Formula 101: Maintaining 40-30-30 Nutrition for a Lifetime [Paperback]

Gene Daoust (Author), Joyce Daoust (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2003

The must-have companion to the national bestseller The Formula

What is the 40-30-30 formula? It’s the exact combination of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats you need to eat at every meal to stimulate the production of glucagon–the body’s natural fat-burning hormone. If you’re eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner on the 40-30-30 formula, your fat is melting away and your energy and concentration are at peak performance.

Now with Formula 101, Gene and Joyce Daoust have written a fun, fact-filled companion to the original book that is essential to help you keep right on track in your fight against the pounds. Simple and straightforward, this book gives you:

• 101 simple nutrition tips and secrets guaranteed to help you burn fat faster and stay with The Formula for life, including delicious recipes
• The Formula Nutrition Journal–a self-motivational personal nutrition journal and daily planner to help you continue to eat right
• Helpful suggestions for eating out on The Formula–from fast food to haute cuisine, even dessert–you can still enjoy restaurants on the 40-30-30 plan

Formula 101 is the ultimate guide for anyone who wants to continue to lose weight, feel great, and perform better. In your hands are all the tools you need to master the 40-30-30 way of eating–starting today!

Editorial Reviews

Review

Read what fans of THE 40-30-30 FORMULA are saying:

“The most wonderful results occur on a daily basis: We find that we have greater mental clarity and more sustained energy throughout our days. The physical benefits are phenomenal.”
–JERRY and LESLIE COOK, Post Falls, ID

“[The] recipes are wonderful! Just following the formula has made the weight literally drop off! I feel better than I have in years.”
–BARB LAUB, Bloomington, IL

“My cholesterol went from a staggering 305 to 179. My body fat went from 22 percent to 16 percent. I have found a true way to control my weight and keep it down without sacrificing the foods I enjoy.”
–NICOLAS TCHIKOVANI, Mountain View, CA

From the Inside Flap

The must-have companion to the national bestseller The Formula

What is the 40-30-30 formula? It?s the exact combination of carbohydrates, proteins, and fats you need to eat at every meal to stimulate the production of glucagon?the body?s natural fat-burning hormone. If you?re eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner on the 40-30-30 formula, your fat is melting away and your energy and concentration are at peak performance.

Now with Formula 101, Gene and Joyce Daoust have written a fun, fact-filled companion to the original book that is essential to help you keep right on track in your fight against the pounds. Simple and straightforward, this book gives you:

? 101 simple nutrition tips and secrets guaranteed to help you burn fat faster and stay with The Formula for life, including delicious recipes
? The Formula Nutrition Journal?a self-motivational personal nutrition journal and daily planner to help you continue to eat right
? Helpful suggestions for eating out on The Formula?from fast food to haute cuisine, even dessert?you can still enjoy restaurants on the 40-30-30 plan

Formula 101 is the ultimate guide for anyone who wants to continue to lose weight, feel great, and perform better. In your hands are all the tools you need to master the 40-30-30 way of eating?starting today!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books (January 1, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345455231
• ISBN-13: 978-0345455239
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.8 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,207,891 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Nothing new here........., April 20, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Formula 101: Mastering 40-30-30 Nutrition for Life (Hardcover)

I own the original "40-30-30 Fat burning Nutrition" which is my favorite...then I bought the Formula. I like it, but it seems as though they went to great lengths so stretch a small book into a large one. And then they really did it for the Formula 101. There are generalized concepts presented here, but none go into detail about how to implement them. There are stories of clients that sound fabricated. And in every recipe box is a reminder of all the recipes in the other book, The Formula, as well as a reminder that if you want to know more about whey protein, you can consult the appendix. Enough already. I love the Daoust's diet and their first book, and the second is okay...but, really!!!! This 3rd book reminds me of someone trying to stretch a college essay into the required number of pages and using alot of long wordy sentences that say nothing to get there. I am returning my copy in favor of the first two books. For those who don't own the first two, this does not explain the diet so it would be futile to own it by itself.

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sadly lacking in new information or inspiration!, June 20, 2003

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Lee Mellott "Skin Care For Wrinkles" (Frederick, Maryland) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Formula 101: Maintaining 40-30-30 Nutrition for a Lifetime (Paperback)

Folks who love the original book, Formula 101 by the Daoust's will most likely be very disappointed in this companion book.
The main reason is that almost everything in it is a repeat of the "Formula 101" book. And new information given is what almost everyone already knows.

The most annoying part of the book is the verbatim repeat of information. For example the meal plan selection chart (this describes what meal planner to use based on your weight and activity level) is listed in the book about 5 times. Recipes in the book are repeats of recipes in the "Formula 101" book. Most of the tips and ideas in the book are already in the "Formula 101" book.

There are a few added tips. 100 tips are given altogether. But the added tips are common knowledge. Tips such as visualize yourself at your goal, park your car far from the store so you can get more exercise, drink lots of water etc. Nothing new here.

What I would like to have seen was photographs and testimonials from folks who succeeded with the "Formula 101". New recipes.
More dining out ideas. In general new information. Sadly none of that is in the book.

The large margins, big type and lack of information makes this book not worth the $. Come on Gene and Joyce, you can do better!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good info...but just a repeat!, June 18, 2002

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J. Scharp (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Formula 101: Mastering 40-30-30 Nutrition for Life (Hardcover)

I am glad I only got this from the library first. This book is pretty much just a repeat of the Formula, previously written by the same couple. Even the recipes are the same except for maybe a couple. I like the formula book better and have purchased that one...it has more recipes.

If you don't have the Formula, this book still has helpful information and good recipes (just not as many) and is giving you more of a maintenance plan. The irst Formula book also offers the 21 day Fat Flush program to follow. The recipes in this book are very good though, and this at least deserves 3 stars for that (if you don't already own the first). My opinion is to purchase the Formula, and save money on the soft cover.