I laugh when I see all the reviews from people who complain about the calorie intake requirements. The calorie requirements within the book are the "net" calorie requirements. (i.e. Calories consumed (what you eat) - Calories burned (exercise)). These readers just skip to the chapter on diet looking for that "silver bullet" to slay the weight lost beast. Bottom line: This book will not turn you into the biggest loser. It will not make you lose weight or a millionaire. It is not a quick fix book. If you want to lose weight, eat right and work out. If you want be be a millionaire, make money and spend less than you make. Read this book for inspiration and know that there are people out there who struggle with weight and self discipline problems like us "normal" people. If they can do it, you can do it. It may take months and even years to reach your goals but be: Consistent, use proper form and remember its a marthon and not a sprint. If you are 40 and plan to live until you are eighty, you will have 40 years of workouts ahead of you. So have fun! I loved the stories! Good job Matt, Seth, Mark, Pete, Ryan, Andrea and Suzy! You are inspirations!

Not a new piece of information in the book. Telling me to eat less and exercise more is not information I was looking for. I was very disappointed in this book and the DVD. Maybe if your actually on the television show and can devote your whole life to exercise and proper nutrition this book will help. I really wanted to know more about how the contestants lost weight after the show.

"The Biggest Loser" diet suggests limiting your daily calorie intake to seven times your body weight (measured in pounds). For a 200 pound person that means 1400 calories a day. This might be OK for an average weight but I am not sure if the formula is proper for very heavy or very light people. So, from that point of view I find this book not very scientific. On the other hand the exercise plan suggested in the book is pretty reasonable. There are also a lot of other good advice that will help you take a long term control of you weight and will result in a good health: stay away from sugar (except for natural sugars contained in fruits), eat a salad before each meal, exercise, and so on. For much more comprehensive advice on adopting healthy lifestyle, resulting in permanent weight loss I rather recommend "Can We Live 150 Year?" by M. Tombak. A lot of free excerpts from Tombak's book can be found at the author's website.

I really wanted to love this book... but it seems as if the producers rushed it to print. There are very little before/after photos... and very little in-depth profiles of the contestants. All you get is blurbs from them... and a recipe, which may/may not be their creation. The caloric recommendations... 1050 kcal for people below 150 pounds... are too low...especially for the amount of exercise prescribed. Rarely these days do any experts advise going below 1400 kcal for an active woman, with 1200 be the absolute minimum. Even with such minimal caloric requirements, no mention is made of vitamin supplementation. In the recipe section, they often refer to agave nectar/syrup... yet they do nothing to explain it, its benefits, or where to buy it. (It's a low-GI sweetener from a plant in Mexico.) All-in-all, disappointing.

I too am a huge fan of the show and it has inspired me to lose weight and so far I have lost a significant amount. Although I loved the show, I dislike the book. After reading the reviews, I decided to take a look at it in the bookstore before purchasing. I was highly disappointed with the book. I too was under the impression that Bob and Jillian may have colaborated more in this book. If you watched the show, then you learned about as much as the book details in reference to the contestants, I feel. Also, the book also has a crazy suggestion in reference to calorie consumption, as previously mentioned. The recipes would be the only reason I would purchase the book and I can just check it out at the library for that and the recipes I like, I put them on cards. Someone had mentioned Jillians book, Winning By Losing, earlier. I too highly suggest this book. It's written better than the biggest loser book and gives better info along with illustrations of each exercise and proper form. She also gives great insight and I felt like I was getting from it what the biggest loser book was lacking!!