Fat-Burning Machine: The 12-Week Diet

I only recommend this book for someone who knows virtually nothing about losing weight through diet and exercise. Although it's well-written and organized, I can only give it two stars because there is nothing new here. It's precisely the same material you can find in hundreds of similar books sold for decades.Like virtually all such books, the author must somehow justify it's existence by promising "new" scientific breakthroughs and "secrets" that will refute all the faulty information you've been given and set you straight, once and for all, to get skinny with "new" techniques. Except there are no new techniques or secrets here, just the same old advice re-packaged in yet another diet book.1. Eat lean meats, fish, poultry, egg whites, green leafy vegetables, non-starchy vegetables such as cauliflower, broccoli, asparagus, mushrooms, and small amounts of dairy, peas, carrots, rice, beans, nuts, berries, and oatmeal.2. Do not eat bread, pasta, potatoes, condiments, sugar, juice, boxed cereal, sweets, or high-sugar fruits.3. Move your body for at least 30-60 minutes five times per week. Include resistance training along with aerobic exercise.That's it. With those three points, you have 100-percent of the value of the book. The rest is re-packaging, repetition, and of course the "case studies" de rigueur in all diet books. These sorts of books will continue to be published because publishers love 'em: they generally sell predictably well and earn a profit, provided they follow the formula.Before about 1997, "high-octane" foods meant complex carbohydrates. For the last two decades, "high-octane" foods means low-carb. Who knows what the "high-octane" foods of tomorrow might be.

Glad someone finally recognized that not all fat people are that way because they're sitting around eating bonbons all day. This program is actually helping me lose weight. I would recommend it for anyone who is currently eating a healthy diet and exercising but still gaining weight. This just might be the ticket for you too.

I received my first copy of the book on 4/15/2016 and read it from cover to cover. I bought a second copy of the book for my daughter as a gift last week. I am considerably older than Mike Berland (the author) and so had crept up many more pounds, but otherwise it was like reading about myself -- the frustration with diets, the constant failures, etc. I had just about accepted that I was going to be morbidly obese for the rest of my life. Although not athletic like Mike, I’ve always been pretty indestructible. I’m a tall woman with a very large frame, and if I wanted to move 80 pound bags of concrete, I simply picked them up and moved themI had decided not to write a review until I was on the plan for a month, but I’m so excited about it that frankly I just could not wait. Finally MY choices were clear. I had a list of fat burning foods and a list of fat storing foods, exercise and rest guidance and some wonderful recipes. The no-noodle lasagna is to die for, the pureed asparagus soup is so good you just want to eat it slowly to savor it. The raw vegan pesto and chimichurri sauces are a flavor explosion. This is not just food I can live on for a while before I return to my old way of eating so I can gain it all back plus ten or twenty pounds, this is food I can be very happy eating, period.In the 27 days I’ve been wandering around with my nose in this book following the plan, and trying the recipes, I’ve lost 25 pounds. That is unheard of for a woman at 66 years old.What Mike Berland did with this book is to take his formidable research experience and unleash all of its power with the aid of subject matter experts on his own weight issues. He found his answer, and I’m confident mine as well. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is ready to take their life back.

Lost 17lbs. the first month with little exercise. Now I'm following the workout routines, and toning up. Takes some mental power, but you need to focus on the diet to succeed. No cheating!

Its not easy to become a Fat-Burning machine but---with a desire to be healthy and a strong commitmentone can do it , specially the one who are constantly on yo-yo diet . Author put a sincere effort to explain what he has gone through, if he can do it other can do it too. Passion and commitment is the key to achieve your goal . I liked reading it and enjoyed the book and its approach .

The book really didn't live up to the hype on the Dr. Oz show. I really expected more than was in the book. The first half was all about the author and that wasn't necessary.

I've been on this diet and exercise plan for 2 weeks and I love it. I lost 5 pounds the first week. I sleep better and the best of all my shoulder joints don't hurt like they used to. The pain iz almost gone. It was easy to follow, although I want something sweet on occasion.

Never read. Good quality

After reading this book I know way more about Mike than I needed or wanted to know. I know nothing about fat burning, diabetes, blood sugar or weight loss than I did not know before I read the book. None of the claims made on the cover or advertising was in any way demonstrated or substantiated in the book. I have been eating the suggested diet but half as much calories for years with no weight loss, exercise or not. I have been exercising this way for 25 plus years.

I found this book to be more anecdotal than informational. It took an awfully long time before it got to what I needed to do to start burning fat. And even then, I found that it focused on highly active people (training for marathons and such) rather than people like me (30 to 45 minutes of moderately fast walking every day). It also started to look like too much work with charts and measuring. I would not recommend this book.

Wasn't that impressed reading 4 chapters before getting into the nitty gritty of what I'd be more interested in reading. I don't need to read about other's experiences with weight issues since we've all been there, done that; which lend me to buy the book in the first place. In my opinion it was like every diet book with a few food changes which may work for some. Think most of our issues are hormones female or male and once that's diagnosed properly (since we're all DIFFERENT) in each and every way then go from there. If we were all the same there wouldn't be so many different diets or medical issues not being resolved.

Life changing read! The whole family is benefiting from a healthier approach to eating.

Book arrived December 13th 2016 - clean and in excellant condition - I haven't finished reading it but have been enjoying it so far. J. Wood