Mini Habits for Weight Loss: Stop Dieting. Form New Habits. Change Your Lifestyle Without Suffering.: Volume 2

Great book with a strategy that really works. I had already read his first book but it was worth getting this one also as it helped consolidate the concept of minihabits in my head.Personally, I have found success with my first mini habit (putting my washing up gloves on after dinner & certainly before bed). My minihabit took 3 months to establish but now I always have a clean kitchen because putting on my gloves is the spark to clearing my kitchen. The point - this strategy works. My current mini habit - to do one star jump a day.I did find that I got a bit inpatient about getting to some actual examples of minihabits for weight loss/fitness. Up until that point I genuinely couldn't think of any. But when I got there, it was worth the wait.I however disagree with the author about 'partial completion is failure in mini habits'. For me, the only reason why the minihabits approach works is because I combine it with another strategy to help me 'fix' failure so it never feels like failure. If it had, I wouldn't have been able to continue for long enough to establish any consistency. My first minihabit (putting on my washing up gloves) doesn't get any more mini than that, yet in my first two months I hardly managed to tick three days in a row. But I continued because I give myself the opportunity to 'fix' any missed days. Every day I do complete my task, not only am I building consistency, but I'm also fixing some of the damage (neurologically speaking), so I tick 1/3rd of a missed day. That means that after three days, I can completely tick off a previously missed day. Since the book is about building neural pathways, I think my strategy is accurate with that model. Now, 3 months after my first minihabit, I'm so consistent that any previous missed days are being patched up and becoming negligible. Thought I'd share this extra strategy for anyone that, like me, struggles with self-discipline even to complete one single (truly mini) minihabit.

Excellent. I've been yo-yo dieting for over four decades! I already knew that if I dieted in the usual way, my body would fight hard to keep the weight on and then fight even harder to get my weight back to where it was before I started (plus a bit more just in preparation for the next famine). Constant failure hasn't done much for my self esteem either. However, I didn't know what else to do. I've tried most weight loss methods, including intuitive eating. I have a massive collection of diet books. Success has always been temporary. I think I've finally found my solution. The methods in this book are simple to understand and apply. A very gentle and kind approach to create small, easily achievable habits that will last a lifetime. No more running at it like a bull at a gate. Over and over and over ....

"Here's a list of foods to eat & avoid. Just kidding. Let's do something smarter" is a quote from the book and kinda sums it up very well. There's no list of foods to eat or eating plans, etc, etc - just some very good advice on achieving what you want out of life - including fat loss. It would enhance any book you have recommending a particular diet if you're into Vegan, Keto, etc and have hit a bit of a wall. Easy to read and you will learn something.

This is an excellent book! I was a big fan of Stephen Guise's first book, Mini Habits, and am prepared to add it to a sadly short list of self-help books I've read which have actually helped me! I liked his second book as well, How To Be An Imperfectionist, but I thought it was a bit twee, honestly - the cartoons, and the anecdotes seemed a bit off. In this book, though, he seems to have got the balance just right! The personal anecdotes are inspiring, the information is very interesting, and the book strikes just the right balance between information, entertainment and sound practical value. I really enjoyed this book, and can thoroughly recommend it.

Ive read this book a couple of times but this time it really made sense, ive had enough of extreme diets, ate some fruit the day i read that suggestion and have ate some everyday since and I NEVER ate fruit before, really quite surprised, picked another 2 mini habits from the list and so far so good, would def recommend to anyone sick of dieting.

I found the style a bit simplistic, I would have appreciated more about the science of weight loss. Its a good book to read to help to keep yourself on track though. The part about addition over subtraction made the most sense to me, I've been adding more and more healthy foods to my diet, and basically if you can be genuinely full & satisfied with healthy foods then its much easier to lessen the unhealthy foods that you don't want in your diet. Habit is powerful!

Not quiet finished this book yet.But after years of yo-yo dieting, I wanted to take a different approach. I searched the Internet and found this book. So far I'm finding it very interesting. I will be putting into practice some of the things it suggest. I have also brought another two copies for family members that I think will benefit from the information in the book. Definitely worth a read.

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