Flat Belly Diet by Cynthia Sass, Liz Vacariello (2008, Hardcover)

I saw the ladies who wrote this book on TV and decided to buy it. The idea is certainly timely, as most adults in American need to lose a few inches around the middle! Excellent idea, if it would just work. I went online because I can almost always find books cheaper there. I think this book is well written. Excellent layout; easy to read, understand & find info to reread when needed. My husband and I are trying this diet to see if it works. Little expensive to get started on the specific menu items. It seems to be working to help him lose weight. Some inches but not as quickly as expected. I have not lost any inches or weight, and I'm eating the same things. However, he needed to lose quite a few pounds and I did not. I have been going to Curves to exercise daily and had already lost 46 lbs. in the last 18 months that way. Now I need only to lose inches around my middle, especially my abdomen. The Flat Belly Diet seemed perfect for that. It has not happened yet. NONE. We've been on it 5 weeks now. The first 4 days my husband lost 6 pounds, but after the first 2 weeks, he was not losing much more and began to add exercise in order to get it going down again (in this case riding his bike 2 miles after each meal.) I suspect that may have had the most to do with his current weight loss. We will continue counting calories and eating MUFAs as the book suggests until he reaches his goal. I am only continuing because it is easier to cook the same things for me. And it's healthy, delicious food. Maybe it will help me to lose belly fat eventually....
This diet may work great for lots of people. It think it would for folks who have not been exercising or eating correctly for years. It probably would zap the lbs. & inches right off. I would recommend they try it and see!