Don't Believe in the Calorie

The background to this book, and why I would propose that it is fit for purpose for anyone.
This book is focused on improving the body shape and therefore usually the esteem of individuals.
In doing so their health and fitness will also improve.
It will...
But health and fitness are not necessarily the focus of this manual, and surprisingly nor are they often the focus for the individual concerned.
There is a huge difference between being fit and looking fit.
Do not confuse the two.
There are those who are fit, but do not look fit.
There are those who are not fit, but do look fit.
Many professionals in this field still confuse the two, gaining great fitness for individuals without gaining the desired physical change.
Therefore:
Do not attempt to lose weight.
Do attempt to lose body fat.
There is a difference.

Diet alone will not work.
Nor will cardio work alone.
Nor will resistance training alone.
Good use of nutrition with cardio work and resistance training will work; putting these 3 together is the only way to truly lose body fat permanently.
Together these will take a positive effect.
People, particularly those in the "industry", frown at my claim that most attending the gym are not there to get fit, but simply to look fit. Certainly the weight loss companies (or many now terming themselves "shape management" companies) have no interest in the health of their clients, their one motivation (apart from running a business and making money out of others misery) is simply to lose weight for their client, and as I have stated before there is nothing essentially healthy about this, plenty of ill health can occur due to weight loss.
Talk to people about being fit and generally they get very confused as to what that means, talk to them about being healthy and the confusion really starts. They might talk about what they have been told to talk about by those pervasive adverts, and food companies, but in reality this bares little or no relationship to fitness, health or what people actually want to achieve.
We are all so very confused, mainly because this whole scene has been hijacked by the biggest companies jumping on the band wagon and bending our understanding as to what it is to be healthy, and fit.