This book will take 6 months to a year to thoroughly review. Stay tuned for the results.
What’s to love?
- Learn to cook better.
- Eat more! (And take fish oil pills.)
- New home-fitness toys.
- Bigger, stronger muscles… hopefully! (Check back in 6 months.)
- Less cardio.
What’s not to love?
- More calories do not come from alcohol.
“I suspect you don’t need me to tell you that Kahlua and cream won’t make you sleeker.”
You can have some, though. Red wine is best. We’re talking 4 ounces here, folks. 4. Four.
Not every day. Remember all those beers you saw in the skiing-lunch photos???? Not on the plan.
Then again:
“You’d think that the people who drink the most would weigh the most, but studies haven’t shown a connection between weight and calories from alcohol. One study showed that the most indulgent drinkers are more active than those who drink less…”
Interesting. BUT
“My overall goal is to make sure one special evening doesn’t extend into two or three special evenings in a row. Inevitably, I can feel it on my waistline.”
Oh heck, we know this already. - More calories in the right ratios means more cooking.
- “More calories” doesn’t refer to chocolate-chip cookies.
- If you don’t like to work out, you won’t like this book. But if you do, and you’re a woman, and you’re frustrated about working really hard only to get tiny muscles and a slow metabolism, check this out. I am just beginning but a friend of a friend had fabulous results, and she didn’t even do the eating part.
- Getting 30% of your calories from protein is challenging (but kind of fun) and pretty much requires whey powder (not too great tasting, kind of expensive, though Costco has it. Cytosport is a pretty good deal there.)
Note: I have used myfitnesspal.com (MFP) (it’s free) for 18 months. It’s a good foundation with this program so you can eat your own stuff and track whether you are “hitting your macros” (macro nutrients, protein, fat and carbs) instead of following the menu (just use it for ideas). You’ll need to modify the default MFP settings a little to 40 percent carbs, 30 percent fat, 30 percent protein.
Link to book: http://www.amazon.com/New-Rules-Lifting-Women-Goddess/dp/1583333398