Weight Loss Books

This book packs a medium amount of information into a pretty tedious reading experience. Although the information is good, everything is repeated over and over again. The book spends too much time talking about cocunut oil and cod liver oil also. Everything pretty much comes back to those two oils--notice the coconut tree on the cover of the book. Also, almost all of the recipes involve coconuts.
I was disappointed in this book. The first 50 pages were good, but all the new info stopped after that.

We've heard and read a great deal about the misrepresented saturated fat of red meat, equating it with the harmful trans fats which are neither a saturated fat nor a polyunsaturated fat. In this book the authors provide a comprehensive job of explaining the truth about another healthy saturated fat, coconut oil, which is very different from animal- source fatty acids that are also needed by the body. The easily understood and practiced protocol provided for losing fat while eating it, includes this unique medium chain fatty acid (MCFA). Thanks for an important service, Dr. Enid and Ms. Fallon.

Sylvia W. Zook, MS, PhD
Author of Eatin' After Eden

Eat Fat, Lose Fat: The Healthy Alternative to Trans Fats This book has successfully dispelled many of the myths I had about healthy foods to eat, namely the low-fat diet promoted in our country. It has transformed the way I eat and, so far, I feel great and am having a lot of fun. It just makes sense to eat the foods that people have always eaten.

This book has so many helpful ways to recover you health.
It is amazing how many misconceptions there are about foods and what is healthy and what is not.... This book helps you to see the truth.
I found it very helpful in helping me with the quest for better health.

I have been studying diet and nutrition for the past three years and this book by far is the ultimate best book that I have in my nutritional library. I have recommended this book to everyone!! After 3 years of chronic migrains lasting litterally from 3-15 days at a time, with a maximum 4 day repreive in between, and all attempts with many specialists failed, as well as nearly causing me to have a stroke from preventitive medication. I was desperate to find a cure and not a bandaid. My doctor assured me that diet had absolutely nothing to do with my migrains or any of my other illnesses either, but what did I have to lose? Not only did I change my diet by cutting out refined products, preservatives, sugars, few carbs, high fructose corn syrup, and soy, I added coconut oil on a regular basis as the only oil in my home. I have only had 4 migranes in the past 8 months in which they only lasted a day or two and always followed an unhealthy eating binge of the wrong foods. I actually feel like I have more energy and have not put on any extra pounds, although I am eating a lot more fats like butter, cream, and of course coconut oil! This book is a must have for anyone who wants to get control of their life again!!! DW

Since I've started my weight loss program, I decided to get around to reading a book my boss was reading at work... From Chunk To Hunk - Diary Of A Fat Man by Fred Anderson. While I can tell some people will hate this book, I absolutely loved it...

Anderson was a *very* overweight 371 pound guy who found his "pain point" after watching a TV show about a leg amputation. The amputee was in the emergency room with a very gross leg due to diabetes complications, and they ended up removing it. Anderson saw that (he was diabetic also) and could tell that was not far away from his future unless he did something different. He ditched the Little Debbie snack cake he was munching on, and set out on his quest to drop below 200 pounds. Instead of finding some faddish diet or starving himself, he started eating nutritious food in portions that were "normal" for what a person should eat (not what *his* concept of normal was). He also started moving around and becoming more active. Between reduced calories and increased activities, he was able to change his whole mental image of who he was, how he related to food, and in the end dropped all the weight he was looking to lose.

Other than the fact that I loved reading his writing style, I also appreciated the insight of weight loss from a guy's perspective. There are no weight loss success books out there by women who will talk about the very real subject of "man boobs"... what weight loss can do for your love life... along with the hysterical episode of purchasing a girdle after his skin removal surgery... Great stuff!

Some people won't like this book as it's not a cookie cutter "program" that tells you what to eat, when to eat it, and guarantees success. Most American weight loss programs treat symptoms and not the underlying condition and mindset that got you into the situation in the first place. And once you're off the program, the weight comes back. Anderson's approach is perhaps the only true way to have permanent weight loss with no drastic risks... Move more, eat less, and understand your relationship with food...

If you're a guy trying to lose weight, I'd highly recommend this book. Even though you may be following a different plan (like I'm following Jenny Craig), the mental aspects of what happens are still the same...

I enjoyed this book immensely. My only quibble is that it gets a bit repetitive at times. Mr. Anderson does a lot of philosophizing about his approach to weight loss, all of which I agree with, but he tends to say some of the same things several times using different words. I also found the ratio of philosophizing to anecdotal stories a bit higher than I expected, and while I enjoyed reading all his thoughts on body image, exercise, weight reduction, etc, I would have liked to see more stories describing various days in his life while he was on his bodily transformation journey. This is primarily because he can be VERY funny while writing about real-life experiences. The most important thing, however, is that his approach to mental and physical change is down-to-earth, common-sense, and utterly right on. This kind of wisdom is desperately needed in today's culture of fad diets, dangerous pills, and rampant unhealth. Worth reading whether you need to lose weight or not.

This book isn't very good. While the author's large and rapid weight loss, using sensible food choices and exercise, is inspirational, he spends too much of the book simply parroting his favorite self help gurus - verbatim. If you're familiar with the work of Anthony Robbins in particular, you will find this distracting. I tossed the book aside in disgust after the first few chapters but eventually came back to it. There are some honest moments where he seems to actually write in his own voice about the physical and psychological anguish of obesity. But these moments didn't come often enough for me to be able to recommend this book.

This was the first book I ever tossed in the trash. I did so after having attempted four times over the course of a year to make it through this book. It proved impossible. Anderson's book began its life as blog entries, and the material did not transform well at all.

The material is comprised of either the rather boring life minutae one would find in a weblog entry, or, worse, what I must unkindly call 'psychobabble' - material that oft seems poorly rehashed from other motivational sources. The overly frequent motivational material proves quite uninspiring, and, when taken cumulatively, becomes both exasperating and flaccid.

The complete and utter failure of this text is very tragic, since the battle Anderson fought is flabbergasting in its difficulty and his accomplishment in and of itself is amazing and deserves high respect. A more aptly written tale of the journey from extremely morbid obesity to a fit physique could have proved both inspirational and life-changing to a wide audience. But this particular journal of his journey is far too lacking in simple human emotion and far too overladen with recycled stale platitudes to be of any use to the great majority of people seeking to emulate Anderson's journey.

I had high hopes for this book -- I thought it was going to be a good read. Instead, I found it to be ponderously written, ploddingly slow, and deadly dull -- and the sense I got of the author made me pray I never end up stuck next to him on an airplane flight. What a self-centered know-it-all! Sheesh.

There are much better books out there on this subject -- I highly recommend The Obesity Myth by Paul Campos. The one thing Anderson is right about is that you simply need to eat less and move more, and live that way forever, period. That's what works -- but man, this guy really should have sprung for a decent editor who'd stare him down about some of his puffy prose, and not just allowed his wallowing ego free rein to self-publish. Not worth buying.

OK. Everyone knows that Stallone got busted for having Growth Hormone on him recently. He didnt get his body because he did the things in this book, he got them by juicing up!! Sly is just a cheater, doing the easy thing and juicing up instead of working out. This book is lame, because Sly is a cheater and a liar.

This billion-dollar diet book industry is a sham. Mr. Stallone's book speaks the truth. You don't need to count points, or cut out ice-cream, or only eat meat. Who among us really wants to do any of that? Who here really wants to never eat pizza again? And in this book, he shows you you don't have to adhere to these silly diet notions. For that matter, no one really wants to be on a diet. You just have to eat sensibly (aka no pint of Ben & Jerry's every day) and you have to exercise. It's a shame more of the big media (like Oprah) decided not to help promote this line of thinking!

I enjoy this book very much. Mr. Stallone gives the reader a good look into his life that most people are unaware of, he's an interesting guy. He talks about what was going through his mind as he prepared physically for each of his Rocky & Rambo movies, and also a few of his other movies.
The book was written before these last two Rocky & Rambo movies, so there's no behind the scenes stuff on those...I have a feeling that all the reminiscing done for this book may be what lit the fire to do these two latest movies.

The final two thirds of the book walk you through his simple & informative fitness formula that anyone can use in their routine...from a fitness novice, to a "set in their ways" diehard fitness expert.
It's easy to read, informative & often humorous, cuts through the BS & gets to the facts. I would recommend this book for anybody.

The book is great!It gives some great but short insight into his personal life aswell as his films.I think he definitely needs to write a full biography.The workouts are great!

This book is typical of the life Sly Stallone...he lives the attitude of never say die, everyone is an individual, you alone are responsible for your life. His philosophy in a nutshell is don't try to fit in, try to stand out. Don't compare yourself with anyone. Don't listen to anyone else's idea on what you should be and do. Go for it!! There is no restrictions, rules and limitations...if your heart is in the right place and you remain focused you can accomplish anything you desire. Very inspiring and motivational!!

I have found this book to be very helpful with my diet. The recipes are great. I have lost ten pounds since I bought this book a month ago. I am also trying to regulate my sugar and I believe this diet plan is helping me. It is not hard to do and I am not hungry between meals.

If you follow this book, you will lose weight. A family member turned us on to this diet, and my husband and I both lost tons of weight, and we saw quick results. A few other family members have had nothing but good results from this book as well. The best part, is that the book teaches you healthly ways to eat, so after a while you don't even need the book, you just learn what foods are "good foods". I lost 15lbs and my husband lost over 30lbs. Every now and then when we get stuck in a rut and feel like we put on a few pounds, we go right back to the diet and follow the book, and off comes the weight again. We both experience more enegery when following this diet, and have the urge to excercise more. We have been very happy with this over the many other diets we have tried.

I love this diet. It's easy and I am never hungry. However, this book was too confusing in explaining how to figure out meals on your own. I got this book over year ago and then quit because I didn't understand it enough to succeed without following the meal plans. Then recently I read The zone, and the way it broke foods down into blocks of food and how many grams per block, was an eye opener. Now I am back to this book with it's superior recipes and meal ideas.

I am giving this book 3 stars because I think they make figuring out the forumula too complicated. In the Zone it's easy-peasy. I've also dinged it one star for not having an index. We need an index!!! My book is covered in post-its! That's two dings off. The remaining three stars, however, are well deserved; The recipes and meal plans are very good.

The only diet that works. Yes it takes a bit to get the hang of it in the begining, but the weight melts away. Easily lost 15 pounds in the first 2 weeks with the fat flush menu. After a month, 20 pounds gone and dropped the blood pressure from 160/90 to 120/80 during that time with no excercise. Will no begin that and look to drop the remaining weight to meet goal. Balancing your body by the food we eat makes this a successful diet and one that will change the way you eat for life.

for starters, I don't understand how granulated fructose is commercially available to people. 2nd, I have no idea why the authors of this book actually think it's not unhealthy to add such large amounts of granulated fructose to your meals. do a google search for "dangers of fructose" to see what I mean. everything from exacerbating gout to decreasing nitric oxide levels in the blood to being the most unhealthy form of carbohydrate a diabetic can ingest. don't be fooled into thinking it's ok to use because it "comes from fruit!"

This is a good basic primer on the zone diet. I was hoping for a source that would outline a diet menu for me. This was very technical. In looking at the other books by Barry Sears, I find that they seem to provide "additional bits and pieces of information." I would prefer one obvious, simplified source.

I have started this healthy diet and was glad for the foundation information.

Mastering the Zone gives the shortened explanation of the Zone diet. The purpose of the book is not to explain the details of the science behind diet (which is covered in The Zone), the purpose is to introduce a brief overview and then provide an abundance of recipes and food examples that fit within the confines of the diet. Sears accomplished both, and also adds a Q&A to address any issues one might having trying to follow the diet.

Many reviewers of this book have spent their time rating the diet which I have deliberately avoided. My review is based on the content of the book, and thus this book rates well independent of whether you find this diet a success or not.

I went from 209 pounds to 151 pounds with the principles of this book. Once you understand how insulin works against you to store fat,and learn the right amount of protein and carbs your body needs to maintain your ideal weight, you can begin your journey to eat in the zone and lose weight.It has been my eating guidelines for almost 10 years. It is well worth the trouble to learn to treat food as a drug.

Hello everyone. Early this year i was on the Zone for 6 months, and i followed it perfectly. I did lose body fat, but i also noticed i lost my muscle. Even though i lifted weights 3 times/week, i was LOSING muscle. So i decided to actually calculate how many calories i was eating per day. It came out to 1,500. No wonder i was losing muscle! According to the American College of Sports Medicine, men should not dip below 1,800 calories in a day or else their lean body mass won't be sustained. So in essence, i lost fat and muscle. Girls weren't looking at me and saying "ooh, look at that hot guy over there with a flat tummy and no muscle." Let's face it. Women like to see some mass on a guy. Since June, i've done a lot of research into nutrition and now i am burning solely fat, no lean body tissue at all. I've increased my daily calories to 2,100, kept up with weight-training, and added 5 days/week of cardio. At first i was worried that with all that cardio, i'd lose muscle, but i'm not. As long as the calorie deficit isn't exaggerated and you lift weights, it's unlikely you will lose muscle when you add a good amount of cardio.
So even though the Zone claims to be a non-calorie counting method of dieting, that's deceitful in my mind because you ARE reducing your calories--way too much.
When you reduce calories excessively and for prolonged periods, you're going to get hungry. And i was hungry all the time. In addition, your body starts to hold onto the fat it has because it thinks you're starving. After 2 months of the Zone, my fat loss pretty much stopped because my metabolism had slowed down.
There is one positive thing to say about the Zone: it encourages you to drink plenty of water and to eat only healthy foods. Just not enough of it. If a book recommends anything less than 1,800 calories for men and 1,200 calories for women, don't buy it. You'll lose muscle and your fat loss will halt after a couple of months and you'll be hungry and not keep up with the plan.
Who has the best bodies out there? Fitness models and bodybuilders. They have single digit bodyfat. You know how they do it? They stay within recommended caloric limits by the American College of Sports Medicine, they lift weights, and they do cardio(and lots of it!) The Zone showed me what healthy foods are, but that's about all it did. For long-term results, stay away.

I'm giving this book a 4 star review. It recieves 4 stars by merit of the diet's effect on me personally. Your mileage may vary. I have been following this diet mostly to the T. I have dropped 15 pounds in the last month and I feel absolutely excellent. I'm not sure whether all of the theory that this diet is based on is completely sound. The focus on hormones and stuff seems a bit pseudo-science-ish to me, but much of it is also sound. For me I think the big thing was getting more protein and having my blood sugar levels more stable. As far as that goes this diet is excellent. I notice I have lots of energy and not in a manic psychological sense, which tells me that it's legit energy... there if you need it but you can chill if you don't. My muscles are also staying quite hard despite not having added weight training to my exercise regimen until this week... an effect strangely lacking in other diets I've tried that were so calorie restrictive.

However keep in mind that everyone's individual chemistry is different. I've always intuitively felt that I needed more protein and fat for a successful diet, and I am the type of person who did not respond well at all to the typically dietary guidelines that the food pyramid recommends. Your milease may vary.

This is more than a diet, it is a promotion of the way the human body is meant to consume food for sustaining life. Over the years we have become so caught up as a race in eating junk like processed flours and sugars, along with very thick sauces comprised of primarily bad dairy, that we lost touch with the real reason we need to eat....which is to say....to survive. Now if you are a food lover and actually find food to be a "vice" in your life, this diet will ultimately be hard for you. Yet if you crave increased energy, loss of excessive fat, overall better well being, then buy this book. Gallop simplifies the diet into a very simple "stop light" technique of: Green Light foods = eat as much as you want; Yellow Light foods = be very cautious and only eat once in a while, and Red Light foods = NEVER eat. So with the green light foods you can literally eat as much as you want, regardless of whether or not it is a carb or protein based food, therefore, you never, ever feel hungry on this diet. He promotes 5-6 small meals a day and promotes avoiding anything that is processed. Simply because, by eating processed foods, you are bypassing what the body was meant to do and that is process the fiberous portions of food itself(like the bran that is in whole wheat). By not doing that, the food is digested much faster then it would normally be and thus creates a whole series of chain reactions within the body revolving around insulin productio, that ultimately causes us to gain weight. I LOVE this diet and have adopted it as the way to eat for life. It's that simple, that satisfying, and that good. If you have tried diet after diet and failed, then give this one a try IF you really want to lose weight. Otherwise, treat it like a bad thing and you will fail once again. But absorb it for what it is, a sensible approach to eating for life, and it will work, you'll look and feel great, and it will be the best thing you could possibly do for yourself ever. Bravo to Rick Gallop for providing such a vitally necessary approach to life.

for anyone looking to remove refined sugar and carbs from their diet this is a very good book! It breaks down "allowable foods" by red, green, and yellow categories. Very easy to follow.

I actually got this book as a continuation of my effort to learn all I could about G.I. living. It does not have the list of G.I. food counts, but rather gives red, light and green ratings. Green meaning GO.
Still a great book though and a wonderful guide for those not getting as technical as I was trying to be.

This is a lifestyle changing book as much as a diet book. It's about eating high fiber and healthy foods. Eating high fiber means that food stays with your longer, helps you stay 'regular', and helps you stay full. I didn't really have to cut back. I just stopped eating the white stuff - white sugar, white flour, white rice. Stop eating so much processed foods.

It spells it out easily using red, yellow, green light foods. You stop eating the red light foods.

Course, it isn't easy. We sort of cleaned out the old stuff and started buying the right foods. It takes effort at the grocery and at the table, but it's doable. I dropped 10% of my weight and never really felt like I was dieting.

A very straight-forward book. Explains the Glycemic Index easily and is a quick read. It could use a few more recipes and suggestions for snacks for people just starting out.

I'm 37, am 5 '4" and 155 lbs. I've been following the GI Diet about 90% for the last three or four weeks, and seem to have lost about three pounds and almost an inch off my waist. I bought this book because my food choices should have been enough to satisfy me throughout the day calorie- and fiber-wise, but left me feeling starving and reaching for something sweet a few hours after lunch or crackers, string cheese and bread while cooking dinner. I don't miss eating as much bread as I thought I would and I'm slowly beginning to realize that vegetables CAN be a satisfying meal without the addition of some starch. I still crave sweets. I've found that I can have an occasional treat or go off the wagon for a day and still stay on track. It's a lifestyle change I can live with.

I bought this book on the recommendation of a friend; I read French Women Don't Get Fat a couple of years ago and liked it, but found it a little too nit-picky (and even condescending at times) for my taste. This author, on the other hand, clearly addresses the most potent difficulty (to me) of following their diet: we have been trained, and trained, and trained to avoid fats. I've been doing this for two days only so far, and I've just gone four hours since breakfast without thinking about food for the first time I can remember, ever. It's amazing after losing weight and looking great before, but feeling enslaved to what I could and could not have.

As you can see I "talk too much" when I write, so the author's style didn't bother me; however, he did take awhile to get to certain points. On the other hand, every time a concern would rise in my mind, he would answer it later on (for example, his sidenote on eggs). Due to this neat little coincidence, I wouldn't complain.

The reason the book is so effective is that it is so holistic. If you took out his chunks of familial chatter you'd have a much different, harder-to-trust book.

Finally, I do wish the title was different, as well. I was eager to talk about what I was learning with other people, but embarrassed for them to see the cover of the book because it makes it sound like another quick-fix scheme instead of a satisfying lifestyle change.

As someone else said, the hardest part is to ignore the conflicting voices around you--whether they are nutrition experts or your own family members ("What?! You're not HUNGRY for seconds?!"). So let's stand strong together. This is worth it :-).

Goodness he stretches this book out. I prefer my information boiled down to essentials, clearly laid out and easy to use.

When it's a diet book you really use, it's necessary to find the information fast, not wade thru tons of personal stories and details.

That said, it's a good book with much the same as the usual french diet book weight loss secrets. Portion control, sensible natural food aka "whole foods", not fake plastic food. Food that has flavour and some fat to give a feeling of satiety.

But he drags it out far too long.

One the other hand the personal stories bring the diet tips into context so it's really good in terms of inspiration.

I've read better books, more useful books in the "french diet paradox" genre.

SO WHAT DO I SUGGEST? In order of preference (mine).

Get Anne Barone's Chic and Slim, C+S Encore, and or C+S Techniques from her website. Online sellers are selling them at hugely inflated prices, but she still sells from her own supply, you can find her website by googling.

She boils it all down to the "readers digest version".

I like her books enough to own them, even if ordering from her website was a bit extra bother. They are well worth it in my opinion.

Next is Gin Sanders Martini Diet. Gin does seem to have a caviar budget and isn't afraid to use it in the pursuit of a good figure and plenty of joie de vivre. Those on a budget need to read with an open mind taking it for inspiration and ready to substitute where necessary. Frugality IS a french tradition too.

French Women Don't Get Fat by Mireille Guiliano is a fun light read and like this book, inspiring, but better to get from the library first to see if it has what you need. As with ANY diet book really.

Next I would get this one by Will Clower, and maybe a Michel Montignac book for a rounded out look at the whole French diet paradox. Library first, then buy your own copy to mark up and highlight and dog ear the corners as any well used how to book should be.

Those will give you a broad range of ideas for designing your own "french diet".

Being a Neurophysiology which is a part of physiology as a science, which is concerned with the study of the nervous system. It is closely connected with psychology, neurology, clinical neurophysiology, electrophysiology, ethology, higher nervous activity and other schools of science makes the author more than qualified to write a book on how food effects the human body. And anyone who has lived in France for two years and has shut up and listened and observed, should be qualified in some way to discuss how the French eat and why they are so healthy compared to most Americans.

Having said that, I find the book full of wisdom that should a reader use even a small amount their life and health should improve alot. Sure the author drives home common sense things like stop eating faux foods, or eat small servings and he notes on page 122 'This diet is about giving up quantity for quality, about eating richer, better food and loving it more. Eating fewer calories falls out naturally from that.... You aren't losing weight, you are developing a healthy relationship with your food. Weight loss just happens.'

Going back to page 3 the author shows that in the United States 13,000 new fat free products invented in the last 15 years whereas in France you wont find such products. That the % of fat in the diet is lower in the US, 30-35% but 10% higher in France where obesity is almost unheard of. That in the US at least 30% of Americans are obese (this doesn't count those who are overweight or morbidly obese wheras in France the number is 8% and holding. Heart disease in the US is 3 times higher whereas in France it is 3 times lower. French women live years longer and French men 2 years longer than your average American.

And the author is 100% correct when he shares that people he has known (same with me) who have been in France for even a few weeks who have eaten in a total French way, are amazed that they lose weight and haven't really tried. And he shared on page 33 that 'Paul Rozin a scientist who explores the psychology of food, recently surveyed dietary viewpoints from many cultures. He pointed out that the French see food in terms of what it can do for you. Americans, on the other hand, view it in terms of the harm it can inflict'.

The author also shows keenly that Americans cheat when it comes to food whereas the French savour what they do eat which means that unlike the American cheater who eats fast in order to hide their mistake, the French not only can tell you what they ate and why they loved it, but can do so while eating 75% less than the average American.

The author also wisely reminds the reader that its their responsibility to stop making excuses and start making wiser choices. So what if when eating out the serving size is enough for three or four meals, grow up and learn to eat less and leave the leftovers or take them home for two more meals. Or better yet pick better places to eat where the serving sizes are more European in size.

The only complaint I have about the book is the title which I would have preferred to be The French Lifestyle Secrets to Permanent Weight Loss since studies show that only around 20% of people who diet succeed, whereas those who make lifestyle changes which are more permanent, have a much higher success rate.

This definitely works and is sustainable, but I feel like it can easily be taken out of context. I've always gained weight pretty easily and since I was like 13 (I'm 22 now) was on and off diets, usually low-calorie ones with cardio 4x/wk. They always worked ok (I'd lose a few pounds), but they were hard to stay on. And I'd cheat a lot cause they were no fun. I did a school program in a big city and without even trying managed to get rid of about 10 pounds. I was never "fat" per se, but out of nowhere I got really slim by eating in the way described by this book. I didn't know why I lost the weight, but this book explains it to me.

I started walking everywhere because I had no car. I did cardio maybe once a week for 30 minutes. That was it for exercise. I drank lots of red wine. I quit drinking skim and started drinking 2% milk because I really liked the taste. I used tons of olive oil and sometimes I used butter. I won't touch margarine and I'd rather go hungry than eat anything "low fat". I made cream sauces w/ half and half (but never used much because they were so rich and yummy). I rarely ate processed foods and started going to the farmer's market and buying lots of fresh fruit and veggies. I rarely ate red meat. The only thing I did do was I drank regular soda (which is terrible for you). I definitely did eat refined grains and milk chocolate, which is supposedly a no-no, but I think the whole "healthy relationship with food" thing was what got me to lose weight. I ate very little fried and processed foods, cooked gourmet meals even if I didn't get home until 8 or 9 at night. I drank hot chocolate (with whipped cream) and alcohol. I literally ate whatever I wanted, which seemed like a ton of food, but really wasn't because I was always satisfied. I became one of those annoying people who eats whatever they want and stays slim.

I think the thing that you have to be careful about with a philosophy like this is that everything has to be in moderation. I still typically use half and half instead of heavy cream in sauces or soups or I reduce the amount. You can't use tons of butter or drink lots and lots of whole milk. You can't drink a bottle of red wine every night or drown your food in rich sauces. But if you remember that everything has to be in moderation, this way of thinking about food makes you happier, healthier, slimmer and is a much more enjoyable way of thinking about food. Beats the heck out of counting every single calorie.

It's a wonderful book, I've lost 10 lbs so far, by learning new eating habits, eating normal foods, cheese, bread, butter, chocolate, etc. It's amazing, Dr. Clower's French Diet works! Eating slower, smaller portions, but good oils, olive oil, butter, half-half in my coffee, etc. This book is worth every penny and more! I challenge you to read this book, not only to lose weight, but to slow down and enjoy life with your family and friends.

Owned this cookbook since 1993 and since shared it as a gift to many. This book and it's sequel (Volume II) make healthy eating easy for beginners and also for busy people.

Many recipes in this book are still staples in my cooking routine. I always have the ground turkey version of the ''Baked Meatballs'' in my freezer. I've shared the ''Cream Cheese Topping'' recipe with everyone I know. Except that I only use 1 Cup of skim milk instead of 2. It makes a quick, easy Frosting for any cake that no one would guess is totally fat and sugar free. ''Salmon Cakes'' are always an easy dinner. And the Focaccia Pizza tastes better than takeout with a lot less fat content.

I've since added Evelyn Tribole's ''Healthy Homestyle'' Cookbooks, along with these, to my list of all time favorites. They are all very dogeared. They also make great gifts for family and friends who are into healthy foods that really taste terrific.

My kids are nagging me to cook healthy and this book satisfies all of us. The recipes are easy and taste great! My favorite - Beef or Pork Stir Fry.

Quick tips and easy to find ingredients; also healthy in all categories of concern. I love all of this author's books and have purchased them for my employee wellness program at work. Employees had loved them too!

This book is so well organized; it makes meal planning a breeze...from grocery lists to nutrient analysis and straight on to easy, delicious meals!
It's a must in any kitchen.

Have tried only one chicken recipe (marindate) and it was delicious. I highly recommend this book. The pictures are excellent.

Owned this cookbook since 1993 and since shared it as a gift to many. This book and it's sequel (Volume II) make healthy eating easy for beginners and also for busy people.

Many recipes in this book are still staples in my cooking routine. I always have the ground turkey version of the ''Baked Meatballs'' in my freezer. I've shared the ''Cream Cheese Topping'' recipe with everyone I know. Except that I only use 1 Cup of skim milk instead of 2. It makes a quick, easy Frosting for any cake that no one would guess is totally fat and sugar free. ''Salmon Cakes'' are always an easy dinner. And the Focaccia Pizza tastes better than takeout with a lot less fat content.

I've since added Evelyn Tribole's ''Healthy Homestyle'' Cookbooks, along with these, to my list of all time favorites. They are all very dogeared. They also make great gifts for family and friends who are into healthy foods that really taste terrific.

My kids are nagging me to cook healthy and this book satisfies all of us. The recipes are easy and taste great! My favorite - Beef or Pork Stir Fry.

Quick tips and easy to find ingredients; also healthy in all categories of concern. I love all of this author's books and have purchased them for my employee wellness program at work. Employees had loved them too!

This book is so well organized; it makes meal planning a breeze...from grocery lists to nutrient analysis and straight on to easy, delicious meals!
It's a must in any kitchen.

Have tried only one chicken recipe (marindate) and it was delicious. I highly recommend this book. The pictures are excellent.

Any diet is no good without the exercise! So throw in both and you have it made!

I am quite pleased with this "condensed" version of the Zone Program. It gives a great quick study of what you need to do to plan out your meals, shopping & necessary preparations for a week in the Zone. It looks to be easily adjusted from week to week. I plan to get my Zone Groove on!

This book made the zone diet very easy to understand and stick with. There are alot of easy zone meals that give you a great start on the zone. I would recommend this book if you are interested in this kind of diet. I believe it to be a very healthy way to eat. Includes lean meats,lots of fruit and vegtables and healthy fats.

I've purchased 2 other zone books, the original and a recipe guide. This was my favorite of the 3. Often times you find in diet books, even the good ones, an overwhelming amount of information. Not to say this information isn't all true, but when I incorporate a diet into my busy life I expect or at least want it to be a simple transition. After all, we're only talking about food. A week in the zone provides simple, effective, and point blank guidance for the successful incorporation of the already proven Zone Diet, without all the fluff. It's an easy read and it makes sense.

Second only to The Zone, this book is thorough and can help you jumpstart your zone diet in only one week. Though it is not as intensive and the original Enter the Zone, it is more accessible and helps the reader begin a diet very quickly and easily.