I have already reviewed the new THM plan book and loved it! It was responsible for my weight loss of 51 lbs so far in 9 months.

I already had the original book which had a huge recipe section in it and I was a heavy user of pinterest to gather up recipes to try. I wasn’t too bothered about this new recipe book as I had my on plan eating sorted. However, the Facebook groups for THM started to fill with people commenting on the new recipe book and sharing photos of the meals they had made and I wanted some of that too!

The recipes in this book are excellent, a real mix of classics from the original book and new recipes. The recipes have also been tweaked and refined since the first book and any issues with them have been resolved. As this is a healthy eating plan, many of the recipes call for what is known as ‘special ingredients’ like collagen and gluccomannan which are chosen for their health benefits, but there are also many that are labelled as ‘NSI’ no special ingredients.

If you are following the plan and want an easy way to plan meals then this is a great choice. Use this book when you are first starting or when you are stuck for ideas and you will have step by step how to make meals that you know fit the meal categories.

This is a great book and I will be buying it in hard back as well as this kindle copy soon.

I don’t think I have ever highlighted or written in a recipe book so much as in this one! I do recommend reading the companion “plan” book also as that goes into more of the details of why they have paired certain foods together and the research behind it but I digress……

Having read and reviewed many recipe books I have noticed that the one big “complaint” is that there are never enough recipes for singles. Well this book changes all that. There are a WIDE ARRAY of ‘single serve’ recipes throughout this book. My “complaint” on some recipe books is that there are never enough large recipes. Well, this book has that covered also!

IMPORTANT to note that this book is written for the American market so folks in England and the rest of the world will need to convert many of the quantities from imperial to metric. It will be worth it!

This is NOT an eating plan that is going to happen overnight. (The authors tell you that right at the beginning.) In fact, as another reviewer mentions it is more like a “way of life” so is going to take some adjustment. You need to read both books to really understand the plan. I am a person that dives in with both feet when I decide to do something so that was a little frustrating for me but I can tell you, 8 weeks in I am fully with it and enjoying trying out all those recipes I have highlighted. Some we tweak to our own taste, especially sweetener wise. (Most times we cut the amount of sweetener.) Others we leave just as they are. SO many great recipes that I won’t even bother to bore you with a long list but a few of our favourites are:
Green Fries
Lemon Pucker Gummies (Lime is even better!)
Lemon Curd Layer Cake
Chocolate Waffles

As for the shakes? Oh my, oh my! D-E-L-I-C-I-O-U-S! Salted Caramel Fat-Stripping Frappa, Strawberry Big Boy, Hot Chocolate Trimmy and more…..Admittedly, there have been some recipes, like the Mint Chocolate Truffle Cake, that we did not like at all!

In case you are wondering, I have put the whole family on this new “way of life”. Yes, the kids still eat some of their regular healthy food such as raw honey, cow’s milk etc but Richard and I have pretty much converted over. No, we are not perfect nor regimental and still eat out once in a while!

For those outside the USA you may find it harder to find the “specialised products”. When I was new to this plan I did purchase some of their products just so as to get the feel for the plan and taste etc. HOWEVER I soon realised that items like their baking blend were going to be way too much for our budget so I set out to make my own using their guidelines. It works and is MUCH cheaper. We prefer to purchase in bulk so have also researched the whey protein, collagen and gelatin so that we can now purchase that in bulk thus saving on shipping etc. Be patient! If you are truly wanting a healthier lifestyle and body it will cost you more than all the junk that is available out there to eat at cheap prices. The authors admit that you will need to cook more. I found I was in the kitchen a LOT more during the first few weeks as we were experimenting with the explosion of new recipes but I have also now found some quick snacks that don’t take that long to prepare and cook and that everyone loves. (Our refrigerator is never without a box of gummies for very long!)

This book is a definite keeper in this house. It sits on my kitchen island and is referenced EVERY day! I have not had any issues with my book falling apart but I did cover it in clear laminate like I do all our books to protect it before I even started reading it. We purchased this paperback book at the full prevailing price. We were not required to write a review but chose to do so. Thanks, Liz