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| You: On A Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management | 
 enlarge | Authors: Mehmet C. Oz, Michael F. Roizen
Publisher: Free Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  693 reviews
Sales Rank: 412
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.7
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.3 x 1.4
ISBN: 0743292545
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.25
EAN: 9780743292542
ASIN: 0743292545
Publication Date: October 31, 2006
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| Customer Reviews:
 "Waist" of Time February 15, 2007
86 out of 122 found this review helpful
I can condense the entire book into 4 sentences:
1. Eat less
2. Walk 30 minutes a day
3. Don't eat junk food
4. Drink more water
There you have it.
 Excellent Book November 1, 2006
76 out of 83 found this review helpful
Dr. Roizen and Dr. Oz are highly accomplished physicians and do not seem to have a profit motive. Individuals keep buying their books because of their accessibility. Everyone knows why individuals gain weight - you eat more calories than you expend, with the exception of thyroid diseases. This book is a well-informed plan that will teach individuals how to live, what to do when you go "off" (which the authors acknowledge as an inevitable human action) as well as explains how your digestive system works both physicall and emotionally. The "YOU" Books should be required reading...
Elisa Zied, registered dietitian, freelance writer, and author November 6, 2006
66 out of 71 found this review helpful
As a registered dietitian, I often approach diet books with some skepticism, as I have found many popular ones to be too gimmicky, too extreme, nutritionally imbalanced, or too unrealistic to be followed over the long-haul. Imagine my surprise when I read You on a Diet. As Drs. Roizen and Oz have done in the past, here they have managed to simplify science and draw attention to the health perils of having too much body fat (especially in the abdominal region) in a witty, warm, encouraging, positive, and entertaining way. They explain in simple, easy to understand language how to reprogram your body to support healthful weight loss. Along the way, they encourage people to consume more protein, fiber, and healthful unsaturated fats, and less saturated fats, trans fats, and sugar, all of which can certainly support weight management efforts and have heart-health and other benefits as well.
Too many diet books preach quick fixes and ask you to forego too many foods in pursuit of a thinner physique; instead, this book takes a very positive approach, shows people what to consume more of, supports regular physical activity, and encourages people to set realistic goals--instead of striving for model-thinness, it asks people to aim simply to lose some inches from their guts which can improve not only their physical appearance but their health as well. Perhaps the greatest strength of this book is its light and encouraging tone, not to mention the illustrations which make it an easy and enjoyable read.
Having lost more than 25 pounds myself, and having maintained a healthy body weight for more than 10 years, I know first hand how tough it is to lose weight. For me it was a slow, gradual process that took years. I would have found this book quite useful about 15 years ago (before I became a registered dietitian) when I started to change my eating and fitness habits, and now am happy to have a popular diet book to recommend to clients and the lay public.
Although calorie counting is not emphasized in the book, my experience shows that when you embark on weight loss, you need to first know where you're starting from in terms of calories; also, knowing something about the calorie content of the foods and beverages you consume can help you when you hit a plateau and your weight seems to stall at a certain level despite your continued efforts to lose weight. And while the menu plans and recipes in this book seem sound and do-able, they include few low-fat dairy foods and other non-dairy sources of calcium which may make it tough for many to meet their calcium and/or vitamin D needs without supplementation. Also, because the menu plans do not include many of the foods people in America commonly consume, such as refined foods including pizza and pasta, and snack/dessert type foods (many of which are admittedly low in nutrients and high in calories), following these plans to the letter may make people feel that they are in fact on a "diet" and that they have to eat very differently than they normally do to lose weight. This can make following the program a challenge over the long-term.
Overall, You on a Diet can be a useful resource and motivator, and can be quite helpful resource for those who are tired of extreme dieting and want to start living as they pursue a healthier weight. This book makes a great bookshelf addition for anyone who is willing to take the time to learn how the body works to improve their overall eating habits, get more fit, and lose weight for life.
You'll finish the book, but will you lose weight? November 3, 2006
62 out of 94 found this review helpful
As a doctor myself, I can say that there is some great information in these pages- a lot about fat and the detriment that it's causing in our culture. Some doctors like to suggest cures to symptoms instead of cures for the problem and it appears that these gentleman may be doing just that. The gimmicky (and funny) "waist management" technique is interesting and fairly unique from what I've seen, but it can be seen as just a diversion. Maybe people who are obese need a diversion and need to stop thinking about food, but it's my experience that people need to focus on how they were designed (we were designed to constantly eat) and then cater to that by eating the right types of foods at certain times. Roizen and Mehmet's humorous approach reminds me of one of my favorite diet/nutrition books, "The Evolution Diet," which makes learning about the body entertaining as well as informative. Perhaps the author(s) of the You On a Diet could have focused more on the appropriation of one's diet as Evolution does, but it appears that people can really be helped with these techniques and that's the main goal- a fitter world.
The REAL complaint December 5, 2006
61 out of 68 found this review helpful
Not my intent to flame previous posts, or to presume too much, but reading the previous posts who gave this a 1 or 2 star rating, the most common complaint is clearly the use of a a few cartoon characters in the book (in fact, it does read much like a "For Dummies" Book).
Unfortunately the fact they find that so irritating truly overlooks some solid health advice.
The other main complaint is that this is "rehashed" material...and that too is a somewhat misleading. Case in point; we caught ourselves building a "personalized" diet plan based on the numerous foods that show up in multiple "diets".... i.e Broccoli shows up in most "diets", so we figure it more than likely is a decent choice etc. Even with this appraoch you have to be careful (about half rate bananas as bad, the other half rate them high)
Point being, yes, a rehash of 18 different methods from 18 different books...but rarely do you ever see them all in the same place (not that YOU is perfect, but it certainly covers MOST of the bases - and without too much bogus science or by adding something weird or extreme just to standout)
Personally, we've tried pretty much everything; Low fat, Low Cal, Low Carb, NO Carb, Mediteranean, GL and Anti-inflammatory,...blah, blah, blah.
Truthfully, I Lost the most weight with low Carb variations, but always questioned a lifestyle that avoided Fruits and Veggies, AND as a result of Low Carb I (like many) ended up with severe hemorrhoids. In my case, that meant a trip to the hospital to have them surgically removed, an experience which I will NEVER forget.
Bottom line is that rarely does anything replace a decent understanding of the subject (education) combined with applied common sense, and (sigh) disicpline.
For "us" it pretty much boils down to just that; Common sense about eating "habits", combined with some exercise and some decent advice about foods in general. In fact, the only thing that works over the long haul is pretty much what this books covers (albeit with a few cartoons), that being; Eat sensible foods, eat smaller meals more often, Exercise, don't eat just before bedtime (duh) and yes, avoid sugars
Rehash? perhaps...kinda...sorta...maybe.
But for us it's a lot of the information we have found to be the most solid, and for the most part, in one place. Having tried most everything out there, if someone were asking either the spouse or I for a suggestion of just ONE book and what had worked "for us", I'd have to say either buy this book, or something very, very similar, and stop looking for a Silver Bullet - cuz there ain't one.
(There IS however some really bad, and perhaps dangerous advice out there. Caveat Emptor).
Side note; I did not rate this a "5" as that to me that implies perfect - and there is no such thing
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