Everything You Need to Know About Fat Loss

by Chris Aceto

Trying to lose weight and just too confused as where or how to get
started? Chris Aceto BS, will show you the staright way. You will
learn and understand how to put the puzzle together; the effects of
total calories, types of calories (carbs, fat and protein) and exercise
on controlling and eliminating bodyfat.

Aceto covers 8 important topics in 11 chapters. The topics include:
Physiology of Fat Loss, Calories, Carbohydrates, Protein and Fat, Fat
Storing Foods, Hormones, Drugs, Diets, Exercise.

The chapters include:

1) History of Fat Loss and Dieting

2) Calories- How Many Do You Really Need?

3) The Role Of Exercise On Fat Loss

4) Varying Caloric Intake: Metabolic Trickery

5) The Weight Loss Accountant

6) Does 3500 Calories Really Equal A Pound Of Fat?

7) Alternative Diet Strategies: Eating At Night. Right Or Wong?

8) Low Carb Diets For The Obese

9) Thermogenesis: Heat and Fat Loss

10) Supplement Yourself Thin

11) Drugs and Fat Loss: 7 with Promise

Genres: Sports, Fitness, Nutrition

145 pages, Paperback

First published June 2, 2001

Reviews

[Brian · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is straight forward book about fat loss, he hits on all the important stuff involved with fat loss for the athlete or fitness nut. There are so many schools of thought on these principles but the bottom line for all books is what do you want to achieve. The ideas here work because I followed them to the letter and lost a lot of fat but not as effectively as the paleo diet. Finding what works for you in your lifestyle, your metabolism, your food likes and dislikes is all relative. You may want to be lean but eat unhealthy and you can if you burn enough calories and that the name of the game less in than out. Happy reading its still a useful book.

[Arjun Ravichandran · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good, brief, and no-nonsense guide to fat loss. A person with absolutely no knowledge of nutrition can read this book and set his own diet plan afterwards ; pretty comprehensive. Great for guys on a cutting phase. Made me realize that it isn't simply calories in vs. calories out ; the hormones in your body have an important role to play, and you need to tailor your calories keeping them in mind. Strongly recommended.

[Tarmo Tali · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great book on weight loss. Gets somewhat complicated at the end but it's very clear and concise guide for anyone interested on loosing some fat.

['Special' Ed Harris · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good advice for tryna get cut.

[Angelika Thomas]

I have not finished reading this book and I am not sure if I will. Here are the reasons why:
1. It desperately needs editing: grammar, sentence structure, vocab - makes it so difficult to read and makes the author less credible.
2. Author does not follow his own math formulas or simply makes addition mistakes - both equally bad.
3. Recommendation of low fat or no fat makes me cringe and not want to finish the book. Author blatantly shuns saturated fat as unnecessary evil - am I that naive thinking that maybe, just maybe he changes his mind later in the book?
Disappointed as the book is very one dimensional. In one sentence he prescribes the following: "Eat moderate clean carbs and lots of lean protein, don't eat fat, only what comes from lean meats, so not much."

[Haytham Badawey · Rating 2 out of 5]

The first couple of chapters are very useful, but the author keeps repeating himself in the later chapter of the book, which is annoying and time-wasting.

Having that said, this book really helped me understand many good concepts about food, dieting and exercise and the effect of each of them on the percentage of body fat. So I have to say I found this book really helpful.

[Mirko · Rating 3 out of 5]

5/10