The Biggest Loser Bootcamp: The 8-Week Get-Real, Get-Results Weight Loss Program Flexibound – December 30, 2014

I received this book yesterday and have read through most portions. It is very motivating, addressing not only the diet and exercise portions of a diet, but psychological reasons we hold back from taking care of ourselves. Boot Camp focuses on the total body - mind, body and spirit. Meal plans are provided everyday for eight weeks along with an exercise plan that does not require a gym membership or special equipment. Basically, a no excuses plan. The meal plans are quick and easy to make and look delicious. I believe that even my picky eater husband will like most of these menus. Unlike other books, the meal plans are not just repeats over and over again. It is not necessary to count every calorie, since the meals have the calories provided and are within your allotted calories for meals.There is flexiblity built into the program. Suggestions for snacks are built in, with 200 - 300 calories for your choosing each day. The book recommends you keep a food journal, such as fitness pal or Spark People. Additionally, goals are set weekly.All in all, I think this is a plan I can stick with. I highly recommend the book.

I'm so excited about this book! I've been getting inspired by The Biggest Loser, so this is the perfect accompaniment. There's so much information and guidance.

I ordered this book and sent it to a friend in a federal camp. She emailed me the workout each day and I started doing them. In 3 months I went from 178 to 137 and lost 29 inches. I am 67 and now have the energy I had in my 30s. Worth buying and using.

The reviews for this book described helpful information on nutrition and I wanted to learn. Disappointingly, this book only has a few pages on nutrition. It does have helpful tips like "drink 8X8 water" and does explain about calories. But it's more of a "nutrition for absolute dummies". I wanted more education.The books is full of testimonies and quotes from contestants aimed to motivate you. It also prompts you to consider the psychological reasons for your weight.Pros: Nicely bound book and nicely laid out and illustrated. Very well written.Cons: The bulk of the book is exercise plans, which I can't figure out. Better to get one of their DVDs. It also has a lot of meal plans, which I didn't follow cuz I'm doing low-carb. However I did appreciate their approach to eat a snack between meals and be "flexible" and not beat yourself up over messing up once in a while.Summary: There are nuggest of good advise here. Just read the first couple chapters.

This book has been a joy. I've learned a lot about this book , about counting calories, the exercise are pretty good and easy to follow . I haven't tried the recipe kind of out my budget but so far I've been eating pretty healthy . Been up and bout my weight kind of hard to stick to but this book is easy to follow. Wished they had pretty pictures of what I was eating lol. Not the end for me but the beginning.

The exercises in this you can do at home. I take this book on travel and use it in the hotel room. Every exercise is explained well. The meals are tasty and easy to prepare.

Love the workouts and the diet menus with recipes. Hated that it's not indexed as the other Biggest Loser's books are. Needs an index so you can easily find favorite recipes and/or workout maneuvers.

Don't buy. This book is useless. Endless pages of Dolvett showing unnecessary workout exercises. OK I like the guy but they could at least have had a few pics of either Jessie or Jen. 5 pages of it at the end of the book explaining the workout would have been sufficient. Jessie and jenn don't even appear in the book other that a few pics. I was expecting a real inside view of the famous boot camp, their diet lessons and exercise regimen. But there is none of that. There are plenty of recipes, a one size fit all diet plan ( we all know that doesn't work). I was expecting a real explanation of why these contestants exercises 4 to 7 hours a day on the ranch. None of that is explained either. This book is another eat 1500 cal a day exercise an hour a day and you will lose weight. But the biggest loser show is nothing like that. The book doesn't give the magic answer to how they lost weight so fast.