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30 Days to Swimsuit Lean

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I purchased Lean Bodies, Swimsuit Lean, and Lean Bodies Cookbook all at the same time. Swimsuit Lean had no new information, it's more like cliff notes for the Lean Bodies book. The only difference besides having a lot less information is that it has lots of before and after pictures that aren't even very convincing. The pictures take up almost 1/3 of the already short book. If you have money burning a hole in your pocket and aren't going to read it anyway, this is the book for you.

I did the book, the first leanbodies book, back when it was very new and I lost 10 pds in the first 3 weeks. I was very excited, yes, the prep-arations are time consuming, but if you pre-cook, soups and stews, and chicken, fish etc, and freeze, you do save the hassle of last minute preparation, as cliff does suggest. I know i have tried numerous other programs without this quick success.I would like to hear from some more positive e-mails. You can contact me personally.

The books content was both informative and educational. The dollars associated with the necessary meals was nearly $100 a week for two people, double what I would normally spend.

Also, the time necessary to prepare the prescibed meals was impossible during the work week. It would take nearly an entire day to cook enough food for the entire week and all of the food we prepared (from the recommened cookbook) was over abundtly spicy.

This plan is not time practical unless you enjoy spending a full day or late nights in the kitchen.

In closing the book was good. But it's practicality in real life (time & dollars) is poor.

Hey Cliff, maybe if you came out with your own line of prepared foods I'd give it another try!!!

If you're a working mother on a limited budget, this eating plan is not practical. I'm sure it would work if I'd had the money to buy the large amounts of fresh vegetables and fruit, the time to prepare it and the ability to exercise after the kids are in bed. I couldn't find carbohydrate powder at the local nutrition store, or just protein powder. It was all combined and VERY expensive. The mid-morning snack bars are also not cheap. The book gives excellent guidelines, but you really need to know how to create and cook or to buy the cookbook for ideas how to prepare the various food selections. This seems to be well researched, but just another frustration for the working mother who, in spite of running from dawn to midnight, still carries extra weight.

Here I am again on the plan. Two years ago, I lost 10 pounds and one size on the 30 day plan. But I went back to my old habits, became sedentary, and gained back that weight plus some. I started a couple of months ago with exercise, no dietary modifications. No luck! I have been on this plan again for a week and I can feel it working already. This is the only plan that works for me, personally. I just hope I can stick with it for longer than 30 days!