Metabolism Makeover by Megan Hansen is not just another diet book. Instead it's a book about how to life a healthy life and the choices we can make to live better and to support our best metabolism. Definitely a lot of good information.
Thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.

Thought the book was excellent, could *really* have done without the swearing. It felt out of place and unprofessional to me and now I can’t recommend this book to a handful of people who I know would have otherwise loved it.

As a woman in her early 50s who is going through menopause - I found this book to be so helpful. No one is telling me to eat fewer carbs (like my own Dr tells me) but an overall look at what we can do to overhaul our metabolism.
Not just eating but sleep, mental health, and exercise were discussed.

Just looking at my plate when I am eating and saying, "Protein, healthy fat, and fiber" is so helpful. Tracking calories can be mundane and make you feel like you are dieting. This book was about changing your habits, looking at your plate, taking initiative eating, and getting your body moving (and brain, too) to help with making over your metabolism.

This book is perfect for anyone looking to make a few little changes in their lifestyle that will have long-lasting results.

I agree with the concept of this book, although I had hoped for a bit of a fresher take in terms of the content. My issue with the book is that I did not feel that the information was presented usefully. It also felt a bit like I was reading the author’s stream of consciousness journal. This did not read as a ready for publication book. Some people may find this helpful. I unfortunately am not one of those people.

I loved how easy it was to read and follow, it had quizzes so you could have a better understanding of your health and get a base line. It’s a resourceful tool to have to help guide your eating to help support your body and how you think about food.

This is such a refreshing book! It is about shifting your mindset and lifestyle to be healthier and not just another diet book. I really enjoyed reading about gut health. Be sure to take the quiz and don't miss out on this holistic approach.
Thank you Net Galley for the ARC.

Metabolism Makeover by Megan Hansen is a helpful, thorough guide to understanding the human body and the changes you need to make to take advantage of the human system to achieve the fitness goal you set out for. This book provides strategies, principles, and well-written explanations to answer a myriad of issues/concerns/curiosities you may run into as you understand the human body, and your body in particular, better. The emphasis on how being well-rounded with your health - good sleep and regulating blood sugar - was a refreshing take compared to what the fad diets tell you to focus on. All in all, I found this book both helpful and insightful, and I hope you find it to be a welcome addition to your knowledge base.

Helpful

A thorough guide that helps you learn how you can make changes and why they are necessary.

I voluntarily read an advanced copy.

Megan Hansen does a great job of providing strategies and hope for anyone wanting to claim better health. While she provides ample information about diet, this is not another 'diet book'. The focus is on the total picture; 6 Pillars of the Metabolic Ecosystem to achieve better health and well being. The science is there but Megan speaks to lay people like me and I get what she's saying. I am really excited to incorporate her strategies and hope to update my review with stellar results!
Thank you Megan Hansen

I loved this book! I can’t wait for tomorrow and will definitely be buying it to share with others and go back for reference. I feel like it was very informative but not so much that you get bogged down and overwhelmed. Thank you so much NetGalley for the ARC!!

This book is amazing! It's not another diet or another thing that you will try and quit in 1 month. This is it, this is how you can eat for the rest of your life. No figuring out what to do when the diet ends. This is life changing and it will change your life too!

Great set of principles to help your overall health journey and for weight loss.

I love how it emphasizes health including proper sleep and regulating blood sugar over strictly weight loss.

Eating PHFF (protein, healthy fat, fiber) and not "dieting" are a major reason I know this book is way better than a fad diet. It helped me put a lot into perspective as I strive to be healthy, especially as I age.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for an ARC of this book #sponsored.

An interesting read with some interesting concepts. Especially in the day and age of intermittant fasting and the like. I liked some of the suggestions for eating and movement. The beginning with the description of a carb etc was a bit too indepth with not enough anecdotal or telling of what actual foods make these differences.
I will be taking on some of the advice though - good for an easy quick read to get some insight into how your body works and uses its energy.

Absolutely FANTASTIC!
A book about health and the body that is not the typical eat less, move more philosophy. Metabolism Makeover at it core seeks to educate and inform. How does a body's metabolism work? How can a metabolism be optimized? Focusing on 6 key pillars, the book provides a very well balanced approach to overall health. The pillars are: Blood sugar, muscle, movement, sleep, stress management and gut health with a bonus about mental health. Reduction of calories is never mentioned as a method for weight loss of overall health. Instead the book focuses on balancing the kind of food that can help a metabolism function properly. Protein, Health Fat and Fiber (PHFF). The book is rich with examples and exercises of how to put Metabolism Makeover into action. Stress management strategies, ideas on how to move more, tips to improve sleep, meal examples for PHFF and more!

The book gives me hope that there is something I can do to improve my overall health and well being.
I took a few weeks and put several of the strategies into action and found them to be very sustainable and easy to follow. I recorded a VLOG showing each of the areas of focus and I how I implemented them over the time period.

https://youtu.be/AjQnq016V8k

Excellent read. Highly recommend!

Learning that what I did in the past was just foolish dreams was the first step
in moving forward. This book walks you through why you did the wrong thing and what to focus on. It lets you put the past in the past and move in the correct direction. It shows you why and how you can thoughtfully move in a direction of control and positive body image.

If you are interested in health and understanding how your metabolism works, then you’ll want to read this! Also, if you’ve failed many diets like I have, this book will be helpful for you! I found this book so interesting and not the least bit boring. It really gave me a new perspective on the pillars of the human metabolism and has motivated me to put that new mindset to work. I loved all of her client examples and her list of resources at the end. This was a fairly easy read, short and sweet. I’m so glad I had the opportunity to read it. Thank you NetGalley for this ARC!

Overall I really enjoyed this book. As someone who has struggled with weight loss and feels like they have tried everything under the sun this book made me really understand the MEANING and PURPOSE of my food. This book gave me an easy understanding of why it is important to eat more protein a fiber instead of just saying it’s “the rule” or “because I’m a dietitian/nutritionist and I said so. This book gave great information and I liked the stories and examples along the way as well as the resources for future use.

I only Gave this 4/5 stars because the beginning seemed to be a lot of “fluff.” It was a lot of “this will be talked about later” when I just wanted to jump in on start learning. The beginning of the book didn’t catch my attention and didn’t leave me wanting to know more but by the second chapter I was learning about what made me open the book in the first place.

Among, many things this book zooms in on balancing blood sugar with all eating. This is achieved through incorporating PHFF: adding protein, healthy fat and fibre to your meal, The author provides many suggestions and combinations.

Metabolism Makeover was a great read and full of such interesting information. I liked how the author organizes her method into what she calls the metabolic ecosystem which is essentially 6 pillars (blood sugar, muscle, movement, good sleep, stress, healthy gut) that are the foundation for losing and keeping off weight. I also appreciated the tests as sometimes when I read these kind of books it’s hard to objectively gauge where I am, and progress I’ve made!

The book has lots of really simple - and in my opinion realistic - tips and suggestions that are offered which I appreciated. I found the “low stomach acid” test fascinating and made my whole family do it too haha. Yay for normal stomach acid levels!

Her explanations and light science behind how our subconscious mind, and how we talk to ourselves, impacts the conscious mind was really well said! Some of this I’ve heard before, but she writes in a way that’s easy to digest and understand. I also really loved the idea of “rebranding” oneself with “I am” statements to help you get back on track if you ‘fall off the wagon’ rather than cycling down into a bad cycle of not exercising, eating poorly etc. (for example “I am a person that exercises 4 days a week” etc. ).

And last but not least I got so much out of her preview, live, and review the week sections. The learning parts were great, but having her walk us through how it actually applies to her own week with an example was fantastic!! Very helpful.

Thank you to NetGalley, Girl Friday Books, and the author Megan Hansen for the ARC copy to voluntarily read and review. All thoughts and opinions are mine.

This is the owner's manual for your body that should have been given to everyone when they hit adulthood. Megan Hansen gives you informed information to ramp up your body's energy furnace to the level it should be. Scrap the fad eating plans and get on board for a real life plan to make over your eating habits and movement.