The Belly Fat Cure: Discover the Carb Swap System and Lose 4 to 9 lbs. Every Week Reviews
The Belly Fat Cure: Discover the Carb Swap System and Lose 4 to 9 lbs. Every Week
For years, experts have told you that you’re overweight because you eat too much and don’t exercise enough. They were WRONG. The truth is that you are eating foods packed with hidden sweeteners that deliver a belly-fattening Sugar/Carb Value. This simple guide makes smart eating effortless and affordable. It includes more than 1,500 options customized for: carboholics, meat lovers, chicken and seafood fans, chocoholics, fast-food junkies, and even vegans! What are you waiting for? Dig in.
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For someone who has always struggled, This works!,
Please, before you judge or listen to the negative reviews let me say something. I started working this plan when very little information was available about it May of 2009. I did it when there was no book and only limited information available via the internet. Basically I took the 15 sugar 6 carb idea from Jorge and ran with it. So far I have lost 60 lbs on the Belly Fat Cure and I plan to lose 30 more to reach my goal. Those people writing negative reviews just want to open a book and have the weight fall off their bodies. You have to take control and want this for yourself. Read the book for insight and understanding and not just to be led around like a puppet.
Second, I live in a rural area with no Whole Foods Market or anything around and have to travel far for a health food store or order online to get some of the items that are in book. But not all of them. Jorge just gives the healthiest options, but you can make substitutions. If something is not available in your area, use something else. Most of us don’t know that these healthier products exist. We let the mainstream dictate what we are putting in our bodies and feeding to our children. What we should be doing instead of attacking Jorge is to demand that these healthier options be made more readily available to us in our local markets. A lot of what he proposes include no artificial sweetners because of their alleged negative affects. If this isn’t a concern of yours then make a substitution that includes artificial sweetners. I’m sure Jorge wouldn’t advocate this but I have to admit that I do use some of the products that are on his Belly Bad List. I make the food and the plan work for me. For instance, Jorge doesn’t like sugar free puddings that you can buy on the shelf because of the artificial sweetners. I try to avoid the artificial sweetners as much as I can but if I want a chocolate pudding then I’ll have one. No biggie. Personal choice, hello?
I do not have a ton of money and was actually unemployed when I started this way of eating last summer. Yes, I think of it as a way of eating – not a diet. This is how I live now. So to those who claim its expensive that’s not true. It doesn’t have to be. The recipes in the book are simple and great tasting. They include normal foods that you probably already eat now. Its just about making it in a healthier way and making better choices. Things you would never think you could eat while losing weight. You do not feel deprived at all. It really is a mindset change more than anything.
I’m shocked and amazed at the people who complain about it being full of recipes, menu plans, and product evaluations?? Really this has me baffled. Isn’t that what we all need anyway – the meat and potatoes of the thing? While Jorge explains an overview of the science behind why the plan works, do you really want a book full of technical jargon and trials and studies? If you google Jorge Cruise or take a look at some of his Youtube videos….he has interviews on there with experts that explain more indepth about the dangers of sugar. This is serious business, folks. Check them out.
I really hope that people will try this way of eating and don’t judge the book based on the negative reviews. Its a shame because I know that I rely heavily on amazon reviews for nearly everything but this is one instance where I can truly say the negative reviewers have it all wrong.
Thank you, Jorge, for your passion for health and bringing awareness to this nation. The book and your wisdom have been a blessing to me and my family.
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|The Belly Fat Cure Has Helped Me Lose 74lbs So Far,
I was introduced to the Belly Fat Cure in March as a result of an article in Costco’s Costco Connection magazine and applied to be his coaching class for Costco members. I had been selected to take part in the program and during the course of the 11 weeks of coaching, was able to shed 47 pounds and 10 inches off my belly. I religiously followed the program during the coaching and tracked every meal making sure that no meals exceeded the recommended 5 grams of sugar and 2 carb servings. I was also taking probiotics and psyllium husks three times a day. The pounds literally were just melting right off of me.
I also want to note that I had started a running program in December of 2008 and by the time I started the Belly Fat Cure program, I had gone from not being able to run much of one mile to running three miles the whole way and was running 5 to 6 days a week. The running didn’t result in any weight loss at all for me, just increased endurance. Once I added the Belly Fat Cure program, I started seeing weight loss.
Like Corrie Hearn’s review, the book as it exists now wasn’t available, we just got the core information about not exceeding 15 grams of sugar and 6 carb servings per day. We were taught how to read nutrition labels (that information is in the book) and given some key suggestions. We definitely did not the recipes and for that matter initially the food list. We did get that a few weeks in as an Excel spreadsheet. So essentially we had to “figure it out.” It took a little trial and error but I started losing weight right away and inches. Some weeks I lost more than others, some I plateaued but stuck with it and it started falling off again.
What struck me as most beneficial about the program is that I had no idea how much sugar I had been consuming prior to the program. Even though there I was having a lot of “low fat” items those foods were actually loaded in sugar. The first week was a little rough getting used to dramatically less sugar. I probably went through about 15-20 packets of Truvia that first week to replace some of the sugar. I swapped out Iced Tea for sodas until I tried the Caramel Vanilla tea in the line of Lipton teas Jorge has recommended. I thought that tea was so disgusting it got me right off iced teas too and I’ve been more of an avid water and Zevia drinker ever since.
Within the first two weeks my appetite dropped considerably and the size of meals I used to eat all of and would still be looking for more food to eat right afterwards were becoming ones I couldn’t finish and I was feeling full for a few hours instead of maybe an hour. This really hit home for me when I went out for dinner with a friend, my friend had an appetizer, a full entree with side items, and a dessert. I just opted to have loaded baked potato and I couldn’t even finish it. In all fairness my friend didn’t eat all of his meal either, but he had considerably more than I had and I know I would have had similar amounts prior to the program.
Following the coaching, I pretty much had a routine for my first couple of meals for the day so I stopped tracking every meal and then periodically would allow myself have a meal or two per week that might have slightly more sugar than 5 grams or maybe a meal with 3 carb servings. I even cut back on the psyllium husks and probiotics to once per day then to only 3-4 times per week. I also got so burned out on the running program I had been doing and quit it entirely. I haven’t been back to any of the running in nearly six months now. But I’ve still lost weight with the Belly Fat Cure program despite stopping the running. Albeit, the rate at which I was losing weight has slowed considerably too. Since mid July, I’ve only lost another twenty seven pounds. I’m fine with that. I’m sure if I step back up to the three times daily probiotics/psyllium husks, the vigilant meal tracking, and the running I’d be getting back to the faster rate of weight loss.
I want to add a couple of comments to address some of the concerns of others here that have given the book poor ratings. Those comments are:
** Food is too expensive, too hard to find items in the book **
It can be if you let it. I don’t use very many of the products myself. I just read the nutrition labels in the stores, whether its my local supermarket or a natural foods store, or even a 7-Eleven. I can find something to eat just about everywhere, it just takes a little time to pay attention to the labels. Maybe this is because the recommended foods list didn’t exist at the time I started the program, so I just naturally gravitate towards reading labels in the store.
What’s featured in the book is to just give you ideas of what to look for. They don’t have to be those specific brands as featured in the book. They’re just there to illustrate that there’s a variety of products out there that…
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|I’d go on a speaking tour for this book!,
I must admit when my fitness freak husband bought this book for me at Costco, I was very annoyed. I had just started exercising again and the pounds were coming off just fine, thank you. But I sat down and read it anyway and was hooked within 30 minutes. The science behind the book is so solid, I decided to try it anyways. That and the fact that I owned most of the “healthy” products on the “Belly Bad” side of the page. I realized that my latest ten pound gain was not due to my new post-35 slower metabolism; it was due to consuming one Fiber One bar, one Zone Perfect protein bar, and one tablespoon of fat-free honey mustard dressing on my salad every day…loads of hidden sugar driving up my insulin production and converting carbs into fat! No wonder I had developed love handles!!
I lost five pounds the first week, and four pounds the week after that. Within two months, I was down almost thirty pounds, my goal. I did hit a plateau for about three weeks, and then I started losing again. When I went on vacation, I didn’t exercise for almost three weeks and figured I had gained a ton. But no, I had lost three more pounds, even after all the ice cream I cheated with!
It is very easy to eat this way, and I will eat like this for the rest of my life. It’s not dieting, it’s just changing the way you eat. For the first three weeks, I tracked carbs and sugar grams obsessively, and re-read the book about ten times. Then I got in my groove and no longer track a thing on paper. At first I bought quite a bit of the more expensive items, like Ezekiel bread (fantastic, by the way) and online ketchup. But I have found 45-cal bread locally that works, it’s just much more bland. I highly recommend Joseph’s pancake syrup (made with maltitol, which is just fine on your tummy as long as you aren’t eating it in huge amounts!)I have opted for a few “illegal” substitutions for things I eat very little of, such as Heinz’ Sugar-free ketchup…it has sucralose (Splenda) which is not the best sugar substitute, but since I have less than a tablespoon a week, I don’t mind. My “healthy” fiber and protein bars (very expensive themselves) are long gone, as I now snack on Smokehouse Almonds, cheese sticks, and protein shakes instead. I swapped out my All-Bran and now eat Fiber One every morning and love, love, love that with a packet of Truvia and a large pour of almond milk! And in my cupboard I now have xylitol (Amazon’s got the best price on the 5 lb bag!) and Truvia instead of Splenda. And I never buy anything without reading the label…no sugar? Great…but does it have a ton of sucralose?
I also feel like a better mom…my kids love all-natural peanut butter and jams (you can make your own and save $6 a jar!) made with xylitol. There’s no need to take away their milk (lots of natural sugar in that!) and go all crazy, but you can give them smart snacks to school, such as fishy crackers and pirate’s booty instead of fiber bars or fruit snacks…They also think the Xlear candy is super fun, and I don’t mind as it’s good for their teeth. They were raised on lower-sugar cereals, but I am reading labels a little more carefully. Honey nut cheerios are long gone, but puffed wheat and Rice Crispies (with Truvia) are considered a special treat when they tire of Fiber One! Their favorite cereal is definitely plain old instant oatmeal, sweetened with Truvia and cinnamon.
Jorge does gives lots of super easy recipes and weekly eating plans. I’ve never been able to follow a weekly menu, so didn’t bother trying. His recipes are wonderful, I just found a few that worked for me and rotate them around, trying a new one now and then when I am bored. I highly recommend the sugar free ice cream (kids think an ice cream maker is a riot), the chicken enchiladas, the pancakes, and pretty much every salad, sandwich and entree in the book! I haven’t started chowing down on bacon or french fries because old healthy habits die hard, but I have opted to eat more veggies in place of the lower amounts of fruits. Hard in the summer, but not so bad, really.
I think Jorge makes a great point, that people used to eat low-sugar diets all the time. Bags of sugar were kept stored on the top shelf, waiting for a special ocassion to make birthday cakes and Christmas goodies with, and fruit and fruit juices were only available locally and in season. We have become so lazy, eating all these pre-packaged foods, and getting anything we want from anywhere in the world year-round. No wonder America has a sweet tooth! The nice thing about eating this way is you actually start to lose your sweet tooth. Foods I used to long for actually taste artifial or too sugary for me.
In summary, the more sugar you eat, the higher your insulin. The higher the insulin, the more fat you store, even if it entered your body as a carb or a protein. So, eat less…
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