About
I'm a former sugar-and-carbs-addicted journalist and author of I Blew My Diet! Now What? The Easy, Proven 21-Day Plan to Drop Pounds & Bounce Back Boldly (May 20, 2025). My previous two books were Sugar Shock! How Sweets and Simple Carbs Can Derail Your Life–And How You Can Get Back on Track (Berkley Books, 2007) and Beyond Sugar Shock: The 6-Week Plan to Break Free of Your Sugar Addiction & Get Slimmer, Sexier & Sweeter (Hay House, 2012). My interest in writing about health and wellness subjects began when I had my own issues with sugar and ultra-processed carbs. I'm also a health coach, DreamBuilder coach, life coach, EFT practitioner, and founder of the Bounce Back Boldly Bootcamp. To learn my upcoming book, go to www.readiblewmydiet.com
Featured Work
I Blew My Diet! Now What? The Easy, Proven 21-Day Plan to Drop Pounds & Bounce Back Boldly
Former carbs-addicted journalist and bestselling author Connie Bennett (Sugar Shock! and Beyond Sugar Shock) knows firsthand how quickly we can "lose" our willpower. After eating wholesome, sugar-free, gluten-free foods for more than a decade, she blew her diet big-time and packed on 21 pounds after a heartbreaking year helplessly watching her mother succumb to cancer. Connie felt ashamed. But hitting rock bottom made the intrepid journalist determined to discover: Why do millions of people overeat junk foods? What events, conditions, or emotions trigger mindless bingeing? How can people shed unhealthy excess weight while you heal your heart, claim calm, and shed their shame? I Blew My Diet! Now What? is the result of Connie’s seven-year quest for answers. This engaging, eye-opening book guides readers to discover 21 Reasons they ate badly; implement research-backed FEASTS (Fast, Easy, Awesome, Simple, Tested Strategies) to take back their power; create nutritious, delicious, blood-sugar-balanced, modified ketogenic (KetoMod) meals or snacks; boost oxytocin (the feel-good hormone) with Connie’s fun, science-based Hum-Hug-Rock Relief Process; and much more. This groundbreaking book—which includes entertaining cartoons by Isabella Bannerman—will help readers shift their mindset from powerless to powerful while they create the healthy body they desire and the fulfilling life they deserve.
Other Works
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Beyond Sugar Shock
2012
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Sugar Shock!
2006
Awards and Recognition
- Gold Award from Reader Views for I Blew My Diet! Now What? Reader Views (5 stars) Readers’ Favorite (5 stars) Literary Titan (5 stars) Indies Today (5 stars) Favorable reviews from Authors Reading, Online Book Club, and Book Below (Details on my website at www.connieb.com.)
- I'm honored to be an Authors Guild co-ambassador in San Diego. https://authorsguild.org/regional-chapters/ambassadors/
Press and Media Mentions
- I've been featured by hundreds of media outlets, including “CBS News Sunday Morning,” “Oprah & Friends Radio,” “The Howard Stern Show,” TIME, Woman’s World, Women’s Weekly, Chicago Tribune, The Detroit News, Women’s Health, PR Week, Delicious Living, Atlanta Journal- Constitution, SHAPE, WCBS-TV, CNN iReport, Library Journal, ForbesHealth.com, the Daily Mail, and The Sunday Times. I've also written numerous articles and op-ed pieces for dozens of publications and websites, including www.HealYourLife.com, www.SheKnows.com, www.eDiets.com, and www.HuffingtonPost.com.
- Kirkus Reviews
- Readers Views
- Readers' Favorite
- Online Book Club
- Authors Reading
- Indies Today Review
- First Reader Review: "Practical and Helpful."
