motivating! | Making the Cut: The 30-Day Diet and Fitness Plan for the Strongest, Sexiest You

Inspiring! | Making the Cut: The 30-Day Diet and Fitness Plan for the Strongest, Sexiest You | Jillian Michaels

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	• Making the Cut: The 30-Day Diet and Fitness Plan for the Strongest, Sexiest You Jillian Michaels Three Rivers Press, 2008 - 288 pages average customer review:based on 113 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Great book

This is a great book. It is a 30 day diet and excercise plan for people who are in shape but are having trouble getting really toned. It helps you find your exact number of calorie you need to take in. You take a quiz to let you know what you should be eating, depending on how fast you metabolize food. It includes a full menu by type. then theres a rigorous 30 day excercise program. For the most part you don't need gym equipment. It a lot of free weights and doing things with your body (planks different types of push ups). You do need somthing to use as a step (like the kind you do aerobics on) and a body ball. Then at the end of the book it tells you what kinds of supplements and diet pills work and don't work. There is also a seven day quick diet menu. I think this is for the purpose of if you are already in shape you can look as defined as possible in seven days... I havn't tried this.

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motivating!

This book is very motivating and I like that Jillian says in the book, if you are not willing to do everything she says in the book then don't even start it! I know that I have to start it when I can commit 100% and I appreciate that she mentions it. If I want that last 20 lbs off I need to do it the way she tells me to in the book! So far I'm loving the book!

Inspiring!

All I can say is this book rocks! Jillian really knows her stuff and I like her fierce style. Her style really works for me, being an athlete for most of my life and then getting lazy in my 20's, I really needed somebody to say "get it together and get fit". I am on day 4 of this program and I have already lost 5 lbs. I feel great, I haven't been tired, hungry or anxious at all. This book really caters to those last 10-20 lbs you want to lose. You really have to want this to make it work. It is pretty hard core diet and workouts. I wasn't sure that cutting my calories would work for me but the foods she suggests really keep you full and you don't have to cut anything out except the bad stuff like booze, junk food, "white" carbs etc as you should be anyway. I am actually exercising about the same amount of time as I have been in the past (50 min daily) but I am dripping sweat and my muscles are exhausted at the end with Jillians butt-kicking moves. It is a combo of weight training and cardio bursts with a 15 min cardio session at the end. You need to buy this book! Oh and i've seen some comments about needing to go to the gym. Not true, I do everything at home. If you are ready for this program then you will already know how to tweak the moves for home use and probably have the weights, ball, bench needed anyway OR you are already a gym member. This is not for the new exerciser!! Good Luck!

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This is the single best book you can buy!

If you are serious about dropping weight and keeping it off, this is the book for you.

If you want to know about fitness and nutrition, as well as get the encouragement you need (not to mention become highly motivated), then this is also the book for you.

And, if you're tired of all the failed attempts, "magic pills," goofy schemes, and gimmicks at "knocking off" some pounds, AND you are committed and willing to work your arse off, then this is definitely the book for you.

My wife and I have three decades of fitness and nutition "under our belts," but we had reached the point where we couldn't get rid of some "extra poundage." Then we found "Making the Cut" and everything changed for the better. We "followed the steps" in this book and did everything exactly as Jillian outlined for thirty days - the results were amazing and incredible!

You have to be prepared to not eat fast food, to cook your own meals, and to do exercise "movements" and circuits that, at first, seem diabolical.

In the long run and, really, in the 30 days as outlined in this book, you will see and feel dramatic changes in your weight, how you feel, and your overall perspective in life. I lost over 15 pounds in 30 days and my wife lost 11 pounds in 30 days ... and we are keeping the weight off, too.

WARNING: You have to be prepared follow Jillian's fitness and nutrition plan. Otherwise, you will have limited or modest success ... everything she maps out for you improves your life on so many different levels. And, as I have said, my wife and I were pretty well "educated" on fitness and nutrition. What Jillian does is wrap it all up in one package. We used to focus mostly on cardio, with some strength training mixed in. Jillian's approach is balanced with emphasis on exercising combined with strength training and cardio. But in the middle of all of that is plenty of cardio (more than you ever imagined - be prepared to be out of breath A LOT at first) ... when I first saw jumping jacks and jumping rope I was a bit skeptical ... that is, until I found myself out of breath and thinking I was going to die after just 30 seconds attempting each ... the bottom line is that you get such a balance approach to fitness, that there is plenty of cardio along with everything else. And, in no time at all, you'll be able to "keep up with Jillian!"

Jillian starts you off by explaining what is involved in losing weight the "right way" (i.e., eating right/smart and exercising your body in specific ways). You'll even take a brief test to see how you oxidize food. There's more to losing weight and getting/staying healthy than just numbers (3,500 calories equalling one pound of fat ... but many times, those numbers don't seem to add up - that is until you start working with Jillian!). As you restrict your caloric intake, it's essential that you eat the right kinds of food to build muscle, strengthen your immune system, and stay energized. To know how to get the most nutritional bang for your caloric buck, you need to understand your metabolic type, which is the way your body converts what you eat into energy.

You will find out if you are a Fast, Slow or Balanzed Oxidizer ...For many years the health industry has embraced a standardized "one size fits all" approach to weight loss. But the reality is that no one diet works for everyone. Inherited genetics makes each of us unique, from the color of our hair right down to the way our organs function. This uniqueness extends to the way our cells convert nutrients into energy. To know how to get the most nutritional bang for your calorie buck, you need to understand your unique metabolic type (and how you oxidize food) around the foods that will help you achieve and maintain your ideal weight while optimizing your physical energy, strength, and mental clarity.

After you take a short test, you'll know just how your body processes food ... from there on out, EVERYTHING you eat will be oriented around how you oxidize food ... that is what is incredible about this book - it is designed to fit YOUR specific needs. So that means what you eat is smart and just right for you. Combine that with the exercise regime ... and, I tell ya, if you do everything Jillian tells you, you will not only lose weight, you'll keep it off. Best of all, armed with all of the information and insight you learn from Jillian, you'll never go back to your "old ways." And, therein lies the "secret formula" of this book: there are no magic answers, quick fixes, or schemes of any type ... this is going to be hard work and you will be required to "follow the rules." In the span of just a few days (and LOTS of sore, aching muscles), you'll be sold on Jillian's safe, smart, effective, and "see the results" program.

And, when you talk about balanced, the meal plans Jillian maps out for you, well, those border on "beyond gormet," yet they are quite easy to "cook up" at the end of a busy work day.

Again, you have to be prepared to "stick with the plan" with Jillian. If you do so, you will be amazed at the results. We were so impressed that we have now joined her online, web site program at http://www.jillianmichaels.com ... it is more of the same "great stuff" that is in the book and it is all outstanding. Additionally, Jillian provides a plethora of tools and encouragement ... plus you can line up a "work out buddy" online to help you stay on track (while you help that person stay on track) ... my wife and I PUSH each other, so we didn't need the buddy system, but from what I have seen, it is a great asset that is included as part of the web site ... Jillian provides all kinds of information and her daily emails are quite informative, too.

The best part in all of this is that EVERYTHING is completely mapped out and scheduled for you with this book, "Making the Cut." There is enough variation and additional options in the meal plan that you never will get bored with what you are preparing to eat.

THE NAKED TRUTH: My wife and I have tried pretty much all of the fads, gimmicks, and false promises over the years when it comes to losing weight and keeping it off. Jillian's approach is the REAL DEAL. You need to be prepared to make lifestyle changes (which are forever). And, you need to be prepared to be the sorest you have ever been in your life (to begin with), because her variations on the common exercises we all know about (push ups, lunges, squats, jumping jacks, jumping rope, crunches/sit ups and MUCH more) will initially make you feel like you are going to die (especially the mornings after when you attempt to get out of bed). But the end result is that Jillian will get you into the best shape of your life - you'll never feel better. My wife and I were already oriented to exercising with a stationary bike, BowFlex, ellipse machine, Nordic Track ski machine, and Stairmaster, but still we struggled a little bit at first "just to keep up" ... but what is great is that Jillian builds her book around "Level 1" (for beginners) and "Level 2" for the more advanced ... in other words, she has all the bases covered so there are no excuses ... and, on that subject, if you have watched "The Biggest Loser" on NBC, you'll know that Jillian doesn't mince words nor does she give you sympathy when you want to quit! That attitude comes across LOUD & CLEAR in this book ... and that is a good thing. You're "here" to get in shape, to be healthy, to eat right, and to feel the best you have ever felt ... Jillian delivers on all of that and then some.

BUY THIS BOOK ... it is exactly what you need to get in shape and to sculpt your body from the inside out ... and to keep things that way. What you will learn about nutrition and exercising will be daily revelations. Oh, one final word: be prepared to "clean out your cupboards" AND your refrigerator, because Jillian even provides a grocery list of the food you should be buying (which means no sugar, no white flour, and definitely minimal salt). And, you're going to be surprised at just how amazingly good all of the food YOU will be preparing is. Yea, YOU WILL BE PREPARING ... there are no prepackaged meals here and that is probably what my wife and I love best about all of this (actually, we love every aspect of what Jillian has to offer) ... we highly recommend "Making the Cut" ... if you really want to "trim down" and keep off those extra pounds, Jillian clearly shows you the way!

Got any questions? Email me at bil@alvernaz.com ...

One last point: I heard this somewhere once, "Nothing tastes as great as being thin feels!" You'll understand the real meaning of that once you make it through Jillian's 30 days meticulously outlined in "Making the Cut."

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Great Workouts, Hard Food

I really found Making the Cut a great book with knowledge the general exerciser may not get. She goes into great detail about nutrition and workouts. It is definitely no book for beginners but for those already into fitness and looking for some great workouts, I highly recommend it. The workouts are [...] kicking and will have you crawling out of the gym when done properly. One of the few negatives I did find was with the nutrition plan. Most of the recipes are a bit too complicated for the average working person to deal with and are too time consuming to follow to a T. But the general ideas are great.

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