The Champagne Diet: Eat, Drink, and Celebrate Your Way to a Healthy Mind and Body!

I know you must be thinking "another diet book, how many of these can I read?" BUT this is NOT just another one of THOSE DIET Books. This is a book about self-esteem, lifestyle changes, and making yourself into the woman you ultimately want to become. This book doesn't promise you skinny, it promises healthy and isn't that so much better? Cara had been there. She's done all the fad diets and lost and gained just like the rest of us. She decided to tell us her journey in hopes that we could benefit from her trials. Get rid of self hate and start realizing how great you truly are. That's what this book can do!

Through out the book there are short inspirational quotes that get you hyped up to read what the rest of the chapter has to tell. I for one absolutely LOVE quotes so this is definitely MY CUP OF TEA! I just loved the way the author started many of the chapters with a personal story of her weight issues and then told the reader how she used The Champagne Diet to turn it all around. I was feeling inspired from page 1 all the way to page 120.

Now believe me when I tell you this is NOT a get skinny quick routine. This is a lifestyle change with the added reward of feeling good about yourself and wanting to keep making positive changes into not only your diet but also your life. Whether you need to lose weight or you just need a positive influence in your life at the moment, THIS BOOK is the one I would reccomend picking up. With only 120 pages you can read this in a short afternoon and keep coming back to it when you need a positive quote or two.

There was one thing that I didn't enjoy about this book. I kept thinking that I was going to hit the chapter that would give me ideas for meals or snacks. That chapter never came. The book does discuss what general foods to eat such as cut out low fat, high sodium weight loss meals. You should cook your meals and try to go as organic as possible for you. However, I am one that likes a visual of the changes to my diet so a short chapter on foods or sample meals would have been very helpful.

That being said, I have already made some of the changes this book recommends and I will continue to make some more. One of the best pieces of advice Cara gives her readers is this "Once you begin to shift your focus to the things that matter, the number on the scale will become less and less important" I just LOVED the fact that Cara focuses on healthy instead of skinny. That is so important in today's society. There is nothing wrong with being a women you enjoys food as long as you are a women who loves herself enough to stop when you know you've had enough.

I love champagne. It has been my drink of choice for years. I stumble upon this book looking for champagne flutes on amazon. I am so glad I clicked to get more information. It has truly changed how I view myself and other women. When I feel stressed, jealous or overwhelmed at work or home, I just read a quick page on Kindle for my phone. Reading Cara's confirmations encourage me to be my amazing self! She is fun, honest and writes from a very familiar place.

The cover is cute. The title is cute and the content is just cute. There is no depth and is so basic. I honestly thought I’d feel like I would have had some thought provoking moments, but I didn’t. I think it’s just because I’m in a happy place already and I don’t worry about my weight and never have. I worry about my health and not for being over or under weight. This book just didn’t apply to me, which makes me feel even better about myself, but then again I feel robbed! Lol. I want to feel something awe inspiring. I did however like the stats on the bubbly and the brain and heart ;) listen to the author’s pod cast before you buy this book. I think that will help you gauge on if you will like her books. I can’t stand the pod casts. I think she’s a beautiful individual, but I need more.

So far so good!!

This was the first book I read from Cara and I will definitely be picking up the others!! Love her tone, relatability, and advice. Though I live a decently healthy lifestyle, her points in this book have stuck in mind and I am incorporating more to healthy habits every day. Definitely recommend!!!

l love all of caras work. Highly recommend all of her books

typical book nothing special

This book is amazing! It really gave me a different way to look at dieting, my body and my self-esteem.

I have all of Cara's books - and this is one of my faves!

Love this book! I am not completely finished but the author is very relateable and her attitude is so easy to follow! love it!