An inspiring, upbeat guide to beating fat for good.
A lifestyle plan to quickly lose excess body fat and keep it off.
The Griesel siblings’ plan is a holistic blend of a few key components that work together to retrain the brain to burn not muscle but fat as an energy source. The authors outline their strategy in eight steps that include determining and tracking body fat percentage, understanding hunger (that pang might be dehydration), embracing fun-filled activities and relearning how, when and what to eat (certain food groups, such as sugars and grains, are taboo). Strenuous exercise, such as aerobics, is out, as it increases hunger; frequent miniworkouts and the use of weights keep muscles strong are in. Weight loss can be swift and safe—as much as 25 pounds in 30 days, with results in 10 days or less, even for those over the age of 50. When all components are followed in sync (no cheating!), the individual becomes “TurboCharged.” This is a fast-fat-loss book that must be read in its entirety to grasp the core concepts. In part, the plan calls for low-calorie all-fruit and all-vegetable days, or “enlightened fasting.” Combined with the obligatory high water intake, this means frequent trips to the bathroom that may prove pesky for professionals on the go. The miniworkouts of three to five minutes, some of which may be done at the office, are a balancing factor. At the crux is healthy lifestyle change, as illustrated by personal success stories of men and women who traded gelatinous fat for joie de vivre. The plan is definitely not for the faint of discipline, but the you-can-do-it attitude on every page will win over many a doubter. Included are calorie counts for foods and activities, a list of upper, middle and lower body exercises, along with an extensive Q&A section that addresses common concerns while providing additional support for overcoming habits that sabotage weight loss. Beyond a consummate presentation, the Griesels excite and motivate the reader to toss the treats and embrace the plan. Those ready for an extreme makeover will hit the TurboCharged trail and stay there.
An inspiring, upbeat guide to beating fat for good.Pub Date: March 21, 2011
ISBN: 978-1936705009
Page Count: 200
Publisher: N/A
Review Posted Online: April 18, 2011
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
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Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis...
Privately published by Strunk of Cornell in 1918 and revised by his student E. B. White in 1959, that "little book" is back again with more White updatings.
Stricter than, say, Bergen Evans or W3 ("disinterested" means impartial — period), Strunk is in the last analysis (whoops — "A bankrupt expression") a unique guide (which means "without like or equal").Pub Date: May 15, 1972
ISBN: 0205632645
Page Count: 105
Publisher: Macmillan
Review Posted Online: Oct. 28, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1, 1972
An autobiography as toxic and addictive as any drug its author has ever ingested.
The legendary booze-addled metal rocker turned reality-TV star comes clean in his tell-all autobiography.
Although brought up in the bleak British factory town of Aston, John “Ozzy” Osbourne’s tragicomic rags-to-riches tale is somehow quintessentially American. It’s an epic dream/nightmare that takes him from Winson Green prison in 1966 to a presidential dinner with George W. Bush in 2004. Tracing his adult life from petty thief and slaughterhouse worker to rock star, Osbourne’s first-person slang-and-expletive-driven style comes off like he’s casually relating his story while knocking back pints at the pub. “What you read here,” he writes, “is what dribbled out of the jelly I call my brain when I asked it for my life story.” During the late 1960s his transformation from inept shoplifter to notorious Black Sabbath frontman was unlikely enough. In fact, the band got its first paying gigs by waiting outside concert venues hoping the regularly scheduled act wouldn’t show. After a few years, Osbourne and his bandmates were touring America and becoming millionaires from their riff-heavy doom music. As expected, with success came personal excess and inevitable alienation from the other members of the group. But as a solo performer, Osbourne’s predilection for guns, drink, drugs, near-death experiences, cruelty to animals and relieving himself in public soon became the stuff of legend. His most infamous exploits—biting the head off a bat and accidentally urinating on the Alamo—are addressed, but they seem tame compared to other dark moments of his checkered past: nearly killing his wife Sharon during an alcohol-induced blackout, waking up after a bender in the middle of a busy highway, burning down his backyard, etc. Osbourne is confessional to a fault, jeopardizing his demonic-rocker reputation with glib remarks about his love for Paul McCartney and Robin Williams. The most distinguishing feature of the book is the staggering chapter-by-chapter accumulation of drunken mishaps, bodily dysfunctions and drug-induced mayhem over a 40-plus-year career—a résumé of anti-social atrocities comparable to any of rock ’n’ roll’s most reckless outlaws.
An autobiography as toxic and addictive as any drug its author has ever ingested.Pub Date: Jan. 25, 2010
ISBN: 978-0-446-56989-7
Page Count: 320
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Dec. 1, 2009
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