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Just in time for the New Year, when Resolutions often include getting finances in order, Ellie Kay delivers an easy to use solution in The Debt Diet. Unlike other financial plans that use high language, patented expensive products, and such, Ms. Kay gives us solid suggestions using diet analogies and exercises.
With chapters like:
In Section one THINKING THIN
Chapter one: The Debt Diet: Do you Have a Mild, Moderate or Mongo Weight Problem? (Fiscal Fitness Workout – Top Ten Money Moves quiz.
Chapter two: A Long Line Of Spenders: Why Do You Do That Thing You Do?
(Fiscal Fitness Workout - “Are You Better Off or Worse Than Your Parents.)
(Two more chapters in this section)
Section Two: Fiscal Fitness
Chapter Five: The Celebrity Diet: How To Become A Millionaire Fiscal Fitness Workout – The “Sharing” Challenge.
Chapter Seven: The Sixty Minute Money Workout: A Guide to Fight Free Zone for Couples.
(Fiscal Fitness Workout – The One-Hour Money Workout.)
Section Three: FOREVER FREE
Chapter Nine: The Personal Trainer Gets Personal: Getting the Right Kind of Help When You Need It
(Fiscal Fitness Workout: “Do I Need A Financial Advisor? Quiz)
Chapter Ten: Raising Fiscally Fit Kids: Ten Things Your Child Should Know About Money.
(Fiscal Fitness Workout – Fiscal Report Card)
Chapter Eleven: College Crunches: How To Help Your Kids & Still Keep Your Future
(Fiscal Fitness Workout – Surf Your Way to College Savings)
There are twelve chapters in all and each one has a Lesson and a practical application to help us get our finances once and for all in shape. And, keep it in shape! No packing the debt pounds once we’ve shed them! She gives us ways to keep our finances slim and trim.
If you’re tired of being in Debt, weary of failed attempts to get out, want to give more to those around you – family, church, whoever, get this book. No matter where you are in your life, starting out, mid-life, empty-nesters, retirement – The Debt Diet can help.
Reviewed by Linda Mae Baldwin
for The Road to Romance
December 3, 2004
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