Kathy Smith's Fitness Makeover: A 10-Week Guide to Exercise and Nutrition That Will Change Your Life

I struggled for a long time trying to lose weight. Once I got this book, I realized that although I was exercising and eating a decent amount of calories, I was eating WAY too much fat. I cut back to the requisite amount for my height and frame, and voila!, I started losing weight immediately. I've lost almost 20 pounds in the last 11 months, and I feel much more knowledgeable and in control now that I'm armed with the information I learned from this book. I always recommend it to people I know who are trying to lose weight.

This book is great for anyone interested in healthier living, or like me enjoys using their body as their own person chemistry experiment. Kathy reqires that you keep track of your food intake, and exercise, which gives a good look at eating habits. I especially like that she doesn't ask that you begin changing your diet right away. The first week you just eat like normal and then you have someting for comparison as the weeks progress. As you get deeper into the chapters, Kathy has you focus on different aspects of your diet. Each week you take a hard look at different factors in healthy eating and strength traing. From Saturated fat to carbohydrates, to the importance of calcium and fiber, each week is a different focus and to me a different experiment. By the end of the book the reader has some valuable insight on minerals and food as well as how each effects their individual body. I find that this approach of taking baby steps to a healthier lifestyle is a much more effective method than cramming the entire diet in, in one bite.

I love almost everything she does. I bought the book and her Box Aerobics video at the same time. I have many of her videos! I have been on her program for three days now and I really like it. I have about 39 pounds to loose. Even though I am not a newbie when it comes to fitness & nutrition, I still found this book to be a great thing! It puts everyhting together for you, eating, exercise, and a new healthy way of living. It is not in any way exteme. If you are a beginner it's great and if you are not, it's great. The food & exercise journals in the book are awsome! You will need to get a food/calorie counting book to go along with this book! Enjoy!!!

I am a registered nurse and certified aerobics instructor. Kathy Smith's Fitness Makeover is one of the best resources I have found for use in classes aimed at giving sedentary adults a jumpstart into the world of fitness. As always, her advice is medically sound - avoiding the extremes that seem so popular today. Small steps are truly the only way to make lasting behavioral changes.

I recently had my first baby and found myself struggling to lose my "baby fat". I wanted a program that was easy to follow, uplifting, and effective...I found the solution in this book! I am only in week four of the program, but already friends and family have started to notice a change, not only in my appearance but also in my attitude toward eating and fitness. I have learned a great deal from Kathy and would recommend this book to anyone!