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The Diet Fix: Why Diets Fail And How To Make Yours Work (2014)

by Yoni Freedhoff(Favorite Author)

4.24 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

0804137579 (ISBN13: 9780804137577)

languge

English

genre

Food & Cookbooks

publisher

Harmony

review 1: My personal journey isn't much different from many. Dieting was never my thing and I was an okay weight up till my thirties. After a few emotionally traumatic events, I packed on thirty pounds and didn't feel very good physically or psychologically. Rather than take the weight off gradually and change some of the bad eating habits, I went for the starvation route. I was successful with it in that I lost thirty pounds in a very short time. Then I ran into trouble. I couldn't stop eating. Anything and everything, I binged, I gorged, I literally had fits if I couldn't find food to eat in the house. After regaining the thirty pounds, I gained an additional twenty. Finally, I got back some measure of control, joined CrossFit and managed to maintain my weight for a year. Unfortu... morenately, maintaining fifty pounds is not exactly where I want to be. Six months ago I joined Jenny Craig. Jenny Craig is about wrestling away the food decisions from a person by strongly encouraging expensive prepackaged foods and small proportions, ie balanced calorie restriction. I have nothing bad to say about Jenny Craig, I did lose ten pounds and I started better habits. After ten pounds, the weight loss came to a near screeching halt. That is where I am today. I go in for monthly weigh-ins. I'm averaging quarter to half a pound of weight loss per month.Seeing only a quarter pound drop in a month started the old feelings of unease and my brain reminding me how much and how fast I lost via starvation. The fact that my brain would go there caused panic in favor of eating pints of ice cream for dinner. Get me off the crazy train!My hope is that Mr. Freedhoff's insight can help me keep calm and carry on.
review 2: The Diet Fix is a breath of fresh air in the diet book space. Full of common sense, practical tips and a little humour, Dr Freedhoff tackles the psychology of dieting in an encouraging and practical manner. This is not another "eat this not that" nutrition book, but rather a set of practical guidelines that can be applied to any style of eating.If you're ready to say goodbye to on-again-off-again diets and hello to an enjoyable life that includes chocolate, this book is just what you need. Highly recommended for those with a "traumatic diet" history. less

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