Cooking for a Fast Metabolism: Eat More Food and Lose More Weight

by Haylie Pomroy

The New York Times best-selling author of The Fast Metabolism Diet delivers what her fans and followers crave the most: delicious, hearty recipes to boost your metabolism.
 
With a classic structure organized into sections for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Snacks, this cookbook has recipes for use on all of Haylie's programs as well as delicious, fun meals newcomers can make to eat healthy, speed up their metabolism, and lose weight. It includes trending topics like slow cooker and Instant Pot meals, and a meta-tag index for quick reference. Haylie’s messaging has always been “eat more food to lose more weight,” and this cookbook delivers the hearty, tasty food her readers have come to expect—all of the health and weight loss with none of the deprivation or sacrifice of variety or flavor.

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction, Health, Food, Self Help, Cooking, Diets

288 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2013

Reviews

[Sasha Magee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Love the diet plan, but the recipes are really hit or miss.

[Kristine · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not too many good recipes

[Kendall Morgan Hall · Rating 2 out of 5]

A lot of common sense, but in order to do the rotating diet it would take a lot of time/planning that people who work full-time don't necessarily have. I will try to implement some of her advice.

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great recipes

I highly recommend this diet that isn't really a diet because the meals are so good. We have been eating this way for about three months and besides the weight loss we just feel better.A very easy way to get healthy.

[Miriam Wilcox · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wish there was more pictures.

[Lola Ross · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lost 30 pounds and lots of inches!!!!. Love the plan!!!

[Rebecca · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some great recipes. Especially the crockpot chicken curry.

[Candice Wagenleitner · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good concept of cycling carbs & fats to maximize weight loss, but the recipes were not the greatest. I found better, more practical ideas on Pinterest.

[Lynn · Rating 2 out of 5]

I got this book from the library because I was getting tired of eating the same recipes from the author's previous book "The Fast Metabolism Diet". While there were some recipes in this book that I tried and liked, I found that most of the recipes were more complicated and less appetizing than the ones in the previous book. She uses a lot of ingredients in this book that I don't have on hand and are a bit expensive to buy. So I don't see myself making a lot of these recipes. Still I like the program and while I didn't follow it for the full four weeks and I cheated a little bit here and there, I still lost 10 pounds and I felt better! I was not hungry and it took care of my sugar cravings. So I recommend the diet definitely.

[Jennifer Barr · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't do this diet, because I'm worried about the consequences to my body. The idea of going 4 days a week without any fats doesn't sound pleasant or safe, certainly not for me. Our constitutions are uniquely different, and mine tends toward the dry side. I have dry hair, skin, and I tend towards constipation. I need my fats, more than most people. Plus, you don't even use the fats for cooking. Using broth to sauté veggies is one thing, but I don't want pancakes cooked in broth. She also expects people to eat dry toast and broiled chicken breast with no fat. Can't wait to choke that down. No thanks.

[Steph · Rating 4 out of 5]

This cookbook is a nice companion to the diet book and is pretty much essential for most. If you're like me, it may all seem confusing when you look at the diet layout and go "what kind of meal would allow me to eat a grain, protein, veggie, and fruit? But I can't just eat whatever?"

Some of the recipes are simple enough that most people could figure out, but it is still extremely useful. I use this one just as religiously as the diet guideline book.

[Marcella · Rating 4 out of 5]

It think it will be interesting to try

[Moira Shepard · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love so many things about this book - the writer's warmth, her generosity in sharing with readers her years of experience as a nutritionist and diet coach - most of all, I love that this is a diet where you get to eat! In fact, Haylie's acronym for DIET is "Did I Eat Today?" What is not to love?
She offers great recipes, a meal plan for those who want one, and lots of encouragement. There's a spiritual underpinning to her coaching that I appreciate - she's mindful about addressing the emotional aspects of dieting and weight loss.
I'm already seeing results from following her plan, and bought her "Fast Metabolism Diet Cookbook," to keep the magic going after the diet program is done.
Bless you, Haylie, for sharing your wisdom and knowledge with us!

[Kathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I did try some of the recipes and they were good. I got through stages 1 and 2, but never got to stage 3. I keep having to start over, as my DH cooks for the weekend, and enough for left overs, and he does not cook in the cookbook's style. I did feel better after following the recipes when I did use them. I will keep working on getting to stage (phase) 3. It does take planning, but I am trying to use it as a way of eating, not just a diet. Eating smaller more often is a good way for me to keep my energy and sugars constant.

[Jeannett Davis · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is more about healing than dieting. It's 3 phases in a week; phase 1 (2 days) unwind stress, phase 2 (2 days) unlock fat, phase 3 (3 days) unleash your metabolism. The phases are done in order, using food as your medicine, only eating the food that is approved for that phase. " The more you eat, the more you loose."

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just started the 28 day diet to reset metabolism- let you know how much weight loss . So full from first day of grains and fruit. It is taking a lot of planning and prep but it's only for 28 days. Have thee book and confusing to look at everything - apparently a lot of good recipes on pin interest - will look for next week as week one sorted

[Dianne Miley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book with great information. However, the restrictions and very specific foods for each day are difficult to practice in real life. There's no room for leftovers or quick meals when each day's meal plan differs drastically from the day before.

[Harpreet Prajapati · Rating 1 out of 5]

She uses several debunked facts as the basis of her key tips. How can you rely on a book when the author has not done adequate research to make sure their stated facts are indeed supported by enough research.

[Michelle Lu · Rating 4 out of 5]

good to try

I think the basic concept is easy to understand. The author’s receipts look like very delicious. I’d like to try the 28 Days diet. Hope it will work.

[Leslie Conner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good diet, it works if we stay to the structure and utilize the phone app for tracking. Great to have the additional reccommended recipes for this program.

[Karen · Rating 2 out of 5]

Wish this book had more vegetarian / vegan options

[Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

Recepies were helpful when trying to find what to eat during the diet.

[Janis · Rating 3 out of 5]

The plan may be good, but many of these recipes are time consuming and involved.

[Leona · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative, well formatted. Lots of options with substitutions for particular needs and preferences.

[J McGuire · Rating 5 out of 5]

I lost 50 lbs on this diet. There are no carb days where I was a bit hungry, but it was worth it. I have kept it off for 5 years now.

[Sue Gabianelli-danneker · Rating 3 out of 5]

good recipes

[Marie-Sharrane]

It will be great to be more conscious of what is consumed and being full on real food (carb dense) instead of highly processed foods.

[Amy · Rating 1 out of 5]

Good for her, not for me.

[Sara · Rating 1 out of 5]

This confirmed for a final time that I will skip books like this and figure it out on my own. A quick read because it was a hard skim; I hate how diet books start with lies and continue with nonsense. 'Eat whatever you want as long as it's on this list!' Okay, until, 'Avoid these 12 huge, broad categories at all times.' You're starting to lose me. 'Prep 30 days worth of meals and put them in your freezer.' What in the name of privilege is this? I live in an apartment and my freezer is way too small for that. 'Eat this soup 15 times in a row.' Girl, stop.

I don't see how you can be all about 'real' food yet advocate the use of artificial sweeteners that are well known to be harmful. She also eschews all dairy. If I want sour cream, I don't want coconut or cashew-flavoured sour cream. I'm not going to make my own condiments. None of the recipes sounded good enough to try and some even looked dry in the photos. Maybe the goal is to make food such a chore that you give up on eating and lose weight that way; I've heard enough of this philosophy.

[Nita · Rating 5 out of 5]

Let's be honest. I'm not the one following these recipes. Ed is. He finds most of them easy to follow and I find most of them very tasty. Since the diet has three different phases, the cookbook is conveniently separated into sections by those phases so Ed knows which recipes to choose on what days. I simply eat what's prepared! Yum!