Lose Weight Now

By: Allen Carr

Narrated by: Richard Mitchley

Length: 4 hrs and 46 mins

Publisher's Summary

Listen to Lose Weight Now and solve your weight problem easily, painlessly and permanently.

Based on the most successful stop-smoking method of all time, Lose Weight Now is a new, accessible form of the best-selling Easyway method.

Ideal for listening to in the car or whilst traveling, this audiobook makes it simpler than ever to lose weight.

"Your journey through Allen Carr's method will be a revelation in discovering how simple the answer to weight control can be.”
—Dr PM Bray MB, CHb, MRCGP

Includes a hypnotherapy session that will help you absorb the method and ensure that you're happy to remain a non-smoker.

©2013 Allen Carr's Easyway (International) Ltd. (P)2013 Arcturus

Critic Reviews

"I was exhilarated by a new sense of freedom.” ( The Independent)
"It’s the only method that works. Thank you!” (Ruby Wax)
"A different approach. A stunning success." ( The Sun)
"His skill is in removing the psychological dependence." ( The Sunday Times)
"The Allen Carr method is totally unique." ( GQ Magazine)

Reasons to be vegan?

The book encourages you to become a vegan, basically. It states that you can eat anything that your body wants and then explains how your body wants mostly fruits, vegetables and cereals. It is not restricting you in any way, but makes you think twice when putting a burger in your mouth. Be prepared to think totally different about food. I recommend it.

11 people found this helpful

everything the world has forgotten

I used the stop smoking now book a little over a year ago and haven't picked up a cigarette or even wanted one since I finished it. I came to this book because I am a little overweight and want to be healthier I trust the author and after reading it I am not disappointed. I've been trusting my instincts for 3 days now and already feel a hundred percent better I know this method is going to work a hundred percent.

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One of the best books on weight loss!!

The author presents his ideas in a clear, objective, enjoyable and effective way! It's impossible not to get excited about losing weight like this! Definitely worth reading!!

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Good reader great book

Allen Carr made me stop smoking and hopefully now lose some weight. His simple but uplifting words help remove your addiction to junk and bad food. The reader is also very good.

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Some reviewers missed the point

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

The book emphasized over and over to forget about dieting and will power -- approaches that seldom work permanently -- and that you don't have to give up any particular food.Recommended if you want to change your *habits* and forget dieting. It's for a gradual change in your thinking about food. One does need an open mind, as the author stresses, and he stresses not to take anything he says by faith. It does not preclude eating any specific food but emphasizes healthy foods that you like, and has bookoo valuable information about how to help your body rather than throw obstacles in the way of its healthy functioning.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I looked forward to listening while walking and bought the written version after finishing the audio book so I could easily look up ideas and reference information going forward.

Any additional comments?

I'm not sure I agree with every single logical point but overall I think it's sound thinking and I found it liberating.

12 people found this helpful

finally a real method or lifestyle that work. <br />

I have been looking for this for 40 yrs. listen to this audible book several occasions. I changed my way to see food and eat food. its works for me. I am slowly loosing weight.

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excellent narration

If you listen to this audio book with an open mind and let the author's messages sink in and resonate within your mind, you will start seeing food in a new way. In particular, you will have an appreciation for foods which you have taken for granted all your life, which taste great and are actually are good to your body in ways you don't realize. More importantly, you will recognize "junk" foods for what they are (mixtures of sugars, salt and chemicals designed by corporations to hook you and extract money from your wallet) and instantly and almost magically, their appeal will vaporize. This is one of those rare books that can truly change your life for the better if you give it a meaningful chance. I have listened to this book several times over the last month since I first acqired it and without any concious effort have lost over 15 lbs, have more energy and focus than I've had in years, and I do not feel starved or deprived. Even better, I have not felt the discomfort and shame from over stuffing myself with junk foods.

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Slam dunk!

Another great book from Allen Carr! Can't believe I almost didn't buy it cause of the reviews. I wonder if people actually pay attention to what they are reading. This man's a genius when it comes to understanding human behavior. And, yes, I know his method works cause this is how I used to eat before I was brainwashed by society to eat junk.

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Best book ever, and I have a ton

Allen Carr books are all I need
No kidding
No more guilt
No more wondering
A changed happy life

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It works - easy enjoyable for life

I bought this book as an experiment. I was actually interested in whether or not Allen Carr’s easy way method of quitting drinking or smokimg could work for someone I loved. I dont smoke or drink alcohol so although his books on those topics made sense to me as i read them, I couldn’t test the method for myself. But most people could benefit by shedding a few pounds and most people also find that difficult to do. Having nothing to lose ( except for a few dollars and a few pounds ) I tried it. It was nothing short of amazing. It completely changed the way I look and think about eating. It has increased my enjoyment of eating a hundred fold . I’ve shed 8 pounds in about a months tlme, easily and without effort. I have more energy , and the fatigue ive felt the past 10 years that I’ve accounted to getting older has completely disappeared . (I turn 60 this month) The minute I finished the Book , i knew I would attain the way I want to look in clothes again without unsightly bulges and all while feeling perfectly content and sated , enjoying every meal and never feeling deprived or hungry. I love this book and recommend it to every one. Ive gone from 136 to 128 lbs since buying the book. I dont know what number the scales will stop at but I already love the results and know it’s destined to get even better .

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hypnosis audio they discuss is not part of this

very interesting but unfortunately the hypnosis audio that is discussed and a recommended part of the plan and that comes with the written book is not part of this

27 people found this helpful

Brilliant

Changed my way of thinking about food. Allen Carr literally saved my life :-)

Easyway works for a host of issues!

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Great Book

So, I bought this book on the strength of successfully giving up smoking through the Allen Carr Easyway seminar in London. I read a lot of reviews, mostly of people on the fence with regards to the same method applied to food.

For me the book was really good. Coincidently, I gave up eating meat and most dairy products about two weeks before reading the book so Allen's belief of abstaining from meat and dairy really rang true for me. The book confirms what most of us already know in terms of eating foods that are provided by nature in their most natural state. His method of helping the reader to understand the negative brainwashing we've all been susceptible to is enlightening.

I would recommend this book to people who are open to different ideas and approaches to food, as well as those who realise that what society has taught, us along with the big food giants is what contributes directly to our unhealthy issues with food.

20 people found this helpful

Chapters missing

I recommend this book but very disappointed that the hypnosis section is not included, if choose the appropriate chapter it appears to be missing

19 people found this helpful

Don't buy it if you ever had a biology lesson!

I don't know where to start. I appreciate the author's claimed results of helping millions to stop smoking, drinking, eating, etc. BUT this does not justify to write a book filled with complete and utter rubbish about how the digestive system works, how food is processed, why we gain weight. The two principles, "calories in calories out" and "only eat when hungry" make sense, but other than that, not much.
Some examples: describing chimpanzees as living on plants only, the nutritional values of water, especially "oxygenated", fat grows from the undigested leftovers in our intestines, that nobody has lactase enzyme once stopped breastfeeding, protein is digested by acid and carbohydrate by alkaline and if these mix they remain undigested.... countless statements with absolutely no research in physiology or biology. And this is the updated version! I am almost ashamed I bought it... shame because the principle of explaining to people how unhealthy junk food is is a good idea but the explanations are from a fairy tale.

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hypnotherapy is chapter 23

saw lots of reviews saying they didn't receive the hypnotherapy but i found it in chapter 23 🤷🏾‍♀️
very easy listen. definitely worth it.

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Not what it appears!

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

If you want to be educated about food and the downside of dairy and meat, then this is the book for you. What he means when he says you can eat as much of your favourite food as you like, is that you have to swap the foods that put weight on you for salads fruit etc. Had the title been,'swap your cakes for fruit and veggies', you wouldn't have bought it right?

What three words best describe Richard Mitchley’s performance?

Mediocre, bland and monotonous

If this book were a film would you go see it?

No

20 people found this helpful

Logical, easy to follow and effective

I first listened to this book four days ago, but so far I feel excited and energised about the changes I am making in my life as a result of listening. I feel slimmer and my skin looks clearer. The audio format is ideal for this book, as I can listen again and again whilst doing other things and the information will hopefully stay fresh in my mind. Advertisers will do their best to chip away at my resolve. They will keep bombarding me wherever I go, to try and make me buy products which will make me fat and ill. My response is to try and reverse their brainwashing with this book, as often as I can.
Other reviewers who called this book a rant in favour of veganism are, in my opinion, blinkered. Just because you
have always lived your life a certain way does not make that the right way, especially if you are overweight and not happy about it. Some change will have to happen if we are to reverse the trend toward obesity caused by the western diet, and Allen Carr offers a very effective solution. He suggests cutting out meat and dairy for health reasons but if you are desperate to continue eating them then there is freedom to do that. The problem is people want to lose weight magically, whilst still continuing to do what they have always done. We know the way we eat is wrong because it's killing millions. This is a healthy alternative which, if you embrace it, will get you where you want to be and keep you there. Open your mind :-)

9 people found this helpful

Thought provoking, but no.

I loved that the smoking and drinking books helped my family, and thought this would be my own ‘Alan Carr epiphany’ for diet. However it borrows heavily from the smoking approach without really having the same underpinning carrot/stick framework. It’s pitched as ‘stop overeating’ rather than diet or weight loss and relies on convincing you that you like eating fruit and veg more than cake and chips. It also heavily supports vegetarianism as a possible solution (despite in the same breath claiming that it doesn’t - reverse psychology anyone?)
I’ve listened about six times and still don’t feel any different towards food and it’s actually made me want to eat meat more.
It could well be it needs longer, who knows. The hypnosis at the end is soothing and helps me fall asleep so that’s a bonus.

4 people found this helpful

OMG!!!!

What an amazing book! Quite literally changed my life again. He did it with his Quit smoking book 13 yrs earlier and now after this audible book I have lost a lot of weight and gained energy and all the other things he promises. Thanks Allen you were incredible R.I.P

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