Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection

by A. J. Jacobs | Biographies & Memoirs |
ISBN: 1416599088 Global Overview for this book
Registered by wingbooklady331wing of Cape Coral, Florida USA on 12/11/2014
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Journal Entry 1 by wingbooklady331wing from Cape Coral, Florida USA on Thursday, December 11, 2014
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Journal Entry 2 by wingbooklady331wing at Cape Coral, Florida USA on Monday, January 19, 2015

Released 9 yrs ago (1/19/2015 UTC) at Cape Coral, Florida USA

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Enjoy! Lending to my GALS friend

Journal Entry 3 by wingbooklady331wing at Cape Coral, Florida USA on Thursday, June 11, 2015
Back from my friend. Now for me to listen to it.

Journal Entry 4 by wingbooklady331wing at Cape Coral, Florida USA on Saturday, February 20, 2016
Magazine writer A.J. Jacobs calls it "experiential journalism." He takes on seemingly ridiculous, yet intriguing, challenges. He reads the entire Encyclopedia Britannica. He lives the Bible, even the apparently trivial parts, such as not shaving your face. He outsources his life to a team of personal assistants in India.

He learns along the way and shares his discoveries. It's fairly entertaining. Jacobs has an easy going and non-egotistical style. He works hard at his projects, preparing ahead, and doing research throughout.

In his latest undertaking, he attempts to become healthy. This is more difficult than it sounds. He plans to go from slightly overweight and out of shape to heroic fitness. And that's not all. He also intends to improve the condition of all of his body parts: skin, nose, hands, etc. All this in two years! It really is a bigger project and he rushed through areas of the study.

One of the first roadblocks he runs into is the sheer volume of information and theories on how to be fit. The second obstacle is that much of the information is contradictory. There is no agreed upon, guaranteed path to health. Even trusted experts don't agree with one another. In the end, I think everything is in moderation and balance.

But the main impediment to super health is self control. No surprise there. Jacobs manages to overcome the problem with a variety of methods.

He also finds inspiration in two examples in their nineties - his own grandfather who remained involved in community affairs long after his formal retirement, and fitness expert Jack La Lanne, who kept a busy professional schedule, spreading the word about healthy living, right to the end.

Reserved for my CD audio VBB

Journal Entry 5 by wingbooklady331wing at Cape Coral, Florida USA on Monday, April 11, 2016

Released 7 yrs ago (4/11/2016 UTC) at Cape Coral, Florida USA

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Enjoy! Off to rebekkila. Trust you enjoy the book.

Journal Entry 6 by rebekkila at Lansing, Michigan USA on Tuesday, April 19, 2016
I caught this from Booklady331"s virtual bookbox.It came with some fun page a day calandar pages.

Journal Entry 7 by rebekkila at Miami, Florida USA on Monday, October 4, 2021

Released 2 yrs ago (10/4/2021 UTC) at Miami, Florida USA

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this is going out in the audio bookbox.

Journal Entry 8 by wingAzukiwing at Miami, Florida USA on Wednesday, October 27, 2021
I have read a few of Jacobs' books, and they are quite enjoyable. I found two of his books in the box, and while I had read the other one already, this one is new to me.

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