It just means eating less energy-dense foods AKA foods with fewer calories per gram , like fruits and veggies. By William David, M. Unhealthy carbs are a major cause of obesity Best suited for: During those 10 days, the program follows recipes that wean you off of unhealthy wheat and grains ASAP, while simultaneously teaching you how to recognize withdrawal symptoms because pretzel addiction is real! Press the reset button on your entire diet to help you find out exactly which foods are causing health issues Best suited for: Its regular appearance on the New York Times best-seller list solidifies its status as one of the best healthy eating books out there.
Buy It Now 5. Daily Dash for Weight Loss: To lose weight, eat more nutritionally dense foods Best suited for: This healthy eating plan was originally designed to help lower blood pressure, but followers found it significantly contributed to weight loss as well. There are no wild restrictions here—just a call for more fruits and veggies, lean meats, mostly whole grains, and heart-healthy fats.
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This book is great for losing the last pounds. If you do the principles, provide the correct calorie deficit, and eliminate the crap foods, then you will see results. I've been trying to lose the last ten pounds of my baby weight for six months now. This book gave me the necessary tweaks I needed the key for me was giving up alcohol for 30 days.
Now to be fair, i also listen religiously to her podcasts so most of the things in the book I've heard before. Aug 10, Candace rated it it was amazing.
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This book will kick your butt into shape. I have had personal trainers, read every fitness book, and done a lot of fitness videos and anything Jillian Michaels does will get you into the best shape of your life. I got down to the skinniest I have ever been since I hit puberty with this book! Feb 27, Brooke rated it it was amazing. Totally love this book. Although I've through all of it, I will be continually referencing it throughout the next 29 days. I'd better be hot next month!!
View all 8 comments. Mar 16, casey rated it really liked it Recommends it for: Pretty good information, it really is for someone who already works out pretty regularly, but I will continue to us it. It has a lot of really good tips. Sep 08, Sandy rated it liked it Shelves: I have no doubt that the diet and exercise plan in this book works. I lost 5 pounds in the first week. While there I have no doubt that the diet and exercise plan in this book works.
My next problem with the diet plan is that the grocery list is ridiculous! Am I really supposed to buy a loaf of bread so that I can eat one piece? Aside from the fact that there's 3 different types of bread that you only use 1 piece in a week. Third, have you seen all the things there are to cook? I cook eggs for breakfast, prepare lunch to take with me for myself and my husband because we actually have jobs to go to and do not have the ability to make lunch for ourselves when the time rolls around. Plus packing a snack of some kind. And then I must cook a new meal every night.
Let me be clear about something. In order to follow this exercise plan, you need access to a gym. Personally, I like to workout at home. A treadmill I do have a Gazelle , a seated hamstring curl machine, a cable and pulley machine, any every other large piece of gym equipment ever. So when I finally got a chance to look over the exercise plan and review the moves, I have to say that I was nothing but discouraged to see that gym equipment was needed for so many of the moves.
My problem is that when it comes to exercise, I tend to be a perfectionist. After my initial loss of 5 pounds the first week I was up and down between a 2 pound window but never losing more than the first 5 pounds. Moves can be modified which is what I did. Leftovers can be eaten, which is also what I did. That cut down on the number of items being purchased at the grocery store, and it also cut down on the number of meals I had to cook each week. All in all, I give Making the Cut 3 Stars. Have you tried Making the Cut? What did you think?
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Diet vs exercise Jillian Michaels - how can one not like her books if fitness and health are of interest? Her recommended diet is fairly easy to understand and follow. Her workouts seem to be a bit advanced for a beginner without a week or two of practice. Jan 02, KH Crocker rated it did not like it Shelves: Only giving it a 1-star because I didn't finish it.
Feb 25, Lecy rated it liked it Shelves: This is basically a guide for anyone who wants to lose that last twenty pounds. Jillian provides instruction on how to determine your body and metabolism type and what you should be eating based on your type - which is very helpful - along with weekly menu plans and fitness routines that are in synch with a The Biggest Loser regimen. Her actual plans are not ones that would work for my lifestyle, but the book has been sitting on my shelf for years and it was finally time to read it.
There is a l This is basically a guide for anyone who wants to lose that last twenty pounds. There is a lot of helpful information but if you aren't a hardcore workout fan, or have a special diet GF, vegan, etc you probably wouldn't get much out of her plans. Oct 07, Ilva rated it liked it Shelves: May 03, Amy rated it it was amazing.
So, I've been on a quest to find a new workout routine. I really wanted something that had a good structure so I knew exactly what I needed to do each day. My biggest problem has been putting together strength training workouts that I could stick with - after a couple of weeks I would inevitably start doubting myself, wondering if it is working, wondering if I doing the right muscle groups, the right number of days per week, etc. Then I would eventually give up or move on to something else. I've So, I've been on a quest to find a new workout routine.
I've always loved Jillian, so I thought I would give her book a try and I was pleasantly surprised to find that she has provided full menus as well as full workouts for 30 days. The menus looked really good, especially since there are three different sets you can choose from according to how quickly you oxidize your food there is a questionnaire to help you determine where you fall. I found that I am a fast oxidizer, which actually went against everything I had been doing in the past.
This has made such a huge difference in how I feel during the day! I always wondered why everyone says to eat a bowl of oatmeal and it will keep you full all morning - not me. I was starving after an hour. Now I have egg whites or greek yogurt and I am feeling full much longer. As for the workouts - they completely kick ass. And they will kick your ass thoroughly. Definitely not for those who don't know a squat from a lunge or have no experience lifting weights. But, if you know the basics you should be fine. Also, a caveat - this program is not for major weight loss.
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MTC is for taking out of shape people and getting them ripped for those with 20lbs or so to lose. Now, I haven't worked out in a while and I have about 25lbs to lose so I probably wasn't the ideal candidate for this program, but I decided to give it a shot anyway. The workouts are hard - they consist of 5 circuits with exercises per circuit. You are allowed no rest between exercises and only a 30 second rest between circuits. There lots of plyo exercises such as jumping lunges, squat thrusts, and knee tuck jumps - lots of squats, lunges, bicycle crunches, some weights and some cardio.
I added in some extra cardio most mornings to bump up my calorie burn. I can tell you that I feel awesome - I feel strong, my stamina has improved dramatically and I improved more in this one month than I have in many months of working out on my own.
I have two days left on the program, so I can't give my final stats yet, but so far I am down about 6lbs and many inches - I am fitting into clothes I haven't worn in a while and some things are getting baggy and too loose to wear anymore. I have already decided to start it all over again!
Feb 20, Katherine Gow added it. I am reading Making the Cut for the third time now I'm still worried about the distilled water because I have depleted my electrolytes in the past, so I may not follow it exactly. I may still allow myself coconut water, but I'm taking notes again this time around and trying to apply as much of the plan to r I am reading Making the Cut for the third time now I may still allow myself coconut water, but I'm taking notes again this time around and trying to apply as much of the plan to reaching my fitness goals as I can.
Aug 31, Catherine Gillespie rated it liked it Shelves: Basically, metabolic type is the way your body uses the types of macronutrients protein, carbs, fat you give it. Different people metabolize those nutrients differently, which is why some diets work for some people but not others, and why what helps your friend lose 10 pounds might make you GAIN 10 pounds.
What I found super helpful was the survey in the book to help you determine your metabolic type. Usually when I take a survey I take it for myself but also try to answer the questions as I th Basically, metabolic type is the way your body uses the types of macronutrients protein, carbs, fat you give it. Usually when I take a survey I take it for myself but also try to answer the questions as I think my husband would, and, interestingly, we are opposite metabolic types. This was like a revelation to me!
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After the survey, the book includes ideas for how to structure your diet for your metabolic type, including recipes and fitness routine suggestions. The end of the book also includes peak strategies for getting really cut for an event or photo shoot or something. Sep 24, Joni rated it really liked it.
I can't even count how many fitness books I've read. But Jillian keeps things pretty simple with this book. If you want to lose weight you have to analyse where you are at, take measurements, get on the scale. Then you really need to go by some pretty basic rules: Th I can't even count how many fitness books I've read. This is a lifestyle change that takes practice. Get the metabolism started with breakfast, keep the metabolism going by eating every four hours. Be mindful of portion control. Drink plenty of water.
Stop with the empty calories in fruit juices, in sodas even diet , and duh, in kool aide. There is a part in the book that helps one decide on their metabolic rate. Some I didn't like, like yogurt or cottage chesse, so I struck them off my list don't beat yourself up, find what you like. I wasn't crazy about turkey sausage or turkey bacon, but they're doable. And you can still have a slice of pizza, or a cheeseburger. Last but not least "MOVE".
Even thou this book is suppose to be about losing those stubborn few pounds, it also has a section of peaking, I found it useful to also help with getting one off a plateau. Feb 12, Christina rated it really liked it Recommends it for: It's only the third day of her workout plan and I'm already seeing impressive results as though I just went to a celebrity trainer! The nutrition info is solid.
The diet she outlines is very strict, but healthy. I'm confident it would yield weight-loss results in days. Many of the exercises are not pictured, just described in words. For several, I had to refer to her earlier book, or google the moves to actually understand how to do them.
It's a little difficult to alternate b It's only the third day of her workout plan and I'm already seeing impressive results as though I just went to a celebrity trainer! It's a little difficult to alternate between floor moves and a treadmill, especially if your gym is bilevel, or the treadmills are busy. The workouts work best for the home, private gym, or even outdoors.
As she states in the intro, this book is for people who have been working out a while. If you are out of shape, don't attempt. Also, if you want a more gentle or gradual method for weight-loss, do not attempt. As for the diet plan, there are lots of menus, but not a lot of text or explanation surrounding her choices. It isn't clear if it is OK to adjust the diet, or why certain foods are on certain days. I also wonder if the meal choices correspond with the workouts; that's never explained either.
You are getting maximum caloric deficit this way, and you'll lose lots of weight, but obviously this is very hard to maintain for 30 days. Her first book is much more broad and basic for folks looking to improve their lifestyles, not just drop pounds temporarily. In fact, I think her first is a prerequisite if you want explanation, or any sort of lasting success.
Dec 07, Elizabeth Ditty rated it really liked it Shelves: Once again, this rating is based on the information contained within the book rather than the effectiveness of the program, which I haven't done yet but intend to do somewhere around February While less scientifically explanatory than "Master Your Metabolism," I appreciated the honest approach to delivering results in this book. And that message is important and necessary.
But I appreciate having access to this sort of knowledge, too, because sometimes it's OK to be superficial. Michaels states repeatedly that this book is not for people who have more than 30 pounds to lose. This is for people who have already lost most of the weight and need a plan to help them lose the last stubborn pounds.
Mar 05, Chasley rated it really liked it. I thought this book had allot of good information in it. I found a ton of recipes in this book that actually sounded really good. I personally think it's hard to do a workout routine from a book, it's much easier to do a video tape where you don't have to stop after every set and figure out what you have to do next. I ended up picking up her 30 day shred workout tape and used that instead of the workouts in her book.
I bought this book more for the information and seeing what she recommended than I thought this book had allot of good information in it. I bought this book more for the information and seeing what she recommended than actually planning on following her specific 30 day diet and fitness plan. I can see myself using her recipes though and incorporating them in my life.
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I've seen good results with her 30 day shred workout tape and I imagine you would see even better result with this diet. I'm sure once I get to a weight loss plateau I will be referencing back to her book and following it. I love Jillian Michaels! But her book is for the everyday person like me and is tailored specifically to meet the needs of individuals looking to lose 10 or fewer pounds or tone up an out of shape body.
It requires a day commitment where I love Jillian Michaels! It requires a day commitment where Ms. Michaels outlines the fitness and eating plans to get the body you've always wanted. I have not tried it out yet but just reading about it motivated me to reassess my fitness goals and get on my own day plan. I will try hers someday though! Aug 06, Michelle rated it really liked it Shelves: The book is filled with relevant advice as well as day meal and exercise plans.
The last chapter of the book is fantastic - it explains along with a meal plan how to look completely shredded within 7 days. She explains that it's not a state your body can physically be in for extended periods of time, but once you have definition, it is relatively easy to get the completely shredded look she gives th Would HIGHLY recommend this book for anyone that has struggled losing those last lbs.
She explains that it's not a state your body can physically be in for extended periods of time, but once you have definition, it is relatively easy to get the completely shredded look she gives the book cover as an example pretty quickly. Starting the meal plan today, can't wait to see the results! Checked this book out from the library - but definitely buying a copy. It's full of THAT much good info. I am on day 8 of the 30 day workout.