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Summary: This book was not helpful for me at all
Review: After giving birth to my baby and even though I was nursing her around-the-clock for almost all of the first year, I remained 20lbs above my pre-pregnancy weight. It was like a cruel joke to find out that nursing did not melt off the pounds for me. I got this book hoping at last that there would be some sensible advice on how to slim down without affecting my milk supply and nutrition. This book was a total waste of my time! I was already eating exactly in the manner talked about in this book. I already knew all the facts and hints she talked about. Eventually months later I was able to get back down to my pre-pregnancy weight and a few pounds below (still while nursing and with no extra exercise) but I'd have to credit the lessons I learned from "The Fat Fallacy" and "Chic & Slim". If you already are a healthy eater, don't waste your money on this "Eat Well, Lose Weight" book. The tips in the Fat Fallacy and Chic&Slim are what will really help you safely lose weight in a safe, slow, undeprived manner! That's what melted those pounds off and gave me the energy to keep up with my very active nursing toddler!
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Summary: excellent resource
Review: As a lactation consultant, I get a lot of questions about dieting. Dieting is not something you want to do while breastfeeding-- and frankly, nto something you want to do to your body at all. (Remember the rule-- if you can't do it while breastfeeding then maybe it isn't healthy to do anyway!) Don't diet-- change your lifestyle. This book is perfect for mothers looking for sound advice about how to lose weight, while breastfeeding and while not.
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Summary: A practical nutritional guide
Review: Cut to the chase, I lost 71 pounds after having my baby, 31 was baby weight and 39 was additional weight. Did this book do that? Not entirely of itself but it was a huge influence on me. I was disappointed when I first read it because I was expecting a diet. A real diet with strict limitations and tricks. This was very similar to the nutritional guide I received from the hospital. I had changed my eating habits during preganancy to be more healthy. I did not consider it to be a life change. This book encourages you to eat, eat, eat, and I did. If you are breastfeeding you cannot diet!!! I can't emphisize that enough. You must meet your nutritional requirements to make good milk. I actually did not eat enough and suffered temporary hair loss, skin discoloration and fatigue when I strayed from the eating plans in the book. When I got back on track my hair grew back and I wasn't so tired anymore. Ok, basically, I was not deprived. This is not a deprivation diet. Your baby will get all necessary nutrients in the breast milk. If you want any for yourself you have to eat. You also have to get out and walk about 20 min 4 times a week as well. Moderate excecise and the eating plans in this book helped me to lose the weight. This is not a gimmick diet but a real nutritional guide to healthy eating. It is also extremely informative in all subjects relating to breastfeeding. I definitely reccommend it.
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Summary: A practical nutritional guide
Review: Cut to the chase, I lost 71 pounds after having my baby, 31 was baby weight and 39 was additional weight. Did this book do that? Not entirely of itself but it was a huge influence on me. I was disappointed when I first read it because I was expecting a diet. A real diet with strict limitations and tricks. This was very similar to the nutritional guide I received from the hospital. I had changed my eating habits during preganancy to be more healthy. I did not consider it to be a life change. This book encourages you to eat, eat, eat, and I did. If you are breastfeeding you cannot diet!!! I can't emphisize that enough. You must meet your nutritional requirements to make good milk. I actually did not eat enough and suffered temporary hair loss, skin discoloration and fatigue when I strayed from the eating plans in the book. When I got back on track my hair grew back and I wasn't so tired anymore. Ok, basically, I was not deprived. This is not a deprivation diet. Your baby will get all necessary nutrients in the breast milk. If you want any for yourself you have to eat. You also have to get out and walk about 20 min 4 times a week as well. Moderate excecise and the eating plans in this book helped me to lose the weight. This is not a gimmick diet but a real nutritional guide to healthy eating. It is also extremely informative in all subjects relating to breastfeeding. I definitely reccommend it.
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Summary: One of the FEW books available to nursing moms on weightloss
Review: Having been on a "plan" in the past (before pregnancy and after), I found the book to be very sensible and nutritionally sound. It is very difficult even to find books on this subject, which don't seme like fads....this one seems both do-able and healthy....
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Summary: NO MAGIC BULLET
Review: I bought this book looking for pointers on how to take advantage of my increased metabolism while breastfeeding to drop some baby pounds, but there are no magic bullets here. There is some interesting stuff about special nutritional needs while breastfeeding and lots of discussion about certain nutrients. But if I followed the diet advice in this book, I'd gain weight for sure! Just way too much food. It's just an outline of a sensible balance diet not unlike what is recommended during pregnancy. I'd have to say the book's title promises enlightenment but really doesn't deliver.
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Summary: Great information and support!
Review: I bought this book when I nursed my first baby, and now I am reading it again with my second. The author does an excellent job of encouraging the nursing mother to eat nutritious foods, both for her good and her baby's. Sensible food choices are encouraged, and healthy eating is stressed more than dieting. Foods to avoid are listed, along with the reasons to stay away from them. Also, I especially enjoyed the recipes in the last chapter. Very tasty and easy!
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Summary: Easily Understandable and Sensible
Review: I never wanted to think too much about what I eat, and I don't care for exercise, but when I gained weight after child #1 and had lower energy levels, despite exclusive nursing, I bought this book for #2. Boy, am I glad I did! With easily liveable tweaks to my normal eating habits, I have been losing weight at a healthy rate of about a pound a week, and I feel better. I have two ways to know my supply isn't compromised: my son is staying at the top of the growth charts, and my daily pumping (in preparation for returning to work) yields a lot.
First, details about the different vitamins and minerals (what they do, where to find them, how much you need) are presented. Then, foods are grouped according to similar nutritional content, and we're told how to eat the right proportions of the groups for our body weights. I learned that just eating healthy foods isn't enough - I have to eat the right amounts of the different foods. For example, fruit is healthy, but if I eat lots of fruits and not enough grains, my body won't get what it needs and I'll still feel hungry and tired. There's a lot more great stuff, too. I only wish this book were updated to reflect current understandings of fats, and included the detail that you can shortchange your daily caloric intake by up to 500 calories/day below your current weight level without triggering your body's hunger reflexes, so you shouldn't try to eat too little.
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Summary: Excellent read
Review: I really enjoyed reading this book when I felt like a blob after having my second child and not having lost the weight from my first pregnancy. It was not so much about a diet but more about a doable lifestyle. I loved the recipies and use them regularly.
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Summary: OK Just Because No One Else Has a Book
Review: I was a little disapppointed with the book, but it did give some good nutritional information. There just isn't any other information out there. La Leche has some information in their "Breastfeeding Answer Book" about weight loss. I found some contradictions in the book like the author says doctors tell everyone to eat about 800 extra calories without regard to individual body types and needs and then she does exactly the same in her plan! Not the information I had hoped for...
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