21 Day Weight Loss Kickstart by Neal D. Barnard, MD

21 Day Weight Loss Kickstart by Neal D. Barnard, MD is a book I was really excited to read and try out for myself. As someone who is always searching for the perfect diet to stick with, I thought this could really work for me. Did it? Find out in this review!

Book Description
“For years, Dr. Neal D. Barnard has been at the forefront of cutting-edge research on what it really takes to lose weight and restore the body to optimal health. Now, with his proven, successful program, in just three short weeks you'll get fast results-drop pounds, lower cholesterol and blood pressure, improve blood sugar, and more. With Dr. Barnard's advice on how to easily start a plant-based diet, you'll learn the secrets to reprogramming your body quickly: • Appetite reduction: Strategically choose the right foods to naturally and easily tame your appetite.” – 21 Day Weight Loss Kickstart


My Thoughts
21 Day Weight Loss Kickstart is a book that is aimed at those who are looking to jumpstart their diet program. It does however put you on a fully plant-based diet with no animal products at all. Yes, a vegetarian diet.

The book is written as a fantastic guide to changing how you eat to become vegetarian and gives many benefits of doing so for your health. It also provides many really yummy recipes that you can use while on the plan. Some you may have never tried, especially with things like tofu or the veggie-meats, but it is worth giving a chance!

I’ve always wanted to try to go 100% vegetarian, so I thought this would be a great way to give it a try. With all of the positive testimonials and research about the benefits of going vegetarian, I was all on board for this change.

I switched to soy milk and almond milk, tried tofu, ate tons of vegetables and fruit, barely had any oil at all, no added sugars, nothing with any meat, dairy, seafood etc.

After the first day I thought I was losing weight. Afterall, I was doing everything that it said. I decided to weigh-in on day 5 and to my horror I saw the scale moved up by 2 lbs. Ouch. How did that happen? It wasn’t weight fluctuation either because it was 2lbs on top of the heaviest it used to “fluctuate.”

Maybe it was because I also can’t eat gluten. Maybe being vegetarian and gluten-free just don’t work well together. Who knows? For me though, this diet sadly didn’t work. I wish it had. I couldn’t see any point of me staying on it for the full 21 days I was originally going to stick it out for. I didn’t want to gain that much weight when the scale was supposed to be moving the other way.

Overall, I think that this book would really be a good guide for those that want to make the jump to vegetarian 100%. Hopefully it will work for you!


* Thank you to the publisher of 21 Day Weight Loss Kickstart, Grand Central, for providing me with a copy of this book for review. All opinions expressed are my own.