The first "weight-loss" book that isn't about food or exercise.
Instead of calorie charts: joy. Instead of pressure: curiosity, small rituals, supportive relationships, and spaces that gently steer you. Weight Loss as a Side Effect shows how to shape a life that feels right-so lightness can follow, without a diet plan.
With a warm, practical voice, Lua Lies guides you through three parts: (1) switching your inner autopilot to joy, (2) celebrating the moment and defusing stress-hunger, (3) shaping your environment so good choices "just happen." You don't need willpower marathons-only small, kind steps that feel good and stick.
- Curiosity over rumination: micro-experiments that make change feel inviting.
- Flow over frustration: activities where food naturally loses the spotlight.
- Rituals & environment: small screws, big effects-without willpower theatrics.
- Mindful & human: tools for stress, sleep, and self-compassion.
- Emergency scripts: concrete steps for cravings, boredom, loneliness, or pressure.
Who is this for?
Anyone who's tired of dieting, longs for ease, and prefers to see weight loss as a side effect of a well-fitting life. For busy people, parents, 30-plus-anyone thinking, "I want to feel good again without twisting myself into knots."
What you'll take away:
More calm in your mind, kinder routines, an environment that carries you-and the experience that lightness grows when your life feels right.
About the author:
Lua Lies writes about joy, habits, and the art of making the good feel easy. Her work blends positive psychology, mindfulness, and everyday micro-rituals-without diet dogma or moralizing.
No diet. No pressure. With joy.
Start today-be kind to yourself. The rest can follow.
