The fat quantites are very off - if I key in a recipe from the book - egg and toast with tomato and red onion - all options match the portion size in the recipe but the 1/4 tsp olive oil becomes 3 tbs.
If I choose fats - olives - the recommended serving is 1/4 cup approx 5 gram of fat If I choose olive oil the recommendation is 3 TBS about 45 grams of fat - over 900 times as much While the book recommends a high qty of fat this is beyond reasonable or safe given this is for one meal and does not include the fat inherent in eggs or other proteins. If I made this choice for 3 meals - my fat for this one category would be recommened at over 9 tbs - more than 1/2 cup of fat. The snacks also have fat plus the protein choices have fat.
I one just follows the book the fat in the sample day plans is substantially less. In fact most recipes in phase 3 have less than a tbs of fat.
The food lists are in poor order with peppers under Yellow peppers, Green Peppers, Italian Peppers or Red peppers but nothing under Peppers which is what most people would look for. With no search option it is more difficult than necessary to find items.
Also according to the book portion sizes should be increased by 1/2 portion for each 20 lbs being released. If I have 60 lbs to release this actually is calculated as if I have 40 lbs to lose. And according to the book i should have a serviing of 12 oz of fish double the 20 lbs to lose amount of 6 oz. The book gives specific instructions to add 1/2 serving size for every 20 lbs. It is very inconsistent.
The concepts in the book
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