Let’s Do Lunch by Roger Troy Wilson
I must say that when I first saw the title I thought now that is the diet for me. However, I do think that the subtitle is a little misleading. When you read the book you learn that you are NOT permitted to eat ALL carbs but must leave out bread, potatoes, pasta, and rice. The book was very easy to read and understand. After explaining the program, the author gives a fourteen-day meal guide that is easy to follow and gets one started off right. The idea is to get rid of any food cravings one has during the two-week period.
The author includes a very long and thorough shopping list to make sure one gets the right foods and then at the end of the book there are numerous recipes for all the food groups. All are very similar to well known recipes but fat, sugar, and bad carbs have been eliminated. One recipe was for butter bean “mashed potatoes.” I really could not believe that so I made the recipe and I was right, to me they did NOT taste like mashed potatoes but mashed beans with garlic and chicken stock. For me I would rather just eat a food as what it is and not try to make it taste like another food. The idea of eliminating desserts for the rest of my life is an idea that I may not be able to live with. However I have not started the diet so maybe I will never want dessert again. It is really not a diet but a way of eating for the rest of one’s life.
The book also has testimonials from people who have lost weight using this eating plan. The author lost two hundred and thirty pounds and feels that God gave him the knowledge of what to eat to lose weight and he wants to share it with the world. The plan certainly is simple enough and I am going to give it a try.
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