[rixatrix]

I have her first book, Winning by Losing, and it's much more moderate. She talks about zig-zagging calories and has you figure out how many calories to eat for your body. You also take the metabolic typing quiz.

I agree that I think the purpose of Making the Cut is to help someone who already looks pretty good look even better for a specific event. I'm thinking bikini photoshoot. So naturally, the calories are going to be a lot different for that goal than for overall health and fitness. I would say that the results are probably NOT maintainable, which is why athletes periodize and fitness models peak - they train and eat differently for different goals. Fitness competitors have a competition weight and an off-season weight. No woman needs to maintain 9% body fat indefinitely.

Jillian has also pointed out in the past that weight loss like that seen on the Biggest Loser isn't unhealthy - AS LONG AS IT'S OBTAINED BY EXERCISE, not by starvation. I think she would be the last person to ever recommend you consistently under eat. She knows how to push those kids in the gym, and damn, you need energy for that.