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Dancers' Body Book |
Author: Allegra Kent
Published: 1984-03-21 |
List price: $14.00
Our price: $11.90
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 Please DO NOT read this book!!!
When I looked at this book at first, I thought it was the answer to my prayers. I'm a dancer, and I was looking for a way to get down to a better weight for dancing. This book looked like it would be really helpful. When I first read it, I thought it was helping me. Now I understand that it was doing the opposite. The book will make your body image fall to pieces, especially when you compare your weight to that of dancers that are your height (and underweight). Personally, when I read it, I felt fat and lazy and awful about myself. After reading the book my developing eating disorder became full-fledged, because of the importance this book places on being dangerously thin, and the starvation diet it recommends. I would advise everyone to NOT read this book, or if you must read it, realize that the diet within the book is unhealthy and dangerous.
 this book cuts to the chase
This book is quick and easy to read with a very relaxed and immediate style. Kent seems to have included her interviews with a wide range of American dancers almost word for word, so they read with an immediacy and directness that is refreshing. It is all in there - what works with weight loss, what doesn't and how hard it can be. A wonderful change from all the diet books that promise fabulous pain free results in 10 days! Some of the receipes are more useful than others, and yes, some dancers do seem to eat just lettuce and then dance for 5 hours! Ne're the less, one of the most inspiring but practical books on health and diet and exercise I have read. I really recommend it.
 Blah, Blah, Blah.
I found this book a little boring. Some interesting stuff but mainly just blah, blah, blah to me!
 Very accurate, a great tool for any dancer
I must say I had my doubts, but after reading this book, I am very pleased. The book provides effective guidelines for a dancer. As a dancer, eating disorders are unfortunately still an issue in ballet (maybe other dance too). This book, however, gives a safe plan to incorporate into life. I wish I had bought it when I was 10 yrs old! Of course it is geared more towards actual dancers, not just people who take dance classes a few times a week. But, I think most people will be able to use the guidelines and adjust things to fit their own lifestyles.
Outdated
This book is pretty outdated and was not written for those of us living in the 21st century. Some of it still applies, but I just find it to be something of the past. Why don't people just go to a nutritionist and follow their simple rules? For example, no white at night (e.g. breads, pastas, etc.) or that the biggest meal of the day should be breakfast or lunch. One can eat well and eat more filling foods and still stay lean and slender.
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