6-Day Body Makeover: Drop One Whole Dress or Pant Size in Just 6 Days--and Keep It Off
by Michael Thurmond
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Author: Michael ThurmondEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Published)
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 2006-04-18
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Warner Wellness
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Book Review: It Is An Uphill Battle But It Works
Summary: 4 Stars
I was constantly bombarded by Michael Thurman's commercial for the 6 Week Body Makeover every morning before I went to work. However, I don't always trust infomercials and how they handle payments. So I looked for the book format and found the 6Day Body Makeover instead.
I haphazardly skimmed the book and it took some time for me to decide to go ahead with the diet because it takes some preparation. I was stoked going through the body profile questionnaire till I found out I was the body type who couldn't have beans, white rice,bananas nor oranges as all of these were my favorite foods.
I lasted on the diet for only about 1 week and probably lost a pant size (I don't believe in weighing myself) so I had to go and buy new clothes after that one week. I would like to have continued it after one week because I am sure the first week was mostly water weight loss as the diet heavily restricts you from salt and sodas. There is a reason I didn't continue with the diet:
1) I starved.
The diet doesn't starve you at all UNLESS you really don't take the time to prepare your meals sometime during the week. I thought I could hack it with the grilled piece of chicken for the entire week... not so. You have to eat several times of day and then the variety is gone if you come in with the thought that two differently prepared meat dishes will suffice throughout the week. However, if you find yourself hungry, they allow for you to eat a little extra food like fruits or veggies or protein that's on your list of foods for your body type. So you really don't starve on this diet at all.
2) Its really restrictive.
I had to forgo milk products, salt, chocolate, oil, and bread. However, I still managed to lose weight even though I would cheat and have a cookie maybe once or twice a day. They have recipes to replace your sweet tooth foods... some of the recipes are okay... but not the same as a real chocolate chip cookie.
3) You become OCD.
As a person who rarely eats a prepared breakfast, let alone breakfast at all, this diet makes you super organized. I had to buy a super large lunch bag to carry all of the different tupperware containers of food for my day at work.
What really made it hard for me to get back on the diet is that I am the worse cook in the world. So I really couldn't get the variety I needed in the diet and enjoy the food at the same time. I am thinking about starting this diet again if I can find a local dietician who can prepare my food for me in advance. Or, I can spend the extra money and buy the 6 Week Body Makeover for the numerous of recipes that they have. The other downer about this diet is that a lot of people complain about having headaches due to your new salt intake. I never had headaches on this diet unless I cheated and ate something with salt in it- this sensation can keep you attached to the diet even if you want to get off of it.
Pros about this diet includes:
1) I actually got used to really yummy fresh foods.
I learned how to make my own salsa which didn't taste that bad and some of the baked chicken recipes didn't hurt either. Whenever I wanted to cheat, and had something from a fast food joint or a Lean Cuisine frozen dinner, the fast food or Lean Cuisine stuff just didn't taste as yummy as the fresh food I've learned to prepare on the diet.
2) You'll eat healthy for once and learn to incorporate a healthy lifestyle.
I really didn't understand this till sometime after ending the diet as I was listening to a nutritionist on the radio who talked about anti-inflammatory foods. The 6WBM makes you eat tons of these anti-inflammatory foods like strawberries and cherries which is good for those who are diabetic or may have heart issues.
3) I felt really good on that diet.
When I wasn't starving due to my lack of food preparation.
I had suffer from something some docs considered a groin pull and a pinched nerve with my arm and when I was on this diet it seemed to magically cure these issues. Also, I had bloated/aggrivated stomach issues and those also went away. Now my new, more responsible PCP has diagnosed me with endometriosis. This type of diet is a diet highly suggested for those with endometriosis and PCOS. Also, your sweat on this diet isn't stinky like normal sweat was, so I guess I was detoxifying my system at the same time.
One diet isn't best for everyone, but I highly suggest for everyone to look at this book if you suffer from weight issues, or even if you're still thin but just want to shed a few pounds because a lot of what is in this book covers what any basic nutrition class would teach you. The only thing that's unusual is the water intake amount it wants you to have. Some may consider it extreme according to people's weight and it may actually cause people to get sick. Instead of doing the 10 glasses or more water a day as suggested, I would just stick with 8. Even then I barely did 8 glasses a day and still managed to lose weight.
For a successful weight loss on this diet I would make a slow transition into it. For example, for one week skip having sodas and fruit drinks and drink water. Or slowly ween yourself off of cookies and stuff and substitute with fruits. Learn to give up your biggest sin before starting because if you go straight into it without shocking your body a little, you would probably go postal and no one at work will like you.
It took me some time to put on weight after quitting this diet. So that is why I am so sure this is a more successful diet than most.
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Lightning fast weight loss is now a reality with THE 6-DAY BODY MAKEOVER. The secret to Thurmond's rapid fat-loss formula is customization. By customizing a diet regimen to an individual's unique body type and metabolism, the program delivers dramatic results, making it easy for virtually anyone to lose a whole dress or pant size in just six days. Thurmond's exclusive "blueprinting system" helps you identify your individual body type so that you can select just the right foods in the right combination to trigger rapid fat loss. With customized meal plans, menus and recipes, fat burning exercise secrets, a maintenance plan, and more, readers will be amazed at the difference six days can make.Book Subjects
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