Make Shift Happen: Change How You Look By Changing How You Think (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
This is a quick and easy read that is deceptive in its simplicity. Dwyer discusses the role of our perceptions and thought processes in making changes. He draws from several others, many of whom do not write about health or personal change, but organizational or societal changes. One of his points seems to be to be open to possibilities, and to lessons from various sources, even if they seem to be about another topic all together. And he also believes that no one is an expert on your health other than yourself. And it is up to each of us to figure out what works well, or poorly, for ourselves. I started eating Paleo and am reading different views on the lifestyle. Some start with a super strict 30 days as an elimination diet so you have a base to bring back foods one at a time to see for yourself how your body, mood or energy changes. It really is a lifestyle that encompasses healthy eating (paleo style) movement and especially sleep.This book encourages the paleo way of eating, but it feels more like a book on empowerment. Only YOU know you. Paleo encourages you to eat without ever counting calories. Sure, I started seeing some changes the first 30 days, but I really wanted dress size change, too. This method was to write down what you're eating for about two weeks without changing anything. Then start tweaking to fit YOUR body. By writing down your food, you can be mindful and refer back to it. Also, tweaking your OWN menu to find your fat loss threshold was mind expanding. It was a real DUH moment. Then you can tweak it back to maintain.I think I might have highlighted most of his book reading references because he made them sound so interesting. Dyson? Google? Tell me more. I love his take on starting your diet with the BETA model, then progressing to 2.0. Perfect analogy for the beginning of change that is a progression for YOU. I found myself giggling and reading passages out loud to my husband. I'm sure he had no idea I was reading a book about a diet. Very inspiring for me personally. It really resonated.
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This was an entertaining and informative book about the Paleolithic diet. I loved it.
—nicholedavis
Very informative and entertaining. Lots of excellent information.
—orient
