Eat Well, Lose Weight While Breastfeeding : Complete Nutrition Book for Nursing Mothers, Including a Healthy Guide to Weight Loss Your Doctor Promise Books Villard

by: Eileen Behan
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: Rating: - Very helpful menu plan, but only one week I have just finished using this book's menu plan for one week, and am into my second week. This plan is very easy to follow for the entire family (even for this fast-food addicted family). There are not recipes for every meal, unlike some plans I've been on, and even the ones with recipes are very simple. For our second week we did substitute chicken for tofu the one time its called for (but we did try it.) Most of the food is very standard fare...meatloaf, steak and mashed potatoes, a mexican one-pan dish...tofu was the only thing we didn't like! I can't say that about any other diet I've tried. I have lost a little weight in the first week, which surprised me since I'm not used to snacking...it seemed like a ton of food at first, but by the end of the week I was starting to adjust and want to eat that often. Anyway, I think the menu plan was fabulous, but I gave it 4 stars because I think only one week of plan is a bit skimpy...how about a month?? Rating: - Discouraging! The author of this book makes losing weight while nursing sound much harder than I found it to be. She sites studies which show nursing doesn't really help you take off the pounds, which is odd because most nursing resources tout easier weight loss as one of the benefits to the mother (and they site studies to back their conclusions, too). Rating: - Great diet plan This book covers a diet plan for nursing mothers but I would reccommend it for anyone looking to lose weight. It is gentle on the body and very easy to follow. The plan doesn't make you count calories or carbs, basically it breaks down all foods into fat, meat, milk, starch, fruit, or vegetable. You can eat so many foods from each category during the day.