Great book - engaging from the first chapter. I typically struggle to get through anything diet/exercise related, but this was hard to put down. Easy to follow plan that works without having to eliminate anything major (except sugar). I liked her no-nonsense style of writing and simple approach to nutrition and exercise. It helps that she explains the rationale behind why you should/should not eat certain foods and the effect they have on your body. Her plan really does work in terms of weight loss and giving you tons of energy. She is not a nutritionist. So her ideas that "sugar cause hyperactivity" is a lie.(caffeine prob does my 2 cents..)(or someone wrote online after the sugar rush, then crash..) There were a lot of information that was old. Like if you don't eat you're starving yourself and your body goes into starvation mode.. and you get fat ( LIE.) You get fat from eating TOO MANY calories(anything) AND NOT BURNING THEM! (not knowing what is a proper portion is for your body, or portion control, and not recognizing when you are no longer hungry (things i'm working on) .. Her "idea" of 5 days of "clean eating" and 2 days of cheat are very much like weight watchers. If you stay on plan for 5 days you can "cheat" because you have extra weekly points. (so nothing new) She may have some "good" exercise and meal ideas but they were also confusing .. 2 eggs and oatmeal and fruit ... sounds like way too much food for one meal. either OATMEAL or eggs. I was so annoyed about her so call "advice" on what causes you to be fat..(she never was fat, was she?) it seemed she wrote about what seems like she had an eating disorder.. so she's not really a credible source on really how to loose weight and keeping it off. I hope they just get rid of the book from the library.Too much old information..
Shrug...."you are fat. do what I say and you will be thin, cause I have an impressive formula."
—ChoclateHair
This book changed the way I ate! I've had lots of success following her food plan.
—awesomepants
Very good advice and I liked the format of the book. Giving it a try...
—bulldog924
following her guidelines...lost 37 pounds so far. LOVE.
—Lucia
a lot of useful info
—patriciamorris
