Love Food and Live Well

November 8, 2010
Author and speaker Hobbs (Never Say Diet) has a story about dieting that will refute any number of doubting challenges to her plan for getting in shape and staying that way. Hobbs, who lost 200 pounds and has maintained that weight loss by changing the way she approaches food and life, offers anyone struggling with weight problems a different way of handling uncontrollable desires for food. With a friendly, breezy style, Hobbs engages readers first on an emotional level as she tells of her private pain as a morbidly obese woman, then smoothly transitions into helping individuals understand the whys and wherefores of their inner battle with edible comfort. The author's clear message of Christian spirituality will appeal especially to evangelicals, while her hard-fought battle with pounds will resonate with everyone. Hobbs's method is a friendlier, gentler approach to getting fit and fabulous.

November 1, 2010

Hobbs (The One-Day Way: Today Is All the Time You Need To Lose All the Weight You Want), a life coach and fitness expert, shares insights from her own weight-loss journey of shedding 200-plus pounds. She focuses on techniques to help avoid dangerous food traps and recognize sabotaging behaviors and beliefs that block success. Obsessive thoughts and actions often drag successful dieters into even more destructive states while they're struggling to maintain newfound fitness and health. Among the recipes and fitness plans, Hobbs intersperses enthusiastic encouragement for readers to turn their lives over to God, thehigher power, she writes, that loves us unconditionally and wants us to succeed in our health quest. VERDICT Hobbs shares inspiring, commonsense advice that will appeal to readers searching for a new way to view food's place in their lives. Her message will particularly resonate with individuals involved in 12-step programs.--Crystal Renfro, Georgia Inst. of Technology Lib., Atlanta

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