The Four-Day Win (Abridged): How to End Your Diet War and Achieve Thinner Peace Four Days at a Time Audiobook, by Martha Beck Play Audiobook Sample

The Four-Day Win (Abridged): How to End Your Diet War and Achieve Thinner Peace Four Days at a Time Audiobook

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Read By: Martha Beck Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 3.50 hours at 1.5x Speed 2.63 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: January 2007 Format: Abridged Audiobook ISBN: 9780743564168

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

5

Longest Chapter Length:

75:36 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

43:28 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

64:05 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

9

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Publisher Description

The Bestselling Author of Finding Your Own North Star

Reveals How to Change the Way You Eat, Four Days at a Time


Everyone knows how to lose weight: eat less, move more. But so many dieters who know what to do still don't do what they know. Why not? Because they don't understand the brain-body dynamics of weight loss. Now, cutting-edge research has revealed that millions of dieters following typical weight loss programs are actually programming themselves to get fatter.

In The Four-Day Win, Harvard-trained Oprah Magazine columnist Martha Beck, Ph.D., reverses this trend and teaches dieters to get lean from the brain outward. The Four-Day Win tells how to reverse the brain-body programming that makes you fat, so you can create a new, leaner and healthier body . . . for good. As empathetic and funny as she is informative, Martha Beck observes that:

  • Traditional dieting relies on the ability to go numb or to override physical and emotional feelings.


  • Overeating is a self-calming compulsion similar to OCD -- dieters turn to food (and lots of it) when they're deprived of comfort.


  • Overweight people can reverse the brain-body programming that is making them fat. Instead of attacking their bodies, they can learn to support them.


Dr. Beck helps you to think thin and end your compulsion to overeat, and includes a Jump-Start weight-loss program that will help you shed pounds in the best way, both psychologically and physically. An inspiring and enlightening challenge to everything you think you know about losing weight, The Four-Day Win provides you with an easy and fail-proof way to change your life.

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"I didn't make it all the way through this one, but it's something I'm glad that I bought. I can go back when I feel like I need a little reminder. This is a great book if you have emotional eating issues. "

— Laila (4 out of 5 stars)

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  • “The effect is life-changing.” 

    — Red magazine
  • “A delightful, funny and profound book on changing our emotional eating patterns. It promises to change the way you think about food forever.” 

    — Health & Fitness
  • “Beck’s likable voice becomes even more endearing as she unfolds her ideas intelligently and with reasonable optimism.” 

    — AudioFile

The Four-Day Win Listener Reviews

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  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Best book on the relationship we have with food! It take Geneen Roth's ideas (don't overeat), and has many brain exercises to help you shift the way you act around food. I highly recommend it. "

    — Lisa, 1/16/2014
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " More brain-science than diet-science but that's the way I like it. Besides, I've yet to read anything of Martha Beck's that I *didn't* like. "

    — Selena, 12/5/2013
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " My trainer recommended this to me. Good reminders in here. "

    — willo, 11/27/2013
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " I can't say this book has changed the way I eat, but that's on me and not the advice in this book. Just love Martha Beck! "

    — Laurie, 11/27/2013
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " Struggled with this one a bit... but had some good tools "

    — Kerstin, 11/19/2013
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " Martha's "four-day" principle is applicable to virtually any life change; highly recommended. "

    — Betsy, 11/10/2013
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " This is a really cool book. Although it's a diet book, it could really be used in other ways as well. "

    — Denise, 11/8/2013
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " This self help book extends beyond your relationship with food and can apply to so many other areas of your life. Truly powerful and well written. "

    — Jenive, 10/23/2013
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " I want to read this book when I am ready to do the activities. "

    — Ginette, 10/13/2013
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " This is a good book and helped me find a different idea to the stuggle to lose weight. I listened to the book on tape and now I'm reading it. I liked this book. "

    — Janet, 8/10/2013
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " Amazing, excellent book on changing your relationship with food. Martha Beck is pretty much a genius in all areas of life. :) "

    — Jamie, 6/3/2013
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " I love Martha Beck in general "

    — Margo, 1/25/2013
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " I love Martha Beck! If you haven't read "Finding Your Own North Star," do it! I'm just getting into this one, but it promises to be just as good. I'll check back.. "

    — Kimberly, 9/24/2012
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " I didn't make it all the way through this one, but it's something I'm glad that I bought. I can go back when I feel like I need a little reminder. This is a great book if you have emotional eating issues. "

    — Laila, 5/6/2012
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " Actually.... I didn't quite finish this one. It was good, but not enough to make me want to finish. "

    — April, 10/8/2011
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " She's the horse whisperer of food issues. "

    — Victoria, 11/13/2010
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " Amazing, excellent book on changing your relationship with food. Martha Beck is pretty much a genius in all areas of life. :) "

    — Jamie, 7/21/2010
  • Overall Performance: 2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5

    " Dear Martha Beck, would you PLEASE STOP trying so hard to be hip and funny? JESUS. Sincerely, Vicki "

    — Victoria, 11/16/2009
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " More brain-science than diet-science but that's the way I like it. Besides, I've yet to read anything of Martha Beck's that I *didn't* like. "

    — Selena, 6/19/2009
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " I want to read this book when I am ready to do the activities. "

    — Ginette, 3/19/2009
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " Martha's "four-day" principle is applicable to virtually any life change; highly recommended. "

    — Betsy, 2/7/2009
  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5

    " Once again, Martha has made sense and made me laugh doing it. "

    — Gloriavirtutisumbra, 9/17/2008
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " This is a good book and helped me find a different idea to the stuggle to lose weight. I listened to the book on tape and now I'm reading it. I liked this book. "

    — Janet, 4/29/2008
  • Overall Performance: 3 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 53 out of 5

    " My trainer recommended this to me. Good reminders in here. "

    — willo, 1/15/2008
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " This is a really cool book. Although it's a diet book, it could really be used in other ways as well. "

    — Denise, 1/1/2008
  • Overall Performance: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    " I love Martha Beck! If you haven't read "Finding Your Own North Star," do it! I'm just getting into this one, but it promises to be just as good. I'll check back.. "

    — Kimberly, 8/6/2007

About Martha Beck

Martha Beck is a writer and life coach who specializes in helping people design satisfying and meaningful life experiences. She holds a bachelor’s degree in East Asian Studies and a master’s degree and doctorate in sociology, all from Harvard. She is currently a monthly columnist for O, The Oprah Magazine and the author of the bestsellers Finding Your Own North Star: Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live and the memoir Expecting Adam. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona.