Synopses & Reviews
Mens Health has found the secret to weight-loss. Its not some new exercise contraption or magic pill or trendy fad diet. The secret to quick and permanent weight loss comes from real people just like you, who have lost 25, 50, 100, and even 150 pounds! Now, for the first time, the six weight-loss strategies that more than 300,000 men and women in the Belly Off! Club have used to get back in shape have been compiled in this ground-breaking new book! When Mens Health launched the Belly Off! Club in 2001, it quickly grew into the most popular destination on the magazines web site. Then the concept migrated to Womens Health magazine, and now, all told, more than 300,000 men and women have lost nearly 2 million pounds! In just days, you can be on your way to a flat belly and a leaner, stronger, healthier body. In the Belly Off! Diet, you'll discover: -A proven 7-day quick-start that guarantees you will see results within just days -A no-gym fitness plan starting that starts with a fat-frying bodyweight-only workout and then progresses to a more advanced a muscle-building dumbbell workout -A months worth of shopping lists and recipes for tasty meals that will take the guesswork out of eating to lose weight -A comprehensive maintenance plan to help you stay on track once you've reached your weight-loss goals With success stories from Belly-Off Club members and hundreds of quick tips for supercharging meals and workouts throughout, The Belly Off! Diet by Jeff Csatari and the editors of Men's Health gives you the tools and the motivation to take YOUR belly off and keep it off—for life!
Synopsis
Since its inception in 2000 as a column in Mens Health magazine, the Belly Off! Club has amassed more than 300,000 members who have dropped nearly 5 million pounds of belly fat by sharing the real-world diet and fitness strategies that have led to their successful weight loss. With the 2008 launch of the Belly Off! Club on MensHealth.com, a wildly popular online community of guys seeking dramatic weight loss was created. In just months, more than 17,000 Belly Off! Club members set up profiles to track their nearly 60,000 pounds of weight loss. What Mens Health discovered in the process was that nearly 95 percent of those Belly Off! Club members used the same simple strategies, which helped them to lose anywhere from 30 to 150 pounds! Now, in The Belly Off! Diet, Mens Health contributor Jeff Csatari synthesizes that collection of strategies to give readers an easy-to-follow diet and fitness plan for optimum weight loss. Backed by the latest clinical research on portion control, metabolism, interval training, and more, The Belly Off! Diet begins with a proven 7-Day Jumpstart and progresses to a no-gym fitness plan, plus recipes and shopping lists to take the guesswork out of losing weight. With testimonials from Belly Off! Club members and quick tips for supercharging meals and workouts throughout, every guy will find not only the tools but the motivation to keep his belly offfor life.
About the Author
Jeff Csatari has been reporting and writing on health and fitness for more than 15 years. Currently a contributing editor for Men's Health, Csatari was one of seven Men's Health editors who took the original Belly Off! challenge in 2000. More recently, he lost 14 pounds in three weeks while testing and developing the new Belly Off Diet and fitness program.