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The Game On! Diet: Kick Your Friend's Butt While Shrinking Your Own (2009)

by Krista Vernoff(Favorite Author)

3.83 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0061718890 (ISBN13: 9780061718892)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

William Morrow Paperbacks

review 1: Hi-freaking-larious diet book. I read this in preparation for participating with a friend and her group who use this 'diet' competition every other month. It took roughly 3 hours to finish all told - v. easy reading. Combination of random health thoughts from Az, tricks, tips, and instructions from Krista (written in a very cheeky humorous manner) and real health considerations from several different health professionals. Krista is the executive producer, former writer for Grey's Anatomy (which I stopped watching after Denny died in the first season because it was too damn sad - and who needs to cry that much while watching TV?!!) - I did not expect her to be so funny and real. Granted the book needed some editing, which she admits up front and she and others do let th... moree expletives fly - but who of us that have dieted DON'T let the expletives fly when dieting... Having had to watch my weight my whole life, what they were telling me in the book wasn't new or surprising. Their whole premise is more energy output (exercise) less energy input (stuffing your face). Duh. The cool twist though is that you group up into teams and work on beating other competing teams for the most points each week - working towards an agreed upon grand prize at the end. The points come not just from losing weight, but sleeping well, eating well, exercising, dropping a bad habit and picking up a good habit and *gasp* no snacks except for cucumbers and celery... Each team member combines then averages their point total for the week and at the end of the month the team with the highest point total is the winner. easy right? Well - November is when I'm going to give it a try with an experienced group of ladies that compete every other month and usually have great success. Can't wait to see how it goes. I do like competitions team and individual.
review 2: This "diet" was recommended to me by a fit friend who tried it and lost a few pounds, so I thought I would give it a shot. I ordered the book on Amazon, had it in 2 days and finished it in 4. I wanted to finish it so I could get started on this program ASAP. I was warned about the language. There is quite a bit, and there are definitely some unnecessary f-bombs. However, since I own the book, I used a ballpoint pen and did my own editting...so now my version is a lot cleaner. I found the book to be a super quick read...the author is hilarious...it's just too bad she used so much profanity and couldn't find any other way to express herself.Anyway, I'm giving this a try starting this week for the next four weeks and am challenging my hubby. We need to kick our booties and gear and start living more healthily. I'll re-rate the book when we're done to let you know how it goes. Update: 6/18/12 My husband and I have been on the program for about 3 weeks and have lost about 5lbs each. He fought it because of the rules about liquids...so much water, no artificial flavors, no soda...but after a week he told me how much better he feels. I agree. It can be hard to maintain for the long term, so we have made a few adaptations. We love how we feel and want this to be a lifestyle change. I would love to get a group together to play the game the way it's supposed to be played as my husband kind of fell of the points counting wagon after just a couple of days. So now we have no idea who is winning and therefore who deserves the prize. Probably me... But the whole game/points couting aspect of the book is what was really driving me. I just need to find someone more competitive to play with. Anyway, I would love to rate this 5+ stars, but can't because of the language, so it's going to have to be 3 1/2. less

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