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Dedication
For Tony Robbins and Dr. Wayne Dyer, with much love and appreciation.
It is because of your work that this book exists.
And for all the truth-speakers and seekers who have made the world a better place while dramatically influencing our lives: We thank you and honor all that you have done and continue to do in the name of what is right.
Namast.
Acknowledgments
It is with the utmost gratitude that we thank Lyssie Lakatos, Tammy Lakatos-Shames, Talia Cohen, Laura Dail, Jennifer Kasius, Maria Taffera Lewis, Nancy Armstrong, and Greg Jones for bringing this book to life. We acknowledge the keen eyes of Meri Freedman and Dr. Amy Joy Lanou, and heartfelt thanks to our dream-team: Jon Anderson, Craig Herman, Seta Zink, Peter Costanzo, and everyone at Perseus Books, Running Press and Creative Artists Agency for leading us above and beyond.
For your kind and patient help, we sincerely thank Chloe Jo Berman, James Costa, Matt Green, Bruce Friedrich, Holly Sternberg, Mark Gold, Kristina Johnson, Sara Chenoweth, Harold Brown, Ryan Zinn, Michele Simon, Talia Berman, Danielle Simon, Wayne Pacelle, Jay and Wendy Baxter, and Shaun Zaken. We are honored by the generous contributions of C. David Coates, Christine Hoza Farlow, D.C., and Tim VanOrden and cannot thank you enough.
Rory:
Kim, my partner in crime, I cannot imagine the existence Id be leading if we never met. Thank you for changing the course of my life and enlightening me with your glow. You had me at hello.
It is with true adoration that I thank Tracy Silverman, who started me on this path, Lauren Silverman, who inspired me to commit to it more fully, Jesse Hildebrandt, for enabling me to do so, and my magical friends who made the journey by my side: Sue Foley, Todd and Lisa Adamek, Nora Ariffin, Emily Ashba, Dave Feeney, Fara Horowitz, Jill Iacuzzo, Jessica Jonas, Margaret Klinger, Denise Kunisch, Lisa Leder, Chris Lucia, Julie Lundberg, Kerri Meyers, Lori Morgen, Luke Orefice, Michelle Pappas, Andrea Pendas, Brian and MC Permenter, Jackie Poper, Randie Rolantz, Christine Santoro, Kim Snowden, Nora Stein, Louie and Christine Tibolla, Susan Weinberg, and all my PR pals who are too numerous to name.
To my grandmothers, Florence Freedman and Frances Levine, thank you for your inexhaustible supplies of love and faith. For your endless enthusiasm and loving encouragement, I thank my sister and brother-in-law, Lesley and Tim Bailey. Most of all, my parents, Rick and Meri Freedmanit is with an overflowing heart that I thank you for a lifetime of your unwavering support and love.
Kim:
My amazing friend and business partner, Rory, without you none of this would be happening. I thank God every day that we met and shared the same dream. We leapt and the net appeared. Thank you for leaping with me.
Keesha Whitehurst Frederickson, I am so glad you are a part of my life. Thank you for all the laughter and love, and for being so special.
To all my other friends who honor me with their day-to-day presence, I thank you.
A million thanks to my wonderful parents, Richard and Linda Robinson, who believed in me and cheered me on through the hard times and the good times.
To Jeri, Chrissy, Amanda, Melissa, Alex, and Elliot: I love you!
And last but not least, my love: my husband, Stephane. There are not enough words in any language to express my love for you. I am so grateful for your never-ending patience, constant faith, pure love, and undying support.
I feel so blessed to be traveling through this life with you.
Je Taime.
Introduction
Are you sick and tired of being fat? Good. If you cant take one more day of self-loathing, youre ready to get skinny. You dont need a degree in biology to get skinny. You dont need to starve yourself to get skinny. You dont need to spend all day at the gym to get skinny. You just need to smarten up and use your head. Really. It is that simple. We have been so brainwashed by fad diets, magazine articles, and advertising that we have forgotten how to think for ourselves.
Skinny Bitch delivers the truth about food, so that you can make intelligent and educated decisions for yourself. This knowledge will empower you to become a skinny bitch.
This is not a diet. This is a way of life. A way to enjoy food. A way to feel healthy, clean, energized and pure. Its time to reclaim your mind and body. Its time to strut your skinny ass down the street like youre in an episode of Charlies Angels with some really cool song playing in the background. Its time to prance around in a thong like you rule the world. Its time to get skinny.
Chapter 1
Give It Up
Okay. Use your head. You need to get healthy if you want to get skinny. The first thing you need to do is give up your gross vices. Dont act surprised! You cannot keep eating the same shit and expect to get skinny. Or smoke. So dont even try some pathetic excuse like, But if I quit smoking, Ill gain weight. No one wants to hear it. Cigarettes are for losers. They are so 1989 and totally uncool. Not only do they screw up your whole body chemistry, but they also kill your taste buds. Its no wonder you eat shit and garbage. Smokings out. Give it up.
Of course its easier to socialize after youve had a few drinks. But being a fat pig will hinder you, sober or drunk. And habitual drinking equals fat-pig syndrome. Beer is for frat boys, not skinny bitches. It makes you fat, bloated, and farty. Why do you think when kids go away to college they gain the freshman fifteen? Beer, duh. Alcohol isnt any better. It raises the level of hydrochloric acid in your stomach, wreaking havoc on the digestive process. If you suffer from poor digestion, then your food will not pass through your body properly. Hence, bloated fat-pig syndrome. To make matters worse, some alcohol (and non-organic wines) still contains urethane, a cancer-causing chemical. To boot, both beer and alcohol jack up your blood-sugar levels, which is bad for your bod. And dont kid yourself: When you have a hangover, youre bound to eat shit all day long. Trade your booze for organic red wine produced without sulfites. (Sulfites are additivesused in food and wineto extend shelf life and fight bacteria growth. Asthma and allergic reactions can be triggered by sulfites. Even if wine is organic, that doesnt mean it is produced without sulfites. Read the label; it should say No Sulfites Added or NSA. Frey Vineyards makes organic, sulfite-free wines.) This magical elixirorganic red wine with NSAis rich in cancer-fighting antioxidants, can reduce risk of stroke, helps thin the blood, and has flavonoids, which lower cholesterol. Yes, organic red wine is good for you. No, you should not drink a bottle by yourself every day. Alcohol abuse can cause infertility, cancer, infectious diseases, cardiovascular disease, shrinking of the cerebral cortex, and alter brain-cell function. If you need help quitting drinking, call the Alcoholics Anonymous World Headquarters at (212) 870-3400 to find an AA meeting near you, or visit www.alcoholics-anonymous.org.
Brace yourselves, girls: Soda is liquid Satan. It is the devil. It is garbage. There is nothing in soda that should be put into your body. For starters, sodas high levels of phosphorous can increase calcium loss from the body, as can its sodium and caffeine. [Cousens,
