Official Review: The Eat For Keeps Experience
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Official Review: The Eat For Keeps Experience
[Following is the official OnlineBookClub.org review of "The Eat For Keeps Experience" by Leigh Elder.]
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Eat for Keeps Experience is a guide book to a healthy eating for life program called Eat for Keeps or EFK. It was developed by Leigh Elder to help people with obesity and type two diabetics. When the program was successful with numerous people, Leigh Elder decided to write this guide so that the program which was initially confined in New Zealand can reach people all over the world. There is also a website called eatforkeeps.com. The book consists of 4 main parts.
First part is about what doesn't work with our current eating style, why it doesn't work and how mortally dangerous it can get to keep eating the way we are eating. This part of the book is actually nothing new. Almost every healthy eating program out there will tell you horror stories about cardiovascular diseases and how diabetics can damage every single organ in your body. I am not really too fond of these negative reinforcements so I didn't care for this part of the book. Not that anything they said was untrue but it is like telling a smoker that cigarettes are bad for them. Well, believe me, they know!
Now, the second part of the book where it tells you about how this Eat for Keeps program works, is another story. There are some obvious choices that Leigh Elder encourages the readers to make. But there is some brand new information in this section that I have never heard before. This section of the book convinced me that this program might actually be one of the best out there that offers a structure that can be followed with ease.
Third part deals with exercise. After a few pages of horror stories about sedentary life, it gives you a plan for starting exercising using baby steps. People who don't like exercising ( after passing the first few pages) could actually feel encouraged and way less guilty about their sedentary lives. To me, this part is the most feel good and uplifting section of the book.
The last part of the book is about troubleshooting and problem solving. What can we do if we hit a weight resistance rock? How to apply this program at work or while dining out? What to do with unexpected twists and turns? The answers to these questions are in this section. Practical and doable, this last part proves itself very useful in my opinion.
Writing is kept real and simple . The book is kept as a whole and sectioned just right. So, even though we are not looking for a masterpiece of literature here, we still can fairly give props especially to the editor who did a pretty decent job.
Overall, I give this book 3 out of 4 stars. I recommend it to everyone who is interested in leading a healthier life style.
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First part is about what doesn't work with our current eating style, why it doesn't work and how mortally dangerous it can get to keep eating the way we are eating. This part of the book is actually nothing new. Almost every healthy eating program out there will tell you horror stories about cardiovascular diseases and how diabetics can damage every single organ in your body. I am not really too fond of these negative reinforcements so I didn't care for this part of the book. Not that anything they said was untrue but it is like telling a smoker that cigarettes are bad for them. Well, believe me, they know!
Now, the second part of the book where it tells you about how this Eat for Keeps program works, is another story. There are some obvious choices that Leigh Elder encourages the readers to make. But there is some brand new information in this section that I have never heard before. This section of the book convinced me that this program might actually be one of the best out there that offers a structure that can be followed with ease.
Third part deals with exercise. After a few pages of horror stories about sedentary life, it gives you a plan for starting exercising using baby steps. People who don't like exercising ( after passing the first few pages) could actually feel encouraged and way less guilty about their sedentary lives. To me, this part is the most feel good and uplifting section of the book.
The last part of the book is about troubleshooting and problem solving. What can we do if we hit a weight resistance rock? How to apply this program at work or while dining out? What to do with unexpected twists and turns? The answers to these questions are in this section. Practical and doable, this last part proves itself very useful in my opinion.
Writing is kept real and simple . The book is kept as a whole and sectioned just right. So, even though we are not looking for a masterpiece of literature here, we still can fairly give props especially to the editor who did a pretty decent job.
Overall, I give this book 3 out of 4 stars. I recommend it to everyone who is interested in leading a healthier life style.
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Buy "The Eat For Keeps Experience" on Amazon
Buy "The Eat For Keeps Experience" on Barnes and Noble
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