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Summary: New York Times Best Seller!!
Review: Has anyone seen the New York Times list?!?! Dr. Phil's The Ultimate Weight Solution is number 1. There was also an article about the South Beach Diet in today's New York Times and it quoted Phil. I think this a sign that the times are changing and people are trying to change their lives not for the thinner only, but before the better as well. The Ultimate Weight Solution is a plan for the better you. It focuses on healthy choices, building relationships with the people around you that help support your diet choices, and getting to know who you are. There has never been a weight loss book that made you look at yourself, not as a machine to put food into, but as a human being the chooses and must choose well to live happily and healthier. most diets just tell you what you need to feed yourself instead of showing you why you need to feed yourself a particular thing. The diet plan is not radical (neither is the advice) but it is something that many people take for granted. we would rather ignore that there is something wrong with us- many blame the food instead. we also blame cravings, mentrual cycles and any number of things without once seeing who is really to blame. the Dr. Phil road to reality is not easy, but it is one that will lead you truly and honestly toward your goals.
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Summary: I used slimfast, treadmill and water to lose weight
Review: I used my own will power to lose weight.
Slimfast, water, treadmill and watching what I eat did the trick for me.
I also go to Denise Austin's website for inspiration...
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Summary: Don't be a sheep
Review: You gotta want it. There. That sums up what it takes to lose weight. Where's my book deal? My product endorsement tie-ins?Please. What a self-serving crock. If you want to read a book by someone who's been there and really done it, read "From Chunk to Hunk" by Fred Anderson. No bull. No fad. Just the plain, brutal truth...
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Summary: Eat Less, Exercise More
Review: This book, like most diet books, is simply a few hundred pages of tips and tricks that can all be summarized in four simple words: EAT LESS, EXERCISE MORE. It's a shame that people like Dr. Phil capitalize on people's desperation by making them believe there's some other answer, some trick that will make it easy to do what has become a very hard thing in this world. Spend the money you would have spent on this and other diet books on a pair of 5 lb. hand weights, new running shoes, or something else actually useful. Don't waste your cash on this.
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Summary: Change Your Focus
Review: Dr. Phil, TV's evangelistic down-home self-help guru, tackles the country's obesity problem in this newest in his series of books designed to help you be the best you you can be. Does he suceed or will suceed if you follow his advice? Perhaps. Folks whom have already gotten passed the hype of American consumerism and have realized that all those gorgeous models popping fast food, donuts, sugared soft drinks and candy in their mouths are being paid by these products' manufacturers to simply get you to open your wallets, will definitely profit from Phil's no nonsense approach.
The good Dr. does not give you a diet secret combination a la the Zone, the 30-40-30 plan, or D'Adamo's blood type, to help you understand you body's reaction to food, so if you have already made the decision to be realistic about the daily onslaught of the media advocating the American push towards excess-- somewhere in our minds we all know that the all-you-can-eat buffets, super-sized meals, and man-sized portions result in getting more for your money but also means logically being physically larger in general---then you need to come up with a plan of attack, push aside all the images you see on television and figure out exactly how much food your body needs to maintain good health and how portion-wise you are going to adminster that nourishment. I don't think Dr, Phil provides a detailed plan, even though he does include sample menu ideas in the book; he takes the same common-sense country boy approach to dieting as he does when delivering his one-two punch tag lines on his television show. So if you like Dr. Phil and his down-home philosophy, I believe this book can help you. If you need something with more structure that will teach you what a portion is, use Phil's advice as a springboard and find a dieting group or on-line club that will offer support as you delve into the diet you choose.
If you are sick to death of counting calories, you still need to define portion; you still need to be able to realize when your body is no longer hungry and you need to stop eating. I have found that looking into the French way of eating has helped me to do this. Check out the Fat Fallacy by Will Clower or hook into the Fat Fallacy discussion on Yahoo Groups. Read Anne Barone's Chic and Slim books which relate 50-something Barone's own struggle with being overweight and how she won the battle by observing the eating habits of French women. Sometimes the simplest advice is the best----for me--thanks to Anne--- wearing a pair of slacks or a skirt with a waistband and a zipper instead of an elasticized waistline helps me to stop eating--that pressure in the waistline gets you everytime.
Getting your mind off the food and onto something else is also key. If all day long you are watching television and are bombarded with diet success testimonials, miracle drugs and other reminders of your lack of a life---turn off the TV and go out and live your life. The weight comes off as you get your mind on other things.
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Summary: Dr. Phil + Belly dancing = Weight loss?
Review: What does self-improvement guru Dr. Phil know about belly dancing? Quite a bit apparently. So much so that it is the cornerstone of his Seven Keys to Weight Loss Program. If I may quote his testimonial on Page Eleven: "Belly dancing is a safe, high impact exercise routine that is GUARANTEED to shave the pounds off even the porkiest of people. Get real! Belly dance!" For those not interested in reading through this rather arduous tome, allow Gaston to reveal the seven keys to weight loss freedom, as proclaimed by Dr. Phil: #1 - Belly dance. Morning, noon and night. Belly dance on the subway, in your cubicle, standing in line at the cinema, etc. Just belly dance. Now!
#2 - Skittles. Eat nothing but Skittles.
#3 - Canned sauerkraut juice. Drink nothing but canned sauerkraut juice.
#4 - Shriek at people eating in public.
#5 - Snacking is OK. Page Fifty-three is completely edible.
#6 - Surround yourself with people who are fatter than you. Quote on page seventy-eight: "If you want to look thin, get real and hang out with fat people."
#7 - Get real. (Apparently weight loss hinges upon a person's ability to get real.) Over one hundred and eleven pages are devoted to the topic of belly dancing alone. Other than that, there is not much in the way of useable advice. It is going to be interesting and entertaining to watch the Belly Dancing clinics opening up across America. They do love their fads in America. We here in the socially svelte and dietetically superior region of France do not fall for these fad diets, nor their surprisingly chunky authors. 2 stars for the rather amusing photos on page eighty-eight of Dr. Phil dressed in his belly dancing ensemble. What was meant to be an informative photo spread made for hysterical giggling fits.
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Summary: Big Fat Disappointment!!!
Review: This book is trashier than junk food! Sorry, Dr. Phil but your venture into the weightloss megabuck industry with this nonsensical book is nothing more than a cheap attempt to again capitalize on desparate people seeking an answer to this highly complex issue! Please don't waste any money on this book, it really doesn't provide any lasting help or even realistic insight. Dr. Phil should also look at his own current weight and if he is following his own advice than this should send up a warning flag to potential buyers.
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Summary: Good book by Dr. Phil
Review: Let me start off by stating that I am a weight-control consultant and have also worked as an exercise instructor. Wha has always baffled me is why some people get such great results while others, on the same program go nowhere!I sincerely believe that Dr. Phil has captured the answer. As with Dr. Phils other books, his concept is to create yourself from the inside out. Many people would like to be trim and fit but many times lack the mental toughness to get the job done.Dr. Phil has the answers. In this new book by Dr. Phil you can develop the mental attitude of a thin person, that is, a formerly overweight person who became thin.As for the allegations that Dr. Phil is not a medical Dr., so what? If medical Dr's had the answers why are their patients still so fat?Weight loss requires a total approach and Dr. Phil in his Ultimate Weight-Loss Solution.Regarding the allegations that Dr. Phil is capitalizing on weight-loss with his book and various products, again I say so what? Would it make you feel better if Dr. Phil recommended a particular weight-loss center or health club chain? Then you guys would accuse him of being a shill for other companies! C'mon!!!!Besides, there are a lot of products out there in the diet market place that are absolute junk; low fat, low calorie but high sugar and low nutrition stuff endorsed by celebrities who will hype anything they get paid for.Getting back to my experience as a weight loss consultant and fitness trainer, I have found that those who got the best results did so by following a program that included diet and exercise and also did some mental programming such as setting goals, reciting affirmations and most importantly, believing they could and would get results.Those who failed seemed to think it was okay to be overweight and also lacked the necessary discipline. They couldn't visualize themselves as being thinner and fitter. They also thought it was okay to be as they were (after awhile) and pretty much went back to their passive lifestyle and poor eating habits.Dr. Phil has something here. It can make a difference for you.
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Summary: What a lot of hogwash!
Review: This book is a total waste of money compared to his other books.It is no different to any other weight-loss book.There is just nothing to it and does not inspire me even slightly.
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Summary: The Ultimate Guide to a Thin Wallet
Review: Dr. Phil is a disgrace to his profession. This book is just another way for a TV personality to make a buck. It's a way for Dr. McGraw to grab a piece of the billion dollar diet industry hoax...you think you know what it's like Dr. Phil to be really fat?...guess again. Your book has been written before many times and in many different versions by many different people. Maybe you just packaged it differently or perhaps on the laurels of your recent TV exposure you will sell a million copies!
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