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The Complete Fit or Fat Book: The Phenomenal Program that Successfully Guides You from Fatness to Fitness [Hardcover]

Covert Bailey (Author), Lea Bishop (Author)
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September 28, 2005
Get with the program...and get fit! The Fit or Fat® series, with its' realistic diet and exercise plans, has sold more than 3.5 million copies--because it really works! So dieters will be thrilled to know that they can get four of these bestselling titles in one convenient volume. The New Fit or Fat, The Fit or Fat Woman, The Fit or Fat Target Diet, and Fit or Fat Target Recipes provide all the guidance anyone needs to make a lasting lifestyle change. They examine popular misconceptions about the "perfect shape," eating healthily, and exercising effectively. There are also plenty of tools for tracking your own progress, from food analysis charts to tables that break down the nutritional value of your favorite dishes.



Product Details

  • Hardcover: 656 pages
  • Publisher: Galahad; 1 edition (September 28, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 157866117X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1578661176
  • Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.6 x 2.1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #295,682 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Four Great Books for the Price of One, July 26, 2006
This review is from: The Complete Fit or Fat Book: The Phenomenal Program that Successfully Guides You from Fatness to Fitness (Hardcover)

This volume combines four Covert Bailey's best selling titles: "The new fit or fat", "The fit or fat woman", "The fit or fat target diet", and "Fit or fat target recipes". These books give practical advice on exercise, training and diet, and it does so using a clear way and with a great sense of humor. A complete package that even includes a recipe collection to lose weight and stay fit.

When I bought this and a couple of other books, about six years ago, I was looking for an introductory reference on aerobic training, fat burning, and on the use of heart rate monitors for general fitness improvements, and wasn't disappointed at all, since what I learned really worked out for me: Armed with a Polar Heart Rate Monitor (the old M61) I was able to drop more than 200 lbs in about eight months, and the heart rate monitor training has helped me keep those lbs off for over six years. Not only I went fro size 44 to size 32 pants, but also obtained substantial benefits that included weight control, cardiovascular improvements, lowered blood pressure, and improved muscular-skeletal strength and flexibility, but also the myriad of mental and psychological benefits derived from being in the best shape of my life.

I especially like the chapter about measuring your own Fat and Fitness. The formula to estimate Body Fat Percentage is very useful if you don't have a Body Fat Scale or Monitor at Home. I used the formula, and other data that I found on several books to set-up an excel spreadsheet to monitor my progress, which gave me motivation to keep training smarter.

In short terms, based on my experience I can recommend this book, and it's a great reading as well.

Another tools you may want to consider, to complement this book and your strategies for boosting your metabolism, loosing weight, and even more important keeping that weight off are:

- A Body Fat Monitor or Scale. This will help you monitor your progress, to assure that the weight you are loosing is fat (fat lost = increased metabolism) and not muscle, water or bone mass (decreased metabolism).
- "Ultrametabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss", which is another very practical, readable and insightful book, focused on how to boost your metabolism.
- "The Abs Diet: The Six-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life".
- A Heart Rate Monitor Wrist Watch. This is an excellent tool that will help you monitor and control your Heart Rate in order to keep yourself in a burning fat state (increased metabolism).
- "The Hard Body Guide". Excellent strategies, programs and workouts, aimed to increase your muscle mass.

If you are focused only on your diet, the first three may be worth considering. If you exercise, or want to start doing it right, the last two are for you. If you do both, all the four recommended options can improve your results.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Oldie but Goodie, November 19, 2010
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I remember years ago when my husband and I would watch Covert on PBS. He is fantastic,funny,and an expert lecturer. He explains things in great detail, and makes it easy to understand. He throws in his own little bit of humor which makes the book a little more interesting and fun to read. Covert explains what's going on in the body and how different things effect it. There are a variety of great recipes, a long with the exercise regimen. Covert Bailey is a true believer in exercise and has said many times if he could bottle it up (instead of pills) he would be the richest man. I enjoy anything that Covert Bailey writes and I believe other people will also!
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Complete Fit or Fat, March 14, 2010
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This review is from: The Complete Fit or Fat Book: The Phenomenal Program that Successfully Guides You from Fatness to Fitness (Hardcover)
Of all the diet/weight-loss/fitness books I have read (and I have read more than a few!) this has got to be the best! It's a great read, fun and informative at the same time.
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