February Book Review By Victoria Poolman
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ut with the mince pies and in with the about understanding your ‘food personality’,
tape measure. Yes, it’s that time of whilst the rest of the book presents a variety
year again when we all vow to shed of flavoursome recipes which work at creating
the Christmas (and pre-Christmas) weight diet food that doesn’t leave you feeling
gain. So, what better way to kick off 2009, deprived. A realistic approach, but one that’s
than by reviewing a selection of the best diet more suited to those with a stone to lose,
and fitness books to help you on your way to rather than ten.
slender-ville.
Diet Doctors – The feel-good bible for anyone
First up, comes who wants to change their lifestyle, not just
Paul McKenna’s drop a dress-size. Covering everything in
I Can Make You a simple format, this book avoids the faddy
Thin. We all know diets and embraces healthy eating and gentle
that losing weight exercise, featuring a 12-week programme to
is about eating less slowly introduce both
and moving more, into your life. Written
but Paul adopts his by a GP, a nutritionist
famous motivational and a chiropractor,
approach to address Diet Doctors is laid
all those emotional out so that you can
issues and bad record your progress,
habits that lead to weight gain. Hailed by providing the ideal
thousands as being a revolution in dieting, incentive to keep the
if it’s your attitude towards food that needs good work going past
sorting, McKenna’s the man for the job. February!
Neris and India’s Get Fit Not Fat – This one is great for people
Idiot-Proof Diet – This who struggle to fit solid exercise sessions into
book reads more like their daily routine. The man behind the idea is
a novel, written by two Greg Whyte, who prepared David Walliams
very down-to-earth for his swim across the channel in aid of
women who, between Comic Relief. No matter how long you’ve
them, managed to got, this book presents effective stretches and
shift ten stone, or as exercises that will make a difference.
Neris puts it ‘one whole
other person’. The diet The Official British Army Fitness Guide – NEW
itself is a high-protein, RELEASE – Now we’re talking hardcore! New
low-carb plan that has to the shelves this year is the first official guide
the ultimate goal of weaning the reader off to getting fit the military way. Developed by
‘plastic white bread’ in order to do some the army physical training corps, the methods
‘serious shrinking’. shown go right back to basics, employing
a straightforward approach to getting fit,
Cook Yourself Thin - Four ‘normal’ women put fast. With military fitness sessions becoming
this little gem together so that foodies wanting increasingly popular throughout the UK, this
to be rid of their muffin tops really can have is one trend that will knock the Christmas pud
their cake and eat it too. The first part is off those hips in no time.
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