The Complete Fat Flush Program (Gittleman) (Hardcover)

by Ann Louise Gittleman (Author)

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BusinessWeek Bestseller New York Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller

INCLUDES THE BESTSELLING THE FAT FLUSH PLAN, THE FAT FLUSH COOKBOOK, AND THE FAT FLUSH JOURNAL AND SHOPPING GUIDE!

Now it's easier than ever to Fat Flush. The Complete Fat Flush Program contains everything dedicated followers and new dieters need to know to follow Ann Louise Gittleman's popular weight-loss and healthy eating program. At the center of the program is the National Bestseller and revolutionary diet book, The Fat Flush Plan. Also included is The Fat Flush Cookbook with more than 200 recipes and The Fat Flush Journal and Shopping Guide, an inspiring companion that helps dieters stick with the plan and achieve the health results they want. This special bundle offers readers the added incentive of a $10 savings, making The Complete Fat Flush Program even more attractive for those seeking a healthful way to look good and feel terrific.

About the Author

Ann Louise Gittleman's books have sold more than onemillion copies worldwide. She has been named one of the top 10 nutritionists in the United States by Self magazine and one of the most influential healers of the 21st century by Total Health. Gittleman has a master's degree in nutrition education from Columbia University. She has appeared on "Good Morning America," "Good Day New York," PBS, and CNN.

Product Details

• Hardcover
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (November 27, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071415130
• ISBN-13: 978-0071415132
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 6.6 x 2.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #29,419 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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273 of 273 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Fat Flush Plan Success Story, January 3, 2004

By	Jamie M. Zayach (Sandy, UT United States) - See all my reviews

I do not know where to begin other than to tell you that this plan has SAVED MY LIFE!!! It has taken an overweight, tired, sick, and unhealthy woman and provided her with the knowledge and tools that have helped to transform her into a healthy, happy, energized, lucious woman.... heavy emphasis on the "healthy" aspect.

I have had a weight issue since I was 12 or 13. Always turned to food for love, for comfort, for solice, for excitement, for passion, for.... you name it! And I've done every "diet" under the sun... including, but not limited to, Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig, Nutri-System, Over-Eaters Anonymous, hypnosis, behavior modification, .... basically everything except jaw wiring (which I once checked into) and stomach stapling (which I also investigated).

Last fall, while watching a football game, I overheard the announcer referring to one of the players as "a big guy.... 6'2" amd 235 lbs".... well I was 236 and certainly NOT 6 feet tall... it was, as Oprah calls it, my "lightbulb" moment. I knew I had to change my life or I was going to die. I am the mother of a 15 year old boy who needs his mother in his life and I was not going to be around long if I continued living the way I was.

I started doing the Atkin's diet, and I liked the "low-carb" philosophy that he espoused, especially liked reading his "Age Defying Diet Revolution" book. But, overall the Atkin's diet left me feeling "heavy", constipated, kind of lathargic and overall felt basically unhealthy.

Then, after telling a friend about my concerns with Atkin's, she told me about FFP in late May. Just hearing her talk about it made so much sense that I immediately went out and bought the book, cookbook and journal. (I've never been one to keep a journal, but I just started journal number five a few weeks ago.) I had seen Ann Louise Gittleman not long before that on Dr. Phil talking about perimenopause, and her newest book called "Before the Change", and sat there taking notes a mile a minute. She just made so much sense..... but I didn't put 2 and 2 together and figure out that she was that woman on Dr. Phil until I did a search of her books at the local library when initially looking for the FFP, and when I saw "Before the Change" on the list of her books, everything clicked!!

Since the first week of June, I have lost approximately 65 lbs, and still have 36 more to go.

But, far beyond the weight loss issue is the fact that I have become a healthy person. I live a healthy and fit lifestyle. I am a role model for friends, family, coworkers, and even perfect strangers that I meet. I have joked that I am like a Fat Flush evangelist. I even bought 4 extra copies of the book and 2 extra cookbooks, and created my own little FFP lending library so that I can lend them out to others to get them started. I have numerous friends who are now Fat Flushing.... all of them with success.

Just as a side note.... I have purchased and read nearly ALL of her books. I especially liked "Eat Fat, Lose Weight". It all just made so much sense to me. I even bought "Super Nutrition for Men" for my husband to read. I have a little bookcase in my kitchen that I keep cookbooks and the like in, but I have one shelf devoted to my ALG books.

I am very appreciative for what the Fat Flush Plan has done for me, my life, my family, my spirit, my outward and inward beauty, but most of all, I am thankful for my increased good health and overall sense of well-being and the knowledge that I can succeed at anything I really want to do, if I have the right information and the proper tools..... as I said at the beginning of this letter... it has CHANGED MY LIFE!!

Thank you from the bottom of my bottom for everything this plan has done for me and all of the Fat Flushers around the world.

Jamie Zayach
Sandy, Utah

334 of 342 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Go For It!, January 17, 2003

By	"romurray2" (Pittsburgh, PA United States) - See all my reviews

I treated myself to this book for Christmas knowing it's a bad time of year to take on weight loss. It's packed with useful, sometimes little-known, information that takes more than one read to grasp. Bottom line: it works beautifully, even in January. I suggest you read the book all the way through before starting the diet regimine, locate the health food stores and check them out for items you will need frequently, and go for it. I found that if I prepared my breakfast and lunch the night before and took them to work to reheat in the microwave, I stayed true to plan. Slightly undercook the egg dishes at home and the reheat process will finish them just right. The program is expensive to start, but tapers off once you accumulate some of the items. (I justify all of it easily because I know I have treated my car better than I have treated my liver!) If you don't have the spices on the shelf, buy the smallest bottle you can until you know you will use them again and again; not to mention the freshness factor. The supplements make a huge difference...I'm OFF ZOLOF! My doctor actually prescribed it for energy instead of good nutrition. Which brings me to my last comment: Imagine, a diet book written by a nutritionist...what a novel idea!

74 of 74 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CAN'T ARGUE WITH SUCCESS, July 20, 2005

By	TaiPan - See all my reviews

I don't write a lot of reviews on Amazon. As I have stated in previous reviews, I only write reviews on STUFF I can REALLY get behind. This is such a review.

To start off, I am a GUY. If you told me 3 weeks ago that I would take precious time to write a positive review for a diet plan-- I would've cried from laughing so hard.

Here's the facts: I was diagnosed with hypothyroid disease 14 weeks ago after putting on 77 pounds in about (3) years. I was 277 and that is WAY too much-- even for a big boned 6' 2" ex-football playing man. At the beginning of this weight gain I didn't go to my General Practioner-- I went to a dermatologist because my skin was itching badly.

So there were steriods shots and pills and steriod creams and lethargy-- and, all the while-- as I blew up like a ballon at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, I thought, "It's the steroids."

Two years later-- after basically starving myself down to 262 pounds-- I finally decided I was going to take control of my body and I went to my regular physician to get the "OK" to go back to the gym. The man took one look and said, "You have a thyroid problem!" (Funny how 5 dermatologists, 2 Physician Assistants and 4 nurses-- all at the same clinic-- NEVER diagnosed this condition-- and I walked into that clinic almost 90 times in three years!)

I started on the thyroid medication (after the proper blood tests) but wasn't experiencing the "dramatic weight loss" promised by my doctor. Turns out, my medication wasn't calibrated properly. Turns out it is STILL not calibrated properly! (It can take a long time, shifting between thyroid dosages to find the exact level.)

Anyway, after 9 weeks of no weight loss, a friend told me about the Fat Flush Plan. I thought, "What the heck, let me give my body a kickstart-- so I'll be ready when the medication finally does kick in.

Yes, I had to read the book. Yes, I had to spend money to buy different stuff to eat. Yes, both of these efforts took time, significant cash and a dutiful amount of planning to set up. But I figured, if I am going to do this, then I am going to do this right.

The beginning of the first week was "OK"-- but I knew I was going to start climbing the walls (I just had a feeling) and about 5 days in I did. It wasn't that the food was bad at all, I just wasn't eating the ALL the foods I wanted!

My other problem was, I was weighing myself every day. I know that's a diet "no-no" but I wasn't used to being overweight-- and certainly not overweight from a medical condition that was hindering any weight loss.

Then something truly miraculous happened. About day seven, I lost (3) pounds, then (2) more.

To make a long story shorter, by end of WEEK 2, I had lost 5 1/2 INCHES OFF MY STOMACH.

End of week 3 is today. I haven't had time to check my stomach by I have moved from XXL shirts to LARGE shirts in 21 days.

I have lost 21 POUNDS in 21 DAYS.

I have yet to see the INSIDE of my GYM.

I feel GREAT. My clothes are fitting again and people DEFINITELY notice.

And my medication is still NOT calibrated properly and I have a disease that turns muscle to fat.

I feel like I have learned how to eat properly all over again.

And the reservations about the food? Well, that was just me having to get used to the whole "lifestyle" change. I have and now it is all VERY easy.

Try this-- STICK TO IT and you'll find your variation of "21 in 21" to be one heckuva motivator!