[GreenLantern]

South Beach Diet and The End To Illness are two other good books to read.

I wouldn't recommend following any diet 100% to the strict standards as everybody is different, your body will react differently than your co worker. The best way to go about it is to set realistic guidelines and stick to those.

A lot of these diet books have great fundamentals, the problem is they are so strict that straying just a little bit can cause people to fall off hard. The books I recommended are more about a lifestyle change.. It takes a lot of willpower and if it was easy everyone would be skinny.

Also no matter what lifestyle or diet you are following you should always enjoy the things in life that bring you pleasure.. in moderation. Except sex, breed like a rabbit.