This book definitely seems well researched. If you are looking for something more structured, this may work for you. It has a section on meal plans for 30 days, and there is a recipe section.
The book goes through all the different food groups and tells you specifically what to eat and what not to eat, and why. They also go through a lot of different diet plans that are out there (South Beach, Atkins, etc.) and explain pros and cons of each diet. This diet basically takes good things from a few different common diets.
I have been following this diet plan for a little over a week now. I have definitely started to lose weight, but that is the only thing I have noticed so far. I am not currently on any medication for my PCOS and I was hoping that making changes to my diet and lifestyle would help so that I wouldn't need additional medication. I plan to keep at this for a few months to see what the long terms effects are. At that time I will reevaluate where I'm at then and see if it has been worth it.
What I have found difficult is finding the time to cook. Basically, this book recommends using all fresh ingredients and no processed foods. My husband and I both work full time, and it was really taking a toll on both of us to find the time to cook dinner and prepare breakfast and lunch for the next day. Usually we have enough leftovers from dinner to pack lunch the next day, but what if we don't feel like making dinner, or if we go out to dinner? Then lunch would be an issue... plus we had to start getting up eariler to make breakfast.
That was all last week. So for this week we have all of our dinners planned out. For breakfasts we have either smoothies and a hard boiled egg, or carrot sticks, a handful of nuts and whatever else we have on hand. We try to get some fruit, veggies, and protein in for breakfast. Another tip I found in the book was to prepare a lot of extra food when you make dinner then freeze it in meal sized portions. That way you have a quick meal on hand for times when you don't feel like making dinner or if you need something quick for lunch that you can just grab when you are heading off to work. This is working out much better for us.
I definitely would recommend the book. It is a wealth of information, and has so far helped me lose about 5 pounds. |