After watching contestants suffer through grueling workouts on the show, you may have doubts about what kind of person could follow these rules, especially on their own without a trainer barking orders at them and holding them accountable.
The Skinny Rules makes a lot of sense, for the most part. Harper offers some solid advice on losing weight and staying slim. He takes a tough love approach when he gives advice, but sometimes that's exactly what people need to get motivated to change. One thing he stresses is that this is a lifestyle change and even though he promises you'll see results in the first 30 days, it's not a crash diet to follow for a short while and then go back to your old eating habits.
A few of the tips he offers are to go to bed hungry, allow yourself a cheat meal and to shake the salt habit. He elaborates on each of these, and the rest of his rules, in detail. As the subtitle states, these are "nonnegotiable principles." Harper is adamant about that ans says that if you don't follow the rule you won't lose the weight.
I agree with much of the advice he offers in "The Skinny Rules," except for his calorie recommendations, which I would consider very low for an active person. Let's face it, if you are making a lifestyle change to get fit and lose weight, you're going to be walking or hitting the gym to speed things along. On the days I lift heavy, I need extra fuel. 1200 calories just isn't going to cut it.
Aside from that, the book offers some valid points, some interesting recipes and the expertise of a trainer experienced with helping obese people lose weight and keep it off.
