The Belly Off! Diet

by Jeff Csatari

Book Overview

Men's Health has found the secret to weight-loss. It's not some new exercise contraption or magic pill or trendy fad diet. The secret to quick and permanent weight loss comes from real people just... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1605298212
• ISBN13: 9781605298214
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Length: 339 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful and Practical Diet Book Ever!!!!

I have researched dozens of diet books and this is the only one I use and recommend.

What is your motivation?

The new year has come and gone for many of us, and for some this might have been a purchase to help get us off the couch and back into shape. I know that is why I bought it initially. What I didn't realize is the inherent motivational value this book can have. I started the new year year at 242 pounds, overweight and lazy, breathing hard to get up my stairs at home. Reading this at night, and during my down time, instead of sitting on the couch watching TV, really helped to ease my mind into actually doing it. The recipes are awesome, with everything I could ever want. Best yet, the book details cooking instructions, 4 weeks of meals and example exercises. While the exercises have a little less value in this book because it usually takes knowledge of working out to understand the how-to, they are an added bonus. Essentially, this book tells you exactly what you need to know. Following it to the letter, like other diet books, would be a mistake and the author points this out. In one portion, the author describes the book as a gateway to understanding how to eat healthier on a constant basis, not always having to refer to a book or chart, but rather you gain understanding in what to look for and what will work and not work for you. I have finished reading this book, and 1.5 months after, I am down 20 pounds. I didn't follow the entire 4 week food regimen, or do every single exercise. Instead I used it for ideas, recipes, and adding exercises into my growing repertoire instead of my growing waist line. I highly recommend this book, male or female (although it does take a bit of a male presentation, as it is from Men's Health). Diets are guidelines to life, not restrictions or boundaries to be skirted. This book really shows you that, and if you take anything away from it, do so in a positive manner, because that is the only way that this will ever work.

Very Good Information

All you need know about weight and health. How you can loose weight and convert in a better human body.

Buy it and try it! I'm down 17 pounds in 3 weeks!

Easy to read, easy to follow and for the first time a diet EASY TO DO! South Beach wanted a week of eating turkey and V8 basically, you'll be craving carbs like crazy on Adkins OR you can eat like a regular person on the Belly Off! Diet. You get fat, protein and carbs EVERY MEAL. I'm never hungry, I eat all the time and it's never stuff I hate. Chili, chicken wings, sandwiches, steak, pizza....everything is great. I'm not even following this diet to the T and I'm already down 17 pounds in 3 weeks. The thing about it is if I really followed their workout plans (no gym required) more often I'd be down a lot more. It's very motivating. I'm using new belt loops on my pants, I feel so much better and again, I eat all the time. Pick this book up, read it, try it and you WILL lose weight. Tons or recipes for great food and you can even join Men's Health Belly Off! group online for free. See other people's stories, progress, recipes and more. I'm beyond happy with the book and the results but for the first time in a very, very, long time I feel in control of my eating habits. Most importantly this is a real life way of eating, this isn't a gimmick. THIS ISN'T A DIET, IT'S A EATING GUIDE FOR LIFE. I plan on eating this way for the rest of my life. Good luck to you!

The hardest weight to lose.

Granted, losing the belly fat is the hardest weight to lose. That is why I had to read this book. It really does help to attack the fat, as it says, and it will work well, if followed properly. Having said that, I will say that this is a diet and that means work, though if your goal is to get the fat off your belly, this is a great jump start. Another good read I also liked was Goodbye, Fatty! Hello, Skinny! How I Lost Weight And Still Ate The Foods I Loved-Without Dieting.