Book Information

Book ID Asin: B01G1K38Y2
Book Title: The Bikini Body 28-Day Healthy Eating & Lifestyle Guide: 200 Recipes and Weekly Menus to Kick Start Your Journey
Book Author: Kayla Itsines
Book Format and Price:
Book Format Name: Kindle
Book Format Price: $14.99
Book Format Name: Hardcover
Book Format Price: $14.50
Book Price: unknown
Book Category: Kindle Store, Kindle eBooks, Health, Fitness & Dieting and unknown
Book Rating: 284 ratings

Book Product Detail

• Best Sellers Rank: #940,857 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
  • #966 in Low Fat Diets (Kindle Store)
  • #2,107 in Weight Maintenance Diets
  • #2,258 in Weight Loss Diets (Kindle Store)

• Customer Reviews:
  4.1 out of 5 stars 284 ratings

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Book Review

Name: Gogh Me
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: For some but not all
Date: Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2017
Review: Amazon translates 3 stars as "It's okay" and that's what I think of this book.

Positives:
-The diet plan is full of nutrients and has enough calories for most women to avoid too large of a deficit.
-There is a variety of fruits, vegetables, beans and meats.
-The workout plan meets the recommendations for fitness by most health organizations.

Negatives:
-SO MUCH YOGURT! It's not an exaggeration to say that half of the meals and snacks in this book include yogurt. Yogurt dip, yogurt sauce, yogurt smoothies, yogurt smoothie bowls, yogurt overnight oats. If you don't like yogurt, skip this book. If you are lactose intolerant, definitely do not purchase this.
-There is basically one flavor profile. Out of 168 meals about a dozen or so aren't Greek/Mediterranean or California/Superfood/Trendy style meals. There are a handful of Thai and Vietnamese meals, I think one "Japanese", one Chinese, one Mexican and one Caribbean. I did appreciate the variety when it was there.

Neutral:
-Following this guide as written would be unnecessarily complicated in my opinion. The way the meals differ from day to day and the amounts of certain ingredients would be a long, specific grocery list and sometimes food going bad. This is a problem with almost everything written as a guide so it didn't affect how I rated it but it is something that people should be aware of. Following a single day's meal plan for several days at a time would be more efficient.
-Every day is organized as 3 meals and 2 snacks. Again this didn't affect how I rated it but it's good for people looking to purchase this to know.
-As it is written it is a weight loss diet. Location 361 states that this guide provides 1600-1800 calories per day. The serving recommendations are a one size fits all but if you read carefully the author does tell you a bit how you can adjust the plan if you need higher calories.

So I found it okay. It's really good if you happen to have the same tastes as the author. It is not good if you don't. I found about 10 recipes that I would like to try. So about 0.6% of this guide is something that I'm interested in.

Name: Angela
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: I was skeptical
Date: Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2021
Review: When I got the book, I was pretty overwhelmed with how many different recipes she had per day. I thought, there's no way! So, I didn't.

I chose a few recipes that looked easy to prepare and looked yummy. I chose some snack recipes, breakfast, and main course recipes. I learned to cook those first and then will try the other ones later on.

For those who say they don't have time, I don't either. You don't need to cook absolutely EVERYTHING in her book. She has enough recipes in one day that you only need to choose 1-2.

This is a much better option for me than her app, which has a lot more recipes. It's going to give me time to go through and learn to cook each one without rushing through and worrying that I need to pay the fee for next month's app subscription.

In just a few days, I already felt a difference. I ate healthy food but wasn't bloated. I was full but not stuffed. I wake up with more energy and don't get sluggish throughout the day.

The recipes in here are amazing - you just need to choose to use it to your advantage, in a way that fits your lifestyle.

Name: Amazon Customer
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Using as a cookbook
Date: Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2017
Review: So I bought this book to use more as a healthy cookbook than anything else. I tried her regular workout plan and it's not for me so I didn't even bother looking at the exercise section of the book. I will say that the book is very pretty and has pictures of each meal in the 28 day meal plan, which I love. Additionally, it has extra meals in the back that you can sub out for the meals in the meal plan but not all have pictures, which I would have liked.

If you wanted to follow along with the meal plan and make every meal, then yes it probably would cost you quite a bit. But I would recommend maybe picking 2-3 days worth of meals and just repeating those in order to say money (so you're not wasting ingredients and whatnot). However, like I said, I'm using it more as a cookbook and picking out which meals I want to make. I'm not using it as a meal plan or even a guide. Also, as far as I can tell, there aren't really any super crazy and expensive ingredients or superfood powders. There are some ingredients that I don't buy (ex. Oyster sauce) but they are available in a regular supermarket. I noticed matcha in there but that was optional if I remember correctly. I like healthy food and trying out new "health foods" so there wasn't really anything in there that I hadn't heard.

Lastly, there were a lot of Greek or Greek-inspired dishes so that's just something to be aware of. Overall I think it's a nice healthy "cookbook" that provides inspiration and meal ideas. However, if you're looking to follow it to the T then it probably won't be cheap or time friendly. Just my 2 cents.

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