Weight Loss & Diet Plans

The 3-Hour Diet

Food for Thought continued...

"If you are someone who has a difficult time eating a small amount at a meal or snack (you have a hard time stopping once you get started), then it's quite possible that, for you, eating five or six times a day isn't the best way to go," she writes.

Others, like Elisa Zied, RD, a registered dietitian and spokeswoman for the American Dietetic Association, like the book's positive approach and see the program as balanced overall. "For those who don't mind eating by the clock, this book may make losing a few pounds more simple; but it would have been better had it made physical activity an equally important component for long-term weight loss."