This book was filled with interesting and slightly depressing facts regarding weight loss. Basically, diets don't work. You can take the weight off for a period of time but there is a high chance you will gain it back plus more. She encourages you to get your leanest genetically pre-set weight (she never tells you how to calculate this) by exercising regularly for health (because exercising doesn't necessarily help with weight loss). She also provides tricks to eat less because actively dieting causes stress which causes weight gain. Some of her tricks include eating on smaller plates, eating a salad first, changing your driving routine so you don't pass the bakery, and avoiding break rooms with cake and donuts because your willpower is finite and you will cave the 10th time you see the goody.