Eating For Life
by Bill Phillips
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Book Reviews of Eating For Life
Book Review: Great healthy recipes!
Summary: 5 Stars
If you like to eat healthy and want some really delicious recipes, then this is the book for you! I bought this book years ago and finally pulled it off the shelf the other day and read it. I wish I had done that sooner! The first 75 pages are an introduction by Bill Phillips. Although I regard myself as being a pretty healthy eater, his tips and tricks were great reminders of how to maximize your body's potential. For instance, he explains that the key to maintaining your health is eating a variety of different foods. This means diversifying your carb sources, vegetables, and protein sources. This book tells you exactly how to do that so that you're not stuck eating the same ole egg whites and ground turkey, day in and day out. I have about 0 cooking experience and I've found the recipes very easy to follow. I just made the turkey meatloaf, mashed red potatoes, and green beans dinner. Not only is it incredibly healthy, but it's also delicious! It's 100X better than my usual tuna fish or bland chicken breast that I bring to work everyday. Bottom line: If you want to eat healthy and still eat delicious food, Bill Phillips tells you all you need to know in this great book.
And by the way, if you are worried about counting your calories, he gives you an internet link that breaks down the caloric content of each recipe.
Book Review: If You Follow It, It Will Work.
Summary: 5 Stars
More reality for the obese, over-weight, and health-weary American public. There are no shenanigans here, just straight talk and common sense--that happen to work.After all the workout videos, metabolic drinks, Hollywood diets, fitness-gurus-cum-salesmen, "don't eat before noon" diets, and "only eat peanut butter" mantras, we are once again hit with what we don't get hit with enough: common sense.
Eating several properly portioned and balanced nutritious meals over the course of the day will keep one's metabolism moving, provide energy, and improve and maintain mental and physical health. We are also reminded of a very important factor in improving and maintaining our weight and health: The more muscle we have means our ability to burn calories increases. More muscle speeds up our metabolism. Eating smaller meals more frequently increases metabolism. Our bodies are natural machines and focusing on metabolism is just as important as placing emphasis on what we put in our mouths (what we eat).
This book is not for the sedentary, lazy, beer guzzler, fast food addict, or office-worker who comes home to watch TV at night.
Worth noting is that Phillips does promote his supplements in the book and that's fair enough. If you're serious, get this book. It has helped me in several areas of my life.
Book Review: 'Eating for Life' 5 Stars
The 'Eating for Life' works! By eating 6 small meals a day, I no longer stay hungry all day. When it's time to eat, my body tells me it's time, but I stay satisfied throughout the day. The book provides all sorts of recipes and ideas to help mix things up, so you actually enjoy what you're eating. One of my favorite things to make is chicken quesadillas with sauteed onions & mushrooms and low-fat cheese. YUM!! Then, on my cheat day, I get to indulge myself with my favorites - pizza and some kind of chocolate dessert. Knowing you're eating right and exercising during the week makes that one cheat day all worth it, and you don't feel guilty!!! The hardest part of this eating 6 small meals a day is planning ahead. I prepare everything the night before so I can take it to work with me for the first 4 small meals during the day (breakfast, mid-morning snack, lunch, and an afternoon snack.) I just started on my 5th week, so now I have it all down to an art and can throw it all together in no time. ;)As I often hear financial advisor Dave Ramsey say, "If you keep doing what you've always done, you'll keep getting what you've always got."
That finally hit home with me, so now I'm doing something about it. 'Eating for Life' has been instrumental in helping me get something different!
Book Review: The Right Recipe
Summary: 5 Stars
I did the challenge back in 2002 and lost 25 lbs, but I had no variety in my diet--all I ate was chicken breast, cottage cheese, brown rice, and salad. Eating for Life takes care of that problem. So far I've tried the following recipes: Baked Chicken Parmesan (pg. 113), Mom's Chicken Enchiladas (pg. 114), Strawberry Cheesecake (pg. 195), Berry Dessert Crepes (pg. 199), Enriched Double Chocolate Pudding (pg. 201), Walnut Brownies (pg. 202), Egg-Cellent Enchiladas (pg. 223), Ham and Egg Sandwich (pg. 224), Denver Omelet (pg. 227), Cool Taco Salad (pg. 257), and the Tuna Salad Wrap (pg. 272). With the exception of the pudding, all of the recipes were great. I made the chicken enchiladas and cheesecake to share with my boyfriend's family and they all raved about both dishes (one tip for the cheesecake, mix the sliced strawberries with lemon juice and Splenda). The only recipe that took me longer than half an hour to prepare was the chicken enchiladas (mainly because I had to poach the chicken and shred it, buying pre-cooked chicken would solve that). Some of the recipes are really silly, like the Breakfast Du Jour (pg. 221) and the Turkey Sandwich (pg. 256), but there are plenty of interesting dishes to try. There is also a section containing 14 different ways to jazz up your nutritional shakes.Book Review: Pure Commercialism - by a disappointed Body For Life success
Summary: 2 Stars
I am a Body For Life success story. I didn't enter their competition, I did it just for me. I lost 55 lbs in 12 weeks, following the Body-For-Life book to the letter. Because of my success, I have promoted the book and program at every opportunity!So, when I saw Eating For Life, I was excited until I picked it up. It smacks of pure commercialism. The photographs of the recipes all include pictures of the specific brand name items called for. It's just an advertisement book.
There is not one bit of nutrition information... which makes sense when you see things in it like French Toast and syrup. The book is full of recipes that the Body For Life program would never recommend. In comparison, I checked half a dozen nearby recipe books when I looked at Eating For Life. Every other book I looked at, whether it was succulent chocolate desserts all the way to low-fat diet books, had complete nutrition information. So why not this one? Because Bill Phillips knew that these recipes would not withstand public scrutiny of the nutrition information.
Get Better Homes and Gardens New Dieter's Cookbook instead. I did. It is full of great recipes, beautiful presentation photos, and complete nutrition information.
And along with the BHG book. Get Body For Life. Skip Eating For Life.