The Body Fat Solution

Five Principles for Burning Fat, Building Lean Muscle, Ending Emotional Eating, and Maintaining Your Perfect Weight

By: Tom Venuto

Narrated by: L. J. Ganser

Length: 10 hrs and 1 min

Publisher's summary

End Emotional Eating - Reprogram Your Mind for Success - Get Mega Motivated - Never Diet Again!

Tapping into his decades of personal training experience, Tom Venuto will help you change your relationship with food and take charge of your life, and he delivers a step-by-step program that promises dramatic and permanent results. An eating plan is just one part of this program. The Body Fat Solution is neither super low carb nor super low fat, and the author steers clear of demonizing entire food groups. Instead, Venuto shows you how to personalize an eating plan that takes into account your unique metabolism and calorie needs.

He details the stumbling blocks we all face to success, and gives you the tools to overcome them. He then presents workout programs to maximize the success of the diet plan that are fast and efficient, enabling you to quickly achieve your goal of replacing fat with lean muscle. So why wait? Start your Solution today! This audio comes complete with an exclusive message from the author, as well as printable files of exercises and plans from the book.

Download the accompanying reference guide.

©2009 Tom Venuto. All rights reserved. (P)2008 BBC Audiobooks America

very empowering

I learned a lot of great information about the principles of burning fat and building lean muscle. And am empowered to start my journey.

So much great info

Excellent book with lots of science backed information. I learned a lot listening to this book.

Outstanding!

This is not a diet book. This is not an exercise book. This book is different and better. Tom Venuto takes a multifaceted look at how the average person can achieve the body they want in a realistic way. I'm a hypnotherapist and an Ironman triathlete and I still learned a lot from this book! The narrator is upbeat and engaging. I liked this book so much I bought the paper version to have as a reference. Highly recommended!

This is a sensible approach-food is fuel

I have lost weight in the past with extreme lowcarb, which works like crazy, but also left me with thinned hair. So that left me concerned about this approach. However, the foods eaten on this plan are not very limited. You really don't need to count carbs, but be conscious of the total calories, and get your calories from nutrient dense food.

So going into the plan, this is what I discovered: When you start eating fibrous, nutrient dense foods, you end up with little room in your diet for empty calories, and little desire for them as well, which is very helpful. If in my day I eat a big apple, a carrot, a salad, some lean chicken, a little oatmeal, a slice of cheese and whole wheat crackers, black bean soup...you end the day quite satisfied.

and you do lose weight. I'm down 17 pounds so far.

Some parts of the audio were more interesting than others, which is the only reason for the 4 stars instead of 5. I docked the performance stars for pronunciation mistakes, especially inconsistent ones.

It's a very worthwhile book, and if you are ready to give up empty foods or have already done so, this can extend your knowledge of how to eat, and maybe more importantly, how not to eat. Eat to fuel your body and life, and not for comfort, to fill emotional voids, etc.

nothing really new but nicely put

I like how he sums up all you need to know about managing your weight and how he doesn't sugar coat it!

Good solid, sensible advice.....

What made the experience of listening to The Body Fat Solution the most enjoyable?

I found that his knowledge and experience shone through.

What did you like best about this story?

No false promises, no shortcuts just some doable solutions to helping you get to your goal.

Would you be willing to try another one of L. J. Ganser’s performances?

Definitely not, mispronounces words and is obtrusively expressive. Annoyed me immensely.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No

if you want to get in shape!!

this is the program to follow if you want to get in shape, has struggled back and forth with getting into shape or has been so close to getting to your goals and just has relapsed

this is a must listen to. I am buying the actual book too!!

Excellent for any one serious about fat loss

Tom talks sense. It is good to see a person with no affiliation to muti-billion $ supplementary company coming up with a solution. It is a good reminder to all of us to do the work and expect results- there are no quick fixes

Good Solid Advice

I've done all the diets over the past 20 years of my life and can appreciate how this author looks at all of them (briefly) and realistically. At the end of the day, as we all know but dont want to know is - less calories, more exercise = weight loss. Period.
I am one of those people that needs a little more hand holding than that though, and I appreciated this books common sense, no magic pill, realistic approach. Having done many diets in the 90's and also done different exercise programs I think the info here is sold and very good advice.
If you are looking for "do this one thing and you will be skinny in 3 weeks!" rah rah books, this isn't for you. If you want honest and down to earth info that works (if you do!) then this is a good buy for you.
I had no problems with the narrator at all. Found it an easy listen, broken up over a couple days.

Excellent information - for a life long solution

Excellent book with a tremendous amount of quotes, tips, and techniques to battle the age old question concerning fat loss. For me, the book had so many great tips and quotes that I purchased a used copy of the physical book on Amazon to reference quickly in my study.

My only complaint is when the reader is going through the exercise types, they become a little 'boring'. I am not sure which way would be better to read this information but without the physical copy, this list was tough to follow.