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I feel as though I've found the best. As many other plus-sized women may know, it can be aggravating when doctors tell you, "Just lose the weight," as if it were as easy as taking out the garbage. I feared that I had a thyroid problem or PCOS. which made me even angrier about being overweight because I kept thinking, "I'm not eating McDonald's and cake every day, why does my body make me look like I do." The Insulin-Resistance Diet has educated me on how to balance the different components of my food to do the most work for my body. But if you don't have diabetes or PCOS, you're probably looking at this book in hopes of simply finding a better way to lose weight. At 235 lbs., I found myself working out at the gym four times a week while my skinny friends drank endless bottles of beer and ate cheeseburgers without gaining more than a tiny bit of a soft belly. I've lived through cycle after cycle of self-loathing and deprivation.
If I indulged in fast food one night, I could expect to be 2-3 lbs. heavier the next day. Reading this book has led me to a breakthrough in my own lifelong struggle with weight management. Reading this book has helped me pinpoint some of the crucial mistakes I was making in my eating habits. I thought I was eating for success as I faithfully baked my chicken, steamed my rice and veggies, drank lots of water, drank low-fat milk, rarely drank sodas. That's what all questions pertaining to healthy eating should boil down to: How is this food working for your body. Once you familiarize yourself with the "linking & balancing," you'll most likely find that you could happily eat this way for the rest of your life. I lost weight fairly quickly and felt like I was "cheating" MANY times while following the book's guidelines.
Like many others here, I have tried every diet under the sun. I was able to drop 18 lbs. Tests showed I had neither, which added to my perplexity. I constantly wondered, "Why me." when I was being so good. in 2.5 months, which has NEVER happened to me before on any other diet or exercise program. I got pregnant before I could complete my weight loss goal (reaching 150 lbs)., but I am confident I can get there someday--without all the suffering and selt-hatred, thanks to this book.
I bought this book, let my sister borrow it, and then bought one for her so we both could refer to it.
I was very interested in this book being that I've been diagnosed with polycystic ovarys for many years, causing insulance resistance that presents itself as diabetes type II. I've not gotten to read it yet, since my husband grabbed it and is almost done reading it. He thought that the premise was a good one, found in other diet books, yet put in a simplified way for the common person to understand. I am looking forward to my turn at reading it.
This book was actually for my newly diagnosed mother. It's been a real help.
This book is excellent. Explains just what I needed to learn about Insulin Resistance. Thank you so much. I would recomend this to anyone who is high borderline or Type 2 diabetic.
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