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About the book (from Amazon):
Join the hundreds of thousands who are eating well and getting slimmer. Featuring delicious, fat-burning, easy-to-make recipes, a simple plan, and the psychological tools to stay slimmer, this international bestselling diet sensation takes the incredible flavors of the Mediterranean and adds new fat-burning ingredients that get amazing results.

Harry Papas, a certified dietitian in Greece, lost over 100 pounds by creating a revolutionary nutrition plan: a delicious, fat-burning Mediterranean diet coupled with the self-awareness he needed to combat the triggers that contributed to his weight gain.

Unlike other diets, Slimmer’s delicious meal plan is designed to help you stay slim while actually enjoying what you eat. This easy-to-follow plan will allow you to get rid of those unwanted pounds with incredibly flavorful and satisfying meals, full of sustaining, wholesome foods—such as fresh fruits and vegetables, olive oil, and Greek yogurt—that have been enjoyed for centuries by those in the Mediterranean as well as celebrities visiting Papas’ family restaurant in Greece.

Packed with recipes and practical nutritional advice, Slimmer also helps you understand why you gained weight and provides the psychological support and encouragement you need to successfully lose weight and permanently retain the loss.”

My Review:
This book was a super quick read and is packed with great recipes, nutrition and diet information. Papas’ system is about a lifestyle change and cooking with fresh, nutritious ingredients. Most of the recipes take less than 30 minutes to prepare and are full of flavor. The diet plan includes alot of salads, yogurt, milk and seafood. If you don’t like salad or seafood, this would be a hard plan to follow. 

The book outlines an entire 9-week meal with easy to prepare recipes. This diet is super easy to follow because it is very detailed and tells you exactly what to do eat each day and how to prepare it. If you have a large family to feed, you will need to double, triple or quadruple the recipes, because the portions are for one person. If you live alone, this plan would be amazingly simple. 

Personally, I am not going to do the full 9-week plan, because my family won’t eat most of the seafood recipes and I refuse to cook two meals. However, I have already started adding more vinegar and olive oil to our diet and have tried a few of the recipes. I am also regularly eating greek yogurt as recommended. 
If you’ve been searching for an easy diet plan that includes flavorful foods that are easy to prepare, Slimmer is for you.  This plan is about real foods and real results, no gimmicks or magic pills. I really appreciate that this book is about creating a healthy lifestyle for long-term weight loss and maintenance. 
Giveaway:
One lucky winner will receive a copy of Slimmer by Harry Papas. US/Canada only. Use Raffecopter form below to enter to win. Good luck!
Disclosure: FSB Associates provided a copy of this book for review and giveaway. Full disclosure policy here.
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  • suburban prep July 27, 2012, 10:39 pm

    As Maureen

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  • jessica July 30, 2012, 2:05 am

    I’ve heard great things about Mediterranean style diets!

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  • Diana Mears July 31, 2012, 8:30 pm

    Thank You

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  • Diana August 1, 2012, 2:31 pm

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  • Rhea August 1, 2012, 3:49 pm

    Thanks for the chance 🙂

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  • Marianna August 1, 2012, 4:09 pm

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  • Nancy August 1, 2012, 5:32 pm

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  • Karen Hewitt August 2, 2012, 3:10 am

    Would love to read this book, I love experimenting with food and if it helps lose weight, all the better

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  • Donna August 2, 2012, 4:00 am

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