The Vice-Busting Diet: A 12-Week Plan to Break Your Worst Food Habits and Change Your Life Forever

by Julia Griggs Havey, David L. Katz (Foreword)

Julia Havey has lost 130 pounds and kept it off for ten years. She's discovered the key to losing weight and keeping it off--small changes add up to big results. Unlike other diets that ask you to overhaul eating habits or eliminate food groups, The Vice-Busting Diet allows readers to discover what's getting in the way of weight loss. Whether it's soda, fast food, sweets or another temptation, Julia Havey teaches you how to eliminate it and replace it with a healthy alternative--with practical advice and a healthy dose of motivation.

Genres: Nonfiction, Health

240 pages, Hardcover

First published July 25, 2006

About the author

Julia Griggs Havey is an American author of four diet books, written after her experience with obesity.

Reviews

[Teena in Toronto · Rating 3 out of 5]

them by the hand.

Here's the weekly plan ...

Consume water
Replace your vice with a healthy substitute
Exercise instead of/before watching TV
Visualize a healthy future
Add a fruit or vegetable to your daily diet
Increase the days and/or time for exercise
Increase your daily fibre intake
Clean and organize your kitchen and home
Add a daily supplement
Eat a healthy and hearty breakfast
Eat a healthy and high-energy lunch
Eat a small healthy supper

I found the book very basic and I didn't learn anything new.

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[Faye Blondin · Rating 3 out of 5]

now this was interesting, came with PGX. The main thing I took away is that everyone has a vice when eating wrong. Find your vice and you probably find your solution to healthy weight. Also talked about just doing one little thing first to start you off. Good advice. Gave it a 6