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Summary: This Book is Just What the Dr. Ordered!
Review: This is not just another weight loss book. Dr. Phil takes a holistic approach that gets to the heart of the conflict between our conscious desire to lose weight and our subconscious sabotage mechanisms that get in the way when we try to do so. I found his approach to be sound, sensible and doable. I just finished reading it and it feels like I've lost weight already.
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Summary: Nothing new?
Review: I've only started reading the first two chapters of this book, and already I find myself considering new possibilities about how I view myself and food!!!I was very disappointed to read the disparaging comments about this book and its author. I think people who expected to find something new here a) Don't get it; b) Are looking for a magic bullet; c) Just need something to complain about. THERE IS NOTHING NEW ABOUT DIETING! Eat less, move more... it's that simple! In fact, if you've ever read the Bible, you know that a few thousand years ago Solomon had already declared that there was "nothing new under the sun" way back then! Losing weight is all about common sense. That's what I expected from Dr. Phil which is exactly why I picked up his book in the first place. What Dr. Phil does that many psychologists simply aren't good at is take what is common sense and get you to accept it. For some people, like me, it means leading them to the point where it almost seems like it was their idea in the first place. Dr. Phil has a way of doing that for me. This is not a book about a diet, like South Beach or Atkins, where you learn to control food, but never get your mind and heart in order. This book is about changing the way you look at yourself, why you want to lose weight, what you expect to happen when you reach your goal, what are you willing to do to make that happen. Bottom line... Phil cuts the crap about dieting! So, the naysayers are right, there is nothing new here... just the plain honest-to-God truth, and that's exactly what I was looking for!
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Summary: Dr. Phil's Ultimate Weight Loss Solution
Review: I wished that Dr. Phil had written this book a long time ago, because I, too, have been on different diets, and every diet that I've been on has not worked. Dr. Phil has a way of telling you like it is about how you should look at yourself in a positive way rather than in a negative way. Since I've been reading this book and eating the foods that he has listed, I feel good about myself and my body. For those of you who have been on diets or are on diets that don't work, please purchase this book and read it for yourself.
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Summary: Practical, practical, and practical
Review: As a veteran of the diet wars, i must admit to some skepticism when beginning this book. BUT-- i had seen enough people achieve success with it to make it worth the read. And i've tried enough different eating styles (body type diet/grapefruit diet/starvation/all protein/no meat/low carb/no carb...to name a few) in the name of weight control to make reading The Ultimate Weight Solution a worthwhile venture. So often we humans become trapped in our own dysfunction, products of an accumulation of bad experiences and years of wrong thinking. Dr. Phil is able to lead through the process of challenging those thoughts and the truths we have internalized from those bad experiences. Making use of the exercises in the book (yes, it takes time but is well worth it) and filling out the assessments regarding my habits helped me see the areas where I wasn't being entirely honest with myself or where I needed to make adjustments. The book is filled with practical help. Dr. Phil makes the point that you can't simply remove something from your habits without replacing it, and he gives abundant solutions to walk through the process of changing your views to support a healthy mental/emotional/physical lifestyle. I'd recommend this book to anyone whether they want to lose 5 or 500 pounds. I for one would like to have comfortable control of my weight rather than my weight controlling me--and this book is helping me achieve just that.
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Summary: Deceptive medicine at its best.
Review: Dr. Phil and Dr. Atkin discovered the power of emotion in influencing people's desire to waste their money on the slightest ray of hope. Both doctors pander to the desire of the masses to live lazy life, yet achieve the impossible. Dr. Atkin contended that he was able to reverse heart diseases with his lethal diet and his pathetic cooking skill. Here, Dr. Phil plays the same game. No Willpower is needed, no serious exercise is required, no caloric counting advised, and all that is needed is implementing his hypothetical war against behavior, environment, thinking, and bad eating. Who would be able to implement the 'seven keys' of "unlocking doors" that the author claims as the ultimate solution for weight control? The epidemic of obesity and overweight requires sincere and radical search for realistic solutions, not just egoist drive for fame and wealth at the expense of public health. The book is filled with multiple-choice questions, fill-in blank spaces, self-proclaimed body-weight tables and daily-meal schedules. The book theme explains why its author is overweight and detached professional. People do not choose their meals from the thousands of unattractive cookbooks. Nor do people have to answer the so many multiple-choice questions to find the core of their overweight problems. The food items, proposed in the book, are not described in terms of their caloric contents or recommended serving sizes. Similarly, the daily aerobic exercises and weight training sessions are prescribed haphazardly and unreasonably. Different people require different caloric needs and activity routines tailored for long lifestyle.
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Summary: Good for your average joe
Review: This book will help many people have a better feel over what healthy eating is and what is not healthy, Phil's psycological background will make you think. I'd recommend this book for any one struggling with weight issues. "Knowledge is power" the more you learn the more you will understand what you are capable of accomplishing. Yes Phil is kinda chubby, but thats probably his ideal weight hes happy with, its his body not yours, focus on your own body, not his, dont diss the bald guy. It might be hard at first to break into a new change but after 2-3 weeks you'll adjust, he's "plan" is 3 meals and 2 snacks, body sculpting books are at about 5-6 with 20-30+ grams of protein per meal. You need carbs, fat, and protein, yes theres ssome to avoid. I would Also recommend you watch the movie documentary on fast food "Super Size Me" you'll think twice about what you put in your mouth.
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Summary: overweight man with solutions?
Review: I purchased Self Matters and would give it 5 stars. I read some of this book, but had trouble taking it seriously....everytime I thought about Dr. Phil's overweight condition and the fact he's giving advice in this area made me laugh. After about 20 pages I gave up and reshelved the book. This has the same irony as William "High Roller" Bennett lecturing on virtue and morality. Good for laughs though.
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Summary: A Good Listen... I've Lost The Weight!!
Review: After finishing college, I wanted to lose the pounds that I had stored away while sitting on my butt studying all the time. I had heard a lot of praises for this book, so I went out and picked it up. The thing I liked about this book is that it really gives you a mental edge over your diet. While reading this book, it caused me to reflect on my lifestyle and how a lot of the things I was doing was making me easily gain weight. It teaches you how to eat properly and encourages exercise while setting your life up in a fashion that will allow you to more easily tackle weight loss. I not only liked the mental edge, I do like the fact that this diet was realistic enough to recommend and encourage exercise. Most diets claim that they can help you lose weight without any exercise but Dr. Phil actually is much more down to earth in the reality of that aspect. The only part I disagreed with was the part dealing with WHAT to eat. I'm not a big fan of starchy (ie, surgary) foods and was surprised to find that a quarter of each meal was supposed to be high in starch. I did replace this with another diet (read my other reviews, you'll figure out which one). Between the two, I have lost nearly everything that I wanted to loose and I did it with very little effort. I would highly recommend this book to anybody looking to lose weight. This audio version is abridged and things are left out that you should read. If you like what you hear, make sure you pick up the book and read through that as well. However, listening to Dr. Phil preach and teach these 7 keys to you really helps with the motivation. His voice just makes you want to lose all the weight!!
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Summary: Here are my Keys to Success
Review: For folks of all ages: Either check this book out at your local public library......or wait a couple more months until you can buy it it used from this site at a more reasonable price.
For those of us 40 and over: Get your hormones balanced! This will help immeasurably towards making you feel better and help to get rid of that "tummy that just won't budge no matter what".
This is a wonderful book of "inspiration", and when you are trying to lose weight you need all the inspiration you can get. See above Key #1 to do it for less than 25 bucks!
As for myself, I lost 50 lbs. on the Atkins Diet (my mother bought Dr. Phil's book and I read it). I didn't have to put a single dime into the bank account of Dr.Atkins to do it either. I just went on to his website (atkins.com) and learned everything I needed . Where is Dr. Phil's website?
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Summary: This book has changed my life
Review: I bought this book hoping to lose some weight. The seven keys do not only help you to change your lifestyle so that you lose weight and keep it off, but helps you understand and deal with the reasons that you gained all the weight in the first place. For the first time ever I can proudly look myself in the mirror and say that I look good AND because my "inside" has changed also I do not have a need for "comfort eating" any more. I highly recommend this book! I have lost 35 lbs. in 6 months and I feel great!!
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