I'm surprised Dr. Phil is on board with this book. Too much time is spent on Indoor Cardio, detailing treadmills, elliptical trainers and stationary bikes. The Appendix has a recommendation of $1,000 to $2,000 for a decent treadmill. It also lists rowing machines, multi-station home gym, ski machines, etc. Is this guy crazy!?! Between a gym membership and the equipment I'd have to buy, I'd spend thousands of dollars! The more affordable equipment ranges from Tubing/exercise bands and stability balls (which you must have for this program if you don't go to a gym daily).
Also, he says the proper weight for a woman is 100 lbs for the first 5 feet, then 5 lbs. +/- for every inch above that. This means I should weigh 90 to 110 lbs. My doctors would have a fit if I weighed that little. I'm a 50 years old woman, and per my Internists' I should not get below 125, which is healthy and realistic, and I'll look great.
The diet is nothing special; it's all common sense. I didn't learn anything new, and it isn't even written in an interesting way. (He says the same things over and over again in every chapter.) Every adult already knows the correct foods to eat, and which to cut out. If you want to know about a specific food, "Google" it.
I don't recommend this book.