Rent: 12-Day Body Shaping Miracle: Change Your Shape, Transform Problem Areas, and Beat Fat for Good

Our initial preview of the Kindle is that it is absolutely great! The print quality is outstanding, as are the features on the device. It took only a few moments to figure out how to utilize the scrolling and other controlling functions.

We love the dictionary feature and its ease of use. The font size selection is a real plus for us. The ability to upload books to our computer is a nice touch. It will allow us to save books per chance we begin to reach the saturation point on our Kindle.

Our Kindle only arrived yesterday, so we've not yet checked out the book "library" at Amazon. We do expect to do so shortly.

Sincerely,

Vance & Joan Shannon

i was actually suprised at how much weight i lost in the first week. i have had trouble loosing even a few pounds in weeks of watching my diet and excercising--i was extremly skeptical of the book-but was determined to stick to every day for the full 12 days! i lost 7 pounds in the first 5 days-and another pound the second week. it has definatley given me a jump start to healthier eating! I actually only needed to loose 10 pounds so only a few more and im at my goal weight!

This book has a great plan for losing fat, shaping muscles and getting fit. It is all natural, not easy, but a healthy way to fitness. However the book is often missing information and seems like it was thrown together in a rush. The diet section is not very comprehensive and it is tough to figure out what exactly to eat and in what amounts. As an example, in several places it indicates to eat "1 serving" of oatmeal, however the book never says how much "1 serving" is. Also the book shows a one-day menu example, but then instructions later in the same chapter indicate eating different things. Finally at the end of the book, it says you can go to Provida.com for "information on additional tools to make over your body and stay motivated." At this time there is nothing on the website about this book, nor are there any tools that are available to book readers. Everything is for purchasers of the 6 Week Body Makeover, which I believe this book was made to promote, rather than to be it's own complete resource.

I'm the type of person that likes to do a little research and comparison before I start buy anything. (I have never written on of these reviews before) Being middle aged and looking for some guidance for health and exercise I have been researching various books. I actually was thinking of going to his spa for a week in Santa Monica so I decided to glance through some of his books. In short the first one I looked over was the 6 day body make over. The main focus was on nutrition for a 6 day jolt. I'm not looking for miracles but looking at his philosophy. Looked like the basic weight loss diet. Then I picked up this book...12 day body shaping. My thought was that it would be the same diet type philosophy but with guidance on exercise. Well my phone rang and I just bought the book and ran out of the book store. When I got home I was surprised. The only hint I had that this book was geared to females was that there was a picture if Michael on the cover with a woman. But when I stared reading it was a different story. Examples. When you are told to take pictures of yourself it is recommended that you "wear a bathing suit, preferably a two-piece". Example two. Compare the diets with the 6day book. They break it down between men and women. Men get twice as much food. 4oz. (male) v. 2oz. (female) of meat. All the diet info was only for women if you take the 6day book as being correct. Also it asks if too much fat hanging over my bra. (Seinfeld an the man-bra????) And last but not least the pictures of body types are all the pictures used of women in the 6 day book. Granted there is good information in here for either sex but they should have pointed out in the beginning of the book that THIS IS FOR FEMALES. They should have stressed this on the cover!

I just got the feeling that after glancing over this book that he never even really had a hand in it. Maybe a ghost writer put it together...he jumped in the pictures...and never read the book. Maybe he is more caught up in listening to the handlers (TV and Marketing)then doing what he does best.

I've like Michael for a while. Watching him on Extreme Makeover his theories seem to be logical and user friendly. The book is well layed out with good illustrations. The diet info is well balanced and nutritionally sound. I'd been on Weight Watchers for 6 months and had lost 50lbs. I still had 10 more to loose so I thought a change would be good. When I weighed in I'd lost 4.6lbs in 2 weeks with this book. This was amazing since I was well past the water lose stage on the game. His workout strategy is intellegent explanning how to create a long lean look instead of creating muscle where I didn't want it. I highly reccomend the book. It's no weight lose miracle just sound logic that will work IF YOU DO IT!