Bridal Bootcamp Paperback – September 15, 2004

This book is great for anyone willing to work hard and seriously lose weight and tone, even if you do not have a wedding coming up. The workouts are awesome, no complaints there. The food plan really is right on as well, and similar to many calorie restricted meal plans I've seen before. However, the necessary grocery list is unrealistic. It would be perfect if everything in the grocery store was sold in 3 oz and single serving containers...The book calls for tiny, tiny portions of food that is usually sold by the pound or more and then does not use it again until a week later. It is too difficult to come up with 6 oz of chicken, 3oz of flounder, 3 oz of ground turkey, 3 slices of turkey breast and 3 oz of top sirloin all in one week (not to mention one piece of Swiss cheese and 5 slices of two different kinds of bread). If you live alone and plan to follow this diet to the letter you better either have an empty freezer or be willing to throw away a lot of food (please don't!).The problem is that despite its goofiness the diet is great, and I keep trying to make it work with my grocery budget. One trick I have found is to repeat days. Instead of going through an entire week I'll repeat day one as many times as necessary to get rid of the food in the fridge. If you're clever with meal planning, or are already living with the future husband who will take on the leftovers, this diet is awesome for losing weight and keeping your energy up.One last tip: If you are going to do the protein powder (which I do recommend) DO NOT buy Goatein. It is insanely expensive and only necessary if you are allergic or have an intolerance to cow's milk. Whole Food's 365 brand Whey Protein is almost identical nutritionally, tastes better, and will cost about a third of the price of Goatein. And yes, it's Goatein, not Gotein. She spells it incorrectly throughout the book.

I have this book and Bootcamp 360 for Brides. I think the workouts in this book are fantastic - I've been doing it for just over a month now and can see a very clear difference in my arms. Originally, I just checked this book out from the library to flip through it, but I got hooked and had to buy myself a copy.If you are a newbie to fitness and health, the vitamin/protein shake supplement thing in the beginning is a little overwhelming. Actually, I found the diet very strict and it feels like you are set up to fail if you are a true beginner. So instead I use the diet program from Bootcamp 360 for Brides. I do follow her vitamin rules and try to follow the principles of her diet, but doing the warm water lemon thing while eating dry protein shakes was a bit too much for me.

This is a comprehensive plan book. There are a wide variety of exercises included for 6 months, three months, and one month prior to wedding. It's created for both gym and home use or a combination of the two. I am using some of the nutrition information now.I bought a DVD,  The Healthy Bride's Bootcamp Workout DVD  for use prior to the wedding (last month workout), but I plan to use this book to organize some post-wedding workouts andnutrition for both of us.

This book is great, I recently got it to shape up for the big day. The shakes are delicious, the exercises aren't that horrible, and its all very realistic! The only issue is that the book took forever to deliver. I ordered it and almost a month later it finally arrived. I contacted the seller after two weeks with no response. For the great price, though, I can not complain too much!

I bought this book about 6 months before I got married. I didn't need to lose much weight, but I wanted to tone some muscle. This book was fabulous (I should still be using it now!) It has workouts for 6mos, 3mos, 1mos to the wedding, in increasing intensity. I didn't want to spend the money for a gym and to work with a trainer but I never knew what kind of exercise/how much I needed to do before this book. It acted like a personal trainer for me! I recommed this book regardless of whether you are getting married in 6mos or have been married for 26 years.

Bought this before my wedding. I'm already an advanced exerciser so I did not find a lot of great information in this book but still an interesting read.

Great book with easy tips to follow for weight loss.

I purchased this for a co-worker who was tranferring to another division and across the country. Yes, she just got engaged and she could use this book to look fabulous in her wedding gown.