Break the Weight Loss Barrier [Paperback]

James Meschino (Author), Barry Simon (Author), Rose Reisman (Author), Doug Corcoran (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1998

In this guide, a psychiatrist teams up with a nutritionist to show how to break through the weight-loss barrier by gaining mastery over self-defeating habits and attitudes. With it, you'll learn how to: set realistic goals and meet them day by day, moment by moment; design a tasty, healthy diet for yourself based on a simple two-staple system; incorporate delicious low-fat meals into your lifestyle using fast and easy recipes; overcome anxiety, all-or-nothing thinking, self-blame and procrastination; develop your willpower; convert your body into a fat-burning machine; form a positive, attainable self-image of a thinner you; and recover from lapses - and allow yourself treats. You'll be healthy - not hungry - as you follow guidelines proven not only to help you lose weight and gain self-confidence, but also to prevent cancer, heart disease, osteoporosis, and other common ailments.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 278 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall Pr (June 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735200181
• ISBN-13: 978-0735200180
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.9 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,593,668 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Straight Talk About The Barriers We Build, January 5, 1999

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Alice Stamm "alicestamm" (NYC) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Break the Weight Loss Barrier (Hardcover)

A few months ago, I hosted Dr. Barry Simon, co-author of "Break The Weight Loss Barrier" in my Power-Surge.com Web site and community on America Online. Simon's book is one of the most straightforward, readable, understandable books on the subject of weight loss and the myriad ways in which we sabotage ourselves from getting in shape.

One of the audience said, "I found Dr. Simon's philosophy to be very motivating as I know I need to get off my "duff," quit making excuses for myself, and get some exercise!"

I agree. His suggestions regarding "inner conversations" we have with ourselves was very enlightening -- the ways in which we sabotage ourselves again and again in order to avoid succeeding. We all have emotional baggage we carry around and try to adjust in whatever way we can.

If you're interested not simply in losing weight, getting back into shape, but understanding the many roadblocks you create in order to avoid doing so, you'll benefit greatly from Dr. Barry Simon and Dr. Jim Meschino's "Break The Weight Loss Barrier." In fact, I utilized their suggestions and recently shed 20 pounds of unwanted weight -- with no excuses thanks to this excellent book!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally a program I can live with and lose with!, October 18, 2007

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Kjinco (Denver) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Break the Weight Loss Barrier (Paperback)

I am amazed that BTWLB is out of print! It has been the most successful program I've ever been on! It's easy and productive...or should that be reductive? One of the best parts is how it addresses the psychology behind weight loss. Buy this, read it, follow it, and watch the pounds melt away. Phenomenal!