About
I'm a former sugar-and-carbs-addicted journalist, who is now an author, health coach, life coach, and EFT expert.
The idea for my latest book, I blew my diet! Now what? The Easy, Proven 21-Day Plan to Drop Pounds & Bounce Back Boldly (May 20, 2025), developed after the heartbreaking Bittersweet Last Year with Mom, as I now call it.
I'm also author of 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).
To learn more about me, go here: https://connieb.com/about-connie/
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 her determined to discover: Why do millions of people overeat junk foods? What events, conditions, or emotions trigger mindless bingeing? How can you shed unhealthy excess weight while you heal your heart, claim calm, and shed your shame?
I Blew My Diet! Now What? is the result of Connie’s seven-year quest for answers. This engaging, eye-opening book guides you to:
* Discover 21 Reasons You Blew Your Diet
* Implement research-backed FEASTS (Fast, Easy, Awesome, Simple, Tested Strategies) to take back your 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
This groundbreaking book—which includes entertaining cartoons by Isabella Bannerman—will help you shift your mindset from powerless to powerful while you create the healthy body you desire and the fulfilling life you deserve.
Other Works
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Beyond Sugar Shock
2012
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Sugar Shock
2007