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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7856 in Books
• Published on: 2008-12-30
• Released on: 2008-12-30
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 256 pages

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• ISBN13: 9780312373580
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review

About the Author

From AudioFile
In his latest audio, the Fat Smash Diet creator says that dieters get hung up counting calories instead of doing the mental work necessary to sustain commitment and discipline. He helps with the mental challenges by setting up intuitive rationales, then fleshing them out with questionnaires and information on physiology and change strategies. These ideas are smoothly organized, if not groundbreaking. Yet they gain momentum and make the case that weight loss is possible by tackling the mental issues first, and then making realistic eating changes in stages. Though the good doctor's narration is rather pedestrian, it's steady and sincere and works well with these familiar principles and recommendations. With a 223-page book in a printable supplement. T.W. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine

Customer Reviews

An Amazing Program!!!
I am someone who knows more about dieting than most diet experts. I have battled with weight problems all of my life and I've been on more diets than I can remember. I am a typically yo-yo dieter. My weight goes up and down every year. This year I decided that I had enough and I was going to get one book and stick to that book. A couple of days ago I was shopping for that book and found what I think is a message from above. I took a look at the 4 Day Diet and fell in love with it right away. The book starts out talking about the importance of getting your mind together. The chapters are very concise and make sense and give you exercises you can do at the end if you like. The style of writing is VERY accessible, unlike some of these books where you feel like you need a PhD in order to understand it. I found so many of my own problems in those first few chapters. I felt like I had gone to a shrink and got a diagnosis for free. Now I have such a better understanding of my emotional eating and stress eating and other stuff I've been doing wrong for so long. Then I read the actual 4 Day Diet plan and it blew my mind away. It is so simple to follow. It makes so much sense, because every 4 days you switch the type of food that you eat. The diet is broken up into 4-day modules. There are 7 modules in the book. Here are the modules and what they represent.
Induction (detox/cleansing)
Transition (to reintroduce all food groups)
Protein Stretch (to avoid plateaus)
Smooth (you can have some formerly forbidden foods like pizza and fries)
Push (just before the final stretch, back to a stricter eating plan)
Pace (a comfortable module for you to catch your breath)
Vigorous (the final module to lose those last few pounds)

These modules make SO much sense and they're laid out so perfectly. The food you can eat is spelled out very clearly and most importantly, you don't have to spend a lot of money on organic stuff like other diets make you spend. I went and got my food for the first week from a regular grocery store.

The recipes are some of the best I've ever seen in a diet book. I couldn't believe they were actually in a diet book. Pesto-crusted chickent breast with eggplant caponata,spicy turkey-chipotle meatloaf with sweet potato puree and grilled vegetables, steamed clams with whole wheat linguine and basil-white wine sauce. You get the point. They are like meals you would get in a restaurant. I've already made 2 and my husband can't stop talking about how good they are.

One of my children is a vegetarian and she can follow the 4 Day Diet too, because it has so many options and it allows you to make smart substitutions where necessary. I recommend this book to anyone who is serious about losing weight and like me is frustrated not being able to stick to a plan. I'll stick to this for the rest of my life because it doesn't feel like a diet. Thanks for this great book, Dr. Smith.

I'm Hungry!
I'm trying so hard to give this diet a chance. I'm on Week #3 and I have lost about 3-4 lbs. However, I'm terribly hungry!! The first module is basically fruit, veggies, beans, and rice. There is a cabbage soup recipe that you start on day 3 that is pretty good. The downside is that the recipe makes enough soup to feed a kindergarten class! I should have reduced the size. Module 2 is the same food everyday and that's where it starts to get very boring. I am so saladed out that I don't know what to do!! During Module 2, 4 oz of meat is added, but the only thing to eat with the meat is beans or...guess what.... a salad!! I actually got through that one and now according to the good doctor's instructions, I can pick any of the other modules in any order. I chose the Pace module which adds 5 oz of meat, sandwiches, and chili. I thought this one would be easier, but I just got through eating lunch which was 1 Cup of vegetable soup and I'm still hungry! Most of the modules do allow 2 snacks a day, but for me they just make me hungrier (rice cakes, yogurt, more fruit!, air-popped popcorn (where in the heck do you get that?), etc.). There is also a lot of exercising required almost everyday. I've done pretty good on that, but not as much as is required. The plan is sensible and really didn't take a doctor to figure out. There is no big secret to this diet, it is just very low caloric intake and exercising. I can't rate this very high because there is just not enough variety in the meal plans. Also, there are recipes at the end of the book, but I can't figure out how to incorporate them into the plan. I was somewhat disappointed with this book.

It's Worth the Money!!!
I bought this book because I lost over 50 pounds on Dr. Smith's last book, the Fat Smash Diet. That book was so easy to follow and all of my girlfriends lost weight too. I still have about 25 pounds to go and I thought I would try something different for the New Year. I ran across the 4 Day Diet because another girlfriend bought it for her mother. I was not disappointed. This book is so easy. It also is friendly for families and vegetarians. You can make substitutions if you don't eat certain foods and you can switch up the order of the modules any way you want. The modules are part of the eating plan. The diet is broken down into 4-day modules. You change your cuisine every 4 days. The book calls this "modular eating." I've never heard of this before, but as I read more about it and what it does to help people lose weight, it made complete sense. I also like the snacks and recipes in the back of the book. I would buy the book just for them, because they give you great food that's healthy and tastes great and is easy to make. I watched Dr. Smith help celebrities on his show Celebrity Fit Club lose a lot of weight, especially Maureen McCormick who played Marcia on the Brady Bunch. Dr. Smith really turned her life around. He's done the same for me and I know the 4 Day Diet will help me get rid of these last 25 pounds.