Friday, August 6, 2010

Let's Do Lunch By Roger Wilson



Let’s Do Lunch by Roger Troy Wilson is yet another diet book but hold on it has a nice twist. While most diet books focus on limiting your intake right away this diet book does not. The main focus is eating the right things and not being concerned right away with the quantity. The problem most people have while dieting is they are not mentally or physically prepared to successfully handle a diet. This book is perfect for the person who needs to work into a diet slowly being able to still eat food that tastes good, intake a decent quantity of food and over time learning to reduce your overall consumption. Most of us have tried diets only to be starved after 2-3 weeks and gain all the weight back plus some.

Let’s Do Lunch diet makes sense but like the book says always check with your doctor before starting any diet. This diet plan is successful for many and could work for you. The diet plan does have areas that are flexible where many plans are very stringent and have no room for creativity. If you are looking for a diet book where you won’t starve, food tastes good and you want to lose weight in a healthy manner try this diet plan. One item that I found very useful in the book was how to address cravings. The author not only addressed several types of cravings but also provided an alternative or substitutes to get around the cravings.

I could only find one flaw in the whole diet plan. If you suffer from acid reflux you’ll have to adjust some of the foods and most of the recipes that are provided. A large amount of the foods that are suggested are fruits with citric acid and many recipes using spices that many trigger acid reflux.

I received a free copy of this book from Thomas Nelson through Booksneeze.com in exchange for my honest review of the book.

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Patton The Pursuit of Destiny by Agostino Von Hassell and Ed Breslin


Patton the Pursuit of Destiny by Agostino Von Hassell and Ed Breslin was a fantastic book. The authors were able to convey the true General Patton without all the myths and stories that have been blown out of proposition. The authors stuck to the real facts surrounding the Patton family history, his family environment, childhood short comings, career and life struggles and the fears along with his genius for military tactics.

Great detail was taken to help the reader understand the environment and mentoring that Patton’s was raised in. The biography takes you through his strong religious beliefs and spirituality that most people did not realize he had. Each milestone in his life is retraced and matched back to how that event had an impact on the success that he had in his military career.

The book was an excellent read filled with great stories and details to help the reader visualize the real General Patton, his military superiority along with his personal idiosyncrasies. The only fault I could fine with the book was it was too short. I would have loved to have read more. Over all this was an book I would highly recommend. One of America’s most interesting and colorful military leaders.

I received a free copy of this book from Thomas Nelson through Booksneeze.com in exchange for my honest review of the book.