Extreme Fat Smash Diet

Author - Ian K. Smith ... [Goo?] [Posters]

This Paperback Book item from St. Martin´s Griffin was reviewed on 23-Oct-2008.

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1) Paperback Book Extreme Fat Smash Diet by St. Martin´s Griffin. Dr. Ian Smith´s book is a valued product I have invested in for my health. I recommend this book to anyone who wants to lose weight in a short period of time and would like to maintain a healthy life style. The menus he has suggested are great. The book has allowed me to eat smaller meals that are nutritious and healthy.¤

2) Paperback Book Extreme Fat Smash Diet by St. Martin´s Griffin. What I really liked about this book is that it tells you exactly what to eat & exercise to lose weight quickly. It teaches you the healthy way & changes your way of thinking about food. I had a baby and needed to lose 20 lbs. It took me 6 weeks. The first 3 days is the hardest. This is b/c your stomach is used to being stretched out by over eating. Once your stomach gets used to the idea that you´ll be feeding it more often and not stretching it out, it isn´t as bad. It was not that difficult to keep it off with the maintenance program as a guide since it´s pretty obvious. Don´t eat junk food all the time! Don´t over eat! Exercise!

The only think I didn´t like about the book is it was hard to understand some of the meals in the beginning. Like the whey protein shakes (you can use slimfast, I guess). So, you have to decifer some stuff on your own. But, after a week or so it was fine.

It really works if you´re ready to change your life. I was raised on fast food and eating out all the time. I never dieted before in my life. I knew I needed an exact plan to follow and this book gives you exactly that. You have to be really dedicated for this to be a success. As you do with any diet.... I´m so happy I did it. I look & feel great now.¤

3) Paperback Book Extreme Fat Smash Diet by St. Martin´s Griffin. I just melt away on this diet. The 1st few days are soooo hard, because you are starving and I can´t really get full off of carrots and celery. It works so buy it if you want fast results.¤

4) Paperback Book Extreme Fat Smash Diet by St. Martin´s Griffin. This book has a lot of good information in it, but is definitely for a person who wants to follow a very strict diet. If you want to follow something a little more flexible, try his other books The Fat Smash Diet, or better yet his older one about taking control of your eating.¤

5) Paperback Book Extreme Fat Smash Diet by St. Martin´s Griffin. I don´t usually write reviews but I had to for this in hopes that it helps people to look more closely at the TRUE results they are getting from this diet. I consider myself to be fairly educated in the area of health and fitness, and also to have the willpower required to stick to this diet as it is outlined, and I went into it very optimistic of the effect it would have. I had three weeks until a vacation to Las Vegas and was hoping to lose my last few stubborn pounds quickly so I would feel more bikini ready for the pool. I have been, however, sorely disappointed.

I followed this diet TO THE T. I work from home which helped tremendously. I ate each of the meals exactly as specified, being sure to drink a 20 oz. bottle of water with each one (a total of 80 oz. per day). I also ate both of the snacks each day, pulling them directly from Dr. Ian´s list. Each meal and snack was spaced 2 hours apart, starting at approx. 8am and ending at approx. 6pm. In addition to this I also took a multi-vitamin and a daily dosage of fiber each morning to be sure that I was getting all of the required nutrients my body needed. I believe myself to be a B type and I followed each of the cardio routines exactly as specified, doing each morning session first thing when I got up before I ate anything (there are claims that early morning fasted cardio burns 300% more calories). On the mornings where I had to do 60 minutes of cardio I would do 30 min. of steady jogging followed by 30 minutes of sprints (1 minute of running followed by 1 minute of walking). On the days where my sessions would be split I would do 40 minutes of steady jogging in the morning and 30 minutes of sprints in the evening. In addition to this I wanted to be sure that as much of the weight loss as posible was due to fat loss and not muscle loss, so I continued to follow my regular 3-days-per-week weight training program using ´The Body Sculpting Bible for Women´ by James Villepigue and Hugo Rivera. My goal is to lose 8.5 lbs and 5% body fat (I am 5´ 6" and 30 years old).

After 5 days here are my results:

Day 1 -
Weight = 134.88
Body Fat % = 24.90%
Lean Body Mass = 101.29
Lbs. of Body Fat = 33.59
Waist Measurment = 28.5"
Thigh Measurement = 23"

Day 5 -
Weight = 132.88
Body Fat % = 24.90%
Lean Body Mass = 99.79
Lbs. of Body Fat = 33.09
Waist Measurement = 28"
Thigh Measurement = 23"

I was concerned beginning this program by the extremely low amount of calories allowed each day as everything I have learned shows that cutting calories so drastically will cause your body to go into ´starvation mode´ and will result in slowing your metabolism, but I decided to try the diet anyway because of all the rave reviews I have read about it. One thing I did notice however is that very few people commented on their body fat % (out of ALL of the reviews I read on MULTIPLE sites I only counted 2). Nowhere in the book does it talk about body fat % either, only pounds lost. As you can see I DID lose weight, however it was 3 times more lean body mass then it was fat. I also did lose 1/2" from my waist but my personal belief is that it was due more from loss of water retention and/or bloating then actual fat loss as I did not lose any from around my thighs, and if I was losing fat it should have been lost evenly throughout my body, not just one specific area.

I do believe the book helps to teach you good habits with portion control, smaller more frequent meals, and better choices of healthy food, and for that reason I gave it two stars, but as far as actually helping you to lose fat I believe it fails miserably. Many of you might see results in the loss of weight, but I urge you to buy a personal body fat caliper (I use th Accu-Measure Fitness 3000) and track your progress to be sure that the weight you are losing is the actual FAT that you want it to be, this diet is way too extreme to waste your time on if it´s not.

What I would suggest instead (what I had been following before this that helped me to lose over 8 lbs. of pure FAT, almost 5% body fat, and at the same time gain an additional pound of lean body mass, all of this while eating almost twice as much food, doing half as much cardio, and even having quite a few cheat days/meals) is Tom Venuto´s ´Burn The Fat, Feed The Muscle´. If you have the time to read through it completely it will help you to understand how your body works when it comes to food, cardio, and weight training, which will help you to lose the weight (slowly and in a healthy way) and keep it off for the long term. It´s not a fad diet but instead a lifestyle change, and I highly recommend it.¤

6) Paperback Book Extreme Fat Smash Diet by St. Martin´s Griffin.

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