Peter Walsh, the throw-out-your-junk guy, has a book out on weight loss: Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat? He says he wrote it because he noticed that after helping people de-clutter their homes, they often lost weight, and we wanted to explore the connection between the two.Alright. Sensible enough. But I was in the Self Help section of the bookstore I work at, and I'm noticing a new trend... applying your Self Help Expertise to weight loss. The two books that struck me were:
The Four Day Win: End Your Diet War & Achieve Thinner Peace by Martha Beck"Breaking down the weight-loss marathon into 4-day intervals, Dr. Beck provides effective strategies for changing the behaviors that make us fat."
The Writing Diet: Write Yourself Right-Size by Julia Cameron"Cameron illuminates the relationship between creativity and eating to reveal a crucial equation: creativity can block overeating."
Martha Beck is a life organizer, and Julia Cameron has for years written books about freeing your creativity. Innnteresting. Are these 3 writers just trying to ride a trend--take the same basic advice from your other books, and give it a food twist? Will the Dog Whisperer write a diet book next? Money managers? Anyway, I'll try to follow up with some book reviews.
Side Note: Every time there's a new bestselling self help book, just watch out for the deluge of related books that follows. My favourite one these days is David Bach, who takes his advice from The Automatic Millionaire and applies it to every conceivable situation:
The Automatic Millionaire Workbook
The Automatic Millionaire Homeowner
Smart Women Finish Rich
Smart Couples Finish Rich
Start Late, Finish Rich
Finish Rich Workbook
--and his latest?-- Go Green, Live Rich
I'm still expecting: Live Rich, Die Thin, Smart Pets Finish Rich, and The Automatic Millionaire Cookbook.
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