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	• The Fat Smash Diet: The Last Diet You'll Ever Need Ian K. Smith St. Martin's Griffin, 2006 - 160 pages average customer review:based on 202 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

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While I found this book and easy read and a great diet to follow (my parents want to try it), there are only a couple concerns I have come across. Before I get to those I just want to say the diet is GREAT---I have lost 14 pounds this past month, but here are just the some things that need to be tweaked in the book (maybe in the 2nd edition). First of all---the first phase should be called the vegetarian/no-caffeine phase. I do not eat alot of veggies (hence my weight problem) and work nights, so I am used to consuming at least one can diet soda or cup of coffee a day. BUT, I got through it just fine and learned to make veggies in different ways with the recipes provided. That gets me to the second problem I had. There are only a handful of recipes in this book and many of them seem to be made for people in Beverly Hills. One of the recipes is for Sea Bass, which by the way, is $24/lb right now and usually expensive (what's wrong with a recipe using Cod or Salmon?). Alot of recipes included uncommon ingredients that I ran to different stores trying to find. Every recipe I tried was pretty tasty and I realize I don't have to go by the recipes alone, but as I've said before, I did not eat very many veggies before, so convenience of different recipes would help. Also--when you are able to eat meat again, you are able to eat 3-4oz of different meats/day---question....is that cooked or uncooked? Some diets say uncooked, but I'll tell you that the 4oz of scallops/shrimp I cooked went right down to about 1oz, so better wording would be great.
Dr. Ian is great, I've watched him on Celebrity Fit Club and he has motivated me eat healthier. Great diet, the book just needs some tweaking.

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Is working

It is a good book, it specifies everything you need to do, everything you need to eat, and what NOT to eat.
Is working, I lost 8 pounds in two weeks. I have not followed it this past weekend because I had some events, but Im sticking to it as much as possible, I also dont exercise often, in the two weeks I only went to the gym 3 times, so if you do stick to the program, you will probably loose more. I reccomend it.

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It Works

I am nearing the end of Phase II, and I can definitely say that this diet works if you follow it (and actually even if you cheat just a little bit). I have lost a little over 8 pounds and several inches in my waist and hips. The results also look much healthier than they have with past diets. Even though the weight came off pretty quickly, I'm looking a lot more fit than frail. This is in part due to the fact that I am working out more these days, but I think that the amount of veggies and fruits that this diet requires me to eat also makes a big difference.

The diet basically makes you live on vegetables and fruits for the first nine days, and you don't get any kinds of bread until after a month. If this sounds intense, it is. The upside is that you can eat as much as you want all day, but if you don't stock your fridge and keep snacks with you at all times, you will probably cave in to free food at the office, snacks at the coffee shop, etc. If you love junk food and hate veggies, you'll probably do a lot better with something like Weight Watchers, which still lets you keep some of those foods that you like. This will get you faster results, but it's not worth it if you can't follow the diet and are miserable.

I like that this book allows for a lot of freedom when it comes to recipes. You don't have to follow a bunch of specific ones (which for me always entails running to the grocery for expensive stuff I don't have, spending more time cooking than I want to, etc.); you just have to make sure that you stick to cooking with certain foods (namely fruits and veggies). I've noticed in online support groups that this can be a downside if you don't take care to diversify your diet. The book gives you limits on how much of the "allowed foods" you can have each day, but it gives no minimums for what you must have. This worked fine for me, but for people who don't like a good number of fruits and veggies and therefore stick to eating a bunch of bananas or a bunch of sweet potatoes, this could really backfire.

While the book requires that you go back to the beginning of Phase I if you cheat, I will admit that my stomach got a little queasy at the end of Phase I, so I caved and ate half a turkey sandwich. I didn't start over because 9 days of only veggies and fruit was all I could take! The key, I think, is not caving often and not caving with really damaging foods. Phasing in carbs and fat slowly has definitely made me more aware of how much I eat them and why. I've also gotten more used to eating fruits and vegetables on a regular basis. Once you get to the final phase (which you keep for life), the diet looks easy to maintain. It even allows for french fries now and then.

The content of the book is very minimal, but this is a plus for me. I don't want to read through all sorts of funny anecdotes or medical explanations; I just want to know what to eat to lose the weight. The diet is based on enough common sense for the book not to have to spend too much time justifying its approach. The only thing that I would have liked is more recipes. Luckily, you can find some online forums where fat smash dieters share some of their favorites. As the diet gains popularity, I'm guessing that more recipes will pop up.

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KEEPING THE FAT OFF

I love to eat and have had problems trying to keep my weight down.
This is a good book for anyone who is trying to lose weight. It is also good for eating healthy. After purchasing this book, this is the only book I need to help me keep the fat off.

NOT A DIET

No counting calories, no starving. This is not a diet book but a lifestyle change in eating. You will ease into the program and it will become part of your everyday style of eating. YOU WILL SEE THE WEIGHT SLOWLY FALL AWAY. also try Finger Licking Different.

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Dr. Smith?s diet has been featured on VH1?s number-one rated show, Celebrity Fit Club, where Hollywood celebrities follow his customized diet plan and compete to lose weight. Now, with The Fat Smash Diet, everyone will have access to the revolutionary eating plan that leads to lifestyle changes and permanent weight loss forever.
The Fat Smash Diet is not a gimmick or short-term fix. It is a four-phase diet that starts out with a natural detox phase to clean impurities out of the system. Once this nine-day phase is completed, the next three phases encourage the addition of everyday foods that promote significant weight loss. In just thirty days, most dieters will complete all four phases and be on their way to a thinner lifetime of good health. Best of all, there is no calorie counting, and Dr. Smith guarantees there never will be. As an added bonus, there are over fifty easy-to-cook, tasty recipes that make it easier to stick with Dr. Smith?s plan. The Fat Smash Diet is unlike any other program on the market. In fact, it?s the LAST DIET YOU?LL EVER NEED!

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