Eating For Life by Bill Phillips
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Book Reviews of Eating For Life
Book Review: Good recipes for success
Summary: 5 Stars
The food in this book is easy to make and will only be of benefit to your health plan in Body for Life.Book Review: Not what it seems
Summary: 1 Stars
While the idea sounds great -- eat balanced meals and snacks 6 times a day, exercise and lose weight and keep it off for life, the book/plan are not what they are cracked up to be despite the great reviews here. No one mentions that he pretty much recommends that three of the six meals are some form of protein shake or another. And for someone like me who's into a more natural diet based on actual foods that you can chew, it doesn't quite fit the bill. Also many of the recipes for lunches and dinners call for protein powder. Who can eat that stuff three times a day FOR LIFE?
Aside from that, the writing is pretty bad. It's written as if he's holding a direct conversation with the reader, which gets annoying. He also describes his day -- I presume in an effot demonstrate how the plan works on a day-to-day basis -- but it gets a little ridiculous when he starts describing which exercises he does each day of the week depending on which house he happens to be living in that particular week. For me, this fell into the more information than I needed to know category. In some areas of the book he cites scientific research to back his claims. In other areas he denounces scientific studies. In both cases, the citations are pretty boring. There is one rahter lengthy chapter that bashes fast food, as well. No one can dispute that, but does it really take seeing it in black and white to know that fast food burgers and fries are bad for you?
Overall, I was very disappointed with this book. For someone looking to lose weight, I'd recommend saving the $23 and putting it toward registering at Weight Watchers. Or at least picking up one of the Weight Watchers cookbooks if you're just looking for heathy meals that actually contain good old fashioned chewable food.
Book Review: Eating For Life
Summary: 5 Stars
I am a personal trainer by profession and I recommend this book to all my clients. We have had several "in house" contests for body transformations and the last three members of the gym that have won these contests have done so by enlisting my services and using this book as their nutrition plan.Book Review: Great Resource
Summary: 5 Stars
It was a great resource to go along with this diet. The fatal flaw of any diet is not having enough variety. This book definately helps with that problem.Book Review: Easy way to lose weight, improve health
Summary: 5 Stars
Being quite frank here, I primarily bought the book for the recipe section. There are some good ones for free online at their website as well, but I wanted more. I have always agreed with the basic concept of eliminating most sugar and white carbs, and then spreading your meals out over three meals with three snacks to keep hunger pangs away. I simply confined all my meals and snacks to the recipes in the book. The hardest part is remembering to eat all the little meals. I used my Palm Pilot to remind me. It's not that hard and only takes a little discipline.
I lost 4 lbs. in the first 8 days -- 206 down to 202, and am continuing downward, 2 more lbs. over the next 7 days. I also feel better due to a decreased sugar intake.