Weight Watchers Weight Loss That Lasts: Break Through the 10 Big Diet Myths (Weight Watchers (Wiley Publishing))

Break through the 10 big diet myths!In this book, renowned expert Dr. James Rippe and Weight Watchers give you the scientific knowledge you need to break through the myths, get off the dieting roller coaster, and shed those pounds for keeps.Believers Beware!MYTH #1 You can't lose weight and keep it offMYTH #2 A few extra pounds don't matterMYTH #3 Willpower is the key to successful weight lossMYTH #4 You can lose weight with exercise aloneMYTH #5 Calories don't matter—avoid fats or carbs to lose weight successfullyMYTH #6 You can't lose weight if you have the wrong metabolism or genesMYTH #7 You can boost your metabolism by what, how, and when you eatMYTH #8 It doesn't matter how you take the weight off; you can think about keeping it off laterMYTH #9There is only one right approach to losing weightMYTH #10 Your weight is your problem, and you need to solve it on your own

Following the Weight Watchers approach to eating healthy, this book addresses ten perceptions about weight loss and health, and clarifies what current research shows to be true. Rippe (Tufts University School of Medicine) examines the role of willpower, exercise, fats and carbohydrates, metabolism, and personal relationships in achieving long-term weight loss. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Publishers Weekly

This straightforward, kindly volume provides a logical discussion of weight loss and the steps required to achieve and sustain it. Rippe (Heart Disease for Dummies), founder of the Rippe Lifestyle Institute (a nutrition, exercise and medical research organization), shares his own stories of weight gain and loss in the book's introduction, then spends the following 10 chapters breaking down what he identifies as the most popular weight-loss myths (e.g., "you can't lose weight and keep it off"; "you can lose weight with exercise alone"; "calories don't matter-avoid fats or carbs to lose weight successfully"; "you can boost your metabolism by what, how, and when you eat"). Each chapter includes an explanation of a myth and the kernels of truth and valid research that led to its perpetuation. Of course, the underlying basis for the book is that the way to achieve lasting, healthy weight loss is to follow the Weight Watchers method, and Rippe includes personal triumph stories from followers of that program. That quibble aside, a list of levelheaded suggestions (such as "Identify your five temptation foods. Develop specific strategies for dealing with them in a way that will reinforce learning the skill of flexible restraint") do clear away much of the confusion surrounding weight loss. (Jan.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.

Break through the 10 big diet myths! "In Weight Loss That Lasts, James M. Rippe and Weight Watchers show common sense and good science in a field characterized by chaos and confusion. They expose a series of 10 myths pervasive in the weight-loss industry, revealing both the kernels of truth they contain and how they have been misinterpreted and distorted. This book is incisive and refreshing." Claude Bouchard, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, and President of the International Association for the Study of Obesity Believers Beware! Discover how common myths may be holding you back from your weight-loss goals: MYTH #1 You can't lose weight and keep it off MYTH #2 A few extra pounds don't matter MYTH #3 Willpower is the key to successful weight loss MYTH #4 You can lose weight with exercise alone MYTH #5 Calories don't matter-avoid fats or carbs to lose weight successfully MYTH #6 You can't lose weight if you have the wrong metabolism or genes MYTH #7 You can boost your metabolism by what, how, and when you eat MYTH #8 It doesn't matter how you take the weight off; you can think about keeping it off later MYTH #9 There is only one right approach to losing weight MYTH #10 Your weight is your problem and you need to solve it on your own In this book, renowned expert Dr. James M. Rippe and Weight Watchers give you the scientific knowledge you need to break through the myths, get off the dieting roller coaster, and shed those pounds for keeps. This book offers scientific knowledge, but does not contain any at all. It is written by a physician, anybody could have done a better job, with explaining facts. Instead of information, explanation on a scientific level you find pages over pages over pages only about weight loss in generell, things everyone knows by himself already anyway. The book has a lot of good info but most of us know all of it already so I found it to be not useful and boring. However, if you are new to dieting and weight loss than it would be good for you. Offers readers a guide to losing weight successfully that bursts many of the myths of dieting while presenting stories of long-term successful dieting Wouldn't you do just about anything to learn the secret for losing weight and keeping it off?