The Belly Fat Diet: Lose Your Belly, Shed Excess Weight, Improve Health Paperback – August 6, 2012

Like many women I have always struggled with the weight around my belly. Even after a lot of dieting I have been unsuccessfully to lose weight around my middle. One day while searching online, I came across this book and decided it to give it a try. Especially because it was only $9.99 it was very affordable. To be honest initially I thought this would be like all the other books I have read, but I decided to read it and give the plan a go. The best thing about this diet was that I wasn't left feeling hungry. It strays away from the traditional deprivation based diet, and instead shows you how to change your eating habits. The best thing was that I wasn't counting calories any more which every other diet required me to do. The books main focus is on feeding your body, not starving. The book is written in simple language which is easy to understand and the information makes sense.I am not a fond reader but this book is short and precise making its point clear not like other books that go on and on to the point where you get bored and give up reading. It shows you simple and effective ways to trim fat from your belly.This is just not a diet book but this book tells you where the fats come from and what it is doing to you. It talks about the two types of fat in our body, and how some fat is needed by our body. The books features powerfoods that actually help you lose weight, and it shows ways to turn your fat into lean muscleThe best thing is it doesn't get you to do excessive exercise. This is more like a lifestyle than a diet. So if you have struggled with belly fat look no further get this book today.So all in all if you going to buy any diet book buy this one for it has everything, the cause the solution the exercise plan, menu plan, tells you about important supplements to take, the 5 most important to include in your shopping list and some super yummy recipe.

Stroll through the aisles of the diet books at any bookstore and you'll get a sense of one thing: You're going to have to majorly deprive yourself of things. The problem with that is that if one deviates from that plan the weight comes right back on. Like the Atkins plan - if you eat even a small amount of carbohydrates, the next trip to the scale is a painful one. Plus there's the whole ketosis breath thing. That's not going to happen if you use the Belly Fat Diet. You're not going to stop eating the things that you like, you're just not going to eat them as often. Oh, and you're not going to stop eating - just spread the meals out.The book starts off explaining exactly why belly fat is bad in terms of one's overall health, including the factors that can cause it and the complications that it can lead to, including diabetes. After that, the book lays out an eating plan where a person eats up to six small meals a day from a selection of foods that are designed to help shed the troublesome belly fat. People are encouraged to set aside one cheat day where they can eat one of their favorite vices: in moderation, of course.Afterwards, two exercise plans are shown, and both of them are designed for people with busy lives. They use interval training, where people alternate between moderate exercise and intense exercise - a proven technique to burn off calories and heighten one's metabolism in a shorter amount of time than just exercising at the same intensity for a longer time. There's the 50/50 plan that incorporates both cardiovascular exercise and strength training. As an alternative, there's the 30-minute workout which uses exercises from the 50/50 plan and condenses it into a half-hour.To top it off, the book ends with a cookbook of easy-to-make breakfast, lunch and dinner recipes as well as dessert.This book, which is written in an easy-to-read style that doesn't talk to down to the reader. The chapters are short and won't leave you feeling bogged down. It deserves a look-see if you are looking to lose that stubborn belly fat. Then you can use your strolls around the diet books section for exercise.

I bought this book for three reasons: (1) vanity and (2) time and (3) money.(1) I am not obese but, now in my late 40s, I find that I am less and less comfortable in the 32-inch-waist pants I have been proudly wearing since my mid 20s. I have developed a little gut and, frankly, I cannot easily accept it. I am vain. I want to look good.(2) I had seen those little ads online about how the "lose belly fat with this one weird old trick" and had clicked on it once, only to discover that it was a seemingly unending video presentation that never got around to the point. Adios, weird old trick.(3) I came across The Belly Fat Diet by accident while shopping for a book on Amazon by an author with a similar name. It got my attention. I thought about my growing gut. I asked myself "What have I got to lose for a $3.82 download?"I thought these were three important reasons but after just the few fast-reading chapters, I discovered that there are other, far more important, health-related reasons to lose the belly fat. Even more so, this book demystified for me WHY the fat was there in the first place. See, I don't eat junk food. I don't drink beer. I ride my bike to work daily, etc. So, it didn't make sense that I was getting fat. This book explained why it's unhealthy and how to get rid of it. I am excited to get started on the actual diet (which is not the strenuous exercise and calorie deprivation regimen you're expecting) which I think will add a few years to my life as well as remove inches from my middle.I really recommend this book to any of you middle-agers out there who fighting the "belt-line hangover."