The Secret to Skinny: How Salt Makes You Fat, and the 4-Week Plan to Drop a Size and Get Healthier with Simple Low-Sodium Swaps

by Tammy Lakatos Shames and Lyssie Lakatos

Book Overview

Discover the Most Common Diet De-Railer and Blast the Bloat for Good You eat right. You exercise. But still your scale won't budge. Despite your good intentions and all the stomach crunches you can... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0757313515
• ISBN13: 9780757313516
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Hci
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

It will change your life

A friend of mine told me about this book and i am so grateful i bought it. The results you get from following their advice are guaranteed and outstanding. First of all i was a hard-core salt lover. No one else on the planet loves/loved salt more than me. Even to this day i can't stand bland food so don't let the title put you off, if you think to yourself you can't live without salt. I love the jumpstart sample plan provided in the book, it keeps you eating almost all day and the foods do taste surprisingly good. It could seem like a lot of work to keep up with their advice but it really isn't - trust me. If i can do it so can you especially with their sample meal plans. Also for the guys - don't get put off there is information specifically for both men and women so this is not a book written for just women. I also love how they recommend specific brand names of foods for those who don't have time to read all the labels of the 60+ different brands of bread (for instance) that you find at the grocery store. What else can i tell u, oh, BUY THIS BOOK. IF you follow their advice to the letter no matter your age, body type or metabolism rate you are sure to loose at the very least 2 pounds a week. (but the key is to follow their instruction without cheating). And the best part is you feel great on their diet plan, you have more energy and feel better about yourself as this is not one of those diets that you are hungry all the time. Lastly, i love that they also mention cures for a 'salt-hangover'. The early stages of the plan really detoxifies your body of all the crap we eat thats really BAD for us and thats what makes weight loss a breeze thereafter. The only slight issue is most of the meals in the jumpstart plan require some cooking and not everyone has time in the morning to actually 'make' breakfast. Also people with busier work schedules may not have time for extra meals during the day. (However, even for someone like me who doesn't have a lot of weight to loose - e.g. if your weight loss goal is just 10lbs I would still recommend this book)

It works!

I love this book. It really works. In just days I noticed a difference by following their advice. Thank you!

The Secret to Skinny: A book Finally that tells you the answer you have aLways wanted to know!

This is the one book on dieting that I have referred to over and over again. It addresses the effect of salt intake which most books miss. Salt intake is important for permanent weight loss, as well as for health and longevity. The book is written with seriousness, candor, and humor. You feel the authors, the nutrition twins, by your side. Their care,support,and hope are there for you as you read through it! This is a book that will take time to absorb and use in your life. The book is going for real change in diet, health, and life style. Stick with the sugeestions of this book. Even if you begin to follow some of them, you will become more educated and begin to see results. The guidelines of what to eat make it so much easier to understand. I have been working at following them, not all at once, but gradually. I am hopeful that I will reach my goal and be able to maintain it! I have reccommended it to my husband, friends, patients, and other weight loss professionals! Aimee Beyda, psychotherapist and writer

I didn't know that.

I read a lot about Nutrition and I've got to say this is one of the most insightful, entertaining nutrition books I've ever read. Not only do they make it easy to change your diet, they make it fun and interesting. I can't believe all the damaging things they dug out on salt. Things I've never seen anywhere else, but even better, they show you step by step how to use this new information so the fat will just melt off while you're eating your favorite foods. I've been off salt now for a couple of weeks and I taste flavors I never knew existed... And, best thing is, without suffering, I've dropped four pounds. And, if you pick up this book today within a couple of weeks you will too!

There is a secret to skinny.

Now this is a great plan that doesn't include jumping thru hoops to lose weight. It's basically cutting back on your salt intake and taking on the four-week plan to drop a dress size. Well, this is definetly something I can do. It's not a difficult program and seems easy enough to follow. I can't wait to start, that's for sure. I would recommend this one to others who want an inital kick-start to their weight loss, as well as Goodbye, Fatty! Hello, Skinny! How I Lost Weight And Still Ate The Foods I Loved-Without Dieting.