Customer Reviews

Eat & Stay Slim (Better Homes and Gardens)

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I checked this book out of the library and so far all the recipes I've tried are pretty good. I also like the fact that they list diet exchanges since I follow the exchange plan. Good colorful pictures too. I plan on buying this one. Definately a good buy for the money.

In the early 1980's I needed to lose a little weight and I joined a group at my church that was using this book for a guide. The food exchanges were really new to me and I had to do some studying to figure them out but it was well worth the time.
Over the years, any time I need to lose some weight (we owned Candy Store for 25 years) I just got out my Eat and Stay Slim book and copied off some charts to keep track of my food exchanges and got started.
The book features simple but delicious recipes and easy exercises, to go along with the diet, and they just take a few minutes a day.

This "diet" calls for just good sound nutrition, no fad stuff. When you get to your weight goal you can simply increase your exhanges until you find your own maintence level. I highly recommend this book, it's been helpful for me.

I received this book as a gift. While I agree the recipes are great, the time that the majority of them require is just not available to those of us who are busying working a 50 hr week and chasing kids. However, if you've got the time this may be the best one for you.

I checked this book out of the library and so far the recipes I've tried are really good. I plan on buying this book. It's a good deal for the price.

This version is the high-carb fad sequal to the much more practical 70s book of the same name. In this newer version the publishers took a practical, easy to follow eating plan (much like the one weight watchers has)and turned it into a horribly complicated, fad-driven disaster. Remember when everything was low fat, low protein and high carb? If you enjoyed that diet and didn't gain 50 lbs on it, you'll love this book. It does have alot of low cal recipes, which, in my opinion, is the only thing that saves it.

This book has been extremely helpful to me in developing a sensible eating plan. For those who are trying to lose weight, this is about as simple as it gets. The plan is based on food exchanges and takes the pain out of counting calories. I lost 70+ lbs. with an older edition. It still takes will-power (what diet doesn't) but makes planning your meals and snacks a breeze. Many delicious recipes are included that fit into your eating plan.