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Summary: NOT THE REAL SOLUTION . . . SAD TO SAY
Review: Everyone knows that will power and diets don't work, so I can't BELIEVE
that Dr. Phil is doing what has been done 1,000s of times and has
failed. I recommend The Solution, a program that has been shown in
research at UCSF and University of Chicago to really work. What I like
about it is that there are no diets or drugs, but people lose the weight
and even years later, the weight stays off. It's based on acquiring two
skills, nurturing and limits, and they turn off the emotional drive to
eat, drink, spend, smoke, so it's not just one problem you solve, but
the whole range of them. Dr. Phil, please read The Pathway: Follow the
Road to Health and Happiness. Laurel Mellin, it's author and creator of
The Solution was just on Oprah, too. If you use these skills, you won't
even want those Dr. Phil diet bars and you certainly won't need them.
IT'S WORKED FOR ME and I'm grateful for The Pathway.
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Summary: Who wants more?
Review: If you've never read one thing about weight loss, then go ahead and get up to date with Dr. Phil. But for the rest of us, let's go a little further and address the problem on a whole new level--one that feeds our spirit, not the common message out there that encourages blame and guilt. One suggestion, The Quest for Peace, Love and a 24-Inch Waist does this, so do the many books that inspire mindfulness, healthy body image and self love vs. our current self loathing, body-obsessed attitude. Instead of reading more of the usual on diets, search in a new direction to inspire lasting change.
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Summary: Dr. Phil Has Sold Out!
Review: I've seen this in other reviews, and let me stress it again - there is nothing new in this book! Come on, Dr. Phil. As a psychologist, you should know better than try to sell a bill of goods that's been sold before. If you want to tell people to lose weight, at least give them something new. Also, try shedding a few pounds, too. Might make you look more legit. Americans, wake up to Dr. Phil - a pop psychologist who fixes nothing in the long run.
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Summary: Close, but no cigar
Review: Being a weight-loss counselor reading Dr. Phil's book, I found many things that I very much agree with. As I was reading, I found myself hopeful, because I think he's right-on in terms of many of the underlying reasons that we overeat. Unfortunately, however, he never actually provides the tools to do what he's asking people to do. Rather, he sticks to relying on people changing simply because now they "know" why they overeat, rather than providing the tools and support structure to really change those deep-down, core expectations of inadequacy that cause so many of us to overeat.
Because of this shortcoming, I will continue to recommend "The Pathway", by Laurel Mellin, to my weight-loss clients who need more than just "knowing" what to do to change their fundamental beliefs about themselves in order to lose weight.
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Summary: It is interesting!
Review: I like this book for several reasons. Dr. Phil has a great tell it like it is writing style. This makes it a more personable and interesting read. It is not like reading diet books that only depict statistics and case study after case study. The book contains self-assessments throughout the whole book. You begin to find out things that you never knew before or that were covered up by other bad habits. The price for these assessments (audits) make it worth it. It is not someone telling you to follow a program but someone who is recommending that you switch your behavior. Isn't that the whole secret behing wt. loss?I agree that portion control, exercising, and good nutrition are the keys to losing wt. and being nutritionally sound. This also leads to positive attitudes too. However, this is not original in thought and this is just common sense. I do not agree that throwing out the recommended foods (many starches or carbs) is the answer. It shows that you cannot resist temptation and that if you did, you would pig out. One needs to learn how to stay away from these things with the alteration of behavior. Isn't this the point of the book to learn to eat properly and avoid self-defeating behaviors? It is not good to deprive the body of foods that it needs. Everything has to be in moderation but it is still needed. There is nothing left to eat if you throw out all the cold cuts, pasta, cereal, bread, ice cream, etc. What would I eat for breakfast, lunch, or dinner? Why should I keep lean meats but not cold cuts? Turkey Breast is a lean cold cut! This is not always practical based upon our individual needs. I have 2 children who are 6 and 4. They have very fast metabolisms and as kids they are supposed to eat more starches for energy. This balances their meals out. If I give them just proteins, they are going to miss out on spaghetti, cereal, peanut butter and jelly on bread. C'mon now! These are kids' meals. I do not have to have everything that they have but I am not going to remove food that is needed for them. Dr. Phil said the kids will get used to it after a while. I will go so far as to say, that getting rid of junk food and fast food is a good thing. However, anything else is ridiculous. I found the chapters very long winded and the book could have mentioned all the main ideas with less pages. I am on Weight Watchers and a lot of what the book has; is part of the WW plan. They can work together easily. I do like his point that I do not have to measure anything. However, I need to measure according to Weight Watchers in order to gain portion control until I can make it a good habit without measuring. I agree with this. You have to learn to do it well by using a technique. After practice, it will be integrated into your everyday habits. All in all, it is a decent book to assess why you are overweight and how to go about changing that problem. The book is geared for individuals and the way to help everyone lose weight using basic strategies and individualizing them. His personality definitely comes through in this book. I do know that this book is an interactive book and this is refreshing. I wish that he did not call it a weight loss situation. Usually, after you lose weight, you think that the book is not needed anymore or that you can resort to old eating habits. It should be called a nutritional book instead. People will view this as a lifestyle change instead of just weight loss. This is half the battle. I recommend this book, if you need to analyze yourself for the hows, whys, wheres, whats, and whens for your weight loss problems. It can really work if you are honest in the self-assessments.
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Summary: This weight loss solution works!
Review: If you agree with Dr. Phil that excess weight is caused by medicating emotional problems with food, you can start on the road to recovery. I have lost 18 pounds since I read this book and have gained insight into why I eat when I should be doing something else. Another book, Optimal Thinking-How To Be Your Best Self helped me to understand the difficult emotions I couldn't deal with and gave me easy roadmaps to overcome them. These books provide different perspectives, but the sum total is that I can now put my best self in charge of my life and resolve emotional problems. I feel powerful!
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Summary: Please read this may change your whole life.
Review: First of all I have never been impressed with Dr. Phil. The man seems to think he is an expert about every subject. Well, with weight loss he is NOT. I am in my thirties. I have tried every diet imaginable. I have followed them to the letter. They did not work. (For me.) I think the most horrible thing a human being has to go through is to be overweight. It is the most incredible prejudice I have ever seen. You cannot get a break anywhere. THe biggest fallacy about about being overweight is , "YOU EAT TOO MUCH AND YOU ARE IN-ACTIVE!" Really?!?!?! I have had a weight problem since I was a little girl. I call it metabolism. For years my mother took me to the doctor for weight loss. They couldn't help me. I used to not eat and GAIN weight. As I got older I went to the doctors myself. No doctor ever believed that you can be significantly overweight and not eat like a "cow." Please excuse the expression. I argued it was metabolic. They said it is impossible. There is no such thing. Yet, I also argued and stated that the thinnest people I knew ate the most and still were thin. Do you know what they said? "Oh, well that is because they have a GREAT metabolism!!" Really?!?!? I thought it didn't exist! I have tried everything. Even as everyone else -low fat. At first I lost some weight then put it back on and then some. There is a reason for this. When you do low fat to the extremes you lose muscle mass. Eventually your body thinks it is starving and it holds on to the fat and then some. You will notice you aren't as toned anymore. Dr. Phil has some good points. Positive thinking. PLEASE!! Who doesn't know that one when you are trying to change anything in your life? Exercise. Well, this is a given. I am on a program now that I can honestly say is working!!!!!!!!! My blood pressure is now normal and I am losing weight. I have so much more to say about this subject. When I was a child I had a half a sandwhich for lunch. and a small dinner, no cookies, chips and candies and still had a problem. PEOPLE BELIEVE ME, NOT ALL WEIGHT PROBLEM ARE FROM OVEREATING!!! 99% of the doctors I have had know NOTHING about nutrition. Do you know they have about 2 weeks in college with nutrition? Boy, doesn't that make them the experts. I am on Somersizing. I am not getting paid for this and I have no connection with Suzanne Somers. I just believe in her program. I am living proof. I don't like Atkins diet because it is not natural to not eat fruits and veggies. I know you are allowed limited amounts. WHen I first saw the somersizing program I thought it was crazy, just another fad. But it works for me. That in itself is a miracle. Pick up a Somersizing book. Study it-as I did. Draw your own conclusions and decide.If I saved one person out there that would be everything. Feel free to email me if you want to talk. cindyerica@aol.com I know a lot of people will criticize what I just said quite frankly I don't care. I know what I am doing and that is what matters. REMEMBER PEOPLE JUST BECAUSE SOMEONE IS OVERWEIGHT DOES NOT MEAN THEY HAVE AN EATING PROBLEM. There are different body types and different problems. God Bless.
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Summary: Dr. Phil Misses Big! I'm Staying on The Pathway!
Review: I've admired Dr. Phil for his no-nonsense, common-sense approach to problems solving, and I often find meaningful nuggets to keep in his books and programs. However, he falls short for me on The Ultimate Weight-Loss Solution. While I agree that facing up to my behavior and its effects is a necessary ingredient in successful weight loss, it is not the key factor for me. I have found that the only thing that will bring lasting change is reforming the way I think, the way I feel. I must learn to feel instead of numb out in order to understand why I eat. I need to learn to nurture myself while setting healthy limits on my eating, spending, people-pleasing, overworking, and stressing-- in order to have health and happiness. Laurel Mellin has written a magnificent book, and has worked with her colleagues at the University of San Francisco to develop a program called The Solution, based on her work with the very successful Shapedown Program for obese children and families. Since starting this work four months ago, I have reconnected with myself in ways that I never thought possible! I have gone through loads of painful emotions, taking them to the curb and finally letting them go... I feel lighter emotionally, and the scale is beginning to reflect that happy circumstance as well! I highly recommend "The Pathway," by Laurel Mellin-- and the entire Solution program. Get on the pathway to health and happiness...and let Dr. Phil take the other road...
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Summary: A Keeper!!
Review: I have been following the 7 Keys for the past month and I can say that the results have been astounding. I have heard before that by cutting out one thing in your diet you will lose weight but i never truly believed, probably because i would cut out one thing and add something else just as bad. with the keys i learned in Dr. Phils The Ultimate Weight Solution i found the answers i needed to not want to find a substitute. i began to understand that i was not only hurting myself- something i had not given a lot of thought to- and i began to realize that many of my habits were there because i rationalized them in my mind. both of these realizations came from reading Dr. Phil's book and truly accepting the lessons he teaches.
the Ultimate Weight Solution is not a diet book even though i have lost weight (about 12 pounds so far!!), it is book about behavior and how you change your behavior to support a healthier lifestyle. i am very happy with the results with my weight as well as the results in my home and in my mind. i feel much better about myself as a person and i owe Dr. Phil a big thank you for all that he has done. I think the book should be read by everyone because it is so supportive of a healthy lifestyle, which people in America seem to be lacking. I know that the book helped me and it can help you too.
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Summary: Direct and To The Point
Review: This book makes you look at the person who responsable for taking care of you... YOU! I am not finished with reading it yet. However, I do feel that I am building a set of tools to help me manage my health as well as my weight. Good Luck and be ready to take responsability for your past actions.
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