Totally Changed My Mind
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I was an Avery truther from the first MAM episode to the reading of this book. After reading this book and analyzing the cold hard EVIDENCE it details, I am convinced Steven Avery is guilty. Regardless of what you think of Ken Kratz, the police reports, the chronology of evidence collection and witness statements all speak for themselves. Kathleen Zellners rebuttal of this book convinced me even further; the facts from this book that she DIDNT attack speak louder than any theory she can concoct. Im just so sorry for the negative thoughts I had regarding Manitowoc law enforcement.
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Before I had finished the first few pages, I realized a couple of things:

1.  I was a closet Pharisee (I actually liked trying to follow rules and thought it made me a better Christian) and didn't want to change.
2.  My paradigm was about to be turned upside down, and my world was going to be rocked.
3.  The Good News was finally going to be GOOD NEWS!!

I lived through the Father's Heart Blessing, I had even taught several courses on the Father Heart of God, but I personally hadn't truly received the message.  It is one thing to hear (even when you yourself are saying it) someone say God loves you, it a completely different matter to be able to receive it.  When you interpret God's love with an orphan's heart, you get messed up theology (verses that were supposed to be grace and love become law and demand).  This book changed my heart, opened me up to dare to believe with the heart of a son.

So if you are a closet Pharisee and want to remain that way, don't pick up this book, but if you are a son desperate to know just how good and loving the Father really is, READ THIS BOOK!
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So, I was home watching the Ellen show a while ago and saw two beautiful women on there promoting their book, Skinny Bitch. I had to buy it! In fact, I bought 3; 1 for me, 1 for my mom, 1 for my sister.
I had often thought about how crappy I felt all of the time and really needed to figure out what could make me feel better as well as lose a few extra pounds. Well, this book told me everything I was doing wrong! I was a faithful coffee drinker, junk food, meat eating naive person, until I read this book. It has changed the way I look at everything I put into my body. I have quit drinking coffee and soda and began drinking green tea and tons of water. I eat a lot of fruits and veggies and very low amounts of meat. Chapter six is about animal cruelty and is really tough to read, but if you can get through it, it will change you forever!
I can't believe what society has done to us all.
This book is unquestionably worth the few bucks I spent on it.
FYI- Some pretty bad language, but it does get their point across.
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I bought this book because it was on my course recommended reading list.  Simply put, it has changed my entire way of thinking.  The way the author challenges the widely-held views of Bacon is both thought-provoking and intriguing.  Once I started reading this, I found myself understanding the concepts from entirely new points of view.  I cannot recommend this book enough to everyone.
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This really is incredible and life-changing.  I'm in my late 30's and have been struggling with weight gain since having two children over the past four years.  Somehow most of the weight collected in my tummy area and people would sometimes ask me if I was expecting.  When I tried dieting and exercising, there were minimal results.  I felt that perhaps I was one of those women who just get fat after having children and that I might be better off resigning myself to that fact than starving myself or doing insane amounts of exercise for little benefit.  Even doing low-carb diets wasn't that helpful and I was too miserable without the carbs.  I gave this a try and had pretty instantaneous results, even though I followed the diet only loosely.  I didn't make most of her recipes (I don't think they're very tasty, even the coco sauce), but I did at least constrain my ingredient list to conform with those in her recipes for the first three days.  I lost 3 pounds during the cleanse.  Then I started eating my regular foods for a few days because of special occasions and I gained a pound, but I lost more weight after I resumed eating based on her ingredient list.  I was thrilled to discover that I'm not sensitive to gluten and can in fact lose significant weight while eating carbs and even junk food!  I ended up losing 10 pounds in less than 2 months after discovering a couple of other sensitivies early on, to things I consumed every day and assumed were healthy.  I would probably lose even more weight if I followed the plan closely and started working out again, but I'm pretty happy with what I've lost so far without any real dieting (aside from eliminating the two things I was sensitive to) or any exercise whatsoever.  I've also been sleeping so much better!  I think the science behind this is totally unclear, and I find the author's tone a little annoying at points, but I'm a total believer and am recommending this book to everyone.
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For more than 20 years I felt helpless to control the food cravings from my "animal brain." It took me several days to finish this book and to completely banish the notion I had no control.  After years of therapy and tons of books, the cure was in recognizing that my human brain was the one that made the decision to act on the urges. When I felt that familiar craving to eat something I knew was harmful to me, I said to my animal brain, "I don't have to listen to you." And the feeling just faded away. The cravings that I thought I was helpless to resist just went away! It was a pivotal moment in my life.

No more fighting cravings.  No more feeling broken because I couldn't control those cravings.  No more muscle pain from sugar and wheat and no more weight gain from too many sweets.

Full disclosure:  This is not a one time bam-and-it's-gone-forever.  I had more cravings, but each was fainter and responded just as quickly to my "Not listening to you!"  Now, two weeks later, I just have to watch for those almost silent moments when I'm hungry and a cookie seems like the perfect answer.  It's easy to notice those moments now.  Before I would have eaten my third cookie before realizing I was responding to a craving.  I haven't had a dessert in over a week not because I am "controlling" my eating, but because I really don't want anything. I am not afraid to eat chocolate any more because it no longer triggers a craving for more.  I can eat it, but mostly don't care to.

I suspect this method may work on addictions like tobacco and alcohol and even drugs (if one isn't actually high when trying to be aware of the different brains.)  My brother quit smoking instantly with a very similar method.

In addition to making better food choices, I find that I am also making better financial choices.  I now ask who wants the item I'm thinking of buying--the animal brain who needs it or the higher brain who will make good use of it.

Come to think of it, I'm also making better choices with time management, but that may be the result of clearer thinking.  When I don't eat sugar and wheat, my brain thinks more clearly and my body has more energy!  I'm even exercising more.

This book completely changed my life and I will be forever grateful to Kathryn Hansen for putting the time and energy into documenting her experience.
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If you have had doubts or conflicting thoughts about your relationship, take a deep breathe, order this book and read it.  It will definitely change a lot of your thoughts to more real and concrete truths that will help you and your significant other reach the ultimate calm in relationships.  You will change for the better, and even if your significant other reads it or not, they will also change due to you reading this book.  Trust me, this author knows what he is talking about.  I wouldn't order any other book but this one.  It definitely changed my way of thinking and made me appreciate what i have, instead of what i want.
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This book fundamentally changed my view on bible study.
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Has changed my life in only a month... And continues to help me more each day. Sounds cliche but it's given me my life back. I would have thought something like this was just another crackpot idea by a quack... If it hadn't worked for me. I still am in disbelief. I think it resonated with me because I knew deep inside it was the truth. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't better overnight. It took several weeks and a lot of mental concentration as well as reading other Sarno book in addition to SteveO's book. Anyway, going from constant fear and pain from migraines, neck pain, tmj, low back pain, leg pain and foot pain for years to just about 85% of this gone... Just by changing my thought process, is for me a true miracle. I know a lot of people will be skeptics and try to say there is not much scientific evidence to Sarno's claims and they would be right. This held me up a lot in the beginning as well because I have always been a very scientifically-minded person. But I would say if you are in doubt read it anyway. Then listen to other success stories, increase your activity and try not to be afraid of the pain... And give it a month. If you aren't at least somewhat better by then I would be surprised.
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This book changed my view of how I think.  It made wonderful sense.  Our decision making is a lot more complex than I imagined, and rational decision making a lot harder than most of us probably believe.
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When I got this book, I had no idea who Vinnie Tortorich was.  I thought his book would be another fitness book with promises of quick results and unrealistic expectations.  It was not like that at all.  The book kept my interest from beginning to end.  It was well written and interesting to read.  I have been exercising my entire life, but could never get the results I wanted (both working out and with my weight).

This book opened my eyes and changed my way of thinking.  I grew up in the calories in/calories out mentality.  I never thought about what I was eating, because I believed that I could run or work it off in the gym.  It has only been a few weeks, but I am now on the NSNG lifestyle.  I feel great.

Thank you Vinnie for sharing you story and opening my eyes.  I wish someone would have given me this information sooner.
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The No S Diet is so simple you think "Why didn't I think of that?".  I feel such freedom from food now.  This is my 13th day of No S-ing & I love it.  This is it!!  For the first time ever--I plan to pack up all my weight loss books & put them in storage. I may even give them to the library. ( A lot of $$$ there, ya know) I don't need them anymore. I have never been willing to do this even when I was starting a new plan I hoped would work. I always hung on to them--just in case... But now I know I have found the final plan. It may not be fast (I don't know yet) but it will be lasting & liveable. I refuse to do another diet that I can't live with only to gain it all back plus some.
After reading this book, I can honestly say I am no longer in bondage to food or dieting.  IT FEELS GREAT TO BE FREE!!!!!!!!!!!!
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This book changed me life!!! This is an honest review and I receive nothing in return for it. The reason I say that is because I was skeptical before starting this diet if everyone was just being paid to say these great things, well I'm here to tell you that they aren't!

I'm finishing up the first 6 weeks tomorrow but I plan to eat like this for ever now thanks to my amazing results. I've lost 30 pounds, I feel SO much better, my anxiety has been greatly reduced and I no longer have a foggy mind. If I would have known how my life would change on this diet I would have done it long ago! We also purchased the cookbook and found some really yummy recipes in there. I can't recommend this book enough. If you are considering purchasing it please do, it will change your life! I truly believe this diet has given me my life back, I'm me again!!
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I bought this book purely because the Kindle edition was on sale one day. I joked with my husband about the odds of me turning into a vegetarian as I started to read the book - little knowing that 3 days later I would give up meat and dairy without any further thought.

I grew up on a farm and, although I love animals, I have always thought of them as food. I didn't make this decision for the animals - I did it for me. My cholesterol levels have been above the recommended level for years. This despite me being in my 20s, active, at my goal weight, and eating a balanced diet. The facts in the book made the link between saturated fats, cholesterol and heart disease impossible to ignore. I decided to make a change now rather than end up on medication in a few years time.

I had my cholesterol tested 3 months after leaving the meat and dairy behind. I wasn't expecting a big change, but was hoping for at least a slight drop. I was shocked when I got my results back. My LDL and Trig levels both dropped by just more than 30% with my overall cholesterol level now being in the normal range. The doctor even called it 'very good'. I am super happy with the results and now have the proof of why I chose this new way of eating.
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After reading a couple of chapters, I was a bit iffy and thought "no way!" But then as I continued, I couldn't stop reading. Definitely a different read, and most certainly has opened my mind much wider.
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I can't believe this actually worked. I'm only 42% of the way through the book and I've been smoke free for 4 days.  I'm going to continue to read it just so that I am fully set free and prepared for anything 22 years as a smoker was FAR too long and I'm not going back.  I liked that the book just made sense and suddenly smoking became the most illogical thing. I no longer cared anything about it.  I was able to take the principles and apply them to Biblical teachings as well and allowed a total mind transformation around smoking happen.
Just last night I hung out with a chain smoking buddy, I just watched her puff puff away and I wasn't even tempted in the slightest.  If anything, i was more encouraged to continue life as a non-smoker!
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Let me start by pointing out that I take claims like "life-changing" with a grain of salt. When I put this book on my Christmas wishlist, I figured it would contain some good advice and might help me out a bit, but I didn't actually expect it to be life-changing.

I'm stunned and thrilled to report I was completely wrong.

It's been a month since I devoured this book in two short sittings and after following its advice, I feel like my life has come into sharp focus after suffering in a fuzzy, confusing existence. I don't just have less stuff, but I treasure everything I own and my house has never been more effortless to keep clean. I'm no longer misplacing important things and I'm not overwhelmed by doing the dishes or the laundry. Anything having to do with upkeep feels like a piece of cake.

I feel better too. I've never been prone to anxiety, but what little I had, usually revolving around things I needed to get done, is now gone. It's easy to get things done on time and get them out of the way now that I'm living in a more productive environment. I feel serene in my space, even pampered. I love looking around my clean, spacious world and admiring my beautiful things, all of which now have breathing room in which to shine. I'm reading more, cooking more, and I'm taking up new hobbies.

I gave the book to my best friend as soon as I was done with it. The amount of stuff she's already purged from her space is mind-blowing. Even though she's only halfway done, she's already rediscovered and refined her sense of style (probably 80% of her excess stuff was clothing), and she has a visibly happier and more upbeat attitude. She says she has no idea how she managed to accumulate so much crap, but after taking on the Marie Kondo philosophy, she's vowed never again. And so have I.

I seriously can't recommend this book enough.