for you foods and cut out the junk. Work out at least 30 minutes a day. Have faith in yourself that you can accomplish this task, using bite size steps.

Basically, she's telling you to do what you know you're supposed to be doing, but never wanted to hear. As someone who actually followed her own plan and lost 200 pounds, she knows what she is talking about. I plan on using her philosophy to start getting healthier.


(I received this book for free from WaterBrook Multnomah Publishing Group for this review.)

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The One-Day Way: Today Is All the Time You Need to Lose All the Weight You Want is pretty much summed up in the title: the focus is on making positive changes one day at a time. From overeating to addictions to destructive habits, the author truly believes that you can change anything... but focusing on six-month plans isn't the way to do it. She outlines positive steps you can take to address various issues (nutrition, exercise, etc.), but reminds us that you have to focus on the small steps you can take today, and not get overwhelmed thinking about the future or the past.

This isn't the first book to remind us to break things down into managable daily pieces ("baby steps" from Flylady are based on a similar concept) if we want to make big changes. There wasn't anything earth-shattering in Ms Hobbs' ideas, but they are based on common sense approaches to struggles that every one of us faces. If you need a reminder to give yourself your due credit and see each step towards change as a victory, then this is the book for you.

(My copy of The One-Day Way was provided free for me by Multnomah Books, a division of Random House, in exchange for my review & participation in the blog tour.)

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