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The Petite Advantage Diet (2011)

by Jim Karas(Favorite Author)

2.88 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0062025457 (ISBN13: 9780062025456)

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English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

HarperCollins Publishers

review 1: I felt like this book was a lot of general knowledge about weight loss. It was also a big advertisement for the author's 4 other books about weight loss. He preaches throughout the book about NOT doing any sort of cardio and when you finally make it to the end of the book to find out what exercise he'd like you to do, it involves buying and installing something called Gravity Straps. No matter what he says, lacing up my tennis shoes will always be easier, cheaper and just as great as buying and installing a piece of equipment. Why not give some other exercises that could also be done instead of pages and pages of Gravity Strap instructions, complete with pictures? His eating plan also requires a separate shopping list for just the petite person in the household. Not going ... moreto happen with 3 young children in my house to also cook for. One big thing that bothered me in the book was when he mentioned one client who was addicted to Pepsi and was apparently overweight from the consumption of quite a bit of it. No big deal on poo-pooing the drinking of Pepsi and other sodas (I think all of us realize that that's just extra un-needed calories), but when said petite wouldn't give up her Pepsi, she remained plump. And then he says that her husband left her a couple of years later because of it. Seriously? He can say for certain that her weight caused her husband to leave her? Playing on people's fears is what I read in there. "Follow my plan and your spouse won't leave you like this guy did." That made me discredit what he'd already said up to that point because how much else was just said to make me fear something else?
review 2: Absolutely nothing ground breaking in this book - eat your veggies and strength train. There, now you don't have to read the book! Besides, you'll get more out of a book written by a doctor, nutritionist or physical trainer than this hack - his only degree is in business, and his only claim to fame is working with Oprah (gag!) and a few other celebrity types. Get your fruit and veggies, drink water and strength train - and you'll be good. less

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