Book Nook: 'Jumpstart to Skinny' review
JUMPSTART TO SKINNY: The Simple 3-Week Plan for Supercharged Weight Loss, by Bob Harper, with Greg Critser. Ballantine Books, 214 pp., $26. Credit: Handout
JUMPSTART TO SKINNY: The Simple 3-Week Plan for Supercharged Weight Loss, by Bob Harper, with Greg Critser. Ballantine Books, 214 pp., $26.
Facing a wedding, a reunion or some other big event -- and want to drop extra pounds first -- and fast? Trainer Bob Harper of NBC's "The Biggest Loser" promises you can do it -- if you follow his 13 short-term rules! (Don't like exclamation marks? You might want to avoid this book!)
But first, the diet: It's 40 percent protein, 40 percent carbs and 20 percent fats (Rule 1) -- 800 calories for women and 1,200 for men, with no complex carbs after breakfast. (It's only three weeks, remember?)
THE SCOOP Do 45 minutes of low-intensity daily cardio before breakfast (Rule 6), as well as frequent "jumpstart moves" -- squats, push-ups and the like. Avoid booze, and drink "an espresso a day . . . or two or three" (Rule 13).
THE BOTTOM LINE Harper includes 21 days of menus, plus recipes (see Quinoa Rancheros). And don't forget that fish oil.
Bitter cold and some snow return ... Tuberculosis case in school ... Mariah at the Olympics ... State Democratic convention
Bitter cold and some snow return ... Tuberculosis case in school ... Mariah at the Olympics ... State Democratic convention
