Dr. Phil Ultimate Weight Solution
What It Is
Phil McGraw, PhD, the plain-talking, self-improvement guru and psychologist,
spent eight years counseling people who were up to 300 pounds overweight. "The
approaches I used with them are precisely the very same get-real strategies for
weight loss you will learn about and apply here," he writes in his book, The
Ultimate Weight Solution: The 7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom.
Dr. Phil outlines seven key points to understanding and facing your
"personal truth" - how you view yourself and your weight. Then you must replace
these toxic messages with positive thoughts, says Dr. Phil. "It's about changing
yourself from the inside out, so that being fit and healthy for you is as
natural and as normal as breathing," he writes.
"By changing yourself from the inside out, you will be able to attain and
permanently maintain what I call your get-real weight --- the weight that is
healthy and realistic for your age and your physical and genetic makeup, a
weight at which you are happy and truly at peace with your size, and a weight
that is stable because you have taken control of every factor in your life that
keeps it there."
You learn how to counter emotional and impulse eating. He writes about
substituting a new habit (like taking a shower) for an old, bad habit (eating
leftover cheesecake). You remove junk food from your pantry - and begin stocking
it foods with high nutritional yield and fewer calories, foods that cannot be
eaten quickly (generally because they're high in fiber), so you're less likely
to overeat.
Exercise must become a priority: "There is absolutely no way you can control
your weight for a lifetime without it," he writes. Forming a support circle is
critical. "It is a psychological truth that behavioral change is more successful
if it is supported by a caring, loyal, and encouraging network of like-minded
people who want you to win people who lift you up, rather than hold you down,"
he explains.
The book includes lots of case studies, self-tests, and charts to help readers
put words into action. He encourages writing in a journal to help you regain
emotional control.
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