Weight Loss Journal

The Martha's Vineyard Diet rocketed to success and the author, Dr. Roni Deluz is already well known for her other diet book, 21 Pounds in 21 Days. This book is an extension (more of a second edition) of the first book (the title is even very similar). While the book is well written and contains some helpful information, I was a bit disappointed that a holistic nutrionist didn't go into more detail about making those changes that are necessary towards keeping weight off.

While it's great to lose 20 pounds in three weeks, it's really not that healthy. How much of that is just water weight that will come back as soon as you start eating the same foods you were before you started the diet? The answer is usually more than half. The main problem with this diet is simply that it is not well balanced, it doesn't address future concerns and it's a little too much like a fad diet to be a book that we could recommend.

This diet requires a lot of intensive food preparation that will throw off a lot of people that are busy. You'll basically be living on soup, but you'll have to make everything yourself. While this is great if you've got a lot of time on your hands, this isn't a diet that's going to translate well for someone that needs to stay on their game for work.

In reality, this is a detox diet that aims to quickly flush everything out of your system. While the author claims that the soup is satisfying, most people get pretty sick of it after three days. The key to a successful diet is finding ways to blast apart the usual excuses, such as I'm too busy, I'm starving, I feel deprived. This diet accomplishes none of these things. It's very hard to recommend a book that is simply not going to be useful to anyone over the long term.

That's not to say that detoxing isn't important. With the majority of diets in the United States, it's a given that we all need to eat healthier and stop ingesting so many chemicals. Detoxing is a good way to lose temporary weight, but if you want to keep that weight off, you're going to have to make some lifestyle changes.

This book is great if you just want to carve off a few pounds or see really quick results. The bad thing is that those results are going to be pretty short lived. It feels like the book is simply trying to capitalize on a trend and doesn't really address the issues that cause weight gain in the first place. Fast results are great, but the depression that sets in once that water weight comes back, is going to be a lot to handle for some people.

Overall, this is not a book that I could recommend to any dieter. There simply isn't enough solid advice or good information that you can take away from reading it.

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Many of you that watch The Biggest Loser are already familiar with the author of this book, Bob Harper. He's one of the trainers on the show and has already provided millions of dieters with inspiration and advice on getting fit and losing weight. Let's see how well his book stacks up against the competition and whether it's really worth the cover price.

From the start, we were hooked with this book. Harper starts off with dealing with the emotional issues that affect so many of us that are overweight. For the vast majority of dieters, unless these issues are addressed, diets are an exercise in futility. The first major benchmark that Harper passed was also his emphasis on changing your lifestyle, changing the way you eat and changing your future. This is the standard by which we judge all diet books, and unlike so many out there, Harper included all of these points in his book.

This is certainly not a fad diet, and if you're going in hoping to lose ten pounds a week, chances are you're going to be disappointed. What it is - is a healthy alternative that will help you lose a lot of weight and keep it off for the rest of your life. When you read the book with the right mindset, it becomes so much more useful than the legions of other books, fad diets and miracle plans. Sure, the results are going to take a tiny bit longer, but you're going to be able to enjoy them a lot longer.

The book contains twenty different sample menus that will provide you with more than enough variety to keep losing weight without getting bored. Harper did a great job picking the right balance of foods for each menu so that dieters don't feel deprived. There are some really great suggestions and for this alone, the book is well worth its cost. However, there is a downside and one that probably should have been thought out before the book went to press.
There are no recipes, which for those of us that are lucky to boil water, this is a definite drawback. You can't provide someone with a plan for the future and then fall short when it comes with the blueprints they're going to need. Thankfully, most of the recipes can be found online or in most cookbooks, so this wasn't enough for the book to get a black mark against it.

If you're looking for a solid diet plan that really works and has documented proof of working, this is certainly a book that you need to read. For anyone that wants to make that commitment of losing weight and keeping it off, this is certainly one of the best on the market.

It's easy to see why the contestants on The Biggest Loser get such fabulous results. When they're working with a trainer like this, they can't help but succeed. We highly recommend this book to anyone looking to lose weight or just get healthier.

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Even the most sensible dieter can be lured into a fad diet by outrageous claims and seemingly easy results. However, there are a few fads out there that can be incredibly dangerous, especially if you are not in good physical condition. While some fad diets are harmless and are designed to make only your wallet lose weight, there are many irresponsible fads out there that could do a lot more damage. Here are just a few that every dieter should ignore.

1. Starvation Diets –

While fasting is a religious practice that many swear by, if you have never fasted before, it is all too easy to harm your body. It is especially important to avoid this type of diet when there are extreme temperatures. For example, fasting in winter is not advised since your body will need more calories to keep warm. Fasting in summer can cause a myriad of health problems, especially if you become dehydrated.

2. Unsafe Purging Diets –

To put it simply, surviving for a weekend on some pre-packaged juice and supplements is not a smart idea. Besides the natural reaction of spending all of your weekend running to the bathroom, this type of diet can quickly deplete your body’s natural resources. You can easily run too low on your potassium, sodium and water levels, and this can lead to dehydration or in severe cases, a heart attack.

3. The tapeworm diet –

Does this one really need to be stated? Judging from the amount of people who have bought the idea hook, line and sinker and visit the website, sadly, yes. Having a parasite take up residence inside your body is a bad idea. Yes, you may lose weight, but you are risking permanent harm to your internal organs. Parasites are something everyone should avoid, not welcome.

The last entry on this list illustrates that desperate people will go to desperate measures, even if they know better. While 98% of us would probably recoil from the thought of welcoming Mr. Tapeworm into our stomachs, there are those that may actually stop and think, “well, gee, that would be nice – I could eat whatever I want.” It is this segment of the population that is most at risk for being harmed by fad diets.

While this is certainly an extreme example, we included it for one main reason. There are many fad diets out there that are just as dangerous – if not more so – than the tapeworm diet. The bottom line – if it doesn’t sound healthy, if it is not something your doctor would recommend, if it involves putting your body through extreme stress, it is not worth it.

Keeping the right perspective on fad diets is essential and that is something that no dieter should ignore. Losing weight is important, but not at the cost of your health. Stick to the tried and true methods of eating right, exercising regularly and staying motivated. It’s a lot healthier than the alternatives.

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Tomorrow is a holiday, which is why you are reading a book review today. I hope everyone has a fantastic weekend. Enjoy the fireworks and BBQs!

Dr. Shapiro's book The Guide to Picture Perfect Weight Loss combines several interesting factors into one plan to help readers lose weight. While you may not agree with some of his advice or suggestions, it certainly is an interesting read and a book that dieter's should at least consider. The author really focused on healthy lifestyle changes, so that earned him points right off the bat.

When it comes to losing weight, it's not about those initial quick results. If you're not making whole life changes, it's all too easy to fall back into bad habits and immediately your progress was for naught. We always appreciate it when authors step away from the fad diet craze and start focusing on ways that everyone, regardless of their current weight, can get healthy and stay that way.

Dr. Shapiro was hired to help the Fire Department in New York City lose weight and it's easy to see why he is well renowned in the diet industry. This book focuses on using pictures to help readers make smart food choices. It's all about replacing bad foods and developing those healthy eating habits that will keep you slim for the rest of your life. We really appreciated the fact that he illustrated proper serving sizes visually since many of us have a hard time picturing what a "serving" actually is.

The best part of the book lies in the suggestions for replacements for unhealthy foods. At times, it was pretty shocking to see exactly what you could eat instead of fast food. The sheer volume of healthy but tasty food compared with the small serving of fast food was remarkable and no one could ever claim that this was a diet that left them feeling hungry.

Since total deprivation does not work when it comes to losing weight, this book offered hundreds of alternatives that readers can immediately put into action so that they feel full and fulfilled. It may be tough at first to implement a few of these changes, particularly since fast food and unhealthy food as a whole tastes so good, but the author really did his job when it came to finding alternatives that are completely comparable. If you can break your addiction to fast food, you'll be surprised at just how much healthy food you could be eating.

It was virtually impossible to come up with any criticism for this book. It's well written, well thought out and most importantly, provided a new way to look at dieting. So many diet books are all the same and so many leave reader's feeling empty or worse, ripped off. By visually representing food changes, the author really took diet books to a whole new level and we can hope that the industry will follow suit.

Overall, this is a book that belongs on any dieter's bookshelf. Even those who are already at their goal weight can learn a lot from this book and walk away with a new appreciation of eating healthy.

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The main focus of this book is getting healthy over the long term, so right off the bat it moved to the front of our book shelves. Too many diet books promise readers the moon and deliver only yet another fad diet that doesn't work or leaves the reader open to future weight gain since it doesn't address the need to make whole changes to your life. Thankfully, the Gold Coast Cure was a refreshing read that hit all of the right notes when it comes to getting healthy.

The main point of the book is that by eating a healthy diet and getting the right amount of exercise you can undo the damage you've caused to your body by eating all of the wrong foods for too many years. You can turn back the clock when it comes to unclogging your arteries, getting rid of a fatty liver and restoring your body's natural rhythm. The good news is that this book makes it fairly easy to reach those goals.

The exercise component of the diet is very reasonable and requires only three days a week for a half hour each time. Even beginning dieters should be able to meet that commitment and those just starting out won't be as apt to get discouraged and quit. However, you may need to add more time or more days if you find that you've plateaued and stopped losing weight.

The book does a great job of addressing how you need to change your lifestyle in order to get thinner and healthier. Instead of hanging you out to dry and leaving you to your own devices once you've reached your goal weight, sticking to this diet will leave you incredibly healthy over the long term and you'll be able to keep that weight off. In order to really lose weight the healthy way, you've got to be ready to make that kind of a commitment. It's not always easy, but over the long term, there is no better way to lose weight.

The main emphasis is on learning how to make better choices when it comes to food. By presenting alternatives and assisting readers in learning more about why bad foods are so injurious to your health, it becomes a lot easier to stick to the plan and learn how to make these choices on your own. Not all diets will hold your hand like this and the book does a great job of making it easy to stick to your new diet plan.

Overall, we highly recommend this book since it fills all of our necessary requirements for a healthy weight loss plan: The right amount of exercise, the right kind of training to make better choices, and a sensible meal plan that should be easy to stick too. If you want to lose weight and keep it off, this is a great book to start with. Just remember, it will take time to get your results, but the process will be well worth the effort.

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