Combat Fat!: America's Revolutionary 8-Week Fat-Loss Program (Hardcover)

~ (Author), Rosemarie Alfieri (Author), Stew Smith (Author), James Villepigue (Author), M. Laurel Cutlip LN RD (Author), Stewart Smith (Author)

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Practical... a no-nonsense diet and exercise program. -- Detroit Free Press 1 January 2002

Product Description

Throw away your bathroom scale—the revolution in diet and exercise has arrived! Combat Fat! provides an easy-to-follow, straightforward method of diet and exercise that uses body fat percentage, rather than body weight, as the leading indicator of health and wellness. Readers will discover why body fat is the most important variable in the health equation and how they can measure and interpret their own body fat percentages. The authors present a flexible, 60-day diet and exercise plan that will meet everyone's individual needs—including those of vegetarians. The program is safe and all natural—no drugs or "fat burner" supplements are suggested. Combat Fat! provides critical information on how to "eat within the system" by choosing proper foods—even when it's fast food. Readers will learn to decipher food labels to avoid common mistakes and misconceptions. Detailed basic workout plans that are designed for the average man or woman comprise the Combat Fat! exercise program, with explanations given for three different intensity levels of weight training and cardiovascular exercise. The exercises require minimal equipment and can be followed at home. Americans can end their unhealthy obsession with weight loss by focusing on healthy body fat loss. Combat Fat! recommends safe, effective and realistic goals for those who want to shape up. 200 b/w photos.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 300 pages
• Publisher: Hatherleigh Press (October 18, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578260892
• ISBN-13: 978-1578260898
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,670,434 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, a truly authoritative way to loss fat that works!, December 18, 2001

By A Customer

As a doctor, nearly half of the men and women I see in my medical practice are overweight. About 2 in 10 are frankly obese. For years I've been on the lookout for an approach to losing weight that made sense and that I could recommend to them with some degree of enthusiasm. I finally found the answer in this program called the "Combat Fat" program. The book was effectively brought to my attention by one of my patients who had already given the Combat Fat approach a try and had begun to win her battle to trim down. It's the only approach I know of that is actually based on guidelines set up by the Surgeon General and the Centers for Disease Control, which is reassuring when you stop to consider how may weight loss programs are little more than fads. I plan to inform my overweight patients about this unusually user friendly book, especially those who are trying to give up cigarettes or have a family history of diabetes or heart disease or if they're already in trouble with any one of a number of obesity-related illnesses, or if they're just interested in looking better and living longer.

A New York Phyician

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple and Effective, February 5, 2002

By	Matthew Bloom "mattbloom64" (Astoria, NY, USA) - See all my reviews

An excellent book! I found this to be the most comprehensive, informative and easy to understand health-related book I've ever read. It refocuses the long-time emphasis away from weight control and calorie counting to the real health problem facing millions of Americans: Fat. It clearly defines the problem and the best way to tackle it. Not only does it include lots of exercises designed to fight fat, it also devotes many pages to nutrition, diet, menus and the psychology of improving over-all health by reducing the percentage of fat in ones body. It's the kind of book you can continually refer to. It's already helped me look and feel better. I highly recommend it to anyone looking to avoid fad diets and deceptive weight-loss schemes.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No Nonsense Fitness., April 2, 2002

By	Paul K. Gold (Woodstock, GA United States) - See all my reviews

If you want a no nonsense fitness plan to follow then this book is for you! This book contains a large menu section that covers breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. I really liked the fact that it listed the recipes for many of the meals. There are three levels of exercise plans including stretches. Absolutely everything is spelled out for you, there is no guesswork. You can say goodbye to calorie counting, pre-packaged meals and supplements. The bottom line is: This book works.