The book to end all diet books!
363668
Kelly's book changed my life and the way I look at eating! It's been so helpful in making food decisions easier, without an unsustainable diet trap. I recommend this to all my friends! Thanks Kelly!
4422998
Michelle has outdone herself with this incredible bible of freeing, encouraging and inspiring advice, wisdom and common sense. In a world where yo yo dieting is common place, where woman move from one diet to another constant after the magic pill for consistent weight management and energy, Michelle takes a refreshing look at how we can ditch the diet mentality and embrace an ancestral template without the restriction. The format is brilliant with room to write and journal to personalise the journey she takes you on. It's so easy to read and really captivating once you start!
When you put this book down you feel empowered and excited to ditch the food hang ups and embrace life with balance and food joy!
3565698
So fascinated by this book and the Atkins diet. However, I'm still reading this book. It has all the information you need to know about the Atkins diet, or just a low carb/high fat diet. It lists everything from the foods you can and cannot eat, all the way to actual Atkins success stories. I borrowed this book from my grandmother and liked it so much I bought one for my sister who has PCOS, which is a nasty metabolic disorder in women that affects hormones, fertility and insulin levels. Based off the many success stories with this diet and PCOS, I'm highly anticipating her results. I myself have lost 20 lbs in the last 2 months with this diet. I would highly recommend this book to anyone wanting to lose any amount of weight! The pounds are literally just melting off. Cliche, I know. The weight loss is so fast that in a matter of DAYS my stomach had shrunk (can attribute to gastric bloating or water weight loss) and my pant legs were looser on me. I can actually fit in a pair of skinny jeans I outgrew 2 years ago (Thank you baby weight. Sigh.). I used to roll my eyes when people would rant about losing weight because I thought that all diets were BS. I had heard of the Atkins diet years ago but upon mentioning it to my mother she quickly insulted the diet like many others before, and I never gave it a second thought. Then I met my husband and he introduced me to Atkins. He himself had results with a low carb diet and lost about 45 lbs. In the place of business I work at, I have a customer that frequently needs our services. After months and months of conversation he shares with me that he lost 96 lbs on the Atkins diet!! Truly amazing. If you don't buy the book, at least do your research.
1349862
I have to say I enjoyed this book! It was a very easy read and got right to the point.  It literally said everything I needed to hear. I have attempted these crazy diets for many years. (Let's just say I've been unhappy with my weight since I was 17 and I just turned 52....you do the math! ) Even when I was a svelte 130 @5'5", I yearned to weigh at LEAST 5 pounds  less. Now I'm about 50 pounds over weight or probably  more, (I weigh more now than I weighed when I was 9 months pregnant with my third child 20 years ago!) but that's an estimate, since I  refuse to get on a scale, and I was honestly one of those people who finally decided to give up and just live my life and eat what I want..
I rationalized  that I look pretty good for my age...my husband loves me, I have a great job and I'm pretty happy....  I was ok being heavy.... I'm over 50, my metabolism has slowed, I have a thyroid issue and I'm peri-menopausal after all....not to mention that I'm also on  high blood pressure and high cholesterol medication. That is  until I saw a  picture of myself. I had actually banned photos the last 3 years or so, but one got taken and my sister posted it on Facebook, without clearing it with me. To say I went ballistic is an understatement.  We almost didn't spend thanksgiving together and Ib harassed her so much she took the picture down. Consequently, I  have read about 10 diet  books since the first of the year, most laying out a food plan I could NEVER live with. The authors seem to think that by telling you to eat certain foods they take the guesswork out of it. But  I know from past experience I would have  just eventually quit, so why bother to try? Then  this book tells me,  count calories, eat less portions  and exercise. No specific foods I hate, just burn more calories than I take in! That I can  live with!  Of course it is common  sense but so many of these food plans and new diet books say that you have to give up certain foods and eat others or no matter what you do you are spinning your wheels, so why even  bother to start!? Now I have a plan and a goal  I think I can live with. I will check back in in August, which is when I hope to reach my target weight, and I will let everyone know the outcome!  thank you!
1285139
My wife and I have read just about every diet book that has been for sale. Most are full of complicated recipes or
involve shopping for strange foods and drinks. We can follow a few of them for a week at best and then get bored and return to the old eating. I am so tired of counting something, weighing or counting points. Although I like Atkins and South Beach, my wife likes the carbs and when they are on the table, its hard to resist.

I found this book an awakening, finally a book from someone who understands what it means to be fat all their life. Double the effect, when you realize its from a doctor who is trained to help overweight people. My wife searched for some new recipes, she could not find a single one, both of us were amazed with the colored pictures, graphs and menus selections. The best part of the diet was the Diet Secret Table, We went down the list and found the two big reasons we were having difficulty losing weight. It was not carbs or fat, it was due to the fact we thought we could not eat late at night and always have been having a big meal at noon. Dr Lipman is right, if you have a big
meal at noon, you will still come home at the end of the day and have another big meal--dinner. Two big meals a day. Both of us decided to follow the simple advice, have a sandwich and cup of soup for lunch and come home and enjoy our dinner together. What a great idea. I can lose weight and still have white bread.
1957112
I read this book a week and a half ago. I was a binger. I was obsessed with food.  I was afraid  of food and my body. I read other anti-diet books but none of them came close to helping me the way this book has. I have ALREADY stopped bingeing. I have ALREADY gotten to the point where eating is more or an annoyance half the time than something I even look forward to. I have no desire to eat when I'm not hungry. I have stopped obsessing about food/diet/weight. In a week and a half! All of it I owe to Jean Antonello who deserves a medal! If only more people would learn the truth about under eating and it's terrifying effects (well I think most people experience the effects but blame them on overeating).
If you are so tired of the diet merry - go - round like I was, out of hope, and looking for the reasons behind the madness and how to overcome them, do a happy dance because you have come to the right book. What Jean gave me is truly priceless and I hope you will get as much out of this book as I have.
1750781
This book was excellent! I search diet and health books because both myself and my wife need to lose weight. I have probably read hundreds of diet books in the last couple of years. I love this book because it really breaks down how a person should diet, what they need to eat and how to overcome the issues that cause you to set yourself back and not lose weight that you need to lose. This is definitely my new go to book to get ideas on what to eat and how to do this whole losing weight the right way!
3679113
This is an amazing book! At first I was really surprised by how many bad reviews it got, then I had to remember that not everyone works in a nutritionist office and what I have been exposed to as far as a healthy diet is not what the mainstream thinks. This book explains it all. Touches on everything you really need to know, quickly.. hits you with the most important facts and moves right along. The language is vulgar ( Im 30, i certainty don't care or mind) but obviously I want to give this book to everyone I know... and the language could put some people off or ruffle some feathers. I think thats the point though. This makes people get with it.... gives you the facts to be healthy and make informed choices while not depriving yourself of anything! Its a win win!  Read it all the way through.. I think its very positive and the beginner's book for a real life change and a brand new path! As far as just weight loss shedding weight but don't feel deprived at all. This book gives you a month of meal plans but leaves a lot up to you and encourages you to take a step at a time and day by day. And thats why I have been able to be on this "diet" for so long. Its a lifestyle and teaches you why and how to make well informed decisions on what you eat. get over the language and READ IT with an open mind!!!
4694757
It will make you angry to find out most of what the "experts" have told you is wrong and based on bad science and big egos. But -- I have  lost 25 pounds over the last 3 months by NOT going on a diet!  Now I eat the way nature intended - and I am never hungry.  Fats, protein, hardly any carbs - I have never felt better.  Three cheers for the hunters and gatherers!  And God Bless Gary Taubes for writing this book!
2062850
I have probably read 30+ diet books in my life and this is by far THE best one ever. Written in a fun but yet straightforward and honest manner it doesn't present the reader with the usual "you must do this or that precisely this way" but instead gives good, common sense advice that anyone and everyone can apply to their lives. If you are looking for a book with strict regiments and dozens of recipes this is not the book for you. If however you are ready to make a permanent lifestyle change I believe this book would be well worth reading and probably the only one you'll need to read. As someone who has lost significant weight and kept it off for nearly a decade before  slowly gaining it back I can say that the basic tenants laid out in this book are the ones I followed when I lost and maintained my weight loss and I am convinced that by getting back to the basics I can do it again and for the rest of my life.
37757
The first half of the book goes into explaining the basics of Paleo, what and why. She updates you on the newest scientific research and picks apart the new "my plate" food guide in the most factual (and awesome) way. Fat is back, my friends! She helps you get started in the approach most comfortable for you (all in, or slowly- one thing at a time). She lays out the guidelines simply with nice graphics. Even has a section for vegetarians who want to ease into eating meat again, giving helpful tips. She gets down to business about carbs, the good the bad and the science behind it without being dry and talks about all of the sweeteners out there and if they are our friends or foe. This book addresses everything from healing digestive issues, autoimmunity, leaky gut, food intolerances, blood sugar regulation, stress management, how to deal with eating out and being at parties, food swaps, and condition-specific meal plans for everything from adrenal health, athletic performance, autoimmunity,blood sugar reg, cancer recovery, digestion, fat loss, hormone production, heart health, liver detox, MS, neurological health, thyroid health, to just simply wanting to eat clean. The second half is recipes with a nice tutorial on how to cut different meats and vegetables different ways (kitchen basics). So far,I have tried one of her spice blends, and 21 of her recipes. I have found them to be (overall) very simple and pretty quick. The recipes that take more prep time are worth it , however, because they taste amazing. My favorite so far is this cocoa chili that has this dimension of flavors that you just have to taste to understand. I never want traditional chili ever again! Anyway, I highly recommend her 2nd edition book. Even if you are turned off by the thought of eating like a caveman, you will love these recipes! I have entertained 2 groups of guests who eat the "standard American diet" with some of the recipes out of this book, and I have only received compliments. You will not miss wheat flour, grains or sugar when you make her recipes. I promise!
296753
This books cuts across the diet "waist-land" and gets to the meat of the problem...calories. All the low-carb, low-fat, low Glycemic index...fat hormones or Zone diets won't get you where you need to get unless you cut the calories, too. Yes, you restrict caloric intake on this program, but having said this, Eat Up Slim Down does NOT advocate eating less. You will probally find yourself eating more than you ever have...just more of the foods that actually nourish you...foods that fill you up and satisfy your cravings...enough food to keep you from getting hungry! Hunger is one of the strongest drives in the world. If you're hungry, you will end up eating anything and everything you can get your hands on until that hunger is satisfied. That's why diets that rely on food restiction never work in the long-term...because you've got to eat...period. To make things even easier, there are no forbidden foods with this program. just better ways of preparing the same foods you already love.

This book is not only full of useful information, but over 200 recipes that show you how to create your favorite meals, keeping the flavor but reducing the calories. Eat Up Slim Down is also filled with the inspiring stories and success strategies of people who have used this way of eating to lose weight. I personally loved the chicken recipes and the dessert recipes, especially the Chocolate Raspberry Avalanche Cake.

Now, just a word to the wise here. When it comes to purchasing this book, you may want to go directly to the website for Rodale Books and purchase it. The last time I looked, you could get this book new from the publishers for $29.96 plus shipping and handling. Some of the sellers here are charging $40-50 dollars plus shipping for the same book! Another suggestion is to purchase a copy of Prevention Magazine at the bookstore, or news stand. Quite often, Prevention includes "cards" that can be mailed in for the purchase of one the many health related books published by Rodale Press. Generally, a purchase this way allows you to buy the book in 3-4 installments and includes a free gift of some kind. At any rate, this book is well worth the purchase, just shop around first. It's worth the effort, just not worth $40-$50!!!
3017922
I bought this book from a used book store for $1, and I can say it's the best dollar I've spent. This book has changed my life, my outlook on food and what I am putting into my body, and how I can become the person I know I can become, not necessarily skinny, but happy and healthy!!!

For one, I don't like diet books. I don't like diets. For me, they don't work. It's not enough for me to follow a diet routine without knowing WHY I should eat certain foods at certain times. I'd rather understand the background of why I should eat what they are telling me. That's exactly what this book has done. From the first chapter on, it goes through every single food group and states why we shouldn't eat it. It actually starts with smoking, then drinking, then coffee...even medicines! It then bashes sodas, the Atkins diet, eating any kind of animal products (and why with NO detail overlooked) to which brands to buy, and so much more. I don't take these things literally but I do understand the message, in part I know what I should avoid. There are detailed lists in the back of the book of what to eat (for a whole month!) but of course I skim through that part (I guess I don't like to be told what to eat!) though I do admit it is helpful to have.

Anyway the message of the book is ultimately, in order to be healthy you must be a vegan. I have in turn decided to do my own research (which I suggest EVERYONE do) to further learn about the pro's and con's of adopting a vegetarian/vegan lifestyle and eating organic foods. While some of the information in the book is contradictory, most of it is spot-on, and I can say if it wasn't for this book I wouldn't even be looking up this information!

All in all, if you can get past the whiny, bitchy tone and the swearing, and the part about the treatment of animals in factories, this book will change your life. I hope this book will at least open your eyes to the truth.
1148258
This book, this approach, has the potential to put all eating disorder therapists out of business. After reading this book I am honestly angry at all the countless hours and thousands of dollars i spent in therapists offices over the years, trying to solve my shameful binge eating problem, not to mention the days and weeks and months lost to binge eating, shame, embarrassment, depression and despair. I feel like i have been misled, and like Kathryn said - therapy only perpetuated my problem, and led me to believe that there is some kind of deeply buried unresolved problem in me, that i must uncover in order to cure my eating disorder. NONSENSE! All i need to do is to learn how to ignore urges to binge, because the only reason i binge is because i have urges. This book teaches how to do precisely that, and it's easy! Just requires some practice. When i initially started reading her first book, "Brain over binge", i was as skeptical about it as i was about the numerous other books i've read before that promised to help resolve and liberate me from binge eating. But her story and her insight was so different, so powerful, and so SIMPLE, that it blew my mind. The recovery guide expands on many of the aspects of the original book and addresses many issues that arise for different people when using the brain over binge approach. I highly recommend this book to anyone suffering from bulimia or binge eating disorder.
4101573
Makes the most sense of any diet book ever written. You can't ignore such thoroughly researched advice. It will change your life (which some people secretly don't want)
2941766
Dr. Steele's book should have made been on Oprah's radar years ago. Had it been, thousands and thousands of people would have read it and embraced its wisdom. The advice, guidelines and even the recipes in this very useful book, are all excellent. I read this book at a time when I needed to make some life changes regarding diet and exercise. I successfully lost over 25 pounds using the guidelines in this book. And, I continue to adhere to its advice on how to eat more healthy, and live more healthy. For example, I learned a lot about hidden sugars in many foods ( even fruits). I learned what to eat when I wanted to snack, but most important, I experienced the success in eating the right foods, NOT feeling hungry, and  feeling more healthy to boot. This is not a diet book. Read the subtitle and you will know that if you read this book, and use the information in it, you are headed to a  new lifestyle that you will never surrender to your former ways of eating and living. I now give Dr. Steele's book out as gifts. Enjoy !
1959445
This is my kind of diet book!  Mr. Taylor knows that all the research and science that goes into a diet program is not initially what any dieter wants to trudge through.  Thank you for giving us a clear and concise plan of this wonderful lifestyle of eating and enjoying food and life.  There may come a time when I want to explore the background of what makes it work, but for now I love the KISS principle Mr. Taylor used in this book.  I have tried some of the recipes, and they are good, but what is more important is that the principles laid out are easy to apply to individual lifestyles.  Well done, Mr. Taylor!