What do you think?
Rate this book
Picture Perfect Weight Loss : The Visual Programme for Permanent Weight Loss
Seeing is look at the pictures and lose weight - permanently! Dr Shapiro explains why 'going on a diet' is a bad every dieter is looking for the miraculous moment when they reach target weight and can start eating 'normally' again. The key cause of unwanted weight gain is eating without thinking. It doesn't take much to make us aware of what we're eating, but sometimes we have to see it to believe it. - Clear pictures of calorie-counted portions help you make informed choices about everything you eat - Stop depriving yourself, stop feeling guilty - and stop dieting - Change your relationship with food for ever
176 pages, Paperback
First published January 24, 2001
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews
September 24, 2018
To be perfectly honest, I've donated pretty much all of my diet books. Viva la revolution!
There's so much more to life than losing weight. There's so much more to life than obsessing over being thinner because society has told you being fat is a sin.
Plus, 'losing' weight kind of implies you'll find it again, and I think the world is finally starting to realise that's exactly what happens when you diet. You restrict, follow instruction, but it's not sustainable. There are plenty of scientific studies that have shown severe dieting is often followed by gaining back everything you lost, and then some.
MAKE SUSTAINABLE CHANGES.
Small changes over long periods of time. Don't try to change your appearance over night. And don't try to change what you look like because you think what you look like makes you less of a human being. Do it for the health benefits, the brain benefits, etc. Because I've found that reason has a lot to do with what kind of results you'll have.
As far as this book goes, it's got some interesting, basic information about counting calories etc., but as with most science, what we know is constantly evolving. Use this book as a stepping stool to find practices, foods and behaviours that work for your lifestyle, but don't treat it like a bible.
And just a final reminder: YOU ARE PERFECTLY WORTHY EXACTLY AS YOU ARE.
There's so much more to life than losing weight. There's so much more to life than obsessing over being thinner because society has told you being fat is a sin.
Plus, 'losing' weight kind of implies you'll find it again, and I think the world is finally starting to realise that's exactly what happens when you diet. You restrict, follow instruction, but it's not sustainable. There are plenty of scientific studies that have shown severe dieting is often followed by gaining back everything you lost, and then some.
MAKE SUSTAINABLE CHANGES.
Small changes over long periods of time. Don't try to change your appearance over night. And don't try to change what you look like because you think what you look like makes you less of a human being. Do it for the health benefits, the brain benefits, etc. Because I've found that reason has a lot to do with what kind of results you'll have.
As far as this book goes, it's got some interesting, basic information about counting calories etc., but as with most science, what we know is constantly evolving. Use this book as a stepping stool to find practices, foods and behaviours that work for your lifestyle, but don't treat it like a bible.
And just a final reminder: YOU ARE PERFECTLY WORTHY EXACTLY AS YOU ARE.
August 20, 2010
This would be an extremely helpful book for those just starting out with calorie reduction or who have no idea what to eat. It especially addresses the classic 'dieting' behaviors such as eating a dry bagel for breakfast, etc.
Really well done and informative, if not groundbreaking... a lot of this is common sense and a bit of math, but it's hard not to argue with the visual effects... he shows you a little handful of cashews and then 10 baked potatoes... same number of calories. Which is more satisfying?
I really like his ideas and the way he presents them. Highly recommended.
Really well done and informative, if not groundbreaking... a lot of this is common sense and a bit of math, but it's hard not to argue with the visual effects... he shows you a little handful of cashews and then 10 baked potatoes... same number of calories. Which is more satisfying?
I really like his ideas and the way he presents them. Highly recommended.
December 8, 2013
This thing is fabulous!! If portion problems are causing issues with a healthy diet, this book is totally for u :)
Displaying 1 - 3 of 3 reviews