YOU: On A Diet Revised Edition: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management Author: Visit Amazon's Michael F. Roizen Page | Language: English | ISBN:
1439164967 | Format: EPUB
YOU: On A Diet Revised Edition: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management Description
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"Back for another highly entertaining round of Biology 101, the team behind
YOU: The Owner's Manual applies its signature wit and wisdom to food metabolism and nutrition. Roizen and Oz pack in a lot of material -- quizzes, 'factoids' and 'myth busters' along with diet and exercise plans, recipes and a two-week 'rebooting' program -- in bite-sized portions, giving readers a chance to absorb and apply what they learn." --
Publishers Weekly, starred review
About the Author
Michael F. Roizen, M.D., is a
New York Times #1
bestselling author and co-founder and originator of the popular RealAge.com website. He is chief wellness officer and chair of the Wellness Institute of the Cleveland Clinic and health expert on
The Oprah Winfrey Show. He currently lives in Shaker Heights, Ohio.
Mehmet C. Oz, M.D., is also a
New York Times #1 bestselling author and Emmy-award winning host of
The Dr. Oz Show. He is professor and vice chairman of surgery at New York Presbyterian-Columbia University and the director of the Heart Institute. He currently lives in Cliffside Park, New Jersey.
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- Hardcover: 544 pages
- Publisher: Scribner; Reissue edition (December 29, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1439164967
- ISBN-13: 978-1439164969
- Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.2 x 1.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
I don't watch Oprah. In fact, I've never seen these guys on TV. But I bought this book anyway, hoping for a boost of motivation.
I didn't expect much. After 30 years of up and down with my weight, I thought I knew all I needed to know: 3,500 calories is a pound, so just cut calories and increase exercise, depending on will power to get me through. That's how it had worked before, and I thought I only had my willpower, failures in motivation, etc., to blame for the high cycles on the yo-yo.
A lot of this book seems like the same-old, same-old. But for me, the advice on how to work WITH your body's complex metabolism and hormones -- taking an elegant approach, not a brute force willpower approach -- was a real breakthrough. Just two things: 1) eating a few walnuts before meals and 2) committing to trying not to allow myself to be either hungry or full, made a HUGE difference for me. So I began to take the book more seriously. And one of the points they make is that there ARE such things as good foods and bad foods: it's not just a question of total calories. I read it cover to cover, and kept a list of things to do and to avoid, and I began working them into my life, slowly but surely. Week by week, I cut out anything with white flour, weaned myself off processed foods, etc. I haven't counted a calorie, I eat as much as I need to feel full, my daily exercise consists of gentle walking -- but I feel better than I have in my life, and, without a struggle, I've lost 12 pounds.
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