The Everything Flat Belly Cookbook: 300 Quick and Easy Recipes to help drop the belly fat and tone your abs (Everything Series) (Paperback)

~ Fitz Koehler (Author), Mabelissa Acevedo (Author)
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Product Description

Potbelly. Muffin top. Menopot.

Many people know they need to lose that weight around their middle—but how should they do it? With this cookbook, you benefit from the latest abs diets and learn the culinary secrets to banishing the bulge forever. Author and fitness expert “Fitz” Koehler shows you what to eat to tone that tummy, including:

• Low-Fat Cheesy Fries
  
• Muscle Muffins
  
• Sweet-Roasted Sweet Potatoes
  
• Asparagus Pesto Flatbread Pizza
  
• Fat-Free Strawberry Shortcake
  
• Citrus Crunch Pork Chops
  
• Tilapia Parmesan
  

With 300 delicious recipes, strategic meal plans, and spot-on ab exercises, you can cook up a flatter stomach in no time!

About the Author

“Fitz” Koehler, MSESS (Gainesville, FL), has been a wellness consultant for more than fifteen years, which has included creating recipes and meal plans for thousands of clients around the globe looking to lose weight. She studied sports nutrition while earning her master’s degree in exercise and sports sciences and since then has worked with many celebrities, including the Wiggles, the Harlem Globetrotters, Dr. Mehmet Oz, and Cheryl Ladd. Ms Koehler has designed ab-targeting workouts and recipes for countless personal training clients, champion collegiate athletes, and fitness competitors since 1989. Her work has appeared on ABC News, America Online, and numerous other publications, television shows, radio shows, and movies. She is also the World Fitness Director for the International Sport Kickboxing Association. As the Fitness Expert for America Online, she often provides nutritional counseling to readers and has published many recipes online (www.fitzness.com).

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media; 1 edition (April 18, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1605506761
• ISBN-13: 978-1605506760
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #8,009 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything Flat Belly is for Everyone!, June 15, 2009

By	Lynette R. Fleming "Coauthor of Lunch Buddies... (Decatur, IL USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Who doesn't want a flatter belly? Probably 99% of people would give anything to have a flatter abdomen. It is somewhat ironic that Fitz Koehler, a fitness expert who has helped many celebrities including the wonderful Dr. Oz, reveals in the introductory chapter that "crunches are not the most important factor affecting your waistline." She goes on to tell us that our eating habits are about 80% responsible for our weight. Do you know how many miles a 150 pound person would have to run to reduce his/her weight by 10 pounds . . . provided there were no changes in diet? Are you ready? Three hundred and sixty miles . . . Yes you read that right 360 miles! Yipes . . . it would take me a long, long time to run that many miles. You too?

The authors tell us that it is much easier to eat a little less every day than to run off the extra calories taken in through our culinary excesses. Makes sense, huh?

I think I said something like this is my book, too, but the authors compare calories to money, telling us we need to spend our calories wisely. Most Americans simply don't. They'll complain about the cost of organic Romaine, yet when you run into them in snack aisle at the grocery store you'll see them purchasing a $4.00 bag of potato chips. What are they getting for their money? Fat, calories, and very little nutritional value.

This book is great for people who enjoy meat, although a vegetarian chapter is included for those who don't. You'll find 300 flat belly recipes including beef, pork, poultry, seafood, and even desserts.

While I generally don't do meat, there are a couple people living with me who do . . . and who could definitely benefit from a healthier diet. Looking for a flatter belly . . . then buy this book!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy!, June 16, 2009

By	Nicole Zimmerman - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have had a wonderful and easy time cooking dinner these days, thanks to "Everything Flat Belly Cookbook"! It seems I am just making minor changes to make HUGE changes in my eating habits!
Highly recommended!
-Nicole

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Cookbook, June 5, 2009

By	Yvette M. Glisson - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This cookbook has very easy and good recipes in it. The grocery lists for most of the items are short. My favorite is the chocolate chip cookies.