What's Your Diet Type?: Use the Power of Your Personality to Discover Your Best Way to Lose Weight [Hardcover]

Heather K. Jones (Author), M.S. Mary Miscisin (Author), M.D. Ed Redard (Author), Otto Kroeger (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 19, 2009

End the cycle of unsuccessful dieting and get in touch with an eating plan that works for you.

Do you know what’s keeping you from attaining–and maintaining–your ideal weight? It's not your metabolism, your genes, or your love of pasta. The truth is, you simply can’t succeed at a weight loss approach if your own personality does not “sync up” with it. And while you can’t change your personality, you can change your weight loss strategy.

How? Find your Diet Type.

With a short, simple Quiz based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®), the world’s most trusted and widely used personality type assessment, you can match your personality to one or more of the four Diet Types: the Diet Planner, Diet Player, the Diet Feeler, and the Diet Thinker. Then, learn:

• How your personality affects the way you eat and exercise
• Solutions that will work for you, including healthy eating strategies and quick tips
• The basics of nutrition and diet, featuring common calorie “pitfalls” to avoid
• How to take advantage of your personality’s unique strengths to lose weight and keep it off—for good

No matter how many diets you’ve tried, What’s Your Diet Type? will work for you. With a fresh writing style and solutions for even the busiest of women, plus recommended titles, and simple instructions on how to create your very own, custom-made eating program, What’s Your Diet Type? is your new best friend in the weight loss battle. This is the only book you will find that is useful, comprehensive, effective and also fun to read. So get off the dieting treadmill and find a diet and healthy eating solution that fits you—for life.

Visit www.mydiettype.com to take the quiz for free!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"This eye-opening book will help you understand yourself and your eating habits a lot better!" --Lisa "Hungry Girl" Lillien

"Gives every dieter what she really needs: a personalized plan for weight loss." --Pam O'Brien, Executive Editor, Fitness Magazine

"Upbeat and practical . . . taps into the key to diet success. We all know what to do to lose those pounds, Jones tells you how." --Erin Hobday, Diet & Nutrition Editor at SELF Magazine

"Eating well and living healthily--though vital--does not have a one-size-fits-all prescription. Heather K. Jones, by using type, now empowers each of us--using our own language and learning strategies--to get healthy. The marriage of type and diet is long overdue!" --Hile Rutledge, CEO, OKA (Otto Kroeger Associates)

"Whether you're a social butterfly or glued to your PDA, this new book can help you peel off pounds." --VitalJuice.com

About the Author

Heather K. Jones is a Registered Dietitian (R.D.), a Certified MBTI® Administrator and a knowledgeable weight loss counselor whose experience has taught her that there is much more to staying slim and trim than just carbs, calories and fat. She has worked for the nation's largest circulation health newsletter, the Nutrition Action Healthletter, and has also been published in numerous healthy-living magazines including SELF and Fitness, in addition to being a Best Life nutritionist for Bob Green's The Best Life Diet.

Mary Miscisin, M.S. (a.k.a. “Positively Mary”) is a sought after authority on personality temperament, health and wellness, and self development. A Certified MBTI® Administrator, she is the author of Showing Our True Colors, a guide used around the world for understanding and applying the concepts of personality styles.

Ed Redard, M.D. is a Family Practice Physician, a Certified MBTI® Administrator, and a Master Practitioner of NLP. Early on, he discovered a patients basic personality had much to do with their success in achieving weight loss. This realization triggered a 10 year journey of research and development which culminated in his model of personality based weight management. He contributes his experience and case studies to this project.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Hatherleigh Press; 1 edition (May 19, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1578262879
• ISBN-13: 978-1578262878
• Product Dimensions: 6.2 x 1 x 9.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #572,471 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a great eye-opener on dieting!, May 19, 2009

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Ardy Skinner, Author of "The Lavish Cheap... (New Mexico) - See all my reviews

This review is from: What's Your Diet Type?: Use the Power of Your Personality to Discover Your Best Way to Lose Weight (Hardcover)

Being in the fitness field for years, I was a little apprehensive to study another "diet book," but What's Your Diet Type? goes against the conventional method that it's just about "food." It isn't. It is truly about your "type of personality." When you read through this book, not only does it give you great insights to dieting, it speaks to you directly-- it's fun, informative, and self-realizing. Going beyond the simple "diet" approach, this book goes in depth about how and why we struggle with food. It's the foundation to living a healthy and balanced lifestyle to fit your own personal style!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally, a useful diet book., June 15, 2009

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Sande Roberts "Relationship Diva" (Scottsdale, Arizona) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What's Your Diet Type?: Use the Power of Your Personality to Discover Your Best Way to Lose Weight (Hardcover)

I've played the yo-yo diet game and experienced the short term benefits. Now, for the first time, I feel validated about my eating and dieting styles, which has helped me lose 10 lbs just since the book came out. Not only was I able to see myself in the different styles, but I felt like someone else understood me too. The book was encouraging rather than admonishing. I came away with great alternatives for what to eat when my love for food or grazing habits take over. Heather, Mary and Dr Redard rock. My own copy of the book is already dog eared, and I've purchased many copies for friends because it's a great read whether you have a food issue or not.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Diet delight!, May 19, 2009

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Rhondalynn Korolak "transformation and accele... (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: What's Your Diet Type?: Use the Power of Your Personality to Discover Your Best Way to Lose Weight (Hardcover)

Finally a book that recognizes the need to tailor the strategy/approach to losing weight in the exact same way that one would tailor communication to each specific personality type. Every body is unique! I would highly recommend this book to anyone who has struggled in the past with a one-size-fits-all diet approach and is looking for sustainable, long term results.