Win the Fat War Cookbook: 175 Family-Style Recipes from Real Weight-Loss Winners - Hardcover

Ragone, Regina

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ISBN 10: 1579543634 ISBN 13: 9781579543631

Verlag: Rodale Press, 2001

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A collection of 175 low-fat family-style recipes includes blueberry pecan pancakes, orange almond chicken, and much, much more, accompanied by practical advice from some of the nation's leading weight-loss experts. 25,000 first printing.

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@CTG:Wisdom from the Winners

@ICRTF:You've heard the heartbreaking statistics: "Ninety-five percent of

people who lose weight will gain it back." It's enough to make you exchange

your scale for a frequent buyer's card at the plus-size store.

@RTF:Don't believe it. Plenty of people lose weight and keep it off. And

you can, too. That's worth repeating.

@RTF:Plenty of people lose weight and keep it off. And you can, too. <$>

@RTF:But what about that 95 percent failure rate? That's a widely quoted

statistic that comes from a study of only 100 people at a nutrition clinic

at New York Hospital in the 1950s. It does not represent the real world of

today, where lots of people lose weight and keep it off on their own. Our

evidence: Thousands of weight-loss winners are coming out and speaking up.

The innovative National Weight Control Registry at the University of

Pittsburgh School of Medicine has identified the largest group of weight-

loss winners ever recorded, and they have lots of good advice to share. We

also interviewed dozens of successful dieters. They're people just like

you. Some lost weight on their own. Some joined weight-loss programs. Some

had to lose weight for health reasons. Others wanted to make a better

impression at their high school reunions. And a few had simply had enough

of being overweight.

@A:Break the Rules

@RTF:The patterns of success that we saw in our interviews were the same as

those at the National Weight Control Registry. And they weren't what you

might expect. The registry has tracked more than 2,000 people who have lost

at least 30 £ds and kept it off for at least 1 year. Amazingly, the

average loss for those in the registry is about 65 £ds, and they have

maintained it for more than 6 years. What these people told us flies in the

face of conventional weight-loss wisdom. Consider these myth-busting

truths.

@RTF:It's never too late. <$>Being heavy as a child doesn't sentence you

to a life as an overweight adult. At the registry, 46 percent of the

participants said that they were overweight as children at age 11 or

younger. Twenty-five percent first became heavy between ages 12 and 18.

Only 28 percent became overweight as adults. That means most of these

weight-loss winners overcame a lifetime of being overweight.

@RTF:Forget your "ideal" weight. <$>Ideal weight is just that: an ideal.

The fact is that most people who consider themselves successful at

maintaining a weight loss drop only about half the £ds that they'd hoped

to drop. Weight-loss researcher Thomas Wadden, Ph.D., proves the point. He

and his colleagues asked 60 overweight women (their average weight was

about 218 £ds) to write down three different numbers: their ideal "goal"

weight, weight loss that they considered "acceptable," and weight loss that

they saw as "disappointing." Most set their ideal weights about 72 £ds

less than their current weights (an average ideal of 146 £ds). The

average "acceptable" weight loss was about 55 £ds (which would put them

at an average of 163 £ds). A loss of only 38 £ds was considered

"disappointing" (an average weight of 180).

@RTF:After 6 months of dieting, exercising, and behavior modification, plus

6 months of maintenance, the average weight loss sustained by these women

was only 36 £ds. Two £ds less<$> than their "disappointing" weight

loss. The good news? All were absolutely thrilled with their new weight.

Even though they hadn't reached the loss that they initially called

"disappointing," they felt better physically and emotionally than they had

ever expected.

@RTF:A weight loss of only 10 percent of your current weight is enough to

bring down high blood pressure, lower cholesterol and triglycerides

(substances that can put you at risk for heart disease), and improve your

overall medical health. And that translates into feeling better instantly.

So reach for a reasonable goal weight, not an ideal. That's exactly what

Susan Cursi did. Susan is 5 feet 5 inches tall and now weighs 130 £ds.

She lost 50 £ds and has kept it off for 5 years. But she had to get real

first. "I realized that I may never be as skinny as I was in high school.

But when I lost just 25 to 30 £ds, I felt so much better."

@RTF:Keep trying. <$>Contrary to rumors, yo-yo dieting (or continually

losing weight and gaining it back) does not lower your chances of ever

losing weight permanently. The research that started that rumor was done on

rats, not humans. Even so, it caused some weight-loss "experts" to think

that it might be healthier to stay heavy than to continue trying to lose

weight. Nothing could be further from the truth. A national task force was

organized to do a comprehensive survey of 43 human studies on the subject

(known among doctors as "weight cycling"). Guess what they concluded?

Repeat dieting does not increase body fat, make future weight-loss attempts

more difficult, or permanently lower metabolic rate (the rate at which your

body burns calories).

@RTF:Proof positive: Nearly all the weight-loss winners (91 percent) in the

National Weight Control Registry are veteran dieters. And these folks lost

an average of 60 £ds and kept it off for 10 years. The people we

interviewed had similar dieting patterns. So what triggered the lasting

success? Among other things, they all said that this time, they were going

to make long-term behavior changes. They more closely watched what they

ate, and they exercised more.

@RTF:Adrienne Jacobson dieted for years. She tried everything: weight-loss

pills, liquid diet products, even starvation. Finally, she found a

registered dietitian who designed an eating plan based on her

lifestyle<\m>a diet that she could stick with for the long haul. She met

with her dietitian once a week for positive reinforcement and fine tuning.

She has maintained a loss of 36 £ds for 3 ;1/2 years.

@RTF:Mark Ballard dropped an amazing 125 £ds<\m>but not the first time

he tried. "My first weight-loss attempt was a fast that I did in high

school. From there, I moved on: Weight Watchers, the Cambridge System, Slim

Fast, Nutri/System, Cabbage Soup." Mark eventually found that a sensible

low-fat eating plan and exercise worked for him. If you've tried before, it

couldn't hurt to try again. This time could be different.

@RTF:Ignore your family's weight history. <$>Genetics tell you only that

you have a tendency to be overweight. Your genes do not predict your

ability to lose weight. "I saw pictures of my grandmothers, great-

grandmothers, and great-great-grandmothers, and they were all overweight

and short like I am. My mother was only about 5 feet tall, and she was also

overweight," says Jean Ross. Despite her family's weight history, Jean

dropped 35 £ds and went from a size 22 to a size 12. How about the

weight-loss winners at the registry? Forty-six percent reported having at

least one parent who was overweight.

@RTF:Trust your instincts. <$>People told us that one of the keys to

permanent weight loss was getting triggered by something deep inside,

coming to a turning point, an incident or time in their lives that made

them say, "This...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Rodale Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1579543634
• ISBN 13: 9781579543631
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 357
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