Marilu Henner's Total Health Makeover

I have to keep buying this book because I continuously give it out to people. I read this book after my third child was born and as I read it I became more and more bewildered regarding how the author keeps her sanity with such restriction. I am a true lover of food. I can eat an entire pizza by myself and I am no stranger to Peter Luger‘s menu. I’m not a vegetarian but I love vegetarian cuisine because vegetables created as a main dish tend to be more creative than when they are simply accoutrement to a protein main event.As the author started restricting I kept reading but with less heart. How would I ever be able to benefit from such a program when I am not willing to restrict my diet even a little?At the end of the book. ( I think it’s at the end…it’s been along time since I read it though mere weeks since I last ordered it) The author says to pick one change. I found one that I could live with. I stopped eating processed food.My life is forever changed by this absolute one change. I do not have to deny myself anything, in fact, food is so much more enjoyable now that I eat everything fresh. If I want baked goods I go to a bakery if I want soda I drink seltzer and I add my own fresh fruit juice. If I want pasta it has to be fresh pasta.Not only am I more satisfied with my food intake and the enjoyability of my meals, but my body has responded in a way that I would never have imagined. It’s happy. It feels good. I’ve always been healthy and I’ve never been overweight except for the doubling of my weight that occurred when I was pregnant (no exaggeration… I put on 110 pounds with my twins) but now my body feels like it did when I was a child. It feels new. 14 years after my first reading of this book and it still feels that way.

Great book.

Valuable info, not a fad diet and as you can see after all these years the info clearly works for her

I admit it, I bought this book because I like Marilu Henner and saw her on tons of talk shows plugging away--I believe the American public has an obligation to support funny, perky, way-too-enthusiastic-about-everything celebs like her who have turned the once-lowly status of "talk-show-guest" into an art form. Plus, I was looking to change my diet and drop a few pounds, so I decided to give it a try (anything had to be better and easier to follow than _The Zone_). To my absolute surprise, it was not only entertaining reading, but it seemed to make sense. So I tried a few (not all--it will be a while before I can give up all sugar) of her suggestions--namely, ditching meat (not too hard) and dairy products (really hard--adios, butter, cheese, sour cream, ice cream. yogurt, etc.)--and suddenly I was losing weight. I had lost a few pounds before I read the book, but had hit some sort of plateau where it seemed impossible to drop any lower (even though I was exercising and watching my diet). For lack of a better phrase, it seems like Marilu's ideas sort of "jump-started" my metabolism again. I'm dropping weight gradually and safely, I always have the energy for daily exercise (even after work), it seems like a layer of fat has disappeared off my face, and my skin looks and feels pretty darn good. So if you're debating whether or not to get this book, I have to say go ahead and do it--it's not the most scientific tome in the world, but it seems to work, and I have to give it big credit just for that. Plus, rice milk--once you track it down in the nether regions of Kroger--isn't THAT bad, for heaven's sake (three words: smoothies, smoothies, and smoothies).

I think this book has a lot of information and she shares it all with you in a way that you can connect. Based on reading this book I have stopped eating dairy. Something I never thought I could or would do but she has convinced me that diary is not my friend. I already avoid cow's milk so it was easy to give up the yogurt and cheese. I now buy rice cheese which is good enough. I intend on making additional changes to my eating based on her recommendations. Great Book, happy I bought it and will most likely buy another one of her books.

Out of date on nutrition. Some good ideas.It did not stack up to other books on diet and nutrition that I have bought in the past two years.

I lost 11 pounds the first week. But then the weight loss stopped

I love this book, Marilu is a great writer, and makes this book an informative as well as interesting book.I am following a few of her suggestion, like no dairy, which when you read this chapter and her reason to avoid this makes so much sense to me. Marilu was on Dancing With The Stars recently and I think she was 60 and she looked fabulous and was as flexible as someone half that age.The proof is in the pudding folks,try this book.