¿These meal plans enable you to eat two meals a day and still have calories to spare. This cookbook also contains a useful guide of low-calorie snacks and beverages for snacking in between meals. Simply assess your budget and make your selection accordingly. This is an educational and easy-to-follow handbook, much like the others in the series authored by Sara F. Hornbeck. In the first four weeks of following this safe and healthful diet, she dropped 10 pounds and her boyfriend lost 14, both in the first four weeks.