Have you ever read a book that CHANGED your life(style)?

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  • MercenaryNoetic26
    MercenaryNoetic26 Posts: 2,747 Member
    I read "Why men love B**CHES". That's my bible. It helped me understand my man better and resulted in him pleasing me better and now we're married and seriously happy. NO joke, although, this is a very FUNNY book.

    I'm also a Game of Thrones fan and started reading all the books from "A Song of Ice & Fire" series. I'm on book 4. George RR Martin rocks. Those are FAT books you don't wanna put down, so I get fat when I'm reading them.

    I have the Kindle Fire on my wishlist! :happy:
  • jayb0ne
    jayb0ne Posts: 644 Member
    Conversations with God was pretty awesome. Whether or not you believe the premise, it still has some pretty good answers to some fundamental questions.

    Fiction novels that changed my life (as in I was never really the same after I'd read them):

    The Mars Trilogy - Kim Stanley Robinson
    The Peculiar Memories of Thomas Penman - Bruce Robinson
    When I Was Five I Killed Myself - Howard Buten
    Extension Du Domaine De la Lutte (Whatever) - can't remember the author's name now.
    His Dark Materials Trilogy - Philip Pullman
  • kate_n_pjs
    kate_n_pjs Posts: 86 Member
    I have to say, this all started when I read "Body for Life" by Bill Phillips. Some of the info is a little dated at this point, but it set me on the right path. I still recommend it to total newbies to fitness/weight loss.

    "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance" (by Robert Pirsig) also had quite an effect on me.

    As did "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" (Douglas Adams)

    "How to Win Friends and Influence People" (Dale Carnegie) is also very good, despite it's very self-helpy title that may put you off.

    I also really like Body For Life and have heard amazing things about Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance...I have it at home, but haven't started reading it.
  • EnufAlready
    EnufAlready Posts: 77 Member
    One of my books will change your life. Well, writing them changed mine anyway.

    I have four published.

    The first one is The Seven Day Mental Diet. It challenges you to stop thinking negatively and to stop negative thoughts from taking hold in your mind for a full 7 days. If you can do that, it will most definitely change your life. I interviewed people who told me how it had changed their lives but it took quite a few tries because it's not easy. After all, we are constantly inundated with negativity.

    The other one is Future Pull and it's a step by step guide to creating the life of your dreams and then using various tools to bring it into reality. It's like The Secret but with a how-to guide. For this one I also interview people around the world and added their inspirational stories to the book.

    "edited by Arewethereyet, MFP Moderator, to remove links to products"
  • jayb0ne
    jayb0ne Posts: 644 Member
    The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien

    This is a good book!
  • _GlaDOS_
    _GlaDOS_ Posts: 1,520 Member
    "Good Without God: What a Billion Nonreligious People Do Believe" – Greg M. Epstein
    "In Defense of Food" – Michael Pollan
    "The Unhealthy Truth" – Robyn O’Brien
  • EnufAlready
    EnufAlready Posts: 77 Member
    I love Body for Life. Especially the training program. I went from just working out halfheartedly to seeing major changes and feeling like I was actually making a difference.
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  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    Shakespeare's complete works, especially "King Lear".
  • LNEdiacos
    LNEdiacos Posts: 6 Member
    'French Women Don't Get Fat' by Mireille Guiliano

    They totally do.

    I'm sure there are lots who are, however;

    "The report by France's National Institute of Demographic Studies compared body mass indexes in western Europe and found French women had the lowest average body mass index, at 23.2."

    (http://m.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/apr/23/french-women-weight-slimmest?cat=world&type=article)
  • cheyenneandcosmo
    cheyenneandcosmo Posts: 25 Member
    The Bible

    Yeah..same for me!!! Great choice of book =)
  • StrongerJess
    StrongerJess Posts: 185 Member
    Wow I am loving your responses...even your jokes! I would love any other suggestions. I am book hungry and am loving the new convenience of a Kindle Fire.
  • JoyousRen
    JoyousRen Posts: 3,823 Member
    The Road Less Traveled by M. Scott Peck
    We read this for my freshman psych class. It was a little hard for me to get as a sheltered 17 year old but I've been meaning to read it again
  • Lizzy_Sunflower
    Lizzy_Sunflower Posts: 1,510 Member
    I am Hoping that the New Rules of Lifting for Women is about to change my life. Or at least my body



    *two week countdown*
  • EnufAlready
    EnufAlready Posts: 77 Member
    Oh sorry, I haven't turned my books into Kindle versions yet. Sorry.
  • treehugginpam
    treehugginpam Posts: 1,129 Member
    Like someone else mentioned, "In Defense of Food" by Michael Pollan. COMPLETELY changed the way I look at what I put in my mouth; it changed what I buy and what I eat.
  • SeaSiren1
    SeaSiren1 Posts: 242 Member
    Diet for a New America by John Robbins.

    Ditto.

    +2

    Very good book. I also like The China Study and Eat to Live
  • Toxictwist
    Toxictwist Posts: 274
    not fitness related: "The Rules" By Ellen Fein and Sherrie Schneider
    Seriously changed my way of going on dates/being back into the dating world, for the better :)
    It does mention fitness in it tho, just not fully based on fitness/working out
  • KaylaTie
    KaylaTie Posts: 63
    Zen habits: handbook for life :)
  • Jholt47
    Jholt47 Posts: 20
    Spike Diet by Russell Branjord
    I have it on my kindle!
  • WarriorMom2012
    WarriorMom2012 Posts: 621 Member
    I just finished reading the Walking Dead: Compendium One and I am definately starting a strenuous running routine. The fat people always get eaten first and my husband told me he doesn't have to be the fastest...just faster than me!
  • StrongerJess
    StrongerJess Posts: 185 Member
    Diet for a New America by John Robbins.

    I looked this one up on Amazon, and they say that his new book "Food Revolution" is basically a rewrite of "Diet for a New America" with newer information. I am going to try it out. Thanks! Keep them coming!
  • KaylaTie
    KaylaTie Posts: 63
    Conversations with God was pretty awesome. Whether or not you believe the premise, it still has some pretty good answers to some fundamental questions.

    I'm agnostic and I think this book series is bad *kitten*!
  • StrongerJess
    StrongerJess Posts: 185 Member
    Zen habits: handbook for life :)

    Ooh! I love his blog. Maybe I should check out his book. Thanks for the suggestion!!
  • MaraDiaz
    MaraDiaz Posts: 4,604 Member
    The gospels, even though I'm an atheist now, still have a huge influence on my life. The teachings against hypocrisy, against using people for my own ends rather than caring about their welfare as I care about my own, the admonitions against harboring ill will and hate, even in my inmost heart, the commandment to love even my enemies, to bless those that curse me, to wish good for those who mean to cause only evil, all have shaped who and what I am.

    I'm not saying this is a good thing, not in the world I live in, if anything, it's detrimental to survival, much less to thriving. Nevertheless, these are the words that have had the strongest influence on me in my lifetime. It's a pity so many so-called Christians have been less influenced by them.
  • sarah_ep
    sarah_ep Posts: 580 Member
    The Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell.
  • Football_N_Guns
    Football_N_Guns Posts: 297 Member
    Green Eggs and Ham
  • elizamc
    elizamc Posts: 285 Member
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  • plinke
    plinke Posts: 9 Member
    Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo

    Serioudly...I'm kidding by Ellen Degeneres

    The Janet Evanovich Series -:smile:
  • KaylaTie
    KaylaTie Posts: 63
    Zen habits: handbook for life :)

    Ooh! I love his blog. Maybe I should check out his book. Thanks for the suggestion!!

    YES-if you love the blog you'll love the book on your kindle. Great reference point!
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