Win the Weight Game : Successful Strategies for Living Well [Hardcover]

Sarah Ferguson The Duchess of York (Author), Weight Watchers (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 11, 2000

"I now realize that the first step toward taking control of my weight is knowledge and acceptance.... With control and direction, I have found, you can succeed." ?Sarah, The Duchess of York

Including a four-week menu plan and 50 delicious recipes Features Weight Watchers_? 1 2 3 Success^? Weight Loss Plan Points^? Values

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

"I hit rock bottom in 1996, when I was overweight, in debt and terribly unhappy," writes Sarah, the Duchess of York. She credits Weight Watchers with saving her life by teaching her how to control her habits and her weight--and respect herself. In Win the Weight Game, she teams up with Weight Watchers to offer a support group in print, with friendly, practical advice and a four-week meal plan with 50 recipes. She traces a female's physical and emotional development, and describes how this relates to the development of weight triggers. This is a very practical book dealing with real issues, real situations, and real solutions. How can I keep from overeating when I go home for the holidays? How can I raise a daughter to be a healthy eater? What if my husband is sabotaging my weight-loss efforts? Whatever obstacles are getting in the way of your weight-loss success, Sarah and Weight Watchers have strategies for overcoming them. The four-week meal plan follows Weight Watchers' 1-2-3 Success plan and avoids boring diet food in favor of dishes like Lemon Ricotta Blintzes, Lo Mein Peanut Noodles, Turkey Oaxaca with Spicy Oven Fries, Winter Vegetable Pasta, and Cornmeal and Almond-Encrusted Trout. All recipes include a nutritional breakdown with calories, total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, total carbohydrate, dietary fiber, protein, calcium, and Weight Watcher points. --Joan Price

From Kirkus Reviews

That old reliablethe standard, well-based Weight Watchers' weight-control planis enlivened by vignettes from the organization's spokeswoman, the Duchess of York (Dining With the Duchess, not reviewed). In the first chapter, ``Starting Over at Forty, Sarah Ferguson reviews her turbulent 30s, ostensibly to explain how she came to be allied with Weight Watchers. Interestingly, she comes across as reasonable, even-tempered, and clearheaded. She and her Weight Watchers colleagues describe broad development stages and suggest what events in each may trigger weight problems: For infancy/toddlerhood it's a disrupted hunger-eating relationship (for instance, a strict feeding schedule); in midlife, perimenopause and menopause are often culprits. In considering how family, friends, and other relationships are intertwined with weight issues, the duchess reveals that her mother was ``a brilliant and complex woman. In a word, she was magic. She . . . left our family when I was entering my teens. Once Mom left life was small and the universe was food.'' Ferguson offers advice on fitting healthy nutrition habits into a hectic workday, and help with stress reduction and ``Managing Life's Transitions'' (moving, graduation, births, deaths). The second half of this guide is given over to a reasonable four-week diet plan (designed for a 150-pound woman), complete with 50 recipes. No surprises; the usual conservative diet fare, spiced by the Duchess's starry presence. -- Copyright ©2000, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster; 1 edition (January 11, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0684870770
• ISBN-13: 978-0684870779
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,228,692 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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45 of 48 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Win the Weight Game, January 18, 2000

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"roglhamp" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Win the Weight Game : Successful Strategies for Living Well (Hardcover)

This is a wonderful book. I think that Sarah Ferguson,(teamed with Weight Watchers),does an excellent job discussing the psychological aspects/roots of weight gain, loss, and management. Her personal experiences and feelings enhance the content. Chapter 3, titled, "My Mother, My Weight", is extremely insightful and useful. The weight issue seems to be passed from generation, and I will try to use the information she presents to break this cycle in my own family.

29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars a gentle push towards self-confidence, March 5, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Win the Weight Game : Successful Strategies for Living Well (Hardcover)

While sometimes I pondered over just how much of this book Sarah Ferguson wrote by herself,it is very helpful and practical. Most diet books are so difficult to follow, as good as they are. This one is not. And for the first time I've ever seen in a diet book, the author explains our eating behaviors exclusively from the female perspective. Perhaps the best part of this book is how to prevent weight-teasing and body anxiety in both your children and yourself. The book is very short (I read it in one day and I work!) but I really enjoyed it. The only problem I had with it is that they recommend diet sodas and other aspartame sweetened products in order to cut sugar and calories. They shouldn't promote using chemicals to control weight! Otherwise, a perfectly sensible diet plan I can't imagine not working for anyone.

34 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thank You Sarah, January 31, 2000

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Andrea R. Isom (Portland, Oregon) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Win the Weight Game : Successful Strategies for Living Well (Hardcover)

I bought Sarah's first two books written in conjunction with Weight Watcers and haven't regretted it. This book too, was well worth the money.

This book addresses the real psycological issues and gives practical, usable advice on how to fight your food demons at 1:00 in the morning and at your favorite restaurant.

Sarah is a wonderful role-model, she's conquered her weight issues and has accepted that you don't need to be pencil-thin to be healthy or attractive.

The recipes, a mixture of exotic and simple, are as always a delight.

She makes WW's 1-2-3 success program well worth the effort.