The Thin Commandments Diet

The Ten No-Fail Strategies for Permanent Weight Loss

By: Stephen Gullo

Narrated by: Stephen Gullo

The first in the field of weight control to teach diet fitness

The bestselling author of Thin Tastes Better, Dr. Stephen Gullo reveals his unique program that has a success rate almost 15 times higher than the national average. He shows us how to bridge the gap between knowing how to lose weight and actually doing it. He has identified ten simple yet powerful strategies that will start you losing weight now. For example: Dr. Stephen Gullo proves that anyone can successfully master their weight by making the fundamental switch from dieter to food strategist.

©2005 Stephen Gullo; (P)2005 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

Pretty good, but...

If this book had great diet advice, I couldn't make it past the first 1/3 of the book. Too boring. The reader seemed to have a very bored tone, which made it difficult to listen to.

Solving the weight problem

The answers are all here. This is the best book on weight problems and all their solutions. I have listened to (and read) this book over and over. I pick up new things every time. I am optimistic of losing all the weight and keeping it off. Eating and exercising are only 2/3 of the equation. The missing piece is revealed here!

Life Changing

Imagine changing your entire psychological perspective about eating as the chapters roll out. You will be shocked and awed into understanding the roll of strategic mental preparation that THE THIN COMMANDMENTS DIET offers.
If you want to go to an arena of thought that is two steps behind the actual moment when you will actually eat, this audio book will take you there. You will start to understand and be given the opportunity to practice a huge variety of motivational strategies that are so authentic you want to reach out and hug the author for finally telling it like it is.
Of greatest consequence is the author's spotlight on YOUR FOOD HISTORY. Always overlooked by traditional plans, this emphasis on how you have responded to individual foods in your personal life is such an important clue to the road map to success.
I read that the author had a New York accent, but find that the autenticity and sincerity of this author reading his prescription for success is just what is needed to believe in this book like the bible.
You must listen to this work if you are ready for the finest, truest most effective mental rehearsal personal to you to precede your next meal.
Obviously I learned alot! Will relisten daily and will now lose twenty pounds.

Very helpful advice

I highly recommend this book. Gullo offers very helpful advice for maintaining healthy eating habits--specific strategies that really work. AND he does this without talking too much about FOOD. Diet books that talk constantly about what food to eat just make me hungry!

Gullo presents strategies that anyone can use to feel satisfied, keep favorite foods in our lives, and still control weight. Some of his strategies I've seen elsewhere, but many were new, at least to me. For example, his suggestions for "thinspeak" and "boxing in/boxing out" foods were worth the price of the book all by themselves.

I even liked the NY accent that a previous reviewer mentioned--Gullo's way of speaking gave a "no nonsense" tone to the book. This is the first audiobook I've purchased that I've listened to several times.

OK, but not as good as I had expected.

The premise of this book is good, common sense diet advice with a genetic twist to it all. I figured that I could listen to it in bed, but found that there is more that I needed to do to get the most out of the book. To be fair to the book, I needed to have a notebook to actually write down the "Commandments" as the author went through them.

One reason I gave it a 3/5 rating is that it's pretty much the same advice given by any other diet book...know your patterns, avoid certain foods, revamp/reinvent/find new comfort foods, don't skip meals, that kind of stuff.

However, the book does get into more physiology, and actually surprised me with info on taste bud research. It explains & gives how to steps about how we can deal with the fact that our patterns may very well be genetically programmed. That was good! That kind of stuff is woven into every chapter, and is refreshing.

Overall, I'd suggest having a notebook handy to jot down the list of Commandments if you'd like. It's also good for the neat tidbits that pop up in each chapter.

My main reason for the 3/5 rating was not the common sense stuff, but the author's voice, a thick New York accent, which made the book NOT an in bed listen. (I feel mean saying that, but it was a bit jolting...)

I'd still really suggest the book if you have some time to spend with it, focusing on not just the words, but the actual WORK you'll have to do with the good information provided. If you're not willing to take time to evaluate yourself, take notes, or do what the book suggests, then don't buy it. If you can take some time with it, then YES get the book :)