Flat Belly Diet! Pocket Guide: Introducing the EASIEST, BUDGET-MAXIMIZING Eating Plan Yet [Paperback]

Liz Vaccariello (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 14, 2009

A quick and handy guide to smart eating choices from the diet that’s transforming America belly by belly.

All across America, people are changing their bodies—and their lives—thanks to the Flat Belly Diet! Now, making the best choices for a flat belly in the supermarket, at home, in a restaurant, or anywhere is even easier with the Flat Belly Diet! Pocket Guide.

This handy and user-friendly book provides at-a-glance information such as:

-a complete 28-day meal plan featuring all-new on-the-go recipes

-corresponding shopping lists specially designed to maximize your shopping dollar

-lists of serving sizes and calorie counts to help you make MUFA meals you love

-best meal choices at the vending machine, the airport, popular restaurants, and more

-pantry staples and Flat Belly Diet–friendly brands

Including 90 all-new quick meal and snack pack recipes, each tested for time and taste, and created by a registered dietitian in response to questions from real dieters, the Flat Belly Diet! Pocket Guide is both an easy introduction to the diet for those who have yet to try it and an essential companion for the thousands who already swear by it.

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About the Author

 Liz Vaccariello is the senior vice president and Editor-in-Chief of Prevention, the #1 healthy lifestyle brand and the 9th largest magazine in the nation, with more than 11 million readers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Books; 1 edition (April 14, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1605296503
• ISBN-13: 978-1605296500
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 5.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,891 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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More About the Author

Liz Vaccariello
Senior Vice President/Editor-in-Chief, Prevention Magazine
Author, 400 Calorie Fix and Flat Belly Diet! Franchise

Liz Vaccariello is SVP/Editor-in-Chief of Prevention, the #1 healthy lifestyle magazine brand in the world with an audience of more than 10.5 million. In addition to her overall editorial responsibility for the magazine, Vaccariello helps direct the editorial content of top online health destination, Prevention.com, and the creative development of Prevention-branded products, including books, special interest publications, DVDs, and 16 international editions. She is the author of The Flat Belly Diet! franchise, which most recently includes New York Times bestseller The Flat Belly Diet! Cookbook, as well as Flat Belly Diet! for Men; Vaccariello is also the author of the lifestyle nutrition/diet book, 400-Calorie Fix.

Since joining Prevention in July '07, Vaccariello has spearheaded an impressive editorial vision and fresh redesign, and initiated the relaunch of Prevention.com.

Vaccariello is a sought-after media spokesperson, regularly appearing on Today, Good Morning America, The Early Show and CBS's Emmy-nominated daytime show, The Doctors. She has also appeared Rachael Ray, The View, Extra and two seasons of NBC's The Biggest Loser.

Before joining Rodale, Vaccariello was executive editor of Fitness magazine, which she joined in 1999 as articles/deputy editor. Prior to Fitness, Vaccariello served as VP/Editor-in-Chief of Cleveland magazine. She earned a B.A. in Communications from the University of Michigan.

Today, she lives in the suburbs of New Jersey, with her husband, Steve, and two, four-year-old twin daughters, Sophia and Olivia.

Customer Reviews

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129 of 169 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to follow!!, May 25, 2009

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K. Elliott - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Flat Belly Diet! Pocket Guide: Introducing the EASIEST, BUDGET-MAXIMIZING Eating Plan Yet (Paperback)

I don't "do" diets. This is so easy to follow, with meals that I would eat anyway. I lost 7 pounds in 11 days. I'm still losing!! I tried this on a recommendation from someone who lost over 30 pounds by following the Flat Belly Diet. She travels quite frequently and was able to do it. If you don't want to invest in the large book version...the pocket version has just as much information.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Living the fast life and needed a guide to eating right this works, August 12, 2010

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Katherine "Katie" (SEVERNA PARK, MD, United States) - See all my reviews
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I work in Washington DC. I confess to being a blackberry junky because of job demands. I'd order food to go back to my desk. I was picking the wrong foods to eat. I never really planned to eat, I just ate when I was starving grabbing something quick. I did not have time in my day to eat and did not want to think about what I should eat. When I had to go to the WOMAN's side of the department store to find a suit to wear - I knew I had to do something. I wanted it to be a long term solution to eating right. I don't like canned tuna or turkey and I can do this diet using the substituion. I did the jump start and stuck more or less to the 28 day plan concentrating on the restaurant guide to selecting 400 calorie meals and sticking to the rule to not go 4 hours without eating. This diet worked for me, so well folks would stop me in the hall tell me how great I was looking and what did I do?

Well, I got a pedometer, loaded my MP3 player with some Audible books and music and this book. I walk 10,000 steps a day, I try to work in a bicycle ride on one of our beautiful trails in DC or a Zumba class which, even here can be found for $5 a class and I use a 75 cm balance ball to do some admominal exercises for 10 minutes twice a day at home. I have given my book to 3 people and I am now buying my 4th copy. MUFAs and the better eating help me have energy to live life after working long hard days. Once my exercise was my commute which is still good for a few thousand steps and then walking from one meeting to another. I now fit in one walk around the Capitol Mall or downtown during the week. The size I am now is not yet my target size, Still I look in good in spandex for my size and that is a great start. Definitely consider this eating guide. I highly recommend it.

41 of 54 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not for those who make less than $30,000 a year!, March 3, 2010

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bonitachica (West Virginia) - See all my reviews

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I haven't tried the actual diet yet. BUT WAIT!! Before you get click happy and say my review wasn't helpful, hear me out. I bought this because the title says it is "BUDGET-MAXIMIZING". My husband and I have gained about 70lbs between the two of us since getting married. I thought this plan would be the answer to the financial problems we face when trying to diet. IT'S NOT! The "4-day Anti-Bloat Jumpstart" has a shopping list with 25 items and the amount you will need of each item. Keep in mind I am buying these items for two people. The total grocery bill comes to a whopping $160.00 Yep... That's right, this is only for 4 days (And at a grocery store WV... You know that super poor state. ~JK~). This is the amount we spend on groceries over two weeks. Now here's the real kicker. The grocery list for week one has a total of 76 items. This means that for two people, week one of this diet would cost approximately $400. I don't know about you all but $1600 a month in groceries for two people isn't something I could swing even if my salary were doubled.

I really thought this plan would work perfect for me, as I'm the type of person that needs structure to really stick with something. Unfortunately, this like many other diets, isn't for the people working for minimum wage. It looks like I'm back to trying to reduce how much I eat instead of trying to break the bank buying healthy food.

The theory behind the diet sounds like it would work, however, being that one of the selling points for the book is that it is budget maximizing isn't really true. I could sign up for nutrasystem or Jenny Craig and have all my meals delivered to me for about the same price.

There are plenty reviews about whether this diet works or not, so that's why I felt justified in reviewing the book without trying the plan. If I am ever able to afford the shopping list this diet requires, I will update my review at that time.

Good luck to those of you trying it!