Strong Women Stay Slim: Shed Fat Forever with the Extraordinary Power of Strength Training!

I'm an out-of-condition, fiftyish female who does not want HRT but needs to do something to maintain bone density, strength, etc. I got this book after reading Jane Brody's positive discussion of it in the New York Times a few years ago. I've been doing the exercises for about a month now and am beginning to see the results predicted by the author. I feel more active, grocery bags are easier to carry, and I'm seeing definition in my arms and legs.The program may seem too basic for some people (as several earlier reviewers have said), but for me that's one of its good points. It's not designed to be fancy, but to be non-intimidating to people who equate strength training with going to the gym and getting buff on exercise machines. These exercises can be done at home, with a minimum of equipment and a maximum of reassurance by the authors. With any exercise program, the big problem is getting people to commit. If a simple program make it easier to do this than fancier, more challenging programs, then go with the simple. Nothing says you can't go beyond the basics when you get comfortable with them and the authors suggest how to do this.

Loved the research behind this book. Most diets/exercise programs are just fluff. These are based on real research. The exercises shown are simple to begin and show ways to make them harder as one gets better. Like the trade paperback format. Very helpful to women over the age of fifty. Like the message of small changes can lead to big results.

tHIS BOOK IS HELPING ME GET IN SHAPE TO GO KAYAKING. I AM 73 AND I AM IN BETTER SHAPE THAN EVER BEFORE. iT WAS TOUGH GETTING STARTED BUT THE BOOK SHOWED HOW TO DO IT GRADUALLY WITHOUT INJURY.

Easy read and makes sense. Haven't lost any weight even though I am overweight but like the upper arm strengthening exercises for flexibility and will continue to do them a few times a week.

This is a good book, the diet is easy to follow, and the exercises are helping too. I have already lost a few pounds, and would recommend it as a safe way to lose weight.

I have not finished this book but I do like what I have read.

it okay book and few pick ups I use and mostly I don't pick out menu and etc. I learn something from that book too.

Easy to read, packed with useful information. Motivating for real change using exercise and sensible eating. Unusual in its approach for very overweight people, setting realistic goals and understanding the barriers they face. Someone out there understands!