Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle is an impressive 340 pages which is broken into 17 chapters (excluding the conclusion/introduction sections). We could write a 22 page essay on the entire book but rather than review each chapter individually we'll give you a little quick overview of some sections and key points, all with the plus size women in mind.

First let's cover a little but about the author of Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle; he is Tom Venuto - he's been bodybuilding since 1983 and competing since 1989. Tom is a fitness expert; he's been a personal trainer, health club owner, nutrition consultant, etc. since 1988. We should point out that this isn't just for young body builders or even people looking to gain muscle; even if you just want to slim down there's sections dedicated to this! You don't have to do the weight training exercises, we certainly didn't.

In the introduction Tom makes it clear that there are no quick fixes, there's a difference between losing weight and losing fat and that the book is primarily to make you healthier overall. If you're just looking to slim down you'll want to lose fat, if you're looking to get smaller you lose weight - that's the difference between the two, incase you weren't sure.

A little later on he discusses the importance of creating goals, having strategies and staying motivated. These are three insanely overlooked aspects of losing weight or fat; if you don't have a goal and strategy in mind you don't know if it's going to work or what you're trying to accomplish with said strategy. Also if you don't know how to stay motivated you're going to quit, that one is obvious. He covers all three aspects in great deal to keep you on the right track.

Onto the diet - yes there are a few things you'll have to change but they don't have to be drastic changes. Tom has about 20 pages dedicated to foods you should and shouldn't eat along with healthier alternatives to the foods you're currently eating. That's the great thing about this book, you don't have to completely change your diet - just find the healthier alternative. Instead of ice cream have frozen yogurt, instead of canned tuna in oil use canned tuna in water; those are just a few examples of the changes that can make a huge difference.

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Before getting into the review itself we want to mention that when you visit the website make sure you click the link that says "Wait, I am a female… CLICK HERE"; we don't want the same program as the men! The female body shaping book is 210 pages which is then separated into 10 different chapters which covers everything from common mistakes and myths to fat burning secrets and supplement information. The key phrase there is fat burning; this book is primarily for those who are looking to slim down/lose fat rather than lose weight.

This book was written by two people; number one is Vince DelMonte, a competing fitness model/personal trainer/writer/fitness consultant and number two is Shannon Clark who has a degree in 'Exercise Science' and has been working in the field for over 8 years. Originally she was working with athletes but has shifted her focus to helping people burn fat. Again this is perfect for the plus size women looking to slim down!

The brief introduction explains that there is no quick fix, much like 'Burn the Fat, Feed the Muscle' and that you can burn fat without drugs, without starving yourself and without wasting time in the gym. Shannon goes on to talk about how she came about learning this information as well as her experience in the field of fitness.

If we head on to chapter 2 we're into "The Top 12 Body Shaping Myths", hopefully the author doesn't get mad at me but I want to mention an important one, which happens to be the first one listed. Nutrition supplements will help you lose fat - that is a huge myth; what they do is decrease your appetite so you're eating less - that's not good at all. We want to burn fat but we want to do it in a healthy manner.

Page 33 is where our favorite part starts, its chapter 3 titled "How to Develop Attractive Curves". They give you 8 principles that you need to understand and focus on while doing the exercises they give you to get those sexy curves we all want. If you follow this book, even if you just follow the diet tips, this chapter and chapter 6 (Explosive Fat Burning Secrets) you're golden. You'll be slimming down and turning heads in no time.

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We're sure you've seen Fat Loss 4 Idiots on more than one occasion; it's easily the most popular weight loss program seen online. It is based on an 11 day cycle where you receive a diet plan, eat those foods for 11 days and then get 3 cheat days to eat whatever you want. They boldly claim that you will lose 9 pounds in 11 days; naturally we're skeptical.

This is typically the section where we would mention the author, unfortunately no information could be found about him/her.

Let's talk about this 9 pounds in 11 days business, is it possible? Yes but here's the thing about it; you're only losing water weight which gives you the illusion that you've lost some actual weight. Here's how it works, during the 11 day cycle you're basically starving yourself with tiny meals (you only get 4 meals a day, one of the meal plans we received had almonds as a meal…) so naturally you're going to lose the water weight. When the 3 cheat days come around you're putting that water weight back on and then you're repeating the 11 day cycle to lose that water weight; you're never actually losing weight, it's just a vicious circle of false hope.

You don't want to continue the 11 day cycle everyday; this is the unhealthy way of losing weight. It's borderline anorexia. We feel this is a bit scam-ish; while yes you are losing weight it's no where near permanent solution to the problem and it's obviously an unhealthy solution.

Do not buy this program - we repeat, do not spend a dime on Fat Loss 4 Idiots if you are looking for a permanent solution.

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