Neris and India's Idiot-proof Diet: From Pig to Twig
by India Knight
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Manufacturer: Penguin Books Ltd
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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780141027432
ISBN: 0141027436
Label: Penguin Books Ltd
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2008-01-03
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Studio: Penguin Books Ltd
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Summary: It worked for me !
Comment: I am not a diet-book person or one for "faddy diets". I saw this quite by chance at the top of the bestsellers list on Amazon at the end of Jan 08. I bought it on impulse as the time was right for me to do something about being overweight.
Once I committed myself to it (with the company of a friend - which was invaluable), it took me 6 months to lose 5 stone. I have remained stable at the weight I want to be now for a month. It's early days but I feel confident that I can keep to it, and all I can say is that it worked for me !
The basis of the initial diet is very low-carb - i.e. no potatoes, rice, pasta, bread, fruit whilst the majority of the weight is lost. You can eat any meat or fish, eggs, green veg and supplement it with "good fats" on the side - olive oil, butter, cheese, double cream etc. Once you have shifted all but about a stone you then gradually re-introduce low-carb foods to adjust back. It is a sociable diet and easy to adapt to eating out and around friends' houses - think roast dinner without potatoes but butter on veg / caesar salad with dressing but no croutons / cheese (and pate !) for dessert instead of puds !
A few of my friends have done the Lighter Life diet. It was never one for me because i knew that being off food completely for a quick weight loss would then make me panic when I was supposed to re-introduce them. I believe this is sustainable and has made a fantastic difference for me.
I would recommend buying the cookbook for some simple but effective recipes that both my husband and children ate quite happily.
Good luck !
Customer Rating:
Summary: This book needs to come with a health warning!
Comment: While I have to admire this book for attempting to address the issues that underlay a person's overeating, there's not much else to like about it. The "diet" has been put together by two amatuers with no experience in diets or nutrition other than having been on lots of diets in the past. Not a great place to start from...
It's interesting to read that the author claims this book presents a mediterranean diet when that clearly isn't the case. What they actually advocate is cutting out an entire foodgroup (carbohydrates). For the rest of your life. Which frankly, is just plain stupid.
Carbohydrates have received a bad rap in recent years but there's many different types and the authors show their naiveity by excluding the entire group. Put very simply, highly processed, simple carbohydrates are something we should exclude from our diet as much as possible. Complex carbs (whole grains) provide much-needed energy.
The diet advocated by these two woman is quite dangerous. Losing weight safely is easy - you need to burn more calories than you consume. Eat healthily (and most of us know what that means by now) and do regular exercise. It's the only sustainable way to lose weight and keep it off long-term.
Add this book to the enormous pile of faddy, dangerous diet books.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Another Atkins spinoff!
Comment: Hi, I really wanted to give this a go but after buying both the book and the diet book I have decided to send them back. I work full-time and did not find this book at all practical for people working full-time. I don't agree with a diet book that tells you that you cannot eat fruit to begin with as it contains too much sugar but you can eat onion bhajis for breakfast! I also don't agree with a diet book where you are told to take so many, expensive, supplements. Why can't you just get the nutrition from food?? The menus looked good but the ingredients are expensive and I just don't have the time. I am sure lots of people have lost loads of weight on it and great for them. I would much rather stick to healthy eating, drinking lots of water and some exercise. Sorry but not for me.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great for the mind games, not so sure about the diet
Comment: Fun and friendly read, which is really good for helping you sort out why you need to diet in the first place, and what you want to get out of it. A lot of diet books take this stage for granted, when it can be the most difficult bit to get right. Without getting the mental attitude right, no diet is going to work long-term - I speak from experience.
As noted by other reviewers, this is an amalgamation of low-carb diets, mostly Atkins. However the authors are not qualified dietitians (nor do they pretend to be), although they are good on practicalities (the section on wardrobe-sorting is great advice). Personally I'm not convinced by any diet that relies heavily on supplements and laxatives, even if mostly in the first stage. I'd still say that at paperback price it's a good investment for helping you get your mind and behaviour patterns under control.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not good for Vegetarians
Comment: I only wish I knew that this book was a book about an Atkins type diet. I am vegetarian and nowhere on the cover does it say not suitable for vegetarians. I tried Atkins and ended up in hospital with a bowel blockage. I was disappointed that I had spent money on this book which did not go with my vegetarian lifestyle.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: It worked for me !
Comment: I am not a diet-book person or one for "faddy diets". I saw this quite by chance at the top of the bestsellers list on Amazon at the end of Jan 08. I bought it on impulse as the time was right for me to do something about being overweight.
Once I committed myself to it (with the company of a friend - which was invaluable), it took me 6 months to lose 5 stone. I have remained stable at the weight I want to be now for a month. It's early days but I feel confident that I can keep to it, and all I can say is that it worked for me !
The basis of the initial diet is very low-carb - i.e. no potatoes, rice, pasta, bread, fruit whilst the majority of the weight is lost. You can eat any meat or fish, eggs, green veg and supplement it with "good fats" on the side - olive oil, butter, cheese, double cream etc. Once you have shifted all but about a stone you then gradually re-introduce low-carb foods to adjust back. It is a sociable diet and easy to adapt to eating out and around friends' houses - think roast dinner without potatoes but butter on veg / caesar salad with dressing but no croutons / cheese (and pate !) for dessert instead of puds !
A few of my friends have done the Lighter Life diet. It was never one for me because i knew that being off food completely for a quick weight loss would then make me panic when I was supposed to re-introduce them. I believe this is sustainable and has made a fantastic difference for me.
I would recommend buying the cookbook for some simple but effective recipes that both my husband and children ate quite happily.
Good luck !
Customer Rating:
Summary: This book needs to come with a health warning!
Comment: While I have to admire this book for attempting to address the issues that underlay a person's overeating, there's not much else to like about it. The "diet" has been put together by two amatuers with no experience in diets or nutrition other than having been on lots of diets in the past. Not a great place to start from...
It's interesting to read that the author claims this book presents a mediterranean diet when that clearly isn't the case. What they actually advocate is cutting out an entire foodgroup (carbohydrates). For the rest of your life. Which frankly, is just plain stupid.
Carbohydrates have received a bad rap in recent years but there's many different types and the authors show their naiveity by excluding the entire group. Put very simply, highly processed, simple carbohydrates are something we should exclude from our diet as much as possible. Complex carbs (whole grains) provide much-needed energy.
The diet advocated by these two woman is quite dangerous. Losing weight safely is easy - you need to burn more calories than you consume. Eat healthily (and most of us know what that means by now) and do regular exercise. It's the only sustainable way to lose weight and keep it off long-term.
Add this book to the enormous pile of faddy, dangerous diet books.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Another Atkins spinoff!
Comment: Hi, I really wanted to give this a go but after buying both the book and the diet book I have decided to send them back. I work full-time and did not find this book at all practical for people working full-time. I don't agree with a diet book that tells you that you cannot eat fruit to begin with as it contains too much sugar but you can eat onion bhajis for breakfast! I also don't agree with a diet book where you are told to take so many, expensive, supplements. Why can't you just get the nutrition from food?? The menus looked good but the ingredients are expensive and I just don't have the time. I am sure lots of people have lost loads of weight on it and great for them. I would much rather stick to healthy eating, drinking lots of water and some exercise. Sorry but not for me.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great for the mind games, not so sure about the diet
Comment: Fun and friendly read, which is really good for helping you sort out why you need to diet in the first place, and what you want to get out of it. A lot of diet books take this stage for granted, when it can be the most difficult bit to get right. Without getting the mental attitude right, no diet is going to work long-term - I speak from experience.
As noted by other reviewers, this is an amalgamation of low-carb diets, mostly Atkins. However the authors are not qualified dietitians (nor do they pretend to be), although they are good on practicalities (the section on wardrobe-sorting is great advice). Personally I'm not convinced by any diet that relies heavily on supplements and laxatives, even if mostly in the first stage. I'd still say that at paperback price it's a good investment for helping you get your mind and behaviour patterns under control.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Not good for Vegetarians
Comment: I only wish I knew that this book was a book about an Atkins type diet. I am vegetarian and nowhere on the cover does it say not suitable for vegetarians. I tried Atkins and ended up in hospital with a bowel blockage. I was disappointed that I had spent money on this book which did not go with my vegetarian lifestyle.
Ever wanted a diet book by and for real people - you know, people who actually have a life? Congratulations! You've just picked it up. We lost ten stone in a year - and if we can do it, then just by following our tips you can do it too. There's never been a diet book like it - for women, by women with simple advice that is not hard to follow (plus jokes).
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