.. title: Book Review: The Hacker's Diet .. slug: book-review-the-hackers-diet .. date: 2018-10-22 06:21:14 UTC-07:00 .. tags: reviews, books-read-in-2018 .. category: Books .. link: .. description: .. type: text .. image:: https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1200416202m/2582000.jpg :alt: The Hacker's Diet :target: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2582000-the-hacker-s-diet :align: left :width: 98px `The Hacker's Diet `_ by `John Walker `_ My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the first health book that I could not put down. This is the book that is helping me to manage my weight and my health. So, it is a life-saving book for me. I was worried about my weight gain, and my lack of time to do exercises. I have 2 kids now and have an hour commute to my work. Both of these leave me with very less time to do exercises regularly, and I was constantly feeling worried about weight gain. This book helped to break the problem into two. a) Managing Weight. b) Doing Exercises. For a), I completely understood how this can be controlled by paying attention to the Calorie intake. That' it. I adjusted my calories and I went back to -3 KG within 3 weeks. I have goal to go -13 kgs further so that I can maintain my weight at a desirable number. I am into managing of my weight now. Once that is done, I know the need and utility value for exercises and I will able to make time for it to live for longer so that I could continue doing whatever I like. Rarely, self-help books have proved valuable to me. This the 2 nd self-help book that I can say that, it has proved valuable to me and the concepts taught will remain with me for the rest of my life. Thank you, John Walker.