The Lean Belly Prescription: The Fast and Foolproof Diet and Weight-Loss Plan from America's Top Urgent-Care Doctor

I purchased this book several weeks ago and did not want to write a review until I had read and studied the prescription carefully and also tried the idea. Now after a little more than a month into tryiny the idea I can say that I think over the long haul this is an ideal way to get control of your eating habits. I have not lost as much as the book indicated but I have lost more inches than was expected. Let me tell you a little about my experience with the idea. First you must know that I am as close to 80 years as I am to 70 years of age. So I am not going to change my eating habits much. I was becoming less and less active because I felt bad, I fell too much and knew it was just a matter of time until I would break something if I didn't get stronger so my main reason for trying to do something about my weight was my health. The idea the doctor puts forth seemed very sensible to me. I will not reveal the plan but I will tell you that I am now walking 1 1/2 miles 3 to 5 times each week in hilly country. Have not fallen a time. By hilly country I mean I walk uphill about a third, downhill a third and level a third of the time. When I started I could barely walk a quarter mile but after 2 and 1/2 months I have gained the strength to walk farther in less time than I would have believed possible. Now I only rest twice during my rounds instead of over and over about every 25 or 30 steps. I would love to tell you the other things that I did on this perscription but that would give away the plan. I feel better than I have for several years. I don't know if I will lose much weight or how long it may take but I will tell you I am down in size from an Xlarge to a loose large and a medium depending on the maker. So I am well pleased. popcorngranny

The information is very good and addresses variety in dieting that make it easier to have an individual plan that considers individual eating preferences.That said, it's very difficult to access the information because there are all these distracting little side boxes in different large fonts to the side of the useful information. Trying to figure out what on a page is the priority, to facilitate the information that fits with the train of thought that the reader has been following, is incredibly distracting. Like trying to drive at night with flashing neon cars blowing their horns and breaking in front and on all sides when you should be noticing the pedestrian wheeling a baby stroller in the crosswalk.Anyone who has difficulty multitasking, focusing, or concentrating will find this book inaccessible in a way it never should have been. Either way it makes the information much more difficult to concentrate on. The author must have ADD himself to think the unorganized layout good idea. To read it you must first figure out which ideas suit you and ignore the other distractions all over the page. Then the information can flow naturally into your mind facilitating understanding and memory. Great information shouldn't be so hard to receive. It's worth the work but should qualify as a workout.

I've read a lot of weight loss books that emphasized sticking to a two hour routine 6 days a week and a regimented eating plan. That kind of intensely structured system may work for some people but I railed against the time allotment and strictness. I was interested in losing the 8-10 lbs. that I put on every winter, lose, then put on again. What I love about this book is the positive message of a no-diet, no-exercise, ongoing lifestyle change that sticks. The plan itself is "about letting more pleasure into your life." You won't follow anything that doesn't feel good for long - why would you or should you? This book offers suggestions for easy-to-implement changes that you can pick and choose from, the science is explained in short understandable info blurbs, and the overall tone, layout, and message is one of humor and practicality. Highly recommended - it's working for me.

First things first. I bought the Kindle edition, and I did notice a few places where it seemed something was missing. For example, one of the sample workouts was missing a few of the exercises. In other places, the formatting seemed a bit off. And, frankly, a book like this, especially if you want to go back and refer to it again, based on your preference, you may rather have a paper copy, as it is easier to tab things and flip to and through. But such is the nature of an e-book, I guess.Now to the content. Overall, not a bad book. Some good advice and tips in here. Unfortunately, if you read Men's Health or other health/fitness magazines or websites, you probably know a lot of this already, if not all of it. Plus, perhaps worst of all, it really seems like he is just repeating and expanding on the same dozen or so tips over and over. It is VERY repetitive in this regard, but that might have been intentional, and not just a way to fill pages. Perhaps the idea is that repetition will let it sink in better, but I can't help but feeling a bit shortchanged once I realized I was suddenly at the end and felt like I had read some things before in the same book.The tips and suggested changes are all good, especially for people who are finally ready to make a change for the better, people who drink 6 non-diet cokes a day or who think McDonald's is actual food and not just a guilty treat. If you have much experience or have done any reading on this sort of thing before, however, I would recommend browsing through it at a local bookstore before committing your cash to it, because it may disappoint you.