What do you think?
Rate this book
In All Things Moderation: One Woman's Answer to the Question: How do you stay so thin?
This sensational new program is an easily read story that shows you how to master the art of eating in moderation. The story unfolds as a fictional conversation between two co-workers. Rather than asking you to limit yourself to certain types of foods, it offers five simple steps to help you take in smaller amounts of the things you love, instead. Written by a forty-something woman who seems to eat constantly and yet has maintained a healthy weight throughout her lifetime, "In All Things Moderation - One Woman's Answer to the Question: How do you stay so thin?" doesn't pretend to be a scientific manual for health and nutrition, but simply a helpful guide that may one day have people asking you, "How do you stay so thin?"
92 pages, Paperback
First published October 7, 2011
94 people are currently reading
20 people want to read
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 20 of 20 reviews
December 24, 2025
Actually useful 👌
I've been on a weightloss journey for 20 months and I've lost 85lbs. Lately, I've been looking for books to carry me through maintenance. I've been called a "wolf" with food all my life, and this little treatise essentially on mindfulness when eating really made me stop and think.
I've been on a weightloss journey for 20 months and I've lost 85lbs. Lately, I've been looking for books to carry me through maintenance. I've been called a "wolf" with food all my life, and this little treatise essentially on mindfulness when eating really made me stop and think.
September 4, 2023
As a story, it's okay, but as a primer on how to eat in moderation, it's great. This is my second time reading it, and this time I think it's stuck! I'm a week in following the 5 tips, and for the first time in forever I feel like I'm in control of careful eating, rather than food being in control of me. This is so refreshing, following an endless string of food rules, banned foods, binged foods, and feeling like I was always fighting a losing battle. Now I just eat what I really want, slowly, savoring each bite, and find that I eat about half as much. No rules or guilt or overindulging. So freeing!
January 16, 2022
Uplifting
I loved that there were only two people in the story. One with the rules and one to follow them. My Mother always said "eat less to lose weight", but never explained exactly how to do that. This book is hearing my mother telling me just that. This is well written and easy to do. I am so excited to start this I am starting now. I am so lucky that I found this book!
I loved that there were only two people in the story. One with the rules and one to follow them. My Mother always said "eat less to lose weight", but never explained exactly how to do that. This book is hearing my mother telling me just that. This is well written and easy to do. I am so excited to start this I am starting now. I am so lucky that I found this book!
December 26, 2020
Simple!
Simple is the key word here. It’s written as a simple conversation between two new friends (or co-workers), and it’s only a few pages long basically telling you to eat like the title says: in moderation. It’s so simple it makes you want to give it a try.
Simple is the key word here. It’s written as a simple conversation between two new friends (or co-workers), and it’s only a few pages long basically telling you to eat like the title says: in moderation. It’s so simple it makes you want to give it a try.
June 17, 2024
Solid and reasonable advice
I like that it was told as a story between two women, one asking help from another. I don't think it is a new concept but it is totally doable and that is my plan too.
I like that it was told as a story between two women, one asking help from another. I don't think it is a new concept but it is totally doable and that is my plan too.
April 30, 2025
Surprisingly enjoyable read
Nothing was mind shattering and yet, i read it and thoroughly enjoyed the story. It felt like i was a fly on the wall of two ladies talking. Served its purpose and it’s helped me try to be more intuitive while i eat.
Nothing was mind shattering and yet, i read it and thoroughly enjoyed the story. It felt like i was a fly on the wall of two ladies talking. Served its purpose and it’s helped me try to be more intuitive while i eat.
October 9, 2025
Great advice, easy to do
Easy read, giving 5 easy steps to moderate how much we eat. Love this advice and am starting to practice it. Love the way the author reiterates the steps conversationally throughtout the story, making them easy to remember
Easy read, giving 5 easy steps to moderate how much we eat. Love this advice and am starting to practice it. Love the way the author reiterates the steps conversationally throughtout the story, making them easy to remember
May 24, 2020
Easy read
A great reminder of how little changes can make a big difference. A fun and quick read about food and our relationship to it.
A great reminder of how little changes can make a big difference. A fun and quick read about food and our relationship to it.
June 24, 2020
Great advice!
It’s pretty much common sense, but definitely something I needed to be reminded of! Highly recommend this book for getting back on track!
It’s pretty much common sense, but definitely something I needed to be reminded of! Highly recommend this book for getting back on track!
July 20, 2020
Great book
I like the book. It was written like a story and had some great insights. It is worth the read.
I like the book. It was written like a story and had some great insights. It is worth the read.
January 19, 2021
Short and sweet
Great quick read. I’m ready to start eating more mindfully today. Can’t wait to enjoy eating the foods my body is craving.
Great quick read. I’m ready to start eating more mindfully today. Can’t wait to enjoy eating the foods my body is craving.
May 30, 2021
Loved it. I have practiced this before and it works
I liked that it was written like a conversation. The perfect info In a short quick read. Just the facts.
I liked that it was written like a conversation. The perfect info In a short quick read. Just the facts.
August 24, 2021
This is a book to read for reference.
If you are trying to lose weight this is book for you. I like that the author really takes the time to explain it to you.
If you are trying to lose weight this is book for you. I like that the author really takes the time to explain it to you.
June 20, 2022
Moderation is the key
Good book I don't think we should have a required amount of words short sweet and to the point nough said
Good book I don't think we should have a required amount of words short sweet and to the point nough said
November 2, 2022
Easy read
Easy enjoyable read that might
lead to something real. If not, I enjoyed the sweet story. Bon appetit fellow readers
Easy enjoyable read that might
lead to something real. If not, I enjoyed the sweet story. Bon appetit fellow readers
December 8, 2023
Helpful Little Book
Short, easy read. Good, solid concept, inspiring me to rethink how I approach food. If you are sick of the whole diet thing, this is the perfect thing to shift how you look at food.
Short, easy read. Good, solid concept, inspiring me to rethink how I approach food. If you are sick of the whole diet thing, this is the perfect thing to shift how you look at food.
November 21, 2024
Sounds So Simple
Maybe. At last. I’ve found the ultimate “diet”. In just 5 easy steps. Somehow it feels right. We shall see.
Maybe. At last. I’ve found the ultimate “diet”. In just 5 easy steps. Somehow it feels right. We shall see.
August 13, 2025
Intriguing
Loved the writing style that made a how to book a great story also. It was easier to retain the advice because of the repetition in the story.
Loved the writing style that made a how to book a great story also. It was easier to retain the advice because of the repetition in the story.
January 26, 2023
It was short, but I liked the story feel of the book. The five steps sound simple and I intend to try them.
April 23, 2014
An excellent book, in the form of a short novel, that teaches very clearly one of the two essential points one must internalize to eat and be healthy, namely that one must eat portions in moderation, savoring each bite of delicious food, eating mindfully, never overeating and never allowing yourself to starve before eating. It is a very well-told and inspirational story.
The other aspect of healthy eating and living not covered by this book is to choose whole, natural, cruelty-free foods that don't clog your arteries and cause other harm to your body. But even many vegans are very unhealthy because they have not mastered the principles taught in this book, which are essential and at the heart of the American epidemic of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.
The other aspect of healthy eating and living not covered by this book is to choose whole, natural, cruelty-free foods that don't clog your arteries and cause other harm to your body. But even many vegans are very unhealthy because they have not mastered the principles taught in this book, which are essential and at the heart of the American epidemic of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, and cancer.
Displaying 1 - 20 of 20 reviews