St. Martin's Griffin Super Shred: The Big Results Diet: 4 Weeks, 20 Pounds, Lose It Faster!

So I just finished W1 of RS and am down 4.5 pounds. All I can say is WOW! My goal was to lose those stubborn 10 lbs that I just put on in the past year due to menopause even though I worked out (for the most part), avoided carbs and junk food almost completely and watched calories and bad eating. It was obvious that menopause had shut down my metabolism and the tactics I had used in the past would no longer be effective. Well SHRED has changed my life and my outlook on life at a time when I was losing control of so many aspects of what was going on with my body due to hormonal "whackiness"! This review is to provide the hopeful message to those who are considering this program or who might be debating its purchase or just beginning the journey. Good luck to all. It works and it's doable! I now know that I have a powerful tool in my arsenal to help me move forward being happy and healthy! On to WEEK 2! Update: After week 3, I was feeling great but not seeing any more pounds come off the scale. I continued to follow the plan to the tee, but discontinued weigh-ins because I realized that what mattered most was how I felt and not the number. Fast forward to five weeks out and I've been continuing to shred on my own while planning on starting Regular Shred next Monday. This morning, 5.5 weeks from my start date I have lost the ten pounds I had hoped to lose but, even more so, the inches are falling off like crazy. It's obvious that this way of eating has gotten my metabolism going again AND I'm losing fat, not muscle and not water weight. The clothes that I had hoped to fit into again one day are also too big. It's amazing and I just can't believe that no one has been able to figure this out before Dr Ian. It is truly life changing and a new, clean, active healthy lifestyle for me! I'm getting more serious about weight training now as well.

Great book - lays out four weeks of meal choices -- pick a meal for the prescribed time and go. Contains your weekly shopping list, plus pages of 100 and 150 calorie snacks you can have pretty well any time. (Who knew a baked potato with toppings could be a low-cal snack?) First week didn't see any real change in weight, but the next week I was down 7 pounds. Down 11 by end of week 3 (I didn't ramp up exercising) and down 14 by the end of the workout. I had a few cheats, so I suspect I might have actually hit the 20 had I followed Ian's plan to the letter. Oh ... and that was three months ago. And because the book changed how and what I eat, and when, I have held the weight off.

I am three weeks into the book and it is brilliant. I am writing a blog about my experience mandtsupershred.blogspot.com I plan to repeat the cycle and include my recipes next go around.

It works if you work it! Can't seem to manage to ever get past week 3, but at least lose about 5 pounds in the process

Great book. Arrived promptly without any hassles. The format is very easy to follow and I like how he tells you what you CAN eat, not what you CAN'T. I found his program easy to follow and did not feel like I was on a diet. It definitely kick-started my food overhaul, revved up my metabolism and I found it easy to maintain the program long term.