The Vice-Busting Diet by Julia Havey

TITLE: "The Vice-Busting Diet"
AUTHOR: Julia Havey
DIETY?: yes
IE?: no
MY RATING: 4****

This is a book about making small, continuous changes over a period of 12 weeks. Each week, you focus on busting just ONE diet “vice” ~ the common ones being soda, fast-food, and watching too much television ~ and then you build on that, in the following week, by adding another vice to bust.

So, in week 2, not only are you practicing avoiding sodas, but you are also working on busting your fast-food (or other unhealthy eating) vice. That means, you’re replacing your bad, unhealthy habit with a healthier action.

Of course, at the end of 12 weeks you aren’t “done” — this is about lifestyle changes, after all. But, the main “plan” is for those twelve weeks. That gets you started, and gives you a basis for continuing on.

I enjoyed this book, and think it’s very sensible. Where the author talked about busting your TV habit, I substituted a “sedentary” habit — I sit around WAY too much, and could stand to be more active, for sure!

Definitely recommended, especially if you’re frustrated about never being able to stick with something for very long. 

Rated: B+