5-Day Miracle Diet

by Adele Puhn

Book Overview

Do you knowthat low-fat yogurt, bagels, oranges, bananas, and pasta can make you fat? Do you knowthat swearing off the chocolate you love can make you put on pounds? Do you knowthat you don't need... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345402812
• ISBN13: 9780345402813
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

This really IS a miracle diet

I find the book and program therein easy to comprehend. The author, Adele Puhn, provides a complete, doable program that when followed delivers on every promise she makes. Using this book as a guide, I have "owned" the program for 9 months now and lost over 110 pounds, dramatically improved my health and well being, and brought order to decades of destructive eating habits and the ensuing blood sugar chaos. Before I purchased the book, I was a little put off by the word Miracle in its title; however, I have come to agree that it truly IS a miracle. Thank you to Ms. Puhn for writing this book and sharing her program. For me, it is literally life-saving.

Sensible and Effective

I really struggle with cravings for breads and sweets, but the blanced approach of Adele Puhn's program has helped me curb these hunger pangs. The diet has also helped to alleviate a headache that I've carried for the last two months.It's basically an eating schedule: protein and whole grains for breakfast and lunch, veggies and fruit as snacks throughout the day, and the most "sensible" dinner I've seen in any diet book. She explains the basis for developing the program and why it works. It's inspiring - you CAN be free from cravings.Adele's mindset is that this way of eating is a way of life, not just a diet. Of course you can't live without ever having another piece of cake or glass of wine. The program allows for that - requires it, in fact.This book easily earned five stars. The program is relatively easy to follow, the dietary guidelines are in keeping with RDAs and other programs with high success rates, and the book conatains a helpful section adressing the psycological aspects of dieting.

Best Diet Book Ever!

A must read! For anyone who has ever tried to lose weight, this book is the one for you! I've tried just about every diet out there but Adele's plan really works. I've been doing the 5-Day Miracle Diet now for two weeks and have already lost 9 lbs. More importantly, just like she says in the book, my cravings are gone and I have more energy than I've ever had in my life. I admit I was skeptical when I started her plan but on day 5 I noticed a huge difference in my energy level. I no longer need my coffee in the morning or any sweets throughout the day. Her plan may sound complicated at first but once you follow it for 5 days you don't even have to think about it anymore. Like she says the weight just falls off and you feel wonderful! I can't say enough about Adele's book and how it has changed my life in just two short weeks. This book is not just about losing weight, it's also for anyone who wants to be free of cravings forever and have more energy than imaginable to enjoy life!

The Only Diet That Has Ever Worked For Me

This is the only one of MANY diets I've tried that has not only worked initially (which many do) but has become an easy-to-follow eating lifestyle that, more important than weight loss, has me feeling great every day. I gave it the initial five days, and it ended my depression and lethargy, gave me sustained energy, and led to me losing 5 pounds. I've kept with the way of eating established in those five days. The thing I especially like about this diet is that it's incredibly easy to internalize and follow, and after the first couple of days you feel great and just don't have cravings... I always feel well fed too. Before you try anything else, and I had tried almost everything else, give this program a shot... it will change your life!

The 5 Day Miracle Diet-It really Works!

When I first started to read this book, I thought this was a diet that I would never be able to do. Adele Puhn states in the book, "just give me 5 days". I figured that I could stick with it for 5 days. I have to admit, the first several days were tough. At times I was light headed and didn't feel quite right, but at the end of the 5 days I could not believe how good I felt. Not only that, I had not been sleeping well for years and now I was sleeping soundly through the night. As Adele promised, I was not craving those high calorie foods that I always craved when I was "dieting" and yes I did lose weight-11 pounds the first four weeks. I recently visited relatives and ate on their schedule instead of my new schedule and immediately found I was not sleeping well again and was craving those sweets. This was additional verification for me that there really is something to controlling your blood sugar and I know that I feel so much better following this program. Thanks Adele