In this newest weight-c0ntrol plan, Packard, a gastroenterologist who has studied weight loss theory extensively, recommends defining an optimum personal weight by measuring body mass index, and percent of body fat (calculated with a physician). If these figures point to obesity, it is necessary to control food cravings. The author provides a series of questionnaires designed to evaluate cravings, and relaxation techniques to overcome them, such as meditation, aromatherapy and listening to music. Packard's nutritional program for maintaining healthy weight is not based on caloric intake, but on a Food Triangle that separates proteins and carbohydrates rather than combining them. According to Packard, it is the combination of these foods that cause weight gain. His plan consists of eating only protein (meat, cheese, eggs) for breakfast and only complex carbohydrates (vegetables, grains and fruits) for lunch. For the most part, unsaturated rather than saturated fats should be consumed (lean meats, olive oil, yogurt cheeses). Dinner may include all three food types. Dieters should avoid packaged foods, sugared drinks and excessive consumption of sweets, and should exercise regularly. Although Packard's program promotes good nutrition as well as healthy habits and is a conservative rather than a radical way to lose weight, some may find it difficult to religiously restrict proteins at lunch or carbs at breakfast.
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Book Description
Diets don’t work. Nearly sixty percent of Americans are overweight–and the numbers are growing along with their waistlines. Many doctors still wonder why so many of their patients, despite their best efforts, cannot lose weight permanently. Diets offer temporary relief. Yet the reason is not lack of willpower, notes renowned gastroenterologist Dr. Andrew Packard. Instead excessive weight gain should be viewed as a medical condition–one that can be easily cured with the groundbreaking, easy-to-maintain Packard Weight Health Plan.
Dr. Packard has spent the last decade developing this practical, scientifically sound, and sustainable five-step program. Taking into account your brain and its primal appetites, and tapping into the natural power of food chemistry, Packard shows you how to literally reengineer your brain’s cravings. This process leads you to your ideal “weight health”–meaning you will reach your individual, optimum body weight without a relapse.
The five easy steps of the Packard Weight Health Plan are as follows:
• Determine if you possess good “weight health”–which is comprised of BMI (Body Mass Index), percentage of body fat, and level of brain cravings
• Take the personalized quiz to discover where you fall on the “weight health” spectrum, from “you can stand to lose a few pounds” to “let’s get to work”
• A no-stress five-day diet regime–a protein breakfast for weight loss, a complex carbohydrate lunch for health, and a dinner of your choice
• Recondition your brain’s eating habits through meditation and relaxation techniques–and control your impulse for overindulgence
• Low-impact physical activity, which could be as easy as a brisk, invigorating twenty-five-minute walk each day.
Featuring gourmet recipes and delicious meal plans, as well as lively case studies of people who successfully mastered and maintained the Packard Weight Health Plan, this eye-opening book will make everyone a winner in the battle of the bulge. Forget counting calories and portion control. Treat yourself to that occasional dessert or glass of wine. Above all remember: When you attain Weight Health, you look good and you increase your quality of life!
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