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The Ultimate Weight Solution: The 7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom

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Author: Dr. Phil Mcgraw
Publisher: Pocket
Category: Book

List Price: ~~$7.99~~
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

(273 reviews)
Sales Rank: 294508

Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 464
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 4.3 x 0.8

ISBN: 1416513183
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.7
EAN: 9781416513186
ASIN: 1416513183

Publication Date: December 27, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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great book March 26, 2006
7 out of 15 found this review helpful

So it's up to you. You can either join the group who have worked and continue to work hard and consistently to apply his advice - and SUCCEED - or you can join the other group who are quite determined to remain dogmatic (but also to remain huge) - they would rather exercise their big fat mouths than their big fat butts!

5 out of 5 stars

great book to help lose weight March 26, 2006
3 out of 7 found this review helpful

Remeber weight conciouse shoppers. So it's up to you. You can either join the group who have worked and continue to work hard and consistently to apply his advice - and SUCCEED - or you can join the other group who are quite determined to remain dogmatic (but also to remain huge) - they would rather exercise their big fat mouths than their big fat butts!

3 out of 5 stars

Unique point of view, but same old low-fat diet advice March 14, 2006
14 out of 19 found this review helpful

"The Ultimate Weight Solution" purports to give 7 "keys" to losing weight and managing it for a lifetime.

First, the book can have value to anyone who is struggling with food from a psychological perspective. Dr. Phil's doctorate is in psychology and this comes through in his book. If you are a binge eater or otherwise overweight because you can't "stick" to a diet plan, then Dr. Phil does have some good information on overcoming those problems. Some is common sense information - such as getting the junk food out of your house, and some is not so common - such as taking a bubble bath when you are tempted to eat. If you fit in this category the book is worth the read. It's worth the read even if you don't think you fit in this category.

The book also contains many "audits" that help you gauge where you are in life and therefore helps you know exactly what issues to work on. You'll need a pencil and a notepad. These audits are useful if you are brutally honest with yourself during them. Hey...no one but you will ever know your answers!

However, I have some bones of contention, which is why I am only giving it three stars. I'm knocking off one star because it's a good book, but not great, and another star for the horrible, 30-year-old dietary information he gives.

For example, he exalts canola oil over coconut oil. Why? Simply because coconut oil is a saturated fat. It doesn't matter that studies have shown it's healthy and useful for managing weight. Canola is not nearly as healthy. The only oils I use for cooking are olive and coconut.

Two, he takes a swipe at all other diets, and says his program is not a diet, yet it is - it's got lists of good and bad foods and what proportion to eat them in. Furthermore, he says that when you go off other diets, you regain the weight. Well, duh. All "diets" should be lifestyle changes. If they are not, then yes, the weight will come back. I just recently hit goal on my chosen diet program. But if I go off it and start eating the way that made me fat, then I'll get fat again. That's common sense. It's a lifestyle change. His diet or any other has to be that.

What is his eating plan? One part lean protein, one part veggies, one part fruit (or a second serving of veggies), and one part starch. And after bashing other diets as quick fixes and fads (which would include all low- and controlled-carb plans), I came across this gem: "For greater fat loss, you may wish to reduce your intake of starchy carbohydrates...A slight reduction in starch intake is known to help your body burn fat." I would think a greater reduction would burn even more fat, but he won't take that step.

So on the one hand, he says these are fad diets, but on the other hand, he admits that reducing starch results in greater fat loss. Which is it? Am I the only one that sees this as a contradiction?

He also makes the statement that saturated fat causes insulin resistance. Um, no. According to a nutritionist I talked to, this is only true in a certain percent of *morbidly obese* individuals who have been morbidly obese for a while (and this applies to all fat, not just saturated). The rest of the time (which is the vast majority of cases) fat doesn't do anything to raise insulin and therefore cannot cause insulin resistance.

So, in summary, the book has its uses, but it my opinion Dr. Phil needs to stick with his specialty. Dr. Phil giving nutrition advice is like Dr. Atkins giving psychological advice - it just doesn't work because neither knows much about the other subject. Dr. Phil is a psychologist and should stick with the psychological aspects of diet. Leave the nutrition to those trained as medical doctors.

Read the book, but for God's sake, skip key #5 on nutrition. Read a book by a nutritionist or a medical doctor or two.

Three stars out of five. The psychological advice IS good and I've found things that can help me that the more traditional books (focused only on what to eat) ignore. It's worth the read as long as you skip key #5. I recommend Jonny Bowden, Dr. Atkins, or Dr. Michael Eades for advice on food.

4 out of 5 stars

Are the complainers actually interested in losing weight? February 28, 2006
8 out of 11 found this review helpful

I'm somewhat amused by some of the ridiculous comments made by people who are clearly too foolish or lazy to consider and apply good, solid advice when they see it. They appear to be more interested in finding excuses for their overweight than in trying to lose weight permanently.

Indeed, we now have the point that Dr Phil isn't as thin as a beanstalk. Would anyone else like to repeat this fact as if it's groundbreaking news? And yes, he does tend to engage in a bit of psychobabble. But the advice in his book makes good, solid sense. And it works! Many of us are applying his advice and are getting and staying thin.

Then there's the enlightened comment that Dr Phil's advice is simplistic. What absolute drivel! The main thrust of the book is to point out that losing weight is about much more than willpower and food. Rather, it's about complex psychological issues, it's about your family background and history, it's about your self-esteem, and it's about whether you set up your environment either to succeed or to fail. And Dr Phil gives you practical advice to deal with each of these matters. How complex would you like his approach to be?

So it's up to you. You can either join the group who have worked and continue to work hard and consistently to apply his advice - and SUCCEED - or you can join the other group who are quite determined to remain dogmatic (but also to remain huge) - they would rather exercise their big fat mouths than their big fat butts!

5 out of 5 stars

Ultimate Weight Loss Solution; Dr Phil February 23, 2006
1 out of 11 found this review helpful

We looked for this item on CD for a long time before I got smart enough to look on Amazon. We got a great price and speedy service.
Thanks

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