Eat Stop Eat by Brad Pilon

Brad Pilon’s Eat Stop Eat has got to be the weirdest diet program to recommend because it’s anything but a diet program.

Not once does Brad talk about what you can or cannot eat – he only talks about when you eat

The core principle behind Eat Stop Eat is short intermittent fasts lasting 24 hours.

I had read about Eat Stop Eat a few places, but they all seemed like they were just trying to promote the book without having any idea if what was inside the book was any good.

And despite what the Eat Stop Eat website said about starvation mode, exercise and fasting I wasn’t really prepared to buy it and try it myself.

What changed my mind was a guy over at 3 Fat Chicks who set up a blog where he put Eat Stop Eat through an experiment.

He had, just like me, gotten to a weight loss plateau and wanted to see if Eat Stop Eat could 1) help him push through the plateau and 2) still do his resistance training at the gym.

Reading about how he was actually able to add weight to his weight lifting program on his fasting days was probably the major reason for me pulling out the credit card and ordering the book.

Reading about his sugar and salt cravings during the fasting days added some much needed credibility that I didn’t really find elsewhere.

So I bought the ebook and I’m so happy I did it.

I started out with just 1 fasting day per week and it went really well.

After 2 weeks I increased that to 2 fasting days per week and that also went well.

I’ve tried fasting on the days when I hit the gym and I’ve tried fasting on the recovery days inbetween and I haven’t been able to spot any negative effects on my training.

The best thing about Eat Stop Eat, except that it doesn’t tell me what to eat, is that it’s so well researched. There are litteraly references to scientific studies everywhere.

Some people might not find it important, but a book that is going against the mainstream idea that starvation mode exists needs to be backed up by science.

If you decide to go and buy Eat Stop Eat after having read my review then you’ll be presented with a Basic, a Deluxe and an Advanced version. The main page doesn’t tell you anything about these different versions so I thought I might give you my recommendation which is to go for the Deluxe version.

I liked the extra book in the Deluxe version as it dug even deeper into the starvation mode myth.

I wouldn’t go for the Advanced version (unless you’re an information addicted nutcase like me) – I’ve been trying forever to listen to all the Advanced Audio Files, and I will get through them one day, but up until now I’ve stopped midway from information overload.

In the interest of full disclosure: I’ve become an affiliate of Eat Stop Eat and will thus receive a commision from Brad Pilon should you choose to buy the book after reading my review/recommendation of it.