Review Summary

Fat to Firm at Any Age is a weight loss book written by Alisa Bauman. Although she has co-written many other diet books, this is Bauman’s first solo project. Her credentials as an authority on weight loss are not listed but perhaps because she has worked on books about the topic several times before, Bauman feels she is already well-qualified in this arena.

This book was written specially for women. While we agree that men and women lose weight differently, we are also not sold on the idea of creating products targeted at a single sex. More often than not, such diet products work universally and their being gender specific is simply a marketing ploy. Nevertheless, in this review we shall be taking a closer look at Bauman’s book to see its merits in terms of providing useful and beneficial weight loss advice to women.

Concept

Fat to Firm at Any Age quotes statistics such as “the average woman goes on three different diets a year” yet “she also gets 26% fatter each year”. According to Bauman, there is no diet that “fits all”. She believes that every dieter needs a customized program that takes into consideration his or her individual needs and goals.

Unlike other programs, this one does not promise to “melt away” the pounds or guarantee any ridiculous sounding result. What Bauman says however, is that the program would create “the best body for you” which we find to be rather ambiguous. We tend to think that she is being deliberately vague to protect herself when results are less than satisfying.

Fat to Firm at Any Age: Key Additional Offerings

Quizzes to determine the cause of overeating
Suggested exercises for “trouble zones”
Tactics meant “to defuse emotional eating”
Mini-meal ideas
Slim looking style tips
“fat trimming strategies from real women”

Lifestyle

This book promises to create a customized plan for dieters, something commonly done using computer-based programs. We are interested to find out how a book can come up with such a plan although we assume that it does not actually do it but merely gives suggestions on how to make an actual plan.

It may be hard for some readers to follow this program because the book does not provide sufficient guidance and specific instructions. In our opinion, only those who are self-motivated and diligent would be able to stick with a weight loss program of this sort.

Positives

Provides a “mini-meal” plan
Has both a diet and a fitness component

Negatives

Program is designed only for women
Limited guidance offered
Results may be minimal
No testimonials posted online

Final Thoughts

As mentioned above, we do not believe in gender-specific weight loss programs. There are many good programs that can benefit anyone, regardless of gender. We recommend a capsule-based supplement that is not only convenient to use but at the same time contains an appetite suppressant to enable dieters to better handle hunger and food cravings.

Dieters may find some of the advice very useful such as the eating tips and how to dress for specific body types. People who are convinced that female weight loss is different from male weight loss, may find this book appealing. However, the program featured in this book is not advertised to create impressive results thus satisfaction may be minimal. This book is currently being sold for a ridiculously cheap price on certain retailer sites. This raises our concern as it is clear that these companies are having difficulties selling this book.

What we are worried about is that consumers may get something as equally cheap as the price they paid to buy this book.

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Fat to Firm at Any Age

Product Details

Paperback: 496 pages
Publisher: Rodale Books; 1 edition (July 1, 1999)
Language: English
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches