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Summary: Fear, fear and more fear
Review: What a huge, HUGE disappointment! Here we have yet another diet book written by someone who's NEVER been there! He reminds us immediately that one of the biggest reasons we have failed in past weight loss attempts is because we put all this pressure on ourselves, by telling ourselves that we HAVE to lose this weight by (so and so date) or by (so and so birthday, wedding, etc.). Then one of the first things he says to do is to set weight loss goal dates for yourself! Hello! Is it just me or is this PRESSURE?
He then goes on to say that you need to clean out your kitchen of all bad food choices. That would pretty much leave my kitchen with nothing but a sack of whole wheat flour! Dr. Phil, I want to learn how to live in the REAL world where I'm surrounded with food choices all the time. I want you to teach me how to live in peace with it! Telling me to fear and avoid food is JUST ANOTHER DIET.
I'm so afraid that Dr. Phil fans are going to be lead down the diet path to failure once again. For me, this book did way more damage than good. I don't think Phil McGraw is a bad person but unless you've "been there" I'm not sure a person can truly understand this struggle and it's clear that he does not.
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Summary: Don't waste your $$$ and time
Review: Why would you take diet advice from a fat guy?It's like listening to Richard Simmons for exercise advice. You don't want to look like him, so why would you buy his workout tapes?
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Summary: Ho Hum. Nothing New.
Review: Dr.Phil's book holds nothing new for someone struggling with a weight problem. It's all behavioral and we have heard it all before. Ho hum. Anyone who's been struggling with weight knows this stuff but has difficulty implementing it. Unfortunately, Dr. Phil doesn't take it to the next level. Fortunately and gratefully, someone has taken it to the next level: Laurel Mellin in her book THE PATHWAY!
In this wonderful book, Laurel identifies why we struggle and provides a skill set to end the struggle with all those excesses (not just overeating)that interfere with our having the quality of life we want for ourselves. Good bye Dr. Phil. Hello Laurel. Thank you for The Pathway!
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Summary: Too many keys
Review: Since starting this diet, I have only gotten fatter and fatter. I blame Dr. Phil. He made this diet too complicated. He should have only made one key. That would be easier to follow. Then I wouldn't be so fat.
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Summary: Puh-LEEZ!!!
Review: Sorry I had to give this book one star. There wasn't an option to give the zero it deserves. I don't have a weight problem, but I just had to read Dr. Phil's
new book, if only for the unintentional humor of it all. No doubt, he'll be working the phrase "7 Keys" into his TV show diatribes every two or three sentences, in between sneaking in not-too-subtle plugs for "Self Matters" over and over again. Make no mistake about it: Dr. Phil is out to make a buck. It's particularly bothersome that this book (and Dr. Phil's diet products) are deliberately formulated to prey upon our diet-obsessed culture. And what is more astounding is Doctor Phil's own particular physique, hardly what I would call buff or even close to slender. Doesn't this guy have any mirrors in his house? I can't imagine who would buy into his diet plan with a photo of its author bulging out of his suit on the cover. Thanks a lot, Oprah, for unleashing this guy into the media. Just what we need: another person who lost the battle of the bulge, preaching to us about how to trim down. Oh, the irony of it!!!
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Summary: Dr. Phil has it right on the mark...
Review: Weight is multi-factorial... but many things must be addressed before you can *successfully* change the scale forever. There are sensable dietary suggestion in this book but they are way into the book... Much of the beginning of this book is about working on yourself and how you got into the shape your in. How you *made it okay to look like you do*...how you *made it okay*... yes... that was a new concept for me to consider and a very important one. There are a number of self tests intended to give you insight and I must admit I learned a few things about myself (which I wasnt expecting). Currently I am actually successfully dieting but was quite nervous about putting it back on or lapsing on the plan I am on. Dr Phil is correct. A *diet plan* will not solve my problems... the problems are separate. It's how I got here... And there is work to do before I am ready to be thinner... I respond to Dr Phils style altho I am aware that some do not. If you are someone that does this is an excellent book. If you are ready...and you may not be... for some exploration about why you have the weight this book is wonderful. Give it, and yourslef a chance.
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Summary: AKA - Dr. Phil's "Quit Crying About Your Weight Solution"
Review: Dr. Phil's new weight loss book is a great way for him to use his pulpit to focus people on the epidemic of obesity. Most of what he advocates is sound, but he needs to understand that a great deal of "emotional eating" is driven by potent physiological signals and simpy advising his readers to "stop eating so much" is ridiculous. There are numerous (proven) approaches to controlling these physiological hunger signals - including stress management, cortisol control, blood sugar control, and psychological counseling (that Dr. Phil advocates), but also selecting the right foods, exercise program, and dietary supplements. I teach courses and do research on these very topics at the University of Utah and Dr. Phil could bring a new element of success to his readers by drawing on the wealth of information linking psychology with physiology and biochemistry. Losing weight is a lot harder than just "deciding" to be thin.
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Summary: What a Waste
Review: This book is a waste of time and money. Dr. Phil? much ado about nothing. Sleep will do you more good than watching or listening to him.
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Summary: Methinks he doth protest too much!!
Review: Dr. Phil looks straight into the camera and swears that he is not on the national "diet bandwagon." However, despite his protests to the contrary, Dr. Phil is absolutely on that bandwagon with a diet book and associated eating guide, not to mention Dr. Phil's Weight Management Supplements and Dr. Phil's Shape Up! Complete Nutrition Bars sold at Walgreens. He is capitalizing heavily (no pun intended) on America's need to wake up to the fact that we are killing ourselves with refined, processed food and lack of exercise. That said - the advice in his book is sound, but not new. If you want to lose weight and keep it off, you need to eat sensibly and exercise for the rest of your life (or for however long you wish to maintain a healthy weight).
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Summary: I Loved It
Review: I loved this book. I am a sucker for books that are nothing but hype and marketing. Way to go Dr. Phil. I am looking forward to his next book on how to cure premature baldness. Dr Phil. should know something about that.
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