recently finished two of this author's eBooks: Breaking Bad, Overstanding Behavior from an Abusive Father, Breaking Point 1, and Understanding Manifestation, Create a Vision and Hold on Tight, Overstanding Book 1. The author, Jason Criddle, is a product of mixed race and broken home. His father, a black man, severely beat him when he was young, and when Jason was nine-years-of-age his father left him and his white mother to their own devices.
I was impressed with this author's writing style as well as his forthright openness about his childhood and the insights into his eventual success. Consequently, I just had to read this book too. But the primary reason I looked for this weight loss reading in particular is the personal journey that I've experienced with obesity.
I was a slender youth, an active athlete in high school, and well-muscled - "lean and mean" while in the Marine Corps. However, about fifteen years ago I came to the realization that I'd gained from 3 to 5 lbs. annually for the past twenty-five years. When I was in the Corps I weighed 185 lbs. Since then, the high-water mark for me was 308 lbs. I felt terrible, it hurt to sit with that large belly in the way, and each of my joints ached when I walked. So, I've been searching for diets to bring me back to my optimum weight.
Slim Fast and other supplements didn't help. Atkins, liquid, and a number of other diets didn't help. I've read a few books that have helped to some degree... books about quinoa, healthy slushies, juicing, paleo-diet, even hypnosis, and self-affirmations, all have helped. But I needed to find something that was all-encompassing, something that would touch all aspects of life. I found it in Breaking Through. Our author has presented us with a change in living, a change in life, and a new method of thinking. It's not just diet and, in fact, this is not a diet book. It's about keeping active, eating smart at correct intervals, and thinking positively.
I'm proud to say that I've lost 21 pounds, down to 287, about a pound or two over each of the past three months. That is in fact the best way to lose weight - slowly, but consistently. If you tend to gain weight over the holidays and need to start a healthier lifestyle this, of course, isn't the answer to everything, but it's certainly a start and it's an inspiring read!
The reviewer has authored two historical, World War II, non-fiction books under the pen name of Chris Gregory. Buckshot Pie is available in hardcover or paperback at Amazon. Also Dismounted Liberty, of the creative non-fiction genre, is available in Kindle Edition on Amazon, both at http://www.amazon.com/Chris-Gregory/e/B00FYXT8BA/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1
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