cover image Finally Thin!: How I Lost Over 200 Pounds and Kept Them Off - And How You Can Too

Finally Thin!: How I Lost Over 200 Pounds and Kept Them Off - And How You Can Too

Kim Bensen. Broadway Books, $22.95 (270pp) ISBN 978-0-7679-2950-9

Bensen, Kim. Finally Thin!: 10 Steps to Making Your Diet Stick for Life. Broadway. Dec. 2008. c.288p. photogs. ISBN 978-0-7679-2950-9. $22.95. HEALTH~In 2001, businesswoman Bensen weighed 347 pounds; here, she shares how she dropped 14 dress sizes and kept it off. Cheerful and upbeat, she is the encouraging friend at readers' sides as they navigate the dizzying array of modern diets. The text boils down to a terrific summation of all the current options out there, with advice on choosing what will work best. There are also easy recipes from this self-described ""non-cook."" Excellent; in-the-trenches dieters will appreciate Bensen's war stories. (P.S. She's the founder of Kim's Light Bagels, found in grocery stores on the East Coast.).