Dr. Kushner's Personality Type Diet - Hardcover

Kushner, Robert F.; Kushner, Nancy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312288093 ISBN 13: 9780312288099

Publisher: St Martin's Press, 2003

Synopsis

Dr Kushner has already helped thousands of people lose weight with his simple and safe Personality Type Diet, and now he reveals to readers how to craft a program to suit every individual's style and needs. By taking the personality profile test, readers are able to figure out what patterns in their own behaviour are keeping them from losing weight and are then able to learn exercise and diet solutions. Readers just follow the steps: - Take the Diet Personality Quiz - Calculate the score - Identify eating, exercise and coping patterns - Learn how to change patterns and to lose weight

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Review:

Dr Kushner's Personality Type Diet is not a modern diet book with a specific list of "bad" foods and proper breathing techniques--instead, you'll find a series of well-planned questionnaires designed to help you root out the causes of your extra weight and formulate a plan that works for your specific issues. It looks at three aspects of weight--your diet (including both what you eat and when you eat it), your exercise pattern (be honest) and any emotional ties that link the fridge to your search for inner peace. Each category you find yourself in--sensibly determined with percentages rather than absolute answers--has its own section of carefully tailored advice.

Kushner's plan involves a constant, lifelong attention to food and exercise, complete with charts that continually re-examine motives as you move through life changes. The idea is that once you've clearly identified what's holding you from your ideal weight, you'll move along smoothly toward achieving it. As with all dietary changes, these only work with self-motivation and honesty. Ultimately, he suggests realistic goals and lays out a comprehensive plan for long-term results. This is not an exciting breakthrough miracle plan of any sort--and it is likely to be more successful than any of them.

Sprinkled throughout the book are commonplace suggestions for improved health such as walking more, keeping a food journal, eating more fibre and fewer trans fats and finding substitutes for that triple-chocolate cake when you're feeling blue. The few enclosed recipes seem obligatory rather than particularly inspired, but in general his advice is both sound and sympathetic. --Jill Lightner, Amazon.com

Review:

.."..it's readable, and most important accurate-more than you can say for most diet books." --"Shape," March, 2003 ..".all of the plans encourage permanent, healthy lifestyle changes...Dr. Kushner's practical advice is right on the money." --"Fitness," April, 2003 ""USA Today" includes" Dr. Kushner's Personality Type Diet" as one of their diet book picks that "pound for pound could be just the ticket to a healthier life." --"USA Today," January 8, 2003 "The upbeat tone and the psychological approach add to the book's appeal..." says" Publisher's Weekly "PW Forecast about" Dr. Kushner's Personality Type Diet." --"Publisher's Weekly," January 6, 2003 ""Glamour "gives Dr. Kushner's Personality Type Diet 4 1/2 stars (out of 5) and this praise: "A 66-question quiz helps you figure out what traits... are causing you to gain weight. Jam-packed pages of practical, easy-to-follow eating strategies." --"Glamour," January, 2003

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martin's Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0312288093
• ISBN 13: 9780312288099
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 288