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lizbusby's review against another edition
3.0
A very different approach to dieting, more realistic and less purity focused. They set up a list of rules that will get you reasonably healthy, not ideally perfect and only eating ideal meals. In the end, it was a bit long for me and I lost interest.
emily_miller's review against another edition
4.0
Just a quick note first, it did not take me two months to read this book, I started it in early May but stopped until I was out of school and could give it more attention. I came back to it in early June and finished it July 5. I took time to focus on it and mull over each chapter in relation to my life before moving onto the next.
I have read lots and lots of books and articles about weight loss but this book is the first one that resonated with me. It IS doable. What the authors are saying is not impossible, it just takes time and commitment. At times I think they got a little heavy with the economics but their best practices for weight loss are simple and easy to follow if one is so inclined. And I am so inclined.
I have read lots and lots of books and articles about weight loss but this book is the first one that resonated with me. It IS doable. What the authors are saying is not impossible, it just takes time and commitment. At times I think they got a little heavy with the economics but their best practices for weight loss are simple and easy to follow if one is so inclined. And I am so inclined.
kerrynicole72's review against another edition
4.0
A lot of common sense information, packaged in a slightly different way - not really a diet book, more about how to think about food/energy. Key points that resonated with me:
- eat ONE square meal per day and two lighter meals. Don't snack. Limit variety in food choices to limit overeating;
-don't eat big meals at night as it interferes with your body's ability to digest and affects sleep;
-don't eat calories you "burned" with exercise as they're just estimates and usually this leads to overeating;
- calorie counts listed in packaged and restaurant foods are often WRONG, by up to 20 percent;
-treat your diet like you would a budget -- save up for splurges, implement austerity measures when you go overboard
-what you put in your body is what ends up on the scale -- if you want to weigh less, eat less. Period.
-weigh yourself every day. Yes, the # will fluctuate but it eventually helps you to understand the affect of yesterday's food on today's body and weight so you can make better choices in the future.
I enjoyed the tone of the writing and listened to the Audible version -- liked the narrator's voice - kept me engaged.
- eat ONE square meal per day and two lighter meals. Don't snack. Limit variety in food choices to limit overeating;
-don't eat big meals at night as it interferes with your body's ability to digest and affects sleep;
-don't eat calories you "burned" with exercise as they're just estimates and usually this leads to overeating;
- calorie counts listed in packaged and restaurant foods are often WRONG, by up to 20 percent;
-treat your diet like you would a budget -- save up for splurges, implement austerity measures when you go overboard
-what you put in your body is what ends up on the scale -- if you want to weigh less, eat less. Period.
-weigh yourself every day. Yes, the # will fluctuate but it eventually helps you to understand the affect of yesterday's food on today's body and weight so you can make better choices in the future.
I enjoyed the tone of the writing and listened to the Audible version -- liked the narrator's voice - kept me engaged.
llambe01's review against another edition
4.0
I like their simplifying of meal size to 1 'square' meal -- with the realistic reminder of what that size should mean as far as what little 'room' is left for other meals (basically 1 other 'light' meal and a small snack. And having a food budget -- purposefully cutting somewhere else before/after overdoing it.
I feel they focused too much on calories in their effort to stay away from recommending a specific diet. My experience is that simply weighing yourself every day is NOT the panacea that they claim for it. And the writing was not motivational at all (something I really value in diet books)
Even so I have found myself referencing some of their thoughts in the week since I read this book -- so bumped them up a star just for that.
I feel they focused too much on calories in their effort to stay away from recommending a specific diet. My experience is that simply weighing yourself every day is NOT the panacea that they claim for it. And the writing was not motivational at all (something I really value in diet books)
Even so I have found myself referencing some of their thoughts in the week since I read this book -- so bumped them up a star just for that.
rebjam's review
4.0
simple and practical advice laid out in an easy-to-follow format. When I practice these simple steps I have had success. so now it's just recognizing confronting the fact that these steps have to be lifelong practices not just it's something I do to lose 10 or 20 pounds. I have to continue for the remainder of my life to successfully to keep off that 10 or 20 pounds ( er actually more like 40).
wickliffe's review
5.0
Payne and Barnett attack dieting from the economist angle--certainly not the first place you'd look if you were looking to lose a few pounds. The authors' ability to translate complex economic concepts for lay readers is admirable. I've tried Payne and Barnett's method and it definitely works but like all diets, you must keep it up to keep off the pounds.
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