Think Slim - Be Slim: A New 21-day Plan for Mental Dieting That Can Give You Perfect Weight Control Forever Birkinshaw, Elsye

Before keto, before Noom, before every fitness influencer had a manifesto — there was this. Elsye Birkinshaw's 1970s approach to weight control wasn't about counting macros or cutting carbs. It was about reprogramming your brain. The premise: your relationship with food is mental before it's physical, and 21 days of focused "mental dieting" can reset the patterns that sabotage you. Think affirmations meet behavioral psychology, wrapped in that earnest self-help energy of the era. It's part time capsule, part curiosity — a glimpse at how diet culture talked to itself decades ago. Will it revolutionize your life? Probably not. Will it make you think differently about the mind-body-food triangle? Maybe. For vintage self-help collectors or anyone fascinated by the evolution of wellness culture. Sits at 3.67 on Goodreads with 3 ratings.