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The Snack Factor Diet: The Secret to Losing Weight--by Eating MORE

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I really wanted to love Keri Glassman's, "The Snack Factor Diet". Glassman writes in an easy to follow style and the book is packed with information. And who wouldn't love to snack several times a day. However, there were many things I don't like about plan.

Glassman is a good writer and she is very easy to understand. She shares a lot of good nutritional information in this 244 page book. But I felt her overall plan would be hard to follow. The plan begins with a 3 day cleanse. This includes dandelions, cucumbers, all you can eat celery stalks, lean meat and lemon water. Did someone say STRICT DIET! To be fair however, the cleanse is optional and designed to blast away your cravings etc.

The "real" diet is better but restrictive. Though she blasts low carb diets in her book. Her book is pretty low carb. She calls potatos, rice, cereal, pasta etc. starches and you are limited to one or two a day at breakfast depending on your weight!

A typical day on the plan might include milk, fiber cereal, and walnuts for breakfast, shrimp salad with avocado and dressing for lunch, chicken breast with veggies and a little fat for dinner. And two snacks.

The book focuses on eating snacks each day and though Glassman lists a lot of snacks, I personally felt the snacks were not necessarily optimal choices. For on the go snacking she recommends for example cottage cheese and yogurt. These items need to be refridgerated so how on the go is this?

Many of her snack choices seem unbalanced. Two or three slices of bacon or two turkey meatballs. I really think that selecting a protein and a carb for each snack is what will keep one full and content to the next meal. Some of her choices were strictly protein or carb and fat etc.

Glassman also wants you to keep a food journal and discusses the importance of exercise and managing stress. She advises drinking lemon water instead of using fake sweeteners and she gives extensive nutrition information and simple recipes. She does not give nutrition information on her menus. Glassman does a great job of explaining her plan and you can elect to plan your own meals around the information she gives or follow set menus.

Overall I think it's a restrictive plan but if you don't mind only one starch a day, you may want to give it a munch.

Lee Mellott

This book is great! I've reached my goal weight and keeping it off has not been hard. This book taught me to change my outlook on food and to listen to my body. It even introduced me to new foods with all the different recipes provided. There are so many great ideas on meals and snacks, that I planned out my weeks of meals so that I'd have a perfect variety and never get bored. This book was so easy to read and I learned lessons I know I'll use for the rest of my life.

I thought the book was terrific. I found it easy to read and who couldn't like the idea that I could eat almost whenever I wanted to. I found that there were plenty of choices among the diet plans which made sticking to the diet much easier than any I had tried before. I lost weight on the plan and yet I instinctively knew that I was doing nothing to harm myself. Diets that are heavy on meats or require you to starve yourself are unrealistic or unhealthy in the long run. I'm never as hungry when I sit down to eat a regular meal since I went on this diet which makes it much easier to control how much I eat. This is a diet that I truly feel I will make a part of my life.

My husband and I have been following a diet outlined in Glamour magazine (January 2007) that was developed by Ms. Glassman. We have been extremely happy with that diet because the food was easy to prepare and it was healthier versions of "real" food. My husband has lost 25 pounds in 3 months! We found that we always felt satisfied and the combinations of foods cut down cravings for unhealthy options. So, we have been waiting with bated breath for this book to come out, so that we would have more options (the Glamour article outlines 7 days worth of meals). Unfortunately, when we received the book, the choices were MUCH more restrictive and many did not sound like they would be fulfilling. There were also many more "off the beaten track" ingredients (flaxseed, fiber crisps, etc.). While this book is filled with information about dieting in general and has a great section on "troubleshooting" to help a person stay focused, it just wasn't what we were hoping for. :(

I saw the author on TV and I was impressed with what she was saying as it relates to dieting. I was more impressed with her book. I have been on her plan for about a month and I see results without sacrificing too much. I have reduced my portions and I am convinced that's all anyone has to do to loose weight and maintain. I am now comfortable with smaller portions and I still eat what I normally like with just a few rules. Glassman is a nutritionist and I feel she is passionate about nutrition and that makes a big difference when you read her book. She has you use a scale of of 1-10 to touch basis with how you are feeling once you eat -- something I never did. I usally ate until it hurts and then I felt really bad. Slow down, read the book and learn some great principles to live by.

this book makes complete sense-why didn't i think of it???? it's so user friendly and inspiring, i'm planning to give it to all of my girlfriends!

I love this book because it's DOABLE. For years we've been dealing with completely unrealistic diets that cause distress, disappointment and even self hatred and low self esteem. This is real, simple, useable advice that makes it easy to get healthy and loose weight. Thanks Keri Glassman. Looking forward to the O2 Diet!

Written in a clear, concise manner that is easy to follow. I love all the recipes and can't wait to start snacking my way to losing weight.

I loved this book! The author's approach is so straight forward and easy to follow, and is extremely informative. I found myself eating less at meals, and not feeling restricted or hungry throughout the day. There are also great recipes and diet tips!