When to Eat What: Eat the Right Foods at the Right Time for Maximum Weight Loss!
By: Heidi Reichenberger McIndoo, MS, RD, LDN
You can purchase this book for approximately $9.99 to $12.99 at your favorite book seller.
My rating: 3.5 out of 5 carrot sticks
Let me start out by saying that diet books are not my choice of literature. If you are a diet book and want to remain on myself you must be visually appealing, easy to read, and easy to quickly reference. After all, who wants to sit and read about food? Food is for eating not for reading, right?
The author of the book is undoubtedly an expert in the field of health and well being. She is a nutrition consultant, spokesperson, worked a dozen years in an outpatient facility as a dietitian and has contributed to many magazines such as Family Circle, Shape, and Eating Light. I would feel comfortable saying she can counsel someone on losing a few pounds.
The goal of the book is to address different schedules and lifestyles with strategies and solutions to weight loss. The book is full of recipes, meal plans, advice and questions and answers. The book guides you through which advice works for what time of time. The book does not make false or misleading claims such as eating a banana at 4PM will aid in weight loss. However, it does address how to eat and manage your diet regardless of your busy lifestyle.
The advice and solutions are given in the simple format of questions and answers. For instance one question in the book is posed, “I’ve never been a fan of breakfast foods. What are some healthy foods I can eat for breakfast besides cereal and eggs and juice?” Following the question is short but thorough answer. This has advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that the book is easy to pick up and read for five minutes and gleam some useful knowledge. The disadvantage is that you may not relate to the questions posed so it would only serve as knowledge to carry around in your head for a bit.
The book also includes a two week meal plan and recipes. I am never a fan of meal plans as they are too restrictive and if you do not like the food or have food issues or allergies then the plan is a bust. This meal plan is no different. However, you can take the basic principles of the plan and apply it to specific needs. While the author cannot possibly account for every taste and food issue on the planet, it would have been nice for her to suggest some alternatives or a skeleton outline of a meal plan. The handful of recipes listed is simple and easy for anyone to prepare so that is a nice touch. However, there are so few recipes that this section could have been omitted without a loss.
So why did I give it 3.5 carrot sticks? The book does contain solid information which can help you understand your body and smart healthy ways to lose weight. It is easy to pick up and read and put down again. It is not visually appealing as much as easy to glance through which is important. However, I must say that I did not find anything in the book to be new or revealing.