I gave into "Skinny Bitch"

[SheThrowsDown]

I know that this book and the matching cookbook have been out for a while but I always said I would never read it. I would tell my friends that I hated that it had the b-word in the title (really hate that word!!) and that I didn't like that it seemed to be promoting veganism only as a way to lose weight.

Well, I take it all back! I was at the store today and they had the two of the books together as a gift set and I bought it. I never buy books new but they were right there and something in me said I needed to read them.

Anyways so I know there are threads around about the Skinny Bitch book but I still had to post this because I'm the last person who ever wanted to read it and I'm in love :)



Ps- this post is somewhat pointless.

[lolabunny23]

Isn't it such an amazing book?! I told myself I would never read it either because of the title as well, but I bought it a few nights ago and I am already done! Half way through I was in tears though because of what the people in the slaughterhouse did to the animals. Even though I already knew what went in in the slaughterhouse, it was just a little much for me. Enjoy it! I've recommended it to many of my friends. I hope they will take my word for it. :)

[paisleyjane]

I read it over two years ago. I had NO IDEA what it was... I just bought it 'cause it was on sale on Amazon and I'd heard some hype about it. (Although none of the hype mentioned it was a book about veganism!)

I suppose technically this book is what started me on vegetarianism in the first place. Chapters like "The Dead Rotting, Decomposing Flesh Diet" were a total reality-check.

I remember I was on my lunch break the day after I read that book and I gagged on a chicken sandwich. I threw it away after one bite and never touched meat again. When I got home from work I started reading about the unethical treatment of animals and learning as much as I could.

I actually like that it's promoted (uh, disguised?) as a health book. It takes unsuspecting people and introduces them to the horrors (truths) of animal agriculture and factory farming. They use the health angle to lure you in, but in cases like me (which I'm sure there are a lot of) it actually opens the door to ethical veg*nism.

[violet rose]

I love this book! It also got my roommate to go vegan, so that makes it even better!

[pinkwolf]

My sister gave me this book and it changed my life for the better. I haven't bought the cookbook but I plan to in the very near future. :rockon:

[Benilana]

I bought it (although embarrassed to ask for it at the bookstore) and I love it too. My sister-in-law has always teased me about being a vegetarian, saying she could never eat tofu or live without meat, etc. Then suddenly she went vegan and cited this book as the reason. After 22 years of being a vegetarian, how could I let a die-hard carnivore one-up me? I actually knew in my heart that I should go vegan but this book sealed the deal.

[jupiterinka]

Yup! This book changed me from omni to vegan just a few months ago. It really is powerful and opened my eyes. My husband likely thinks I'm silly since something I read in a book had such an influence on me, but there it is. I'd like more people to read it. I should buy a copy for my sister.

[AwardTour]

I'm a dude, and a while back one of my (also dude) friends highly recommended it to me. I didn't know anything about it, and after hearing the title and a brief summary from him I was like "uh, wtf?" But, I keep hearing it is a good book. I guess I'll have to check it out.

[GraciaKai]

I love love love the book! And all that goes with it. I had heard of the book for a few years I guess, and never really gave much thought about it. I had no idea what it was about. Well, this year I started a new fitness and diet plan to lose weight and get healthy. While I was scrolling through my "On Demand" for fitness routines, I saw one called "Skinny Bitch". Can I tell you I was on the floor after I was done. It kicked butt! So I promptly went on Amazon and bought the DVD's and book. Since then, I have been Vegan and I dragged my husband with me! And I have lost 45 pounds. Also, heres an FYI. My husband found an audio cd set of the book at our local library. And with it came the "Skinny Bitch in the Kitchen" book on a cd-rom. It opens as a PDF and I just saved it. So now I have all of the recipes too. (I know that may be stealing, Im sorry)

I dont know why Skinny Bitch is classified as a diet book though. That kinda makes me angry. And I also cried while reading the stories about the poor animals.

[GraciaKai]

I'm a dude, and a while back one of my (also dude) friends highly recommended it to me. I didn't know anything about it, and after hearing the title and a brief summary from him I was like "uh, wtf?" But, I keep hearing it is a good book. I guess I'll have to check it out.

They have plans to come out with "Skinny Bastard", I cant wait to get it for my husband.

[Strawberryp0cky]

I didn't really know what Skinny Bitch was about until I became vegan, then only heard that it was a pro-vegan book. Since I was already vegan, I didn't give a ****.

My sister became pregnant and I was trying to assemble a care package. The girl cares a lot about her appearance (she's not shallow, she just likes to look great all the time) and I was worried that she might do something like drink diet sodas and other preservative-laden bull**** while she was pregnant. I then remembered their pregnancy book, Skinny Bitch With A Bun In The Oven, and bought it for her right away. She read it and while she still eats fish, she gave up milk and ate much better. In her defense, she did know not to consume artificial sweeteners before I sent that to her :) She also watched Meet Your Meat and was horrified. A vegetarian in the making? We'll see.

[Speedoape]

Skinny Bastard came out 2 weeks ago. It's basically the same book re-worded to men. I read bitch. If you have you pretty much read bastard.
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[SheThrowsDown]

Okay so I finished reading the book in an unprecedented 3 hours lol. Loved it all the way to the end. Gotta tell you though, not really enjoying their cookbook that much. All the breakfast recipes except one have tofu, and I really can't stand tofu. Also many call for pre-packaged stuff, which I try to avoid :(

[Guinevere]

I was already vegan when I read skinny bitch but I still enjoyed reading it :)

[Virpukka]

The post should bring my book in the next week, I really hope that I get it soon.



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[Soy Italiana]

This book made an Atkins loving friend of mine into a vegan. Which is odd, because she would always laugh at veg*ns and say the usual "stupid things omnis would say." I'm happy for her.

[sarah345]

My roommate had the book, and I innocently picked it up one day when I was bored and read the whole thing in one sitting. And that was the end of meat for me! At first I thought it was a little sneaky and rude of them to turn us innocent serial dieters into vegans, but now I have to praise them!

[DNK]

I didn't like the recipes much either. Lot of prepared stuff, like you said. I try to stay away from that as much as possible, but it's probably good for introductory veg*ns specifically for that reason.

I, for one, don't have an issue with the title.

[Kita_Hawk]

They have plans to come out with "Skinny Bastard", I cant wait to get it for my husband.

hahaha!! Do they Really??? This is awesome. My roommate practically kills something on his way home after work... WOwza - maybe Ill get a copy *rolls eyes*

[JessEpiphany]

Grrrrr. I bought this book a couple months ago but just haven't read much of it... maybe the first chapter?
I will get around to it but I have 3 library books right now. Need to hurry up and get reading I suppose. lol

[TempestJo]

I bought the cookbook first, and was totally confused, so I ran back to the bookstore and bought Skinny Bitch. I love it! It made so much sense to me. I went vegan the very next day, and I'm doing great so far. When I started crying reading the meat section, that was it, I knew. If I can't even read about it, than I certainly should not be eating it. So here I am! I've tried a few of the recipies (I loved the Shepard's Pie) but I'm having trouble finding some of the ingredients, small town and all that. I also bought Skinny Bastard in the hopes that my husband will pick it up and read it...

[Virpukka]

When you live small places or countries where vegan stuff is sometimes hard to find internet vegan shops comes handy in there. I personally love Veganessentials witch have big selection different kind of stuff and now one person opened Finnish vegan internet shop what is good because the posting expenses are not so huge when I order from them. There are others too but you will find a way to get what you need after a while.

[SilverFlame819]

Recently I was talking to a guy in my area about vegetarianism. He was really excited and said, "Have you ever read 'Skinny Bitch'?!" I was like -- Uh, what? *lol* He told me it was a book I just HAD to read. I have to admit, I just haven't read it yet because it's really a turn-off to me to find books that have things like "The Dead Rotting, Decomposing Flesh Diet" as a chapter name. I think that while shocking and horrifying are great for, well, shocking and horrifying, that it's a scare tactic that I find ridiculous and do not really support. I think that illustrating facts helps us to make good decisions, and I don't really believe in radical tactics. (I get that it works great on some people, but I've never fallen for peer pressure in my life, and this just strikes me as a ridiculous way to convince people of things). I understand that I'm not really like the rest of the world, and that the majority of the lazy people in this world only make extreme changes in their lives when forced to, but I do well with honest facts and figures. If I agree with an idea, I'll change. If not, I won't. I don't need shock treatment, and I certainly don't need to be preached to.

I learned early in high school while doing congress and debates that when you throw people's actions in their faces, they're not likely to change, only to become defensive and angry, and stick more to their ways. A caring, educational point of view helps them feel open to what you're saying. It's the same way with any topic that's of interest these days... Abortion, weed, prayer in schools, puppy mills, whatever. So for the time being, I don't think I'll be buying the book. If there's something really amazing in the book, someone let me know.

I think what also frustrates me is that so many people think vegetarians and vegans are complete nutjobs because of this kind of thing. I've talked to so many people who comment on the fact that I'm down to earth and open. I don't break into, "You eat rotting corpses?!" or whatever it is they expect me to say. These shock tactics are what make us look crazy to the masses, and one of the main reasons why people shy away from the veg culture. And honestly, I haven't met a lot of vegans who have a smooth way of dealing with people who aren't vegan either. It's frustrating. (Really, I would love to talk to some vegans who are friendly about their veganism, because I'm interested, but I have only met a few in my life who were not in-your-face and angry-sounding when questioned about things, so even though I am quite a dominant person myself, I don't bother approaching many because of the impending backlash of holier-than-thou that I always seem to get).

I guess all I'm saying is... It would be really great if we could spread the word with kindness and information rather than the horror. I admit, the horror is real in this case, but I just wish there was a non-judgmental way of spreading the word.

:-\
Angela

[SilverFlame819]

I, for one, don't have an issue with the title.

I cuss like a sailor when not on language-restricted sites. So I would have bought the book in a heartbeat just for the title if I wasn't already aware of the contents that I was not happy with. Title = good.

[Virpukka]

I finally got it, damn the post was slowly! I'm already vegan and actually my goal is not to get skinny (even thought I have a lot weight what to lose) but what I read in amazon, where you could read part of that first chapter I found out that to me it would be good source of information. Not so much in animal rights or why to eat your vegetables but I have found so far a lot of good information of all that other crap what I use to put into my body and how it actually can keep up my depression and also my weight. Yes I have heard that aspartame is not good for you but after reading how harmful it really is to you I have found that I really need to do some major changes with my drinking habits, no light soda to me or other drinks with aspartame to me thank you.