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Summary: The Ultimate? - Please!
Review: I'm a licensed healthcare professional specializing in eating disorders, including obesity and I took an interest in what Dr. Phil would say that was helpful for such a misunderstood problem.After reviewing the book, I kept looking for something definitive that would give a new slant about a very old problem. The result was not much different than an obese patient of mine heard from her physician after he weighed her. He said, "Have you ever tried eating less and exercising more? That's the ultimate?
Even though we would all like it to be this simple, it is not. What I have found that is truly helpful for my patients is "The Pathway" by Laurel Mellin. This book and method helps people learn how to self-nurture and set effective limits that cause all excesses to fade away: overeating, overworking, overdrinking and others. This method is not a quick fix, but it has substantiated results of merit and there's still nothing to compare it to, and that includes Dr. Phil's new book.
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Summary: The Fat Phony for Pavlovian Oprah Fans
Review: Another hit for the gullible Oprah crowd... have a fat guy in stretch pants tell you how to lose weight. Just more proof that a significant percentage of Americans are phony, People-reading, superficial, self-absorbed idiots.
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Summary: Oh please!
Review: Wherever there are women with a problem, Dr. Phil comes to the rescue. Now he thinks he can be Donahue and Richard Simmons all in one. Don't buy into this crap. He's just trying to cash in to the huge diet industry and it looks like he's doing a great job. Go to the gym and get it over with.
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Summary: Read the book and reap the benefits!
Review: After watching the Friday special about Dr. Phil's program, my husband wanted me to order this book so he could read it. Since I missed the show, I didn't quite get on the bandwagon. After seeing some of the first few shows, I decided to order the book especially it if would get my husband to read it. (It will be a miracle since he does not read books.) Off my order went to Amazon. In the meantime, I found the CD version locally and bought it to listen to at the gym while I work out. After the first CD, I was interested in hearing what Dr. Phil had to say. I listened to each CD twice. The book arrived and I began reading it. Nope, husband hasn't read it yet since I won't give it to him until I am done. My vote is in favor for Dr. Phil and his method of getting real about the issues of weight loss. This books allows you to recognize where YOU have problems, then puts it in simple terms and methods to change your particular problems and habits. No, this is not an overnight miracle or magic solution, but it is a real concept to utilize in getting your life back and getting the facts to take all the steps to weight loss. This book is giving me some much needed mental support to lose weight. I am participating in a program, but wanted all the support that I could get. This book makes me realize I can do this with the support of my family and friends, and by changing those habits from the past. So instead of downing the book and its principles, read it first, do the worksheets in the book, and see what a difference it can make in your life. Great job, Dr. Phil! Thanks for taking on this issue in a loud voice and getting everyone on-board with your show and website.
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Summary: Nothing New Revealed
Review: I watched the 2-hour show with Dr. Phil and Katie Courick, got nothing, borrowed the book from a friend who had purchased it, still got nothing. Dr. Phil seems to be a man who will do anything to make a quick buck. Everything revealed has been said before - by someone else. I find it ironic that someone who looks like it wouldn't hurt to shed a few pounds of his own is lecturing to Americans on being overweight.
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Summary: Dr. Phil's weight loss book.
Review: Perhaps others are missing the point of this book. I think it shouldn't necessarily be viewed as a weight loss book but a motovotional book. Dr. Phil's tough approach is what some people need. For me, the book takes on more of the psychological issues of weight loss, rather than giving you a fail-safe way on how to actually do it. Deal with emotional issues first, then losing the weight should come naturally. I have found that, personally, using this book along with the methods in another called "Fatass No More" has been the push I need to get the weight off. So, my opinion is, don't knock it till you try it.
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Summary: Warning: Read this book with an open mind, and learn
Review: Before you press the "no" button and say that this review is "not helpful" (the real case is that you do not agree with me, because I have valid thoughts that may help someone who truly wants to lose weight make a good purchase), please read my review with an open mind. I am a fellow struggler who is on her path to losing weight. Two years ago I was 275 pounds, and today I am 180 pounds. I bought this book because I thought it would help me out with the EMOTIONAL side of losing weight. OF COURSE this is nothing new. There is not going to be a new diet plan all of a sudden that solves your problems immediately without you doing any work. You have to WANT to lose weight in order to do so, and you must put some EFFORT into it when trying to lose weight. This means finding out WHY you are overweight- do you emotionally eat? If so, why do you use food like a comfort drug? You need to get to the BOTTOM of your emotional problem with food and start to HEAL it. Now, no one here has had time to use the seven steps and see results. The book hasn't been out that long. NO ONE can say that this book is hogwash and that it doesn't work. If this stuff isn't new and everyone knows this stuff, then why is over half of America obese? The seven keys include getting good support, eating healthy while not banning fatty foods (eat small amounts a couple times a week), you must think positively about your weight loss, you must heal your negative feelings, you must have mastery over food and impulse eating, you must have a no-fail environment, and you must have INTENTIONAL EXERCISE. This book contains lots of wisdom. Just give it a try and USE the seven keys before saying nay or yay. Thank you for your time!
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Summary: This book doesn't work for me.
Review: I read the book, and it was not that helpful.
It is a behavioral approach, and from my experience, a deeper, more life altering method is needed.
What worked for me was "The Pathway" by Laurel Mellin.
This is the real "solution".
I have worked with this method for four years.
Besides losing over 50 pounds, (and keeping it off for two years,) it has changed my life.
I am more balanced in my daily life. I am happier.
My relationships are more intimate.
I am fulfilled from the inside, and do not look to food to satisfy anything other than my body's hunger.
Food is just food now.
I know how I feel, and I know what I need, moment to moment.
This has been the most important life changing thing I have ever done.
And to think, I was just hoping to lose some weight!
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Summary: SO TRUE A REVIEW
Review: Ha, I just read that review that said "I use a treadmill, water and slim fast to lose weight". That is so true. That is exactely what I did to lose 60 pounds. Slimfast is a great diet. Only one thing. They say to drink two sensible shakes, one for breakfast, and one for lunch, then a sensible dinner. Well, some days, by the time I got to dinner I ended up binging. But when I started having a shake for breakfast, a sensible lunch, and a shake for dinner, the pounds came off. I also give two thumbs up to the book called The Little Guide To Happiness. Why? No reason. I has nothing to do with weight loss, but it's such a funny book, it made me smile and I thought I'd mention it.
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Summary: Insulting
Review: I thought I'd find some helpful insights in this book. There is nothing new here. This is the same message we've always heard in new packaging. That's not to say the message is wrong (diet, exercise, behavior modification). Unfortunately, this packaging includes McGraw making insulting comments on nearly every page. Comments like getting "your fat behind" to the gym and other remarks are insulting to people who struggle with a not-simple-to-solve problem. Perhaps the author thinks that this is part of his well-known 'folksy' style. I was offended, however. Not recommended.
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