With summer coming, many of us are focusing on how we're going to look at the beach or the pool. There is a lot of money to be made off of spring diet books and every year, we are besieged with the latest plans that will help us get that bikini body we've always wanted. (Editor's Note: review written by Weight Ladder's wife 
) The main problem with many of these titles is that they don't focus on healthy weight loss and that weight does tend to creep back on once you stop the diet. This book promises results in just two weeks, and that set off our radar systems right away. While you can lose a lot of weight in just two weeks, the majority of it is going to be water weight and this can give a false sense of hope to dieters and work to actually derail them from the diet when that water weight comes back.
While there are some very good tips in the book, such as eating the right kind of fats and focusing on foods that contain the nutrition you need to get healthy, the one major failing is that it requires a huge commitment for exercise. For many dieters that are just getting started the two hour daily minimum commitment is going to be just to hard to reach. This can lead to feeling like a failure and instead of staying on track towards getting healthy and losing weight, many people may just give up.
More than 75 recipes are offered and most are delicious and well balanced. The exercise plan is actually quite reasonable, but the time commitment required is a major drawback. The exercises in and of themselves are not terribly difficult, but it's the sheer amount that may turn a lot of people off of the program. Some people just cannot do that level of activity, especially if they are just starting out.
Our main problem with this diet is the promise that you'll be ready in two weeks. It takes a lot longer than that to lose weight in a healthy fashion and unless you're only wanting to lose 5 to 10 pounds, this diet will be pretty discouraging. That and the fact that the two hour exercise requirement is really kind of glossed over, the whole book fell short of what it could have been.
Although it contains healthy recipes and some great advice on lifestyle changes, we just cannot recommend this book as a healthy way to lose weight. If you're in it for the long term and you have an extra two hours a day, this may be the perfect diet for you. But you'll need to go in with the right expectations and realize that Rome wasn't built in a day and if you want to look good in your bikini, it may take a little longer than 2 weeks. That said, there is some useful information and if you go in with the right mindset, this diet may actually work for you.
Originally posted 2008-05-30 05:09:34. Republished by Old Post Promoter
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You are absolutely right about putting the lbs back on once you “tweak” your diet or, like in my case, “just knocked off for the winter” ..you know, holidays, I’ll get back to it when the weather breaks ..etc. Finally got back on track though.
Thanks for the review. Good Job.
Yours in health
velvetsea
40 minutes a day i can keep up for life.
two hours? thats a part time job not an exercise routine.
I have been known to exercise for 2 hours at a time, but it never comes in a form that one would call exercise…
Playing basketball for example is very fun and hardly counts (mentally anyway) as exercise, yet almost every time I play it is for at least 2 hours.
My limit on any kind of treadmill or elliptical is 45 minutes and I have to stop out of shear boredom.
Many people want a quick fix, so when a weight loss plan “promises” (they should really be careful about making promises) to get you bikini ready in 2 weeks, people are apt to spend the money.
I think weight loss takes patience, or at least it’s a good lesson in patience!
Most folks didn’t put on all their weight in 2 weeks, so they shouldn’t expect it to come off that quickly either!
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