Eating For Life
by Bill Phillips
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Book Reviews of Eating For Life
Book Review: Dining with "The Guru"
Summary: 4 Stars
Mr. Body For Life finally gets down to putting together the next phase in his "correct the way America lives" series - and once again, he hits the target with practical, "slow fix" methods to achieving nutritional balance and increased energy.It's little suprise that someone most known for getting millions to follow a very practical fitness program wouldn't deviate far from that model in composing a guide to proper eating. Phillips emphasizes the importance of frequent, smaller meals, which has been the call of the "fit set" for years now. And he has no love for "diet of the week" programs (you know what he is talking about), calling most diets on the market today dangerous, and contrary to healthy nutritious eating. Nutrition, after all is about eating, not starving.
After deconstructing most popular beliefs about eating and dieting, Bill goes on to provide a very insightful guide to shopping for, PLANNING (and don't mistake this, as Eating For Life stresses over and over again the value of planning out meals, and calls this the one factor that will make or break any plan to stay on a nutritious eating path) and preparing nutritious, well rounded meals. If you are allready on a healthy eating path, you'll quickly recognize the meals and ingredients Bill reccomends, but there are some nice recipes in this book, and enough variety to keep the meals interesting.
There's no Million Dollar contests associated with this project, but there are interactive media supports (an Eating For Live website has been established, and Bill has been actively promoting the program through Muscle Media), and as in past Phillips projects, the sense that you have the support of the author, and thousands of others as you work your way through the materials.
This is certainly going to be another Phillips best selling project - Body FOr Life demonstrated how huge a market there is for practical advice in the fitness market, and Bill knows how to sell his audience - under-deliver and over-perform.
Coule this book with "Body For Lifew", and Shawn Phillip's "Ab-Solution" and you have a great holiday gift for someone looking to get on track in personal fitness in the New Year.
Book Review: Should You Buy This Book???
Summary: 5 Stars
I have (a very few) negative feelings about this book like others do, but overall I think that it's a valuable and UNIQUE book that's well worth having (that is, if you're REALLY serious about making meaningful changes in your health). I own the 3 VHS tapes - "Body of Work" and "Success Stories" 1 & 2 (all free except the last one), BfL on CD, BfL Hardcover, and now "Eating for Life" Hardcover. Does Bill know how to market??? Oh yeah!!! But what he's selling IS a quality product and not some fad Diet/Exercise of the Week drivel. He's very good at finding out what works and putting it all together in a simple to use & understand package. Okay, So I'm VERY jealous of anybody who can wake up in Maui everyday (if he wants to) and count all his money, in between workouts & Myoplex shakes (just kidding). BUT HE EARNED IT!!! He's worked very hard for his success and he has the courage to pursue his dreams unlike 95% of the population (including myself). And NO I don't belong to his Official Fan Club, but I'd probably join it, if he had one. As for Bill being cocky??? I've never felt that he was anything but self-confident. I wouldn't want to follow anybody who's projecting massive self-doubt and insecurity. Would you??? As for the price of this book? This is a COOKBOOK!!! Cookbooks with lots of color pictures cost a fortune!!! Check around! Even my cookbook club charges an arm & a leg, so the price is very reasonable. I wouldn't mind a smaller (easier to handle) quality paperback version of the recipes in this book, but that's okay. It's beautifully photographed and "Food Styled" if that's the right term, and I couldn't have come up with 150 easy-to-follow recipes to save my life. You can make several meals at a time, if you want to, which will save alot of time. And yes, 6 meals a day is a little hard to do, and I'm sure there must be myoplex bars (or should be) because the blender thing is a minor problem. So make them at home and haul that ice chest full of food to work with you and quit complaining!!! : ) Thanks Bill.Book Review: Great guide to fitness style eating
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a really good book, but like anything, it can't be everything to everybody. Some relevant points:
1. This is geared towards someone whose idea of fitness is to improve body composition (ratio of muscle to fat) via a combo of resistance training and cardio, and to improve strength and endurance. As most know, it's a companion to the Body-For-Life program.
2. Someone else's idea of fitness might be yoga and vegetarianism, with body composition being relatively unimportant. If so, this probably isn't your style.
3. What I like most about the recipes is they provide a way to still enjoy old favorite tastes and flavors in a way that's lower in calories, and more balanced between protein and carbs. For example, the Spicy Buffalo Chicken sandwich includes the tastes of both bufalo wing sauce and blue cheese, but with some quality protein thrown in and a lot less fat. The fortified french toast recipe is another that comes to mind.
4. Some earlier reviews criticized the fact that he shows pictures of the groceries used in each recipe and propose that he's out to promote those products. The first dozen or so products I find in the book are Kraft dressing, Earthbound Farm spinach, Butterball chicken brest, Healthy Choice spaghetti sauce, Kraft parmesan cheese, McCormack spice, Kikkoman soy sauce, American Beauty spaghetti, Bertolli olive oil, Progresso bread crumbs, Spice Island basil, Jennie-O turkey, Newman's spaghetti sauce. I suppose it's possible that Bill has endorsement contracts with those and 50 or so other companies shown, but I'm going to lay my money on that he was simply trying to show how the recipes use common products.
4. If you buy the book, be willing to try recipes more than once with various ingredients. The fortified french toast recipe sucked when I used a brownish colored, heavy wheat bread, but it was outstanding when I switched to Trader Joe's multi-grain sour dough.
If this is the style of eating you are looking for, the recipes are quite good. Enjoy.
Book Review: This Is THE BEST "Diet" Cookbook Out There!
Summary: 5 Stars
Although I haven't really cooked much in recent years, I have collected cookbooks since I was young. I own at least 200 of them. In recent years, many of them have been "Diet Cookbooks." In virtually all of them, I have only liked maybe 1/10th of the recipes.
That said, this is one of the VERY BEST COOKBOOKS out there! I almost didn't purchase this, because so many of the diet plans out there always do a half-hearted cookbook following their best sellers...almost like an afterthought. Also, I had been so disappointed with what I felt I would be able to eat while on the BFL program. WRONG!
If you are looking for nutritious (but GOOD!) recipes that your WHOLE family can eat or you need to lose a few pounds or are even on another diet program, or if you are even THINKING of going on the BFL Challenge, I URGE you to buy this book!
"Eating for Life" is AMAZING! It is a quality hardcover book and each recipe features a full page picture. But what floored me was that ALL of the recipes are GREAT! Most do not take a great deal of time to prepare either! (I have actually started COOKING again!)
The ONE feature that could have been included was that the nutritional info is not included with the recipes. I have an online program that quickly converts this information for me, but it would have been nice to have this included.
However, something that was included that I thought was so terrific - and am surprised that most cookbooks haven't done this before - is that for most of the recipes, it includes a little "cameo" picture of the specific brands of products that they used to make the recipe! I loved this feature because I have made many recipes before that because I used a different brand -- just didn't quite taste like the original. Most cookbooks don't feature this because I guess it is like "free advertising" for these products...but hey, if they are good enough to use, they deserve the exposure.
Bill Phillips: You outdid yourself with this terrific cookbook!
Book Review: It Works!
Summary: 5 Stars
The book is divided into two sections: Chapter 1-10 features the concepts for "Eating For Life" (includes Myths vs. Fact, Questions and Answers). Then the second section features recipes for each meal, mid snack, and dessert. This will aid beginners on how to prepare food accordingly until the basic idea is understood then one can venture out into their own creative desire.
The book is not esoteric. It is written in a block head manner, so watch out for un-Christian expletives.
The main concept: The Right Foods, The Right Amounts, The Right Combos, The Right Times. Water is also vital. You may drink coffee (decaf is better), diet pop, but more quantity of water.
1. The Right Foods - Nutrient rich foods while avoiding empty calories.
Proteins - chicken breast, turkey breast, lean beef, swordfish, orange roughy, salmon, tuna, crab, lobster, shrimp, lean ground beef, buffalo, eggs, cottage cheese, low fat cheese, nutrition shakes and protein powders.
Carbs - brown rice, oatmeal, potatoes, yams, pasta, barley, apples, berries, oranges, whole grain breads and pitas.
Essential Fats - vegetable oils (canola, olive, sunflower), fish oils (found in salmon, tuna, halibut etc.) BAD FATS: Trans-Fat (cookies, crackers), Saturated Fats (fast food, margarines, burgers).
Vitamins and Minerals - Fruits and vegetables.
2. The Right Amounts -
Protien (meat) size of your palm. Generally 4 ounces.
Carb (potato, wheat bread, corn) the size of your fist. (baked potato).
Veg. the size of your hand (scoop) at minimum. You may eat as much veg. as you want per meal.
3. The Right Combos - This is where the recipe section will help the most. Most of the suggested recipes combine Proteins and Carb and Veg. well.
4. The Right Times - 8:30 Breakfast, 10:30 mid-snack, 12:30 Lunch, 3:30 mid snack, 5:30 Dinner, 8:00 dessert. (just an example).