Hi, ladies...to answer your questions....
I am reading the book, (since I purchased it last night). there are motivational stories in there from former contestants from season 1, and 2, and tips for keeping the course, spaced throughout the book...and they tell about the calorie intake of people for different sizes, which is pretty helpful, and which foods are best sources, as far as calories, and carbohydrates for vegetables, fruits, and protein, and breads. I did read something about limiting cheese, which will be pretty tough...ugh...I'm a cheese fanatic.
O.K....so here's a run down of the book....
chapter 1 is stories about the contestants, Chapter 2 is all about telling you what the contestants reasons were for wanting to lose weight, and what you will need to begin the journey, Chapter 3 tells the details of the Biggest Loser Diet plan, and how it is broken down, by the food pyramid,Chapter 4 is totally dedicated to showing pictures and and giving details on exercises that you can do, and has a sample plan that you could follow,Chapter 5 is about winning strategies...how to avoid temptations, and tips for overcoming them, from the contestants, Chapter 6 is about starting your own Biggest Loser Challenge...Chapter 7 is about things to work towards after losing the weight, to keep it off, Chapter 8 gives recipes from contestants on the Biggest Loser, and the appendix provides a one week sample meal plan at the 1,200 calorie level, and the 1,800 calorie level...neither of which are in my calorie range...I'm above that calorie intake range for my current weight.
On second thought after reading more of it, I like the winning strategies, because it reminds me of WW, and I like the fact that I can eat whatever I want with WW, so I'm not so sure I'm ready to commit to Biggest Loser Diet. I'm still sticking to my points plan, and I guess I'm just a WW junkie..lol. I do like the book so far though, and I will read more, so I can get a better idea, to see if this is more for me, but right now, since WW is working, I think I'm going to stick to what works, and keeping counting points, and maybe apply some of the things from the Biggest Loser Diet as well, such as keeping a food journal (does this sound like another tip from WW?????), and keeping track of activity levels...
and finding an "anchor", to remind me to stick to my goals.
in so many ways this reminded me of WW, the only difference is there ARE foods that are more suggested than others, unlike with WW, where you can eat THE GOOD STUFF as long as you count your points.
Plus, at this point, since I'm learning to walk again, without a cane, and still walk with a limp, I haven't started back to a gym yet, so I'm not in a steady workout regimine yet, but I'm still losing with WW, because I'm making more effort to walk, instead of sit, and drinking more water, and less soda. (I had half of a regular soda today...was my first one in a week, and I counted my points, so I did good.)
Well, thought I would share my opinion of the book.
Plus, I think Bob is a hottie, so I didn't mind reading it at all. (My husband was rolling his eyes...constantly...but he likes the show.)
The tattoos are kinda much, but other than that, he's cute.
REB
