“Hey Marilyn,

I have finished reading the e book in one day – such a great read – thank you!
Your book has helped me realise that it is not always about kilo in weight but it is the size. Your weight loss guidelines is so easy and something that will be able to adhere to long term.”

From Corinne…. NSW

That was so nice. I have her permission to post it on here. I always ask first before posting any comments and I don’t give out personal details unless instructed.
Thanks Corinne, it was nice of you to say these kind words and it is so true about nutrition too!

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When you have tried most if not all weight loss plans/programs/diets and have failed or they have been too difficult to stick to then give this a go. You will find it incredibly easy.
Marilyn xxx

I kept it as simple as possible so you are able to succeed. You will think it is a most normal way to eat when you begin. But you really must get the scrimping and measuring, weighing and counting out of your head. There is none of that.

I have manipulated the whole food and exercise thingy, based it on good food research and drained the best of this information to work out My Plan in a book which has humour and real experiences in it. There are some recipes in it which are sooo easy and delicious! Some of the recipes take about 6 minutes to make and the information you will gain about food will be invaluable.

If you’re considering losing weight, do yourself and your body a favour. Eat! Enjoy!
Marilyn xxx

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If you have been led to believe not eating carbs is going to help you shed those unwanted kilos/lbs, then you are sooooooo wrong. You need carbs and plenty of them. Complex carbohydrates are chocker block full of nutrients. There are vitamins and minerals in carbs which don’t come in fruit and vegetables so going without them is not doing your body any favours.

You would also have heard the kids talk about fruit and veg 2 and 5. 2 serves of fruit per day and 5 serves of veg.
I don’t believe that is enough. No wonder people go to bed hungry and they have behavioural problems when they diet…

Who gets cranky when they diet? I used to.

I hate that word diet..

Well, I manipulated a few things and came up with something so simple and it really works and it can be so fast depending on how you go about it…

I never wanted to have a book with a gorgeous young skinny model on the cover. Why? That’s cheating. I am a normal average person who had a weight problem but not any more. I feel wonderful and I know I never have to worry about food again. I put a pic of myself on the cover for all the world to see. I wanted everyone to know I’m honest about my book and honest about my Plan.

Me and Boo

Oh, and don’t expect to read a book which is so like all the other’s on the market. Weighing, measuring, counting, skimping, Blah!!!!
I wrote my book for you to be an enjoyable read with some humour in it. Not another one like it anywhere. So don’t be too serious with dieting, get Marilyn’s Plan and enjoy living again, and eating!

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It’s also great for kids to read too. No need to worry about them taking dieting into their own hands and worrying they could be at risk of Anorexia by not eating.

Team Teen, Team Tween, Team Teeny

If you have a fat pet then they too can be on the same Plan. Thier food is different than ours of course but the Principal of the Plan is the same. So don’t keep putting it off. Do it now whie you have the opportunity and while I still have stock!
Marilyn xxx

She agreed and said she could never bring herself to diet ever again after trying a couple of the big companies diets and failing badly. I won’t say which companies as it’s a bit unprofessional to speak ill of another competitor, but then they do follow my posts and website and copy a lot of my statements and ideas. Hhhmmmmm

There isn’t another book on weight loss in the world which is as much fun to read or as quirky or as effective and it makes me feel good to know I can help others with it. I don’t need to spend money trying to convince personalities to try my Plan. They eventually do it when they realise they can’t stick to the one they are on! My Plan is spreading around the globe like a slow rash and it’s working……

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Great for people and pets too!
Marilyn xxx

In recovery after CPR

I screamed to my hubby to come quick, there’s a little lizard in distress and it needs help! Hubby runs and gets his glasses so he can see but before he gets to where the lizard and I were, I had grabbed hold of the stick with the fluff on it and gently pulled it from his mouth. The stick was so very fine and it was in there quite a way. The poor little bugger still had some fluff hanging out of it’s mouth but only a tiny piece and so we tried to pull that off without much success so into the house I ran to get my good eyebrow tweezers to do it. By the time I got outside the lizard had dropped it’s little nose to the ground and I guess from exhaustion or it had ceased respirations. It went limp and it’s little legs were flat on the ground, so into action I went. I pushed it gently to see if it would move but it was still. Believe it or not I did CPR on it. I put my pointer finger on it’s back where I believe it’s lungs were and pressed ever so gently and rapidly. Then after 10 pumps, I blew onto the ground in front of it’s little head and the wind must have blown up it’s nose into it’s lungs. I did this a few times and blow me down if it didn’t lift it’s head up very slowly and begin wiggling it’s tail again but very slowly! I stopped the CPR and allowed the little fella to rest while I kept a watchful eye on it and within 5 minutes, it had begun to wriggle slowly and using it’s little legs which before were paralized. Hubby and I both stood there just staring at this poor little creature who had got into trouble and could possibly have died.

The stick with fluff on the end.

When it recovered and began walking normally again I got the trusty camera out and took a couple of pics to show. I think it was trying to get over the big log and into the garden so I gently picked it up with a dried gum leaf and put in into the garden where it was safe. We both went about our morning jobs and activities and that was it! Later I went to see if it had survived and sure enough it had moved from the spot where I left it so all must be good. What a relief.
I must have been in Life Saving mode today!

Into the safety of the garden.

I showered and dressed as we were expecting a family visit and just as I came out from the bathroom there was a knock on the door and someone yelling “Auntie come out quick there’s a man down on the road.” Into action I went again… yelling to hubby as I ran, Gary run quick! I ran to the end of my street and around the corner only to find a young man laying on the footpath in the sun with a beer mug (full) and a bottle of something he hadn’t opened. He was as drunk as a skunk! I was so angry.

My thought was to leave him there but I couldn’t so I asked him a few questions and then told him to get into the shade. He carried on and so I told him if he didn’t I would call the police. He moved really fast then. He leaned against a fence in the shade and that’s where we left him to sober up. Hubby checked him when he went that way to work and no news was good news. He must have been to the Shutzenfest or something. He didn’t have any money, just this booze. Idiot! There was a small crowd of concerned people there but when they saw he was drunk they went about their business. They were quite annoyed too. What an idiot he was putting himself in that position. He could have been mugged or bashed. Maybe I should have called the Police!

You can! I like to sit in front of the fire in winter and stuff myself with oranges. I would eat up to about 4 – 5 of them, and big juicy ones too. When we had an open fire, I would throw the peels into the fire and listen to them sizzle and crackle. Lovely! If you’re not used to eating more than one piece of fruit, then you are not doing yourself any favours. You know you need to eat fresh fruit and veg each and every day. It’s so good for you.

People who have bad breath usually eat a lot of processed foods and those who eat lots of fresh fruits and veg and very little processed foods have nice breath. When was the last time you were close to someone who had bad breath? Horrible? Yes, to say the least. Imagine what is happening to their insides. Imagine the damage being done by the additives in these products.

Additives don’t just pass through the body with no effects. There is documented evidence of the disastrous effects of additives in food. Cancers, Luekaemia, hromone problems in men and women as well as children. The body is not able to do well on a diet of processed foods. I will admit we do sometimes use something from a tin or a packet but these times are few and far between and the fresh fruit and veg we eat certainly makes up for it. The antioxidants are so powerful in fresh fruits and veg.

Do you ever wonder why so many children get cancer and other nasties? I would be inclined to say it is the additives and preservatives in the food they consume. We are stuffing ourselves with these things. How can we survive and live long and healthy lives when our bodies have to deal with this? I have been teaching my family and friends about the benfits of good eating. Simple, tasty food which gives our bodies nutrition and helps fight off disease and sickness.

Even the recipes in my book are made from simple ingredients. There are some gorgeous recipes in there and easy to make too.
Have a think about it and see if you agree with me. There are so many books about the danger of eating processed foods and preservatives and additives in those processed foods. I read one book which stated a certain brand of bread is full of chicken feathers. It’s used as a bulking agent. Do you want to eat that? Not me or my family. It’s not hard these days to find what is good and to give my family a good nourishing meal. Hubby and I enjoy feeding people and like to ensure they have plenty of good things to eat when they are hungry. No one goes without at our house!

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Team Teen, Team Tween, Team Teeny

These kids have at times been subjected to bullying but we have sorted it out really quickly. The kids on the teams are the most wonderful kids in the world and we cherish them and love ‘em to bits!

They have all been on Marilyn’s Plan for Weight Loss and some of them didn’t even know it! If they can do it, then so can you.

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Then, the other day I received an email from a lady who bought my book and she said she ‘felt like she was sitting right next to me when she read it.’ That was so nice.

I even have this on a T shirt.

When you create something for the benefit of others and someone says something nice about it, it’s normal to feel a little shy because you pour your heart and soul into the project, not thinking or imagining how other’s might percieve it but I was so chuffed. It was a lovely compliment. I must admit, I do like to put myself into the other person’s shoes and imagine how they will receive it. I like to teach and I thoroughly enjoy showing other’s ‘How To thingies.’ Pouring your heart and soul into a project is an extension of your personality and it shows the kind of person you are deep down.

I wonder if we can be categorised? Snide, smart aleck, empathetic. apathetic, sweet, determined. smart a..s, cynical, the list is endless. I’m afraid I’m not very good at being snide or smart alecky so I stick to honesty and integrity. It works for me. It also makes me feel my book is a good piece of work and worthy of all the advertising dollars I spend on it and the time I’ve spent talking about it. ( I could talk about it for hours)

No other book on weight loss can say that. For the most part, they are just full of scientific facts to convince you there is no other way but their way if you want to lose weight. My Plan is based on the science of food but I kept it all to myself and just wrote it for you to follow and to learn from. I love it and i’m proud of it.

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Marilyn xxx

I remember one night my sister and I climbed into my grandparents old car and slept there. The joy of going it rough was exhilarating. We were kids and it was wonderful. We teased our cousins with their inexperience of farms and farm animals. Laughing when they boasted of their prowess on the bare back of a horse and rolled around laughing when they fell off. Oh life was good. I aso remember all the women in the kitchen. Cooking, serving, cleaning and laughing so much we would go into the kitchen to see what all the ruckus was about. It was just my mum, grandma and aunties laughing together. Someone dropped the jelly, burnt the custard or forgot to cook something.

This memory had me in tears. Christmas now is about coming to someone’s home and sitting and being served. No offers of help, nothing. Hubby and I did it twice this year. Christmas eve and Christmas day. At the same time we were caring for a very sick little dog who ate something off the lawn and had a bowel infection. If she vomited I would be out of bed in a shot to hold her while she emptied her stomach. This would begin at 0330. If I didn’t hold her she would fall over and land in it. Lots of diarrhoea too so constantly washing her bottom, the floors, the rugs, the bath and wherever else she did it. We had no sleep! And now I have a bad case of dry itchy skin on my hands from cleaning. Bleeding too.

I had been wondering why we have been feeling so drained and so tired. I don’t suppose Christmas will ever be the same again. It’s lost. There was no joy! It was mostly about drinking and presents. Even on Christmas day I had to drive around Adelaide visiting and then picking people up for lunch. Then they sat there drinking. Not an offer… This is my time of the year when I have a half a glass of something alcoholic. It numbs my brain and I go about my serving duties with the mechanisation of a well trained monkey.

Kept losing my glass because all I did was run in and out of the house for things for the guests and to look after the dogs etc…I must have been in a state of total confusion. Trying so desperately to hold it together. What a miserable time. I feel so sad I could really just cry…. I feel as if the joy of Christmas has changed so much and it will never be the same. No wonder I am beginning to dislike Christmas. It doesn’t hold the same feeling for me anymore.

If ever I go to someone’s home I always do the dishes or at least help clean up. I know how hard it is for the host to get a big meal ready and then have to clean up after. Am I the only one who does this??? I would never treat my host as a servant.
I would think the amount of work I did over those couple of days would have killed a work horse. Hoping this next Christmas I can go away. I just don’t want to be here. Am definitely going to be working on it! Don’t get me wrong, I love all my family but I think I’ve just worn my self out and Christmas is now about being waited upon when you’re a guest.
I still don’t feel any better but there it is.
Hope yours was better.
Marilyn xxx

I also found out how to read others posts too. I went to a diet thingy and was reading all about diet books. OMGoodness. I’ve never read so much crap in my life. These things are filled with ‘amazing’ ‘Shocking’ ‘Discovery’ arghhhh…. it’s all too much. They all claim to know what is going on in your mind when you are overweight. Some of these diets border on dangerous to say the least. So restrictive too.
A brand new discovery to ensure you lose weight. You would think we were the dumbest of them all when it comes to knowing what to eat and I find them very condescending.

Alright, I also wrote a book on weight loss but I’m not going to tell you a lot of crap and fool you. I will say however that you have never tried my Plan before. We all know what constitutes good food and we all know why we shouldn’t eat too much fat, salt, sugar etc….we also know why we eat for comfort. COMFORT. That’s it. It doesn’t matter what anyone says. Losing weight successfully and knowing how to maintain it isn’t easy is it? It’s not! So many of these diets are so alike it’s unreal.

So why you might ask is my book any different? I will tell you. Mine is different from all of the other diets ever devised because you can actually put your overweight pets on it, that’s how different it is. They can lose weight too. And it works without much effort, if you call eating, without effort. I would call my book a quirky, down to earth weight loss Plan which works. So there, now you have it. I’m off now I’ve had my say.
As a self Publisher I’m excited to have it in bookstores too. I didn’t ask them. They came to me.
Marilyn xxx

Your pets don't have to go to bed hungry either.