I haven't written an amazon review before either, but wanted to give my honest opinion about this book.I ran across an article a couple of weeks ago on how a big breakfast can help you lose weight.I came across this book and thought this was the answer to the 30 pounds I needed to lose.I was very excited and couldn't wait to get it in the mail (the price was good too).The book is a pretty fast read and it kept my interest.Gives you several recipes and meal plans for breakfast, lunch and dinner.When I saw you can eat dessert every morning, I was on board because I love my sweets.The first day went pretty well even though I started to crave carbs in the late afternoon.The one thing about this plan is that it is a low carb diet, only 2 servings of carbs plus the sweet every day.You don't eat carbs after 9 a.m. or 10 a.m. (depending on the season - 9 a.m. Spring/Summer & 10 a.m. Fall/Winter).The end of the second day I felt tired, craving food/carbs really bad (not craving sweets though).Made it through and the third day I noticed I was depressed, out of sorts and just didn't feel well.That is when I decided this isn't going to work the way it is laid out.I will take some of the concepts, like eating upon waking (she recommends within 15 minutes), and having more protein and a bigger breakfast to keep you from binging later on.I am incorporating carbs at lunch and dinner but I am careful about what kinds and how much.I do like her concept of eating a lot of veggies/salads at lunch and dinner and getting your fruit in.I think this plan will work with modifications.If you are used to eating minimal carbs, it could work for you, but if you exercise late afternoon, like she recommends, you could feel a little woosy with no carbs (I did).I am now going to read "Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat,"which takes a non diet approach and helps you break the emotional eating/food addictions which I have been suffering from for so long.I know the Big Breakfast Diet also takes about being hungry all the time and carb addictions, but a little too restrictive for me.In all honesty though, I did lose two pounds in one week, which I am happy about.
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Eat a huge breakfast, lose a lot of weight? It sounds counter-intuitive, but when a clinical professor of endocrinology and metabolic disease advocates it, maybe it's worth considering. And when that same clinical professor offers proof that overweight women lost nearly five times more weight on a breakfast cure diet than their counterparts did on a low-carb diet, it's time to pay attention.
Dr. Daniela Jakubowicz, a clinical professor at Virginia Commonwealth University and the Hospital de Clinicas Caracas in Venezuela, originally published her diet book in Venezuela and it became a South American bestseller, selling 300,000 copies. Now after continued research, Dr. Jakubowicz presents The Big Breakfast Diet, with its promise that you can have all the foods you crave, from pasta to bacon to ice cream, with just one catch—you have to eat them before 9:00 A.M. Based on the body's natural rhythms, eating a big, complete breakfast revs up your metabolism; helps burn more calories during the day and more fat at night; satisfies hunger all day long; boosts your energy; eliminates cravings for sweets; and reduces the risk of serious health conditions like type 2 diabetes and heart disease.
After explaining the science behind the diet, and how the body's hormones and metabolism process food differently depending on what time of day you eat, The Big Breakfast Diet centers around a full 28-day meal plan—breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks, plus recipes. The day begins with a big breakfast—a smoothie or shake, pancakes with berry syrup and ricotta cheese, Canadian bacon, a breakfast sweet—and ends with a moderate, delicious dinner.
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