Crack the Fat-Loss Code
May 17th, 2008 Posted in Paperback
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: 007154691X
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
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Editorial Reviews
Product Description:
The scientific way to lose fat
“Crack the Fat-Loss Code brings you the most sensible solution to permanent weight management I have seen.”
–Frederick C. Hatfield, Ph.D., bestselling author of Bodybuilding: A Scientific Approach, Hardcore Bodybuilding, and Ultimate Sports Nutrition
The human body evolved to resist starvation by holding on to fat. No wonder it’s hard 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. The plan teaches you 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:
REPROGRAM YOUR BODY–to burn the fat and keep it off.
FEEL HEALTHY, NOT HUNGRY–with limitless food options.
CONQUER THAT DIET PLATEAU–once and for all.
Customer Reviews
Hungry for a better plan? by Cynthia Thomason
Wendy’s Plan Really Works.
Wendy’s tenets:
1. Protect and Support Muscle
2. Level Blood Sugar
3. Create and Energy Deficit
4. Produce Heat
5. Manipulate Energy Stores
I purchased and read Wendy’s book in the same night. I was hungry for a way to eat right and lose weight! I knew that it had to exist. As an ex-athlete (figure skater), 5′ 9 and 173 pounds, I have seen women my age (43) keep the weight off but I couldn’t understand why I was having the problem. I skated 4 times a week, took lots of walks and I was even doing occasional Pilates. By my calculations I was working out more than most of the thinner women that I knew. What was going on.
Almost immediately “Crack the Fat Loss Code” explained that I was eating incorrectly. It was obvious that I was eating a diet of carb-laden packaged foods. Even though they said “all-natural”, “organic”, “low-fat” and I paid more for them at the health food store, when I checked the carb count, I realized….I was a carb-junkie. According to Wendy’s plan it seemed, I was never giving my blood sugar a chance to level out before constantly fueling up with more carbs and sugar. Not to mention the days of eating virtually nothing, only to overeat for days afterwards.
After a week of following Wendy’s book, and 8 weeks in her Nutrition Boot Camp (which is the same plan of her book but she explains exercise and supplementation); I went from 173 to 161. My body fat index dropped from 26.5% to 21.5%. I also lost 4 ½ inches in my waist and 3 ½ inches in my chest.
What makes Wendy’s plan different from others; (I tried most every of the other big ones including Vegan) there are no completely off limit foods; you eat carbs most every day; I never felt hungry not even once; and it is extremely simple to follow once you learn the code letters and create your little tracking sheets.
I still have trouble believing all the food I am supposed to eat and that I’m never starving myself. This was the most important aspect of this plan for me–as a skater I had to have fuel. I also have an extremely complex, thought intensive job where I have to remember and recall mass amounts of information every minute. Eating like a true athlete (which is how I describe Wendy’s plan) has shown me exactly how my body works, stores, and uses fuel and when and how exactly to cheat.
For anyone trying to lose large or even small amounts of fat, you are wasting valuable time. Start using Wendy’s plan right away. I also strongly suggest one of Wendy’s remote boot camp programs; which I understand you can join from anywhere. This lady knows her stuff; down to the exact science.
Yes, it works! Really well!! by M. C. Teet
This is my fourth copy of the book. Why so many? Because whenever someone starts asking me what I’ve been doing, they get so excited, that they end up wanting the book. I believe in this so strongly, that I give my copy away so they can start reading that day….
I’ve been following the Crack the Fat Loss Code plan since January 9th, 2008. I’ve lost 41 lbs and haven’t felt like I’ve been dieting at all. A few reviewers feel that the plan promotes cottage cheese and protein shakes too much… but it really doesn’t. The food plans are guidelines. There are substitution options that allow you to customize your day’s food intake within the framework of the patterning.
This is also the first time I’ve been told WHY to change my habits because of how foods interact with my body. Diets I have tried in the past just tell me to do something, but don’t explain why. Understanding why helps in my motivation and in making this a lifestyle change, not a diet.
Exercise…. I exercise, but I apply exercise to the food plan. There is no exercise in the book because you need to change food intake habits first. Once you’ve developed your new habits through several weeks of the program, exercise should be added. Don’t worry that there isn’t a whole section of recommended exercises… when the time comes, just get out there an move. As your body improves, you’ll want to add intensity, weight training etc.
Lots of Hype, Little Info, and Wrong about Carbs by A Lover of Good Books
I picked this book up because I was hoping to learn more about how to construct an effective carb cycling diet. Unfortunately, the author cycles between having her devotees tell you how wonderful she is, telling you how great her diet is, and telling you almost nothing about her wonderful life-long diet.
As another reviewer pointed out, the sample menus are almost useless. And every day’s meal plan includes a meal of nothing but cottage cheese. (Yuk!) There is no guidance about how many grams of carb, protein, fat and calories to use for each type of day and meal, which is what you’d need to know to make up your own food plan. The author’s recipes are, well, let’s just say, she isn’t a foodie. Am I really supposed to eat a “lifelong diet” where twice a day I have to eat cottage cheese and a protein shake?
There is also no acknowledgment that a 300 lb 60 year old woman with severe diabetes would need to eat a different daily diet than a 120 lb 25 year old woman looking to put on some more muscle. The sample diets discriminate only between males and females.
The book claims to give guidance for people with diabetes but doesn’t, except to suggest eating less fruit. At the same time, the author urges people to eat white rice every day. Does she have any clue what white rice does to blood sugar?
Her explanations of nutritional science are garbled and often wrong. She really has no clue about how low carb dieting works, and warns it is unhealthy, when many of us who have eaten low carb for many years (self-included) know this is not true.
Disappointing. We really could use a book written by someone with real nutritional credentials (her credentials are the made up kind used by gym trainers) who could explain to us the latest thinking on how to use carb cycling to break stalls. But this book isn’t it.
Best of the best by Nannette Wilson
As a health care professional, I am always looking for ways to encourage my patients and their decisions for healthly lifestyle changes. This book is easy to understand and the plan is easy to implement. I have recommended it to several patients already and all of them are very excited about it! You don’t starve. You don’t go hungry. You just eat healthy! It doesn’t get any better than that!!!
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