Crack the Fat-Loss Code: Outsmart Your Metabolism and Conquer the Diet Plateau
Selected Book Details
- Paperback
- Edition: 1
- Author: Wendy Chant
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill
- Release Date: February 2008
- ISBN-10: 007154691X
- ISBN-13: 9780071546911
- List Price: $16.95
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Summaries and Customer Reviews provided by Amazon
SummaryThe New York Times Bestseller! LOSE UP TO 25 POUNDS IN 8 WEEKS AND KEEP IT OFF! The human body evolved to resist starvation by holding on to fat. No wonder it's so difficult to lose weight! Now a revolutionary lifestyle plan finally cracks the code for efficient fat loss. Developed by leading nutrition specialist Wendy Chant, the plan is scientifically designed to help you "outsmart" your body's natural cycles for storing and burning calories. Crack the Fat Loss Code teaches you how to boost your metabolism through "macro-patterning"--a simple routine of alternating carb-up, carb-down, and baseline days. There are even built-in cheat days, so you can enjoy the foods you love. Once you get your eating habits on schedule, you'll find that you can lose weight . . . for good. In just eight short weeks, you'll be able to:
"Crack the Fat-Loss Code brings you the most sensible solution to permanent weight management I have seen." |
Customer Reviews
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Best Diet Book I've Ever Read!
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I have tried every diet and read many books and articles about dieting. This book is working for me because it tells you specifically what to do and how to eat to lose weight but more importantly, it gives you the scientific information as to why our bodies fight losing weight. This book makes total sense to me and I would recommend it to anyone out there who isn't looking for gimmicks but want the cold, hard facts about dieting!
This is a guide that has worked for several of my clients.
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As a personal trainer, I have read dozens of "diet" books and seen the successes - and more often - failures of all of them. Several of my clients began using this guide and find that it works into their lifestyle and they haven't felt deprived of foods they like. I've purchased copies for others to try and will update this review as results come in.
All "diet" plans can be tedious to follow and this one is no exception. If you won't stay with it for at least six months, you will waste your time and money. Once you start cheating, you're done for!
In my experience, the best way to insure success is by keeping a journal. A pad of paper in your pocket is all it takes and you MUST write down everything you put in your mouth. As they say, if you bite it - write it. The idea is to make you think as you're making the decision - so writing it down later doesn't help. I tell clients to write it down before they put it in their mouth - even one chip! Good luck.
New York Times Bestseller?
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I read the book from cover to cover and thought it was unneccesarily complicated even in the beginning. I feel that the author could have made it more user friendly with regard to chapter and menu organization. I am sure that it makes sense in her mind but for the reader who wants a lifestlye change; simplicity is best.
I decided to start the first week because a menu was provided for all seven days. No thinking. Then when I started to shop for Week Two I realized after alot of page turning that the menu provided for Week Two is really for Week Three. If the premise of this diet is to follow Macro patterning you have to follow the pattern correctly.
I wrote the author about the confusion. What to start next? CC BB etc,. BBCC, Got a prompt email saying that my request would be answered but over forty-eight hours later, and still no reply or support.
It's not the end of the world but it's annoying and could have been provided. The reader has to make sure, really sure that they read the heading so they are not doing planner B, C or D in other cycles. It could easily happen.
I will say the recipes provided are tasty. Not sure if I will continue at this point? If I do continue through week eight I will write again to revise my review.
Excellent Information
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Like so many I've been on this diet and that diet. Getting really good information that is usable and friendly to the frustrated dieter is always a tough deal. Wendy knows, Wendy understands the dilemma. Read her first one, "Crack..." and then "Conquer..." The diet, the "lifestyle" is pretty easy to do when you understand what happens with what you eat and how your body uses and stores what you eat. I personally realized that what I put in my mouth is very important if I want to be around for and with my grand kids. What's your goal and what's your purpose for losing weight? Decide and then take your life more seriously. Good Luck!
Poorly written, Badly edited, mis-information.....Doesnt work
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This book is poorly written. The author constantly uses analogies to cars, and gasoline. It gets to be laborious to read -- I'd rather read facts, and correct terminology. It is insulting to my intelligence. The format of the book is hard to read -- the diets are at the back of the book, but you have to search in the middle for recipes and search again elsewhere to find the the substitute lists. The book will tell you a recipe is on a certain page, and it's really several pages away. It is very unorganized!
Also, the nutritional values are way wrong on several recipes. For instance, the recipe for crepes (which are horrible!) states 20 grams of protein, 1 gram of fat and 15-25 grams of Carbs. Well, the protein powder alone has 20-23 grams of protein. The oatmeal has another 4 grams of protein, and the 4 eggs have another 20 or so grams of protein. That's over double what the author states! The oatmeal also has 2 grams of fat, and surely the egg yolk has a little fat...again double the author's stated 1 gram of fat.
The before-and-after shots of her clients are also insulting to my intelligence! She has a before/after shot of one woman...and she's a size 4 before and a size 4 after! Another man has lost several pounds, and totally firmed up his body. But....the muscle didnt come from this diet, it came from him lifting weights and working out.
Another thing----since you must excercise (and honestly should with any diet plan), the author doesnt tell you WHEN you should eat for ideal performance. This is very important if you lift weights or do intensive cardio. You need energy to lift weights, so you need to know WHEN to eat. I'm surprised the author, who is a former bodybuilder, totally omitted this type of information!
Lastly, this diet did not work for me. I do feel like I'm eating healthier than I was before, but I'm not losing any weight or fat. In fact, in 3 weeks, I've only lost 5 pounds. I'm following it very closely. And, the 1st 2 whole weeks of the diet I didnt even have a bowel movement -- I had to buy laxatives. That's not healthy!
Save your money. Find another diet. This book is horrible. I've heard the "idiot proof diet" online works well, maybe I'll try that.
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