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Lose It!: The Personalized Weight Loss Revolution (2010)

by Charles Teague(Favorite Author)

3.6 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1605290947 (ISBN13: 9781605290942)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Rodale Books

review 1: I bought this book shortly after starting to use the Lose It app on my iPod. While I didn't expect it to shatter any beliefs I had, I did expect a bit more from it than it delivered.First of all, it is a "pretty" book to read. Rodale put a lot of thought into laying it out nicely and making it look nice. There aren't distracting photos - it's just nice to look at. The information within, though, is lacking. Considerably. It feels like it is trying really hard to not push the app or the website. It spends a great deal of time telling the reader how to do the math manually that the app/website will do for them for free (and a lot less frustration). They could have just included a chapter on how to set up your account and left it at that. Instead it came across as ... morebeing an advertisement that isn't actually an advertisement.The content is laid out around 5 principles that the Lose It approach works on:1. Embrace mindful empowerment2. Track your calories3. Track your habits4. Track your exercise5. Benefit from peer supportSure, it's a formula that works. It's pretty common sense (though we all know that the thing about common sense is that it isn't terribly common). Each chapter is supported with a liberal sprinkling of testimonial. I don't want to say that the book held nothing helpful in it...it did have some very specific examples of how your choices at restaurants can be altered in a better way and demonstrating what you could choose instead to help you meet your goals. This would be super helpful...in a pocket guide (not in a trade paperback sized book). The charts would actually make a nice addition to the app so users could have them on the go!I finished reading the book about a week ago and, honestly, nothing really stuck with me. I just keep using the app and making sure I don't go over the amount of calories in my budget. It's a super short lesson that was reiterated in the book, but the book seemed to be just a way to make up some of the extra profit they could have made on the app if they'd decided to not have it be free. Good on them for capitalizing...after all - I bought the book.Just my 2 cents, but I'd save the money and just get the app or set up an account on the website. The book is likely headed to the used bookstore.
review 2: Pretty common-sense exercise advice. I found the charts annoying at times; telling me how much weight I'd lose by giving up my Big Mac-a-day habit doesn't do much for me, given that I don't have one. I'd rather just see the healthier alternative without the ridiculous yearly weightloss column that assumes you eat the same bad for you foods every day. Overall, though, nothing revolutionary, just some good solid information in a very easy to read format. less

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