The Portion Teller Plan: The No Diet Reality Guide to Eating, Cheating, and Losing Weight Permanently [Paperback]

Lisa R. Young (Author)

Book Description

Release date: December 26, 2006

The Portion Teller Plan is a sensible eating guide and the end of diet deprivation. No forbidden foods, no calorie counting. Welcome to diet liberation.

Would you ever consider going to the kitchen in the morning and grabbing five slices of bread for breakfast? No? Just one bagel is more like it, right? Well, your morning bagel is equivalent to eating five slices of bread. Your steak at dinner is equal to the protein in eighteen eggs. And that huge bowl of pasta you had at lunch is anybody’s guess. Nobody likes to cut back but the cold hard facts are in: Portion sizes have steadily increased over the past thirty years and our collective waistlines are ballooning right along with them.
You may need to eat a little less if you want to lose weight, but with The Portion Teller Plan you can eat all of your favorite foods. Nutrition and portion size expert Dr. Lisa Young presents an individualized guide to eating according to your portion personality and food preferences. You’ll learn a simple system of visuals–a deck of cards, a baseball, your own hand–to help gauge portion size. You’ll be able to eat out, eat in, cheat, and eat on the road without ever being a portion victim again.

Editorial Reviews

Review

“The Portion Teller gives you a fresh approach to managing weight—one that makes perfect sense. Lisa Young’s The Portion Teller is an invaluable resource.
—Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH
Paulette Goddard Professor, New York University

"Following Dr. Young's suggestions is a sensible way to keep from becoming an obesity statistic."
—New York Times

"A respected nutritionist, Young... has the chops to present her case and does it with such aplomb that the solutions she proffers seem easy."
—O, The Oprah Magazine

Selected by O, The Oprah Magazine, as one of the best health books of 2005.

One of The Wall Street Journal’s six favorite health books of 2005.

About the Author

Lisa R. Young, Ph.D., R.D., C.D.N., is a nutrition consultant and faculty member at New York University. Dr. Young has been counseling overweight adults and children for more than 15 years, has published numerous articles on portion sizes, and frequently lectures on nutrition. Widely considered an expert on portion sizes, Young is regularly featured in national publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, Newsweek, Self, Fitness, and Glamour. She has also been featured on national television including ABC News, CBS News, and CNN, and was in the film Super Size Me.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 336 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press; 1 edition (December 26, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0767920791
• ISBN-13: 978-0767920797
• Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.7 x 8.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #53,943 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lisa R. Young, Ph.D., R.D. is a nationally recognized nutrition consultant in New York City and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University (NYU). Widely considered an expert on portion sizes, Dr. Young is regularly featured in national publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, USA Today, the Boston Globe, the Washington Post, Newsweek, Self, Fitness, Redbook, and Glamour. She has also been featured on national television including ABC News, CBS News, NBC News, and CNN, and was in the film Super Size Me.

Dr. Young is a nutritionist in private practice and has been counseling adults and children for more than 20 years. Young offers individual counseling sessions on a wide variety of nutrition related issues including obesity and weight control, disease prevention, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, diabetes, osteoporosis, pregnancy, lactation, and gastrointestinal disorders.

Young lectures on portion sizes and nutrition around the world. She also conducts group classes on nutrition, weight control, and behavior modification. She has served as the nutrition and diet expert for Allure, Fitness, Prevention, Marie Claire, and Redbook magazines and has contributed articles for various health magazines and newsletters. She is an advisory board member for The Bottom Line Women's Health Newsletter and Fitness magazine, is a contributor for The Bottom Line Health Newsletter, and has contributed to MSNBC.

Dr. Young received her doctorate and master's degrees in Nutrition from NYU, and her bachelor's degree in Economics and Health Care Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She is a registered dietitian (RD). She was named "Woman of Action" by the Israel Cancer Research Fund.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

30 of 31 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars *Excellent job discussing portion sizes* January 27, 2007

By Raquel Greenberg

Format:Paperback

The book does an excellent job of explaining how those super-size portions

we buy relate to what a normal size meal should look like. Young will help

anyone trying to drop a few pounds without feeling like they are a rigid

diet. And they won't be hungry!! Great guidelines to follow both for adults

and children. I love the sample meal plans, snacks and visuals. And the

timelines tracking how portions have crept up is an amazing eye opener.

Great book!

27 of 28 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars It works February 4, 2007

By eleanor

Format:Paperback

It works. You can lose weight!

This book is THE solution to weight loss: becoming aware of your portions. It works. I suggest you try it. My co-worker lost weight using this book, so I decided to try it for myself. Don't worry--you will not have to eat tiny portions or count calories, and be hungry, and it does not even feel like a diet. Young provides tips, tricks, and solutions for every situation you may be faced with and for every eating style around. The 30 day diary helps alot.

28 of 30 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars same as the first January 11, 2007

By apple_bottom

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

Same as the first except in the back there is a 30day portion tracker. But either way the information is great. The first book has helped me to lose 30 pounds so far. I'll keep this book at work and leave the other at home.