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Summary: The author is a walking testimony to the program
Review: I caught a piece on TV Thursday with the author who was interviewed about the FAt Flush Plan. The first thing that I noticed was she looks like she follows her own program and is healthy. Unlike the overweight physician now pushing a cookbook, and the fat,free devitalized so called experts who look like skin and bones, Ann Louise Gittleman glows from the inside out. I ran out - bought her book - started yesterday and expect to have all the results she personifies AND more.
Thank you.
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Summary: It really works - and I was very skeptical
Review: The title - the promise - it all sounds like slick marketing and so I was justifiablity very skeptical..But I am in Phase 1 right now - 13th day - AND I have lost 2 inches around my waist and another inch total on each buttock. I was hungry during the first four days but now the cran-water satisfies me and I don't even look for sweets. count me in as a believer.
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Summary: This plan works
Review: I'm old enough to have been on every diet there was, from Scarsdale to Atkins to semi-starvation fasting (only time I saw 130 lbs. since age 13, but couldn't keep it off) to fen-phen (and I have the heart valve problem to prove it!) to the Zone Diet. Nothing has worked as well for me as FF after the intial tough few weeks. Most amazing has been the steady loss of inches on all those hard to lose places: thighs, hips and arms. It's the balance between moderate but regular exercise and controlled careful eating that seems to work. It's not hard to follow (in terms of no complicated measurements, recipes, etc.), but you do have to be motivated because it can feel austere. The book sets out a truly healthy approach to eating that has, for the first time, allowed me to have a somewhat normal relation to food. And my energy level and spirits have been unflaggingly high after the first tough 3 weeks. I'm starting my the 12th week, having lost 30 lbs. so far.
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Summary: Superb Reading and The Recipes Actually are Good!
Review: Very innovative and very creative. This book, expecially the chapter called The Five Hidden Weight Gain Factors is worth the price of the whole book. I have had weight problem for years - the author clued me into my antidpressants which might be affecting my weight..Sure enough, I asked my doc to give me another prescription - and the weight is starting to come off - finally (8 pounds the first two weeks) - with her help. The Eggplant Delight is awesome and I live on Rose's Fat Flush Soup. When is Ann Louise Gittleman going to be on Oprah? She has so much more to say than any other diet guru these days. I encourage every body to read her book.
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Summary: From a male perspective - Fat Flush rocks!
Review: Read the reviews from some of the males out there. Here's mine..My wife found the book on Amazon and bought it. She dared me to do the program with her. I need to lost my beer belly gut, my spare tires and about 23 pounds. We both started the phase 1 Two Week Fat Flush at the same time. The results? My gut is flat and you can bearly pinch my spare tire fat any more. I lost 10 pounds and will stay on Phase 1 - because I actually like the cranberry juice- until the next ten pounds come off. The program is like a Diet Boot Camp - but hey - as an ex Marine, I'm used to that. All kidding aside - the program works - for males and females. My wife lost 6 1/2 pounds but two pants' sizes. This author knows her stuff.
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Summary: Lost 8 inches from waist, hips, thighs -I'm very psyched
Review: No program has ever done what this one has. I bought the book because of the cover and the author's reputation. Just finished the Two Week Fat Flush and I am hooked for life. I got the results, feel terrific and don't mind spending a little extra for supplements that will make me healthy for life.
The book, the diet, and exercise program and the journalling experience are highly recommended. Thank you, thank you, thank you for chaning my body, my mind, and my spirit..I can't wait for the sequel...
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Summary: THE BEST DIET/DETOX PLAN OUT THERE - BAR NONE
Review: I have gained and lost a ton of weight over the years - but since I have been using Gittleman's FAT FLUSH PLAN since January - I not only lost 20 pounds but I feel clean inside. I don't have the mid-morning or mid-afternoon dips in energy any more - I am off of caffeine and sugar for good - and actually crave those Long Life Cocktails and flax seed smoothies. Would you believe that my kids now drink unsweetened cranberry juice with water (the cran water that Gittleman suggests)sweetened of course with the Stevia and my husband has reduced his cholesterol from 267 to 180 by the flax seed alone. I regularly read her messaging board on ivillage.com and am totally blown away with the testimonials her plan receives. People say that its not just the weight that keeps you on Fat Flush, its the great skin, the even moods, no more PMS and no more food cravings...The support given on that board is totally awesome and Ann Louise herself actually answers many of the questions... (She also looks like a diet guru who obviously walks the walk and talks the talk) I recommend this to everybody - Detox your life and you will never be the same. Happy in Northern Idaho...
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Summary: You have to try this unique diet..It is absolutely the best!
Review: I bought this book because of the interesting title and as it turned out it has changed my life and turned me into a new person. The Fat Flush Plan has some unique elements that no other diet has i.e. lemon water, cranwater and the long life cocktail. Not only have I lost 35 pounds, dropped from a size 9 to 3 but I feel so wonderful. I get to eat and eat and eat and feel confident that I will never gain the weight back. My cellulite is gone...My skin condition (Rosacea) is completely cleared up and I am off my medication for it...These are only two of the benefits in addition to the weight loss that I have experienced. Thank you Ann for all you have done for me and others like me. I am forever in your debt.
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Summary: Save Your Money
Review: Another fad diet that just doesn't work. Fully of enthusiasm I started out on my 2-week "cleansing period". But before you're ready to begin, don't forget the trip to the health food store and the outlay of over $100 for the "necessary" flaxseed oil, flaxseed meal, whey protein, borage oil supplements, chromium and of course, the magic elixir, the "all natural" cranberry juice. Followed the diet as directed. Drank cran-water until it came out my ears. Ate raw or steammed green leafy vegetables until I thought I was a rabbit. Once I put a tablespoon of A-1 on some especially dry chicken just to be able to get it down, but that was the only "cheating" I can remember. No carbos except what is prescribed After one week the results - net GAIN of 3 pounds. In my opinion, this plan is pure poppycock. Although I wasn't very hungry during the week, I did suffer from some pretty severe headaches on the first day and lots of "carbo cravings" during the week. The more I study, the more I've come to believe that there just aren't any shortcuts. Want to lose weight? Eat a bit less and exercize a bit more and the weight will come off gradually and you will maintain good health. If you're contemplating buying this book, I've got another suggestion for you. Put the cost of this book toward a health club membership and actually use it. You will be much better off in the long run.
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Summary: Not a diet plan but the road to a healthier lifestyle
Review: I have bought many (and I mean MANY) diet books and this is by far the only one that has made a difference in my life. It describes in a very scientific manner (yet not complicated) how a modification of unhealthy habits can lead to health, and teaches you how to achieve these goals. I can't say enough how this book has helped me... and I've only been on the plan for three weeks!
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