The Lazy Girl's Guide to Losing Weight and Getting Fit

By: A.J. Rochester

Narrated by: A.J. Rochester

A.J. Rochester has always been a lazy girl. She knows how hard it is to lose weight and exercise, and keep inspired about it to boot, especially when she'd much rather curl up with some chippies and watch Carson on Queer Eye.

After losing a staggering forty-five kilos, and writing about it in her bestseller, Confessions of a Reformed Dieter, hundreds of desperate women wanted to know how she did it. Forget Dr Phil, the clothesline and Atkins - this is an easy, fun and effective guide for any lazy girl who needs to lose weight and get results that last.

The Lazy Girl's Guide to Losing Weight and Getting Fit is a simple, step-by-step program and details the nuts and bolts of how A.J. lost weight and has helped over 200 clients through her 5 Kilo Club at Fernbank Fitness Centre. There's no starvation, no low carb torture, and no weights and measures - A.J. focuses on achievable goals, having fun and loving yourself while you make the biggest changes in your life.

©2005 AJ Rochester. (P)2007 Bolinda Publishing

Critic reviews

"Reading the book feels like you are having a down-to-earth chat with your sister, your mother, your best friend, someone who is willing to tell it like it is, but sympathise with you at the same time." (The Canberra Times)

"The author's speaking style is sincere and affirming. Her tone conveys the message that she is a confident and balanced winner rather than someone struggling with recovery." (AudioFile Magazine)

Extremely Helpful

This book has helped me so much on my own quest to get healthy. It is full of common sense advice about ways to set yourself up for success and to accept the bumps along the way. The author concentrates on nutrition, exercise and emotional health. Some of her story is included, and even though my eating has never been as disordered as hers was, I find her message of "I did it and so can you" to be always encouraging.
Non-Aussies are going to have to make the effort to translate some food names and traditions to your local versions (if you don't know what pluto pups, hot chips and jelly snakes are, just google 'em!), but the basic advice holds true.
My current favorite nugget: there is no "on track" or "off track" with a fitness/weight-loss journey. There is no track; there is only life and how you deal with it. The "track" is a mythical ideal of goodness and perfection that your diet-battered self does not need to be messing with. Amen.

not me

this is just not my kind of book

great

Love it definitely worth reading
lots of helpful hints, recipe and real life advice...refer to it regularly

Full of Awesome info

This book is so good. AND interesting. The author makes you want to succeed. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants to make healthier choices and wiser decisions in their eating habits. Not just for those who want to loose a lot of weight.

If you have a lot to lose

I liked this book but it was not really for me. I only have about 15 lbs to lose and this is more for the ladies with 50 plus lbs to lose and I think in those cases it would be a lot more helpful. I already do a lot of the things she suggest so...Not too helpful. But having said that I did lose about 30 lbs using those same techniques so it is worth a read.

Excellent!

Yes, yes, I've heard it all before. All the tips are no secret, but the way she explained them that makes all the difference. The way she elaborated each tips makes it easier to accept and understand. It's important to understand losing weight because unless you do, you'd gained all of the weight back. This is also a very good audio to listen to if you fall off the bandwagon. What could be easier than to just listen to her motivations and tips in order to renew your resolution?

not really for lazy girls but it is helpful

I like her australien way of putting things. She is blunt and honest and makes you feel ok about falling off the wagon AND she shows you ways to get back on it.

Good!

I'm only a little way through the book, but i'm liking what i'm hearing. Would be great for people that really have no idea how to curb their unhealthy eating habits (as AJ did when first starting her weight loss).

I was relieved (and found it refreshing) that the narration was by an Australian, as sometimes I find heavily American accented books irritating. I'm Australian if you haven't guessed.

I look forward to meeting the new me as I take on board some of the suggestions from the book!

Unsatisfying

While AJ is fun to listen to, I really didn't find much here new or inspiring. She did a good job of making the story fun to listen to, but lots of the language is very Australia-centric. If you don't know what Veggie Mite is you'll be lost when she starts talking about actual food.
I did like what she had to say about working with a psychologist / psychiatrist to get to what caused her to over eat. She treated it with a sense of humor in a refreshing way and I wanted to hear more. If she teamed up with a professional psychologist to have a go at writing another book I think she could probably create something really inspiring that would motivate people to get to the bottom of what causes them to ignore reason and over eat. I didn't find that here, though.

same ol' thing

I found the info in the book to be the same old, but true information. Eat healthy and exercise nothing "lazy" about it if you want it to work you have to do the work. I also found the reference to Pluto Pups and TimTams over and over slightly annoying