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Weigh Less, Live Longer: Dr. Lou Aronne's "Getting Healthy" Plan for Permanent Weight Control

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If you are looking for the latest gimmick, this is not the book for you. If you are looking for a way to lose weight forever, and not regain it again, then we have something here. Dr. Aronne provides the reader with an easy to follow nutrition plan that shows the reader what it takes to be permanently successful at weight loss. Chapter 8 alone was worth the price of the book. In that chapter he tells you how to decrease you calories gradually with each ten percent weight drop. In this way, you are able to eat a decent amount and still lose weight, as well as give your body time to adjust to the new weight. In the end, you still end up with a decent calorie intake, and should be able to keep it up over a lifetime. To me it has been a lot less painless than some diets I had tried in my past that required cutting out whole food groups, or excessively low calorie intake. Folks, the truth of the matter is, if you are taking in too many calories, no matter what kind, they are going to end up somewhere on your anatomy. If you want to live a decent healthy life, you are going to cut back. The question is how much, how long, and just plain HOW. Dr. Aronne answers all of that, and even has suggestions for those of you who are especially resistant to weight loss. It works, it works, it works. The little needle on the scale is finally moving downward for a change. What's more, the diet is nutritionally sound, so for people like myself who have other health conerns, it is safe. Blessings, Dr. Aronne!

This is a good book with a lot of useful information, but in the end, all it provides is the same old food exchange diet(with slight variations for lower glycemic foods).

Dr. Aronne also seems to contradict his own advice. He says in the book that weight loss must be slow to be permanent. He even tells you not to try and lose any more than 10% of your bodyweight at one time, but the diet section only provides guidance for three different calorie levels: 1200, 1500 and 1800.

This is way too few calories for almost anyone and it will put the body on starvation alert and provoke a binge response. When are doctors going to be honest and admit that decreasing calories by any more than 200 calories a day will trigger an impulse to overeat in most people? Decreasing your calorie consumption by 500 to 1000 calories a day or more is simply too much. Your body will always fight back.

Very satisfied with my order. This book was in excellent condition. Would order more from this site.