Ten Commitments to Be Forever Fit

Machiel Kennedy, M.D.
Robert D. Reed Publishers (2005)
ISBN 1931741573
Reviewed by Debra Gaynor for Reader Views (12/06)

If you are looking for a fast weight loss book, keep looking.  This book is about more than losing weight.  It’s about a healthier you.  You have the power to take control of your health, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.  Dr. Kennedy suggests you take charge and be accountable to yourself for your health including your weight.  He suggests you make ten commitments to yourself.

Dr. Kennedy’s suggestions are to commit to: goal setting; motivation, physical fitness, mental fitness, accountability, life-enhancing and forever-fit environment, relaxation and fun, spiritual growth, and maintenance.  The advice offered in this book is common sense.  Unfortunately some of us do not practice common sense.

The goals we set for ourselves need to be positive, precise, personal, current and possible.  If we set these types of goals and stick with them we will be successful.  Many times we set goals that are unrealistic.  We doom ourselves to failure.

Some of the keys to this book mentions are journaling and coaching.  “All sports teams have a coach.  Why?  Accountability!”  Find yourself a coach, someone your will be accountable to.  Journaling helps you to be become more aware of your habits, where you eat, what you do when eating, and why you eat.

People are living longer.  We should begin now to take charge of our healthy.  Let’s face it most of us are struggling with our weight and don’t exercise enough.  We eat out of every reason we can think of rather than hunger. Dr. Kennedy has written a well thought out plan to help us achieve a healthier life.  The book is written simply and in an easy to read format.  The print is a nice size.  The cover states well what you will find inside.  I highly recommend “Ten Commitments to Be Forever Fit” to all adults and youth.  It’s never to early or late to start taking charge of your life.

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