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You: On a Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management Audible Audiobook – Abridged

4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 842 ratings
3.6 on Goodreads
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For the first time in our history, scientists are uncovering astounding medical evidence about dieting. Now, Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz translate this cutting-edge information to help you shave inches off your waist by giving you the best weapon against fat: knowledge.

Through their signature entertaining style, Drs. Roizen and Oz teach you about your body -- how and why it stores calories, burns fat, and reacts to the foods you test your body with. Ultimately, they give you a plan and formulas that will help you lose up to two inches from your waist in two weeks, on your way to your ideal size.

By following the YOU diet and YOU activity plan, you will...

  • Challenge your beliefs about diets
  • Learn to rule the elegant systems controlling your body fat
  • Never feel hungry
  • Never yo-yo again
  • Feel better, look better, and live healthier

    Equal parts information, motivation, and change-your-life action, YOU: On a Diet will revolutionize the way you think about yourself and the food you consume, so that you'll diet smart, not hard. Welcome to your body on a diet.

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  1. Listening Length
    4 hours and 33 minutes
  2. Author
    Michael F. Roizen M.D., see all
  3. Narrator
    Michael F. Roizen, see all
  4. Audible release date
    October 12, 2006
  5. Language
    English
  6. Publisher
    Simon & Schuster Audio
  7. ASIN
    B000K7KJT0
  8. Version
    Abridged
  9. Program Type
    Audiobook
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Listening Length 4 hours and 33 minutes
Author Michael F. Roizen M.D., Mehmet C. Oz M.D.
Narrator Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz
Audible.com Release Date October 12, 2006
Publisher Simon & Schuster Audio
Program Type Audiobook
Version Abridged
Language English
ASIN B000K7KJT0
Best Sellers Rank #300,533 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals)
#2,304 in Diets, Nutrition & Healthy Eating
#2,365 in Physical Illness & Disease
#9,872 in Other Diet Books

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4.2 out of 5 stars
842 global ratings

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Customers find the information in the book useful and sound. They also describe it as easy to read, understand, and well-written. Readers mention the book is a great, fun read with specific ideas, directions, tips, and recipes. They appreciate the humor and say it keeps them amused. Readers mention the exercises are easy to follow and don't require special weights or equipment.

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138 customers mention "Information quality"138 positive0 negative

Customers find the information in the book useful, based on solid research. They say it provides sound advice and motivation to reprogram their way of eating. Readers also mention the book is inspiring, helpful, and funny. They appreciate the explanations of how the body works.

"...This book provides you with tips and how to deal with our constant battles to eat bad things when you can make it a priority to eat good things...." Read more

"...It is a pleasure to read and provides solid advice." Read more

"...is just reinforcing a lot of the concepts we already know, but it is a good refresher, and we like the explanations of how the body works and how..." Read more

"...It does cover how the body functions and explains some cellular stuff, but you probably got most of what it offers in junior high, and you simply..." Read more

84 customers mention "Ease of reading"77 positive7 negative

Customers find the book very easy to read and understand. They say it's well-written, explains in user-friendly scientific terms how the body works, and the meal plan is easy to follow. Readers also appreciate the cartoon illustrations that illustrate the text extremely well.

"...look like a pregnant 60 year old, I have lost weight, gained confidence and energy. I AM NOT ON A DIET I am merely making better choices for myself...." Read more

"...The book is written in a friendly accessible style that makes it an enjoyable read...." Read more

"...The book is easy to read and takes the reader through the science of their theory as well as how to actually do the diet...." Read more

"...i think the cartoons illustrate the text extremely well and even my professors want to use them in future nutrition classes...." Read more

72 customers mention "Readability"72 positive0 negative

Customers find the book great, fun, and easy to follow. They say it's well-written, exciting, and worth the time and effort.

"...This is a fun book to read with a little humor thrown in. The writing style is casual more like a conversation than a diet plan...." Read more

"...I learned so much. Be prepared for a seriously written book...." Read more

"...Anyways, the book is a good read. Some of the humor is dry, and forced. It's a little too much too...." Read more

"...who is serious about trying to lose weight, this is a really well put together book." Read more

48 customers mention "Information content"48 positive0 negative

Customers find the book very informative, interesting, and thought-provoking. They say it takes the reader through the science of their theory and gives specific ideas, directions, tips, and recipes. Readers also mention that the various topics are well covered in a style that's not pedantic. Additionally, they say the author makes everything fascinating and entertaining.

"...of the way the body works are too long, but over all it is an entertaining and informative book...." Read more

"...Be prepared for a seriously written book. It is so full of information that it can seem like a challenge to get past one page sometimes, but the..." Read more

"...book is written in a friendly accessible style that makes it an enjoyable read...." Read more

"...The book is easy to read and takes the reader through the science of their theory as well as how to actually do the diet...." Read more

37 customers mention "Humor"27 positive10 negative

Customers find the humor in the book entertaining and witty. They appreciate the cartoons and the fun and informative way it's written.

"...Finally, I enjoyed the humorous format of the book; it made me laugh a few times." Read more

"...This book is very inspiring, helpful, funny without over doing it, and provides you with so much information without overwhelming you...." Read more

"...Although the humor is a bit corny at times, you won't be able to hold back a smile...." Read more

"...She loves the illustrations - they are so cute and funny!The book itself is a gem...." Read more

31 customers mention "Ease of follow"23 positive8 negative

Customers find the book easy to follow. They mention it provides excellent, easy-to-do changes and ideas. Readers also say the book explains the complex, inter-related workings of the brain. In addition, they say it's a great way to get started on your way to a new way of life.

"...There are menus and recipes included. The book is set up so that you can skip sections you don't want to read and just jump into the diet, though I..." Read more

"...The tips offered are very liveable and adaptable to daily life...." Read more

"...This book teaches you to reprogram your habits and thinking and leaves some room for you to actually eat food...." Read more

"...why" of things in your body. That being said it does get somewhat confusing at times...." Read more

27 customers mention "Weight loss"23 positive4 negative

Customers find the book easy to read and has helpful hints on losing weight. They say it allows for slow but steady weight loss, and provides good advice on losing inches. Readers mention they have more energy and are feeling healthier.

"...They encourage a decrease in waist size rather than pounds on a scale...." Read more

"...explains how to eat well for your body so that you are satisfied, not hungry, and in a way that your body knows it is OK to shed pounds...." Read more

"...only weeks I no longer look like a pregnant 60 year old, I have lost weight, gained confidence and energy...." Read more

"...and useful tips in this book I have lost 65 pounds, improved my cholesterol levels to "excellent" in all categories, and dropped my blood pressure..." Read more

19 customers mention "Recipes"19 positive0 negative

Customers find the recipes in the book really good and easy to follow. They say it's amazing how tasty whole grain foods can be and how much more they fill them up than regular foods. Readers also appreciate the common sense approach and interesting tidbits about different foods.

"...It is amazing how tasty whole grain foods can be and how much more they fill you up than processed carbohydrates...." Read more

"...There are menus and recipes included...." Read more

"...The recipes in the book are pretty good -- some much better than others...." Read more

"...The dinners are rather limited, but the breakfasts and lunches are good...." Read more

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MortensOrchid
5.0 out of 5 stars The best diet book EVER
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2007
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I have struggled with my weight in recent years. As a kid I could eat anything I wanted and never gain, but, like everyone else, our bodies change and we end up gaining. Before I knew it, I ended up overweight. I had tried other diets (Atkins, South Beach, The Zone, etc.), and one day my Dad made a comment to me that really made me mad. Instead of getting angry then depressed afterwards, I had a new resolve. I had one thought and one thought only "Well, I'll show HIM. He thinks he's so high and mighty, always has the right answers for everything. He thinks I can't do it, I'll show HIM." With that thought, I got out of denial and did something about it. Within approximately a year and a half, I have lost 42 lbs. I am 5'10" and proudly at 140 lbs, back to the higher end of my high school weight.

So while I praise my diet (an organized diet group whose name I will not advertize here) and giving me a new outlook on life, I praise this book for supplying me with the tools to go through everyday life. We are going to battle the bulge all our lives, no matter who you are. The biggest myth we have to overcome is the fact that we cannot eat whatever we want as long as we keep doing physical activity. You have to count calories as well. It's ok to have a little treat every once in a while, but we CANNOT eat treats all the time. This book provides you with tips and how to deal with our constant battles to eat bad things when you can make it a priority to eat good things. Listerine breath strips or mints are great things just to snack on. A craving only lasts a little while. If you follow these rules, you will feel physically and mentally better. Now I make it a priority to eat my five servings of fruit and vegetables everyday. It really does cleanse the body. Eat some garbage, and you will automatically realize how much you have been poisoning your body.

As for the other reasearch that has to do with your family history, it has merit, no question about that. Hypertension, high blood pressure, diabetes, etc. are all inherited conditions. You can't do anything about this, but you can control it. You don't have to resign yourself to weight gain, you don't have to resign yourself to poor health. And just about all of these problems, genetic and non, have to do with your weight. Our waistlines are expanding thanks to poor choices, cheap fat laden food made available, and our need for taste over eating right. This is a battle we will have to fight, and this book will help you overcome so many things.
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Suzibell
5.0 out of 5 stars Very well written
Reviewed in the United States on January 9, 2007
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This book has a lot going for it. The authors are nationally recognized medical doctors who have the education, training and experience to validate what they are talking about. The book pushes a healthy lifestyle not "diet". Diet implies short term. Changing your lifestyle implies long term. There isn't a diet in the world that will work long term if permanent lifestyle modifications are not made. I like that this book encourages slow progress rather than promising to be something magic to lose 10 pounds in a week. The authors really strive to guide the reader to eat right and exercise and by doing so, the weight will slowly come off. I also like that they provide a guide for you other than what the scale says. They encourage a decrease in waist size rather than pounds on a scale. I think so many of us who try to lose weight are slaves to the scale and it can get quite frustrating.

This is a fun book to read with a little humor thrown in. The writing style is casual more like a conversation than a diet plan. It is a pleasure to read and provides solid advice.
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Mama T
4.0 out of 5 stars Over all I liked it.
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2007
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I am half way through the book. I am not crazy about most of the pictures, and sometimes the explanations of the way the body works are too long, but over all it is an entertaining and informative book. It explains why your belly fat is giving you bad lab results even when you are dieting, and gives helpful hints to try to improve the health issues by improving the good chemicals in your body through healthy eating. It has some really good tips in the book.

My husband who is now his ideal weight, because he has been eating healthy, has been reading it when he waits for me to get to bed, and he actually already did some of the things the book tells you to do, i.e. eating a small handful of nuts 20 minutes prior to a meal to set off a chemical that tells you that you are satiated (I am starting this thanks to the book). He is finding the book informative also (and he usually leafs through a couple of pages of my health books or magazines then sets them down - but this time he is reading it through).

p.s. Even before getting this book, both my husband and I had been using the basic concepts in the book (getting sugar and white flour out of your diet, bumping up natural fibers...) and our "bad food" cravings are gone and we have both lost 25-30 pounds each. We now crave healthy foods. The book is just reinforcing a lot of the concepts we already know, but it is a good refresher, and we like the explanations of how the body works and how you react to the foods you eat. It is encouraging me to stay the course (I have 30 more pounds to go, and the book is likely to encourage me to get the weight off a little faster than I planned thanks to it's explanation of what my belly fat is doing to the rest of my body).
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Greg from Canada
5.0 out of 5 stars Good book
Reviewed in Canada on August 16, 2016
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It worked for me. I lost 50 lbs in 4 months using the recipes and an intense treadmill regime (500 cals burned 6 days a week). Too bad I didn't stick with it - that was 8 years ago. The science makes sense. I find the cartoons annoying but that's just my preference.
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Shirley Chin
5.0 out of 5 stars its not all about being on a diet this book ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 8, 2014
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its not all about being on a diet this book explains what certain foods etc do to you , a must read
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Ryan Charlton
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Read for those who are serious about weight loss and keeping in shape
Reviewed in Canada on January 11, 2018
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Best to read for getting into realistic activity involved for weight loss and keeping in shape as a way of life!
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patrick babalola
5.0 out of 5 stars good
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 1, 2013
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Works fine, quality product. would recommend it .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . . .
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Sonny Goral
4.0 out of 5 stars My wife wanted this one
Reviewed in Canada on February 18, 2024
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A good inspirational and motivational read
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