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Women & The Weight Loss Tamasha (2011)

by Rujuta Diwekar(Favorite Author)

3.89 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

9380658338 (ISBN13: 9789380658339)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Westland ltd

review 1: One line for the book: This book doesn't just impart knowledge, it creates awareness!About the book: Is there a woman on earth who doesn't want to have a toned body? But why is it that most of us do not make much progress? Rujuta busts our myths and misconceptions, and throws light on what exactly we need to do.What I love about the book: By emphasizing on eating right and working out regularly, Rujuta sends a great message: “Looking after themselves is the best thing women can do to themselves and their families”. Very often, women put the needs of their families before their own needs. The book is an eye-opener for all such women who have buried their body’s needs, likes and dislikes while trying to be a super-Mom.What I did not like about the book: Absolutely noth... moreing.What I learned from the book:1. Looking after yourself is the best and the most important thing in your life.2. Quite often we take it for granted that pain is a part of a woman’s life. But, the book explains how all the phases of a women’s life: from puberty to pregnancy to menopause, transition smoothly if you eat right and exercise regularly.3. “Doing it all” is just a myth created only to trap women. If you buy into the idea of managing everything on your own, you are digging your own grave.
review 2: If you're someone who believes in fad diets, no carbs, counting calories every second and going crazy about your waist line that refuses to budge, then this book isn't for you. Or maybe it is. But in either case, you should give logic a chance and read it through at least once. Rujuta Diwekar writes candidly and in the process busts a great many myths that most of us have accepted as the word of God. Unfortunately what we don't realize is God speaks to us through intuition and good sense, not radical and impulsive moves to bust those inches. At every point in the book, Diwekar reminds us of our roots, taking us back to the basics, the very fundamentals that we have grown up with and yet seem to have conveniently forgotten along the way. Weaving her words about food, hormones, sleep and exercise with basic common sense, logic, rationality and wit, she reminds you about giving yourself the importance you deserve, treating your body with respect and living a wholesome life in every way. As a Mumbaikar, I loved her bindaas use of Mumbaiyya bhasha. It was refreshing and cast aside a lot of the jargon that I've come across in similar books. Probably women from other parts of India wouldn't be able to relate to the language as much as a Mumbaikar would, but the message is universal for women everywhere. We are strong, we are beautiful and we are courageous. Even though we've forgotten all of this and managed to drown ourselves in the service of everything else and everybody else, it's time to shake ourselves and pull ourselves out of the quagmire. Our bodies deserve it. Our minds deserve it. Our souls deserve it. I'd recommend this book to women everywhere and to parents everywhere. We deserve it. less

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