The Formula: A Personalized 40-30-30 Fat-Burning Nutrition Program

By Joyce Daoust and Gene Daoust

Book Overview

Are you frustrated by low-fat/high-carbohydrate or all-protein diets that don't work? Tired of white-knuckle restrictions or doing math at every meal? Fed up with a constant craving for sugars and carbohydrates? Do you wish you had a magic formula for losing weight and keeping it off? Well, now you do. . . . Pioneering weight loss and certified sports nutritionists Gene and Joyce Daoust have personally helped thousands of people lose weight, tone up, and enjoy a healthier, more fit lifestyle. Their advice? Drop the rice cakes and calorie-counting, and stop trying to figure out those complicated "food blocks." The Formula teaches an easy way to balanced nutrition that will have you burning fat 24-hours a day while eating foods you enjoy Featuring menu plans, shopping lists, and progress charts, The Formula provides a personalized program for each person's specific needs and body type. So whether you're a couch potato, a professional athlete, or somewhere in between, you'll discover: * Five different versions of the Formula--and how to find the right one for your weight and activity level * The 21-Day Fat Flush Formula for accelerated weight loss * More than 200 delicious recipes, including perfectly balanced 40-30-30 fajitas, chili, pork tenderloin, and New York cheesecake * Special Kids' Favorites and Family Style meals * Healthy advice on prepared foods, fast foods, and vegetarian meals A plan for life, The Formula is a dieter's dream--the lifetime secret to losing weight, staying slim, and feeling great

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345443063
• ISBN13: 9780345443069
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

This Book Is Fantastic !!!

I won't go into all the details but here is an honest opinion.This is not a miracle diet. I was hungry, but because the diet worked so fast, my willpower was sky high !!! In the first month I lost 20 lbs, without ANY exercise.I found that I had to always reduce the calories lower than what the book called for to keep the weight loss going, but it just kept going. For anyone who believes all peoples bodies work exactly the...

FINALLY! A DIET I CAN LIVE WITH!

I HAVE TO TELL YOU IF YOU FOLLOW THE GUIDLINES IN THIS BOOK YOU HAVE TO LOSE WEIGHT! I PURCHASED THIS BOOK ABOUT A MONTH AGO,I HAVE LOST 18 POUNDS SO FAR, MY HUSBAND HAS LOST 6, AND MY DAUGHTER 4! AS THE BOOK SAYS FAD DIETS DO NOT WORK! THEY TELL YOU WHY. EVERYTHING IS EXPLAINED CLEARLY AND MAKES ALOT OF SENSE! THERE ARE LOTS OF RECIPES TO GIVE YOU IDEAS FOR MEALS, INCLUDING LOTS OF MEALS KIDS LIKE(SO FAR MY DAUGHTER HAS LIKED...

Easiest plan I have ever tried!

I have done my share of dieting and weight loss plans, Weight Watchers, shakes, calorie counting,deal a meal etc. but this is the easiest plan I ever followed. It is all spelled out for you, all the grams are calculated for you so you don't have to be a math major to figure out what to eat. The food is good and the preparation is not so hard if you do the shopping and plan each day's meals ahead of time. And you can eat out,...

Progress Update at 8 Weeks

"The Formula" is an easy to understand, easy to follow 40:30:30 cookbook. I like it better now than when we began. I want to personally thank the Daousts for their work.I wrote an anonymous review from Redondo Beach after my first week. It's now been eight weeks. I'm 6 feet tall and was 221 pounds. I have lost 22 pounds. My goal is to reach 180. I broke 200 this past weekend. By the way, I have not exercised at all. Perhaps...

easy to follow

After reading the first book the Dauost's had written on the 40-30-30 diet I could hardly wait for the new updated version.It is easy to read therefore making it easy to understand.I can recommend this version as well as the first with the confidence that you will enjoy it and will be able to follow it with ease.Not all diets make sense and are hard to follow.If you are thinking to buy any diet book put the "The Formula A...