The Lean: A Revolutionary (and Simple!) 30-Day Plan For Healthy, Lasting Weight Loss (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
I skimmed this book looking for ways to incorporate more vegetarian or vegan meals into my diet. Freston provides some good ideas for new habits and ways to "crowd out" bad foods, and I appreciate how she incorporated scientific evidence into her conversational writing style. I found her resources section in the back interesting and helpful. I'm not a fan of replacement foods like fake cheese or meats and don't find shakes or juices satisfying or worth the time to make so these parts of the plan weren't really relevant for me. Overall, I found her approach a bit too drastic for my preferred eating style. I believe there is a place for meat and dairy in a regular diet, it's just got to be a smaller portion less often than what's currently "standard" in the American diet.This isn't the ultimate plan for me, thus the three stars, but for someone who wants a day by day plan of action it could be a great read and resource. I'm currently reading Mark Bittman's Vegan Before 6 and loving his flexible approach; if you liked The Lean, but want to keep some dairy or meat in your life you might want to check it out. Lots of skimming here. I enjoy reading lifestyle books and iwas hoping this one would give me some motivation for cutting out sugar and dairy from my diet. As a former vegetarian and vegan, a lot of the information in this book wasn't new to me, but certainly worth reading. The idea is that every day you adopt a new eating or lifestyle habit and incorporate it into your routine so that by the end of the book you have 30 new habits that [hopefully] "crowd out" bad habits and poor choices. There is a lot of nutritional and biological information in this book, which was interesting (but as I mentioned, warranted skimming on my part). I gave this book 3 stars because I just don't see myself following through with the 30 day plan, but I will be adopting some of the changes suggested in this book, so I'm excited to see the results.
What do You think about The Lean: A Revolutionary (and Simple!) 30-Day Plan For Healthy, Lasting Weight Loss (2012)?
i am really likeing the information in this book, hoping to make many of the changes for the better.
—becca
Great book with little daily changes that add up to a huge difference at the end of the 30 days!
—yetunde
Great book. Love how she encourages a lean into instead of an abrupt change!
—Alli
Will read every so often to be sure I'm living this way...
—krys
Though I'm 90% vegan I'm still learning some great tips.
—lukkybo
