[denmother]

Originally Posted by romkey

Hey, I ran across this book today:

Drop the Fat Act & Live Lean

it's by some guy who sounds familiar... any idea if it's any good?

Ryan, good job!!!! I just finished the book last night and I loved it!

[Ryan D Andrews]

Originally Posted by denmother

Ryan, good job!!!! I just finished the book last night and I loved it!

Thanks for the feedback. Glad you enjoyed it.

[Fredrik]

Originally Posted by Ryan D Andrews

Thanks for the feedback. Glad you enjoyed it.

Received the book just before last weekend (thanks Ryan!) and finished it three days after. I found it an awesome read. Just like on the boards here you manage to provoke me with your writing, but in a good way, and get my own thoughts going. Especially concerning the conflict between eating lots of meat and the climate where I admit I'm a hypocrite.

I think Chapter 18 - "Fat people get over-confident with their weight management skills" - was the one that talked to me the most.

I can also sense some interesting differences between the PN protein recommendations and your own - if it hasn't been done already an internal debate in all friendliness between you and JB on protein would be interesting..

[Broccoli Princess]

Originally Posted by Ryan D Andrews

Thanks for the note. Feel free to leave feedback about it (positive or negative).

I'm really enjoying your book! Still on my way through it, but what I've read so far, it's excellent. I'm going to buy several of those and give them to our coaches so we can help our clients even more.

I like the idea of getting to the root of the problem, not just what to eat but why to eat. You've given me several ideas for the chapters of my next book which will be out later this year. I hope I can refer to your book when writing about using the opposites approach? It works well with balancing hormones naturally, as well...

[Ryan D Andrews]

Originally Posted by Kaisa Jaakkola

I'm really enjoying your book! Still on my way through it, but what I've read so far, it's excellent. I'm going to buy several of those and give them to our coaches so we can help our clients even more.

I like the idea of getting to the root of the problem, not just what to eat but why to eat. You've given me several ideas for the chapters of my next book which will be out later this year. I hope I can refer to your book when writing about using the opposites approach? It works well with balancing hormones naturally, as well...

Thanks for the feedback. Keep me posted on your book.

[Rouxinol]

Hey Ryan,

I finished your book a couple of weeks ago.

First of all, I AM SO DISSAPOINTED that those three gremlins that came up in one of your examples (couldn't find the spot again, but the phrasing went something like "... and I have three gremlins named X, Y, Z that...") with the awesome, five-syllable names weren't actually your kids (perhaps begotten with the kale-eating girl from chapter 9? We all know you were checking her out!). I was totally picturing them spending huge amounts of time on the monkey bars at the playground and berating lazy parents for their lack of mobility and crappy snack choices ("My daddy says that you have a fwattitude!") before I realized that they did not exist.

Ah well, moving on. I was initially suspicious of the title and I'm wondering if that's a cultural thing. Being Swedish this certainly is a very... American title (confident, catchy and a bit gimmicky). The tone of the book is somtimes a bit confrontational, which I think understand why that is (to jolt people out of their food comas), but it may be off-putting to some. I'm not sure I would've been enticed to pick it up in the book store, and I felt a bit awkward reading it on the train ("HELLO FELLOW COMMUTERS! I HAVE A WEIGHT MANAGEMENT PROBLEM") but I put on my big-girl pants and got over it, which I'm glad for.

I really wasn't expecting the opposites approach to be so enlightening, but there's something about the format that made me think about a lot of things I "already knew" so to speak and reinforce a lot of the lessons I've learned in LE. Especially the bit about becoming overconfident about weight-management skills. And while the tone of the book made me suspicious initially I ended up liking the familiar tone of voice you were using. I would def. read it again further down the line when I feel the need of a reminder of what NOT to do.

All in all, I'd recommend this book to other people, but with the caveat that they should just ignore the title, and that your "voice" will grow on them as they read on.

PS. Thanks for sending the PN sticker with the book, it made me almost ridiculously happy.

[Ryan D Andrews]

Originally Posted by Rouxinol

Hey Ryan,

I finished your book a couple of weeks ago.

First of all, I AM SO DISSAPOINTED that those three gremlins that came up in one of your examples (couldn't find the spot again, but the phrasing went something like "... and I have three gremlins named X, Y, Z that...") with the awesome, five-syllable names weren't actually your kids (perhaps begotten with the kale-eating girl from chapter 9? We all know you were checking her out!). I was totally picturing them spending huge amounts of time on the monkey bars at the playground and berating lazy parents for their lack of mobility and crappy snack choices ("My daddy says that you have a fwattitude!") before I realized that they did not exist.

Ah well, moving on. I was initially suspicious of the title and I'm wondering if that's a cultural thing. Being Swedish this certainly is a very... American title (confident, catchy and a bit gimmicky). The tone of the book is somtimes a bit confrontational, which I think understand why that is (to jolt people out of their food comas), but it may be off-putting to some. I'm not sure I would've been enticed to pick it up in the book store, and I felt a bit awkward reading it on the train ("HELLO FELLOW COMMUTERS! I HAVE A WEIGHT MANAGEMENT PROBLEM") but I put on my big-girl pants and got over it, which I'm glad for.

I really wasn't expecting the opposites approach to be so enlightening, but there's something about the format that made me think about a lot of things I "already knew" so to speak and reinforce a lot of the lessons I've learned in LE. Especially the bit about becoming overconfident about weight-management skills. And while the tone of the book made me suspicious initially I ended up liking the familiar tone of voice you were using. I would def. read it again further down the line when I feel the need of a reminder of what NOT to do.

All in all, I'd recommend this book to other people, but with the caveat that they should just ignore the title, and that your "voice" will grow on them as they read on.

PS. Thanks for sending the PN sticker with the book, it made me almost ridiculously happy.

Nice detailed review. Thanks for sharing.

[Broccoli Princess]

Originally Posted by Ryan D Andrews

Thanks for the feedback. Keep me posted on your book.

My first one has sold 8500 copies now :) I hope the next one will reach even more people.

I wish we could get PN translated to Finnish, it would help tremendously, as I won't be able to delve that deep in the nutrition section plus I don't want to go copying a great source.

[bar2k]

Hey Ryan, I meant to do a review on your book. Here you go:



I forgot to give it my 4 biceps

[Ryan D Andrews]

Originally Posted by bar2k

Hey Ryan, I meant to do a review on your book. Here you go:



I forgot to give it my 4 biceps

Hey Andre,

Thanks for the feedback.