[.ca] Weight Watchers Coach Approach: How to Motivate the ... (ISBN 0764540467)

From Amazon.com:
Coach Approach from Weight Watchers is a personalized weight-loss plan with information about nutrition, exercise, and motivation, and with psychological pointers to help you understand how to overcome your barriers and succeed at losing weight. First you look at whether you are really ready to lose weight through self-tests that help you examine your attitudes, eating patterns, roadblocks, body fat, and body image. You learn nutrition and exercise basics, the facts about weight-loss supplements and gimmicks, how to get the most from an aerobics class, and hints for dressing in a stylish and flattering manner. The cooking section shows you how to create a "lean, mean kitchen," and includes tips for shopping. All the information is sensible, practical, and up to date. More than 70 heart-healthy recipes include traditional dishes like Quick Classic Meat Loaf and Spaghetti Bolognese, comfort foods like Peanut-Butter-Caramel Sandwiches (20 percent fat) and Chocolate Mousse (30 percent fat), and modern fare such as Sun-Dried Tomato-Tofu Dip and Lemon-Lime Swordfish with Mango Salsa. The nutritional breakdown for each recipe gives calories, total fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sodium, carbohydrates, fiber, protein, calcium, and the points allotted by the Weight Watchers 1•2•3 Success program. A handy spiral binding lets the book lie flat for writing and cooking. --Joan Price

Not just for Weight Watchers members:
I was surprised by how much I liked it. I had feared it'd simply be a lot of rah-rah W.W. fluff. On the contrary, it was a globally useful, general information/motivation book. "Experiences last longer than flavors" and "no one but me puts food in my mouth." Lots of information on how to make INCREMENTAL changes in food quality/quantity and body movement. Lots of detailed info on things like types of fats, a very fair analysis of almost every type of weight loss method, and overcoming emotional challenges. I've read a lot of diet books in general... this one's a keeper and was definitely worth the money. 150 pgs of info, 100 pgs of recipes, 15 pgs of daily goal charts.

This an EXCELLENT book!:
I love this book, it is full of useful information in an easy to read format (not to mention the spiral bound hardcover). You will find just about everything you could possibly want in a book about health, nutrition and excercise as well as a lot of "extras" such as "larger-size sources" a list of body-friendly clothing lines and "How to build a transitional wardrobe". The book also gives differant advice to women who want to lose 10 or 25 pounds than it does to someone who wants to lose over 50 pounds. It would be a great resource for someone on the Weight Watchers program, as well as someone like me who just wanted some additional information and advice. The price here is really great too,...I will never buy a book without checking Amazon first!

Solid Information for Health-Aware People:
This is not a "fad diet" book. There are no quick fixes or extreme measures promoted in this book. This is a book for people who are serious about long-term weight maintenance. It is about making lasting changes in the way you eat, the way you think, the way you exercise, and the way you look at yourself. Using proven methods of long-term weight loss, the authors provide an abundance of information and exercises designed to help you make the lasting changes that will enable you to be successful. The only part of this book that was not helpful for me was the recipe section at the end. Most of the recipes were not what I would normally eat. Items such as Lemon-Lime Swordfish with Mango Salsa or a Chocolate Egg Cream are just not things I would normally prepare.

I Couldn't Put It Down!:
I have been a WW leader for over 15 years and a member since 1975! I was sure that there was nothing in this book that would be new or motivating for me. I couldn't have been more wrong. This book was filled with more useful information than any single "diet" or nutrition book I've read (and, believe me, I've read them all...). Even as a leader, I hit my slumps and bumps in the road ... This book made me feel as if I were joining and embarking on new habits for the first time! It made me feel excited and enervated. Read it. You won't be sorry.

Disappointing:
I thought the title was misleading. I thought it might be motivational in nature. It was kind of touchy-feely, get inside your head and try to figure out why you overeat. If you're into self-analysis, you might enjoy.