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171 of 180 people found the following review helpful:
One Persons Journey Through A World of Books Thoughts:
I have read through this book and find it to be a fascinating easy to follow program that will produce results!
The Mayo Clinic Diet Book starts out with a 2 week period of ADDING 5 Habits - BREAKING 5 Habits and ADOPTING 5 Habits. What I love about this method is that it is doable. That's right... it is simple steps that the journal (I love the journal!)...
Published 8 months ago by Sheila A. Dechantal
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5-star and 1-star reviews are both right
Some reviewers give this book 5 stars, others give it 3. So how do you know whom to believe? I think I can help you.
This book is NOT for you if:
- You are looking for a magic weight loss plan, or a new theory of weight control
- You are looking for a lot of recipes
This book MIGHT be for you if:
- You subscribe to the old,...
Published 24 days ago by Mark Wilsonwood
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171 of 180 people found the following review helpful:
One Persons Journey Through A World of Books Thoughts:, January 2, 2010
This review is from: The Mayo Clinic Diet: Eat Well, Enjoy Life, Lose Weight (Hardcover)
I have read through this book and find it to be a fascinating easy to follow program that will produce results!
The Mayo Clinic Diet Book starts out with a 2 week period of ADDING 5 Habits - BREAKING 5 Habits and ADOPTING 5 Habits. What I love about this method is that it is doable. That's right... it is simple steps that the journal (I love the journal!) helps you calculate and keep up on day to day.
The Journal has a Habit Tracker within it so you can put in your starting weight... and check off the habits you are applying each day. This is great for someone wired like me as I have to have the visual in front of me.... plus, I like goals... and challenges...
With great habits to remember like eating a healthy breakfast, fruits and vegies daily, eating whole grains, healthy fats - and my favorite habit: MOVE! That's right - get out there and well, MOVE! :)
In the two week period you will also be encouraged to break 5 habits and this is good to doccument as well - like no eating while watching TV (guilty!), No sugar, no snacks, only moderate meat and dairy, and no eating at restaurants.
Now this is just part of the journal habits to break. In the two week period if we focus on breaking these habits we are on our way to new and healthier ways to enjoy life... The back of the book has a break down of good carbs and healthy choices as well as recipes. This book will be one I can refer to again and again!
The book talks about what motivates us... find what will give you an ongoing, burning desire to succeed. For me - I love being fit. I feel better about myself, I have more energy and I am just better. I dont know any other way to describe it. In September of this past year I fell a little off my routine and have yet to get back into where I was. I started not eating as healthy and skipping some of my workouts. My time management became cluttered and now in January I find myself 7 pounds heaver than my usual 125 pounds.
So - in light of this review - a new year, a great read... I am starting this two week program today. I will probably do a recap at the end of the two weeks on how I did. This book has motivated me to do what I need to do to get back on track. Using the journal as a guide and the book to help me with those pitfalls I am looking forward to and expecting success.
I thoroughly enjoyed everything about this book and cant say enough about the journal. Having a workbook that I need to keep track of what I am doing daily is a great motivator for me.
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123 of 131 people found the following review helpful:
This really works!, December 30, 2009
This review is from: The Mayo Clinic Diet: Eat Well, Enjoy Life, Lose Weight (Hardcover)
My husband and I were part of the initial study for this book. I will tell you that it is a lifestyle change but once you figure it out, it becomes second nature. I lost 8 pounds in two weeks and my husband lost 14. The study ended after 2 weeks. I did learn a lot but it certainly took time to figure out what foods are approved. I highly recommend this diet and intend to give it another try, this time adding the maintenance portions.
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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
This truly is "The last diet book you will ever need.", February 8, 2010
This review is from: The Mayo Clinic Diet: Eat Well, Enjoy Life, Lose Weight (Hardcover)
If you want to lose weight than GET THIS BOOK! I lost 6 pounds the first week (6-10 was the range)and am beginning my fifth week and have lost a total of 14 pounds. I have 150 to lose. I also have Diabetes. This book has changed my life, my perspective on food, helped me change bad habits and replace them with good habits, and is one I can live with and feed my family the same foods too. I have been on every diet known to man. I have been overweight for 20 years. I will do it this time and be healthier and happier. These people at Mayo Clinic have given us a chance to be thin and healthy again. Get the book. It will change your life. I recommended it to my sister and sister-in-law as well. They are changing their lives too. My 20 year old daughter is also doing this diet with me. She only has 20 pounds to lose. It is so easy and is a life style change. I hate even calling it a diet. I will never go back to the way I used to eat. I still have that occasional chocolate cake and don't even have guilt. It is allowed. Everything in moderation is the key. I promise you won't regret spending the money for this book! Get the accompanying Journal as well!
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
The Mayo Clinic Diet Works, February 10, 2010
This review is from: The Mayo Clinic Diet: Eat Well, Enjoy Life, Lose Weight (Hardcover)
This is the first time I bought a diet book (or actually went on a "diet"). FYI: I'm a male. What drew me to this book was that it was published by the Mayo Clinic and is not a fad diet. The concepts in the book work. I actually lost about 8 pounds in the first 2.5 weeks on the diet and about another 2 pounds in the following week (my goal is to lose 15 pounds). The book motivated me to start to eat right and exercise (which I do for about 1 hour every day; burning between 300 and 500 calories on the oliptical + some light weight exercise). I became somewhat obsessed with eating the right foods as suggested in the book and got into an "exercise rut" (no matter how tired I was I exercised). The book is laid out fairly well and easily readable; although I find that it jumps around a bit - I would suggest reading Part 3 first (like I did) to get a basic understanding of eating and exercise and then go full bore into Lose It (Part 1). And read Part 2 and Part 3 (again). I saw results and that motivates me to continue to eat healthier and exercise. Good Luck!
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
Worked For Me, March 10, 2010
This review is from: The Mayo Clinic Diet: Eat Well, Enjoy Life, Lose Weight (Hardcover)
The premise of the "The Mayo Clinic Diet" is that it will be the last diet you will ever need. The Mayo Clinic has helped many individuals lose weight and keep it off, and "The Mayo Clinic Diet" is the compilation of these tested techniques. Each section draws on the experience of various health care professionals - internists, psychologists, nutritionists and so on - and emphasizes creating your own plan using the concepts in the book. One of the motivational tools suggested in "The Mayo Clinic Diet" is recording your food intake, level of exercise and goals for the day. While this recording can be done in any notebook, the book does come with a companion journal which can be helpful in keeping you on track.
"The Mayo Clinic Diet" consists of two parts: Lose It and Live It. The Lose It part is designed to help you lose 6 to 10 lbs. in 2 weeks to give you a jump start and results to keep you going with the program. The Live It part is longer and chock full of tips and suggestions for healthy and active living. This part discusses things like portion control, changing damaging behaviors, and making good choices while eating out. While following the rules of the first part for longer than 2 weeks may result in faster weight loss, the Live It part is easier to follow and more adoptable to an every day lifestyle.
I decided to follow at least the Lose It part and see if "The Mayo Clinic Diet" would live up to its weight loss promises. The rules were simple: break 5 habits, add 5 habits and add 5 bonus habits for 2 weeks. These habits included things like fitting in at least 30 minutes of exercise every day, eating whole grains, avoiding sugar and snacks, and not watching TV while eating. I also took advantage of The Mayo Clinic Diet Journal and recorded my progress. On the first day, I recorded my starting weight, BMI and waist measurement, as well as my goal weight. I also took the time to write down my daily goal, everything I ate and what physical activity I accomplished that day. At the end of 2 weeks, I lost 5 lbs and I believe I could have lost more if I did not cheat on a few occasions.
I found "The Mayo Clinic Diet" to be a refreshing change to the usually restrictive and unsustainable fad diets. The book was colorful, well organized, pretty easy to follow and just enjoyable to read. I finished the first part in one seating and could not wait to start implementing the habits into my day - they seemed like a very straight forward way to get rid of some extra poundage. I am now making my way through the Live It part and learning how to make healthy choices every day.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
Promotes Healthy Changes for Weight Loss and Provides All the Tools You Need, February 10, 2010
This review is from: The Mayo Clinic Diet: Eat Well, Enjoy Life, Lose Weight (Hardcover)
I understand that there is no quick fix, fad diet that will take the weight of and keep it off. Eating the right (whole) foods in the right (small) portions and exercising are the keys to weight loss, maintenance and good health. Since I get all that, I can appreciate the Mayo Clinic Diet for several reasons.
It is not another fad diet. The program outlines simple, and healthy changes that will result in weight loss.
It is based on the research of doctors who have worked with thousands of patients. The doctors have boiled down their research into the five simple habits to help you take off the extra weight and five habits to break so that you can keep it from coming back.
The diet is broken down into two simple phases - Lose it and Live It. In the two week Losing It phase, add five healthy habits like eating a healthy breakfast, healthy fats and adding exercise. Break five habits like no TV while eating, and no sugar (only what is naturally found in fruit). In Phase 2, "Live It" (the long-term plan) you continue to lose 1 to 2 pounds a week until you reach your goal. Then you learn how to maintain your healthy weight for life.
The Mayo Clinic Diet book has all the necessary tools, is simple to skim through, and is well organized. The book includes meal planners, recipes and tips on overcoming challenges, staying motivated, adapting recipes and sticking to the diet when eating out.
The book comes with a companion journal. To help monitor your progress, the companion journal has over 200 pages, consisting of a weight record to plot your weight and the habit tracker to record your foods eaten and your exercise. The easy-to-use diet journal allows you follow your progress during both phases of the program.
The proceeds from the book help support the Mayo Clinic. The Mayo Clinic is a not-for-profit group practice. When you purchase Mayo Clinic books, you help support programs, including medical education and research.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
The Mayo Clinic take on diet, February 19, 2010
This review is from: The Mayo Clinic Diet: Eat Well, Enjoy Life, Lose Weight (Hardcover)
"The Mayo Clinic Diet" is subtitled "Eat Well. Enjoy Life. Lose Weight." The point of the book? The editor-in-chief observes that (Page 6): "'The Mayo Clinic Diet' isn't a one-size-fits-all approach. Using clinically tested techniques, it puts you in charge of reshaping you lifestyle by adopting healthy new habits and breaking unhealthy old ones."
Part 1 is titled "Lose it!" Here, by following a number of rules, you would lose six to ten pounds in two weeks. What to do? Add five positive habits (e.g., eat a healthy breakfast, eat four or more servings of vegetables and three or more of fruits, eat whole grains, eat healthy foods such as olive oil and nuts, exercise 30 minutes or more per day). Then, break five bad habits (e.g., no TV while eating, stay away from sugar no snacks except fruits and vegetables, have small helpings of meat [the size of a deck of cards], no eating at restaurants,). Next hint? Adopt five bonus points (e.g., keep food records, keep activity records, exercise even more than 30 minutes per day, eat food is a natural state or only lightly processed food).
Part 2 is called "Live It!), involving setting goals, eating to the pyramid, and burning calories by being active. Some nice features include a quick guide to serving size (page 73). For instance, one 3erving of broccoli (25 calories) would be about the size of a baseball, whereas a serving of whole-wheat bread would be about the size of a hockey puck. Being active? Page 96 gives hints about enhancing activity level. At an airport, take a walk around the terminal. At work? Take the stairs and not the elevator.
Part 3 is "All the Extra Stuff." More detail on the food pyramid, understanding plateaus that occur when trying to lose weight, and hints about cooking. There is a listing of foods to stock up on (page 159), such as whole grains, fruits and veggies, protein sources (beans, tuna, skinless white meat poultry , fish with omega-3s), and dairy (low fat products). There are also menu ideas and cooking suggestions.
All in all, a useful compendium of ideas that many of us would already have been aware of. One wish: more recipes. There are a number of these, but more would have been useful. Of course, this is not meant as a cookbook, so that comment may not be completely fair.
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45 of 54 people found the following review helpful:
This book is Good... but not Great, January 30, 2010
This review is from: The Mayo Clinic Diet: Eat Well, Enjoy Life, Lose Weight (Hardcover)
This book was helpful in many areas but also has a few pitfalls. I liked the book because it was extremely practical and I could actually use their recommendations in my everyday life. It was simple, easy, and they gave actions steps so I could actually apply the principles to my life. The bad part about the book was much of the nutrition information isn't the best. For instance, they recommend drinking lots of low-fat milk which is highly allergenic and highly processed. They also push eating processed grains like breads, cereals, and pasta. My favorite part of the book was the change 5 habits section. It is simple and I can see it can radically change my life. They recommend: Adding 5 Good Habits, Break 5 Habits, and Adopt 5 Bonus Habits. Also, they had a section that helped you lay out a plan and set goals that was extremely helpful. So here is the simple breakdown.
The Good:
Helps you break bad habits and add in healthy ones
Helps you strategize a plan to reach your goals
Has Recipes with pictures
It's realistic and works
The Bad:
Nutrition advice is little bit off in my book (they still adhere to the low-fat trends of the 1970's)
I recommend this book to anyone who wants to make simple and realistic changes.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5-star and 1-star reviews are both right, August 14, 2010
This review is from: The Mayo Clinic Diet: Eat Well, Enjoy Life, Lose Weight (Hardcover)
Some reviewers give this book 5 stars, others give it 3. So how do you know whom to believe? I think I can help you.
This book is NOT for you if:
- You are looking for a magic weight loss plan, or a new theory of weight control
- You are looking for a lot of recipes
This book MIGHT be for you if:
- You subscribe to the old, tried-and-true formula for weight loss (eat fewer calories, exercise more), but need to know the details and need some help in getting, and staying, motivated.
The book is based on a version of the familiar food pyramid, and the diet can be summarized as: Eat a lot -- in fact as much as you want -- of fruits and vegetables (most of your favorites will be allowed, and you can eat them raw or cooked, and use fresh or frozen, and in some cases canned). Eat limited, though reasonable, amounts of carbs, protein and dairy, and fats. Exercise 30 minutes a day.
If you try it, good luck to you. I'm trying it, too; good luck to me as well.
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
Great book, February 2, 2010
This review is from: The Mayo Clinic Diet: Eat Well, Enjoy Life, Lose Weight (Hardcover)
First, I have to say that this is one of the most beautiful diet books I have ever seen. It is full of color and has some great pictures! It actually made me happy to just read the book - this was a great start for me!
I am NOT a believer in fad diets - they don't work AND they are unhealthy for us. Fortunately, that is also the premise of The Mayo Clinic Diet. This book clearly explains the reasons we get fat - and does so in a friendly user way - bypassing the boring scientific stuff and putting on a level we can all understand.
The book starts off by easing you into losing 10 lbs in the first few weeks - by modifying one unhealthy behaviour at a time. Then, it continues by amending, tweaking and continuing these good eating/moving habits as a new lifestyle change that is permanent.
There is a lot of detail in this book - and lots of great pictures and tips. While there is no groundbreaking new information, it is all well presented and very, very inspiring. There are a few recipes towards the back of the book, but really, this is really about modifying our lifestyles - instead of the quick diet fads that don't work.
Loved, loved, this book.
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