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Want to get into better physical shape? If your only focus is on losing weight, you might be setting yourself up for failure. For example, what are the habits in your life that are keeping you from getting healthier? I employed a calorie chart (also known as a feed log), to discover what I REALLY necessitated to lose. In the routine I dropped twenty pounds. What I learned is that a calorie counting chart may open a window inside of us; a way to find out what’s driving us — motivating us — to do the things we do. My experience has convinced me that one of the best tools you may use when you get severe regarding bettering your health is a calorie chart or feed log. Why? Because these simple tools don’t lie. If you put precise selective information into your calorie chart, it will give you precise info back. Data you may use to improve your life one tiny bit at a time. As it turns out, that’s all it takes to win the battle of getting healthier. One little step after another. Here is a quick list of ‘losers’ I ran into I necessitated to shed before I could get to my next win. See if they will work for you, too. Loser #1 — Inflexible attitude. I was struggling with this loser. Maybe you have, too. This is the I-don’t-want-to-change-what-I-eat-because-this-is-how-I’ve-always-done-things loser. Truthfully, this is a tough habit to change merely because it’s subtle and difficult to spot. We are creatures of habit. To improve our health in any way means breaking through our deeply rooted patterns and making tiny changes. Simply going left when we commonly go right. Eating at the table rather of in front of the TV…at least twice a week. Agreeing with ourselves to have a glass of water before we eat…anything. There are a thousand ways to make little adjustments in our each and everyday lives and our attitude is the place it all starts. Now, the good news is this inflexible attitude will be our new best friend, if we train it right. Imagine your inflexible attitude telling you that you can’t eat an extra 500 calories today because that’s not what you do in this body. And imagine you sentiment finish peace regarding that. With practice, it may happen. Your calorie chart will tell you what that 500 calories looks like for you. Your attitude will tell you what to do with that information. Loser #2 — Sticking with only a few feed choices. We all get into ruts. Doing the same thing at the same time in the same way. It’s ofttimes unfeigned of our eating habits, too. For example, my family has the same ten meals that we like to eat over and over again. I find this is true of other families, as well. A feed log shows you these feed patterns and you may use this data to add more potpourri into your diet which, in turn, will make your new eating habits feel more like an adventure, rather than something you dread. Using the selective information from my calorie counting chart, my family’s bestloved meals got an infusion of more salubrious ingredients. Plus we all benefited from attempting out a fresh recipe each week or two. A happy side effect I didn’t suppose is that now I have more choices when it comes to dinner planning and it’s requiring little effort to get a more salubrious meal on the table in record time. Many families struggle with the late afternoon “what’s for dinner” dilemma. Losing your self-imposed limitation of only a few feed selections will mean winning a more outstanding potpourri of yummy feed choices at your dinner table. Loser #3 — Out of control eating. A calorie chart puts you in the driver’s seat. A feed log is a lot like a household budget. Far from being a straitjacket, a budget is a liberating tool. Instead of guessing at your finances, you may see EXACTLY what you have available to spend, what you have already spent, and what is left over. The simple act of keeping track of what you eat and drink will give you astounding control over your diet. A calorie chart will support you determine how much to eat for your optimal health. After that, you are in total charge of how to spend those calories. You’ll find each day belongs to you when you ‘lose’ out of control eating and ‘win’ back the freedom of running your own show. Loser #4 — Eating by mood. Let’s face it; most times it’s requiring little effort to feel better by eating our favored feed than by taking the extra step of determining more incisively what we need. The disturb is eating to satiate our moods only reinforces our struggles with this losing habit. Eating to elevate our moods works versus what we genuinely want. A calorie chart may help us untangle our thoughts when it comes to mood affiliated eating. By learning the patterns of what we eat and when, along with what types of foods we crave when we’re sentiment dissimilar moods we may win this portion of the losing game, too. We may even give ourselves incisively what we need when we need it and save a large total of calories in the process. Winning by losing in the game of getting more salubrious is many times a matter of opening ourselves up to new ideas and embracing the adventure of doing something a little dissimilar than we did it before. Using easy tools like a calorie chart will support us exercise these conceptions efficaciously and puts us in the driver’s seat of our own minds and bodies. And that’s a place where we are destined to be winners. |
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177 of 183 people found the following review helpful.
Jillian Tells It Like It Is
By Mochamajesty
Jillian Michaels, the tough-talking personal trainer of the Red Team on “The Biggest Loser”, brings her no-nonsense personality to this diet and exercise book. Not another “just eat less and move more” tome, Jillian actually acknowledges that there is an individual approach to losing weight, and that no correct way will work for everyone.
I have watched both seasons of The Biggest Loser, and I thought of Jillian as an abrasive woman who never had a weight problem in her life. I thought that she was tough on her “clients” because she looked down on them for being overweight. After reading her book, I have changed my opinion.
94 of 97 people found the following review helpful.
Very Good Beginner Book
By J. Gilmer
This is a very good book for all beginners in the exercise/weight loss arena. Jillian dispenses a lot of tips, support and encouragement.
She also provides a test to find out what type of ‘oxidizer’ (the way you burn nutrients) you are which helps you decide your nutrition plan.
Jillian explains how to calculate the calories needed for each person each day and how to vary your caloric intake to keep your metabolism from slowing.
She explains carbs and the way they break down in your system and provides some insight into the GI (Glycemic Index). Jillian also goes over the good and bad fats and why you need fat in your diet.
She covers label reading and helps the reader learn how to pick out healthier foods by reading their labels. She also provides tips to reduce the calories of foods you eat and receipes you make.
Jillian goes over cardio exercise – when to do it, how often and what types work best. She then discusses circuit weight training and how often and when to participate in these types of exercises.
The last third of the book is the Exercise Index where Jillian covers a wide variety of strength training exercises and provides instructions and photos showing exactly how to perform these exercises. Included in this section is a 12 week program for the reader to follow.
All in all I really liked her book. All beginners or even those that would like to pick up and extra tip or two should give it a read. Jillian covers all the basics and a little more then some weight loss books in that she also covers doing the ‘internal work’ before beginning a weight loss program.
Between the internal work, the science of weight loss, the sweat part you need to do and going over basic anatomy tips this book has a little bit of everything.
109 of 117 people found the following review helpful.LOVE THIS BOOK
By Wendy
I have never posted a review on amazon or anything else for that matter in my life.
I recently went to hear Jillian lecture with some friends at a book signing in Los Angeles and couldn’t believe how inspiring she was. She is tough on the Biggest Loser and I thought she was just like any other perfect bodied, know it all, celebrity trainer that could never relate to someone like me. but tonight I realized she really gets it. Even though it seemed like everyone there loved her book I just didn’t want to buy it.
I have purchased 3 diet/fitness books in the past 2 months and have failed to open any of them, not to mention the 150$ “Body Makeover ” program I purchased last week. (I’m all ready over it……too involved). I had to put a stop to it. I went to Barnes and Noble just to skim through her book for a bit and meet her and then of course I ended up buying it. I really think this was money well spent however.
I know that the fad diets, pills, books and programs that I have invested in are eventually going to fail but I just can’t seem to stop. I don’t know if anyone here is like me but I feel like I have so much knowledge that I have accumulated over the years by obsessing over new and old diet trends. Knowing what to do isn’t the problem. It’s getting off my but and doing it. From the few pages I read so far, I was so relieved at her realistic and undersatnding yet tough no excuses attitude.
Finally!!! Someone who doesn’t insult me by telling me “just eat right and exersise and don’t try to lose more than a pound per week. It’s simple.”
She knows that there is more to it. She spends a chapter on the emotional connection to weight issues and then cuts right to the chase with guidelines and basic science to figure out the best eating and excersise habits that work for YOU . It’s not hundreds of pages of stuff I already know. It is short sweet and to the point. Thank you so much Jilian!!! I am sorry I under estimated you. You really are an inspiration. Sorry about the length……
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Jillian’s your trainer
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Jillian covers the basic that most people overlook and take for granted. There are some good ideas on nutrition, exercise and clean living for a new you with increased vitality and longevity.
I love you Jillian BUY YOUR WIFE THIS BOOK
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
My wife has never been chubby before but asked for this book, I thought it was for the fatty people. Ever since she has had this book she has got RIPPED. Now she put in the work, we are an active couple. But the hiney is rock solid and her endurance is great. She can keep up with me alot better. I thank Jillian for down to earth advise and helping my wife. My wife has an awesome body now. She looks like a WWE girl now. If your wife needs fitness help Jillian should be your girl. As a man I could not ask for more. THANKS JILLIAN.
A must read!
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Jillian brings the truth about losing weight like no one before her. She’s definitely on top of her game and passionate about empowering others to achieve their weight loss/life improvement goals. A must read for anyone who’s been on the diet merry-go-round and can’t seem to get off.
Good Information – Helpful to Get Started
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
Jillian helps us determine our type of metabolism and what would work best for us as we begin our diet/exercise program. She helps us to understand our own body and the amount of calories we need to eat in order to loose weight. While much of the book is something we probably know, she really helps us to see things in practical terms.
Jillian’s first book – winning by losing
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Jillian’s first book is fantastic! I read this book, highlighted and referred to it often when beginning my journey to health and fitness. I highly recommend it for anyone starting out who has more than 20 pounds to lose.
A worthy read
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
The book is a worthy read; especially helpful to those who haven’t sifted through similar ideas for years as I have. Jillian speaks fluently in a clear concise way.
I agree with the idea of figuring out why we choose to over eat, yet there is an added element about emotions and eating. We need to realize how processed foods alter how we feel. With the preservatives, dyes, heavy, heavy fat content & overall low nutrition, it causes a mental and physical dysfunction in us. There’s recent information out there that dyes are attributed to mood and behavior disorders in children. How those with visceral fat are more depressed, etc, etc. It’s out there if we choose not to pass if off.
Eat a super-sized meal at a fast food joint and tell me you don’t feel like you want something else only an hour or so later. The stomach is beyond full but the body feels like it “needs” something. Generally, it leads to eating something else causing the same physiological reaction to cycle again. Eat whole, unprocessed foods for even two weeks, (no cheating by adding junk anywhere, and make sure there’s enough calories for your size. Whole foods are naturally not calorie dense, so you should be eating quite a bit of food each day.) Notice how the the time between regularly spaced meals and snacks is effortless. The body and mind feel content all day.
After only a few days of eating the correct foods, a sense of calmness is the immediate result – no highs and lows; no edginess. The kids appreciate my having more tolerance. Now… if there’s emotional issues to deal with, at least I have an objective perspective. In coming to terms with food specifically, now that I’m eating right I eat tons of great food throughout the day. I’m always satisfied, my brain is more alert, I feel happy, and I’m losing weight. Instead of, “why am I choosing to slowly kill myself,” I think, “Oh… I’m hungry. Better eat.”
I am convinced there is a food intake formula for people to function at their best. One plan does not fit all. Regardless of how the breakdown of protein to carbs to fat shakes out for the individual, the food source is still unprocessed, “whole food”. The fat intake isn’t overboard as in some of the lo-carb plans. The information offered in the book is not meant to be used as a “diet” for temporary use to lose weight. An individual needs to assess what type of fuel burner they are and live it forever.
In case you’re wondering if it’s all too good to be true after you’ve spent the money on the book to find out the plan only allows you 800 calories per day, no way! No one is underfed, ever! Larger people need more calories. As pounds shed and/or activity becomes less, there is a need to adjust the calorie intake lower to maintain or continue losing weight to reach the healthy goal. No one, skinny or fat, should ever skimp on calorie intake because it’s an immediate communication to the body it’s starving and the body will slow metabolism to become more efficient at storing any meager intake of fuel. You do need to assess current weight, activity level and use the formulas in the book to find out the right calorie total to eat so you don’t take in more or too little for your current situation.
The information Jillian is offering will work if the individual isn’t fooling themselves with excuses. She’s got all the basics covered to help any one of us – different and as similar as we are.
Healthy Dieting and Execise
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
I would suggest Jillian Michaels “Winning by Losing”. It would be a good place to start a diet AND exercise program. This book gives a lot of outstanding, experience based, information that is proven VERY effective. All aspects of a healthy diet are addressed. There is a LARGE group of Home exercises with complete descriptions and details and a workout routine planning section as well. I’ve lost 16 lbs in a month using the diet advice and exercising. I am working on implementing the exercise portion. I am a male 5’10″ 242 lbs so I am not doing some exercises until I lose more weight. I’m being careful not to overdo it because I don’t have a doctor at my beck and call, like on the show. [...] offers a FREE Journal for keeping track of your food calories in and exercise calories spent. Journaling is a MUST if you want to stay on Your diet. I have the “Master Your Metabolism” book, I haven’t read it yet because I am Just now finishing “Winning by Losing”. “Master Your Metabolism” is diet and how to eat healthy book. It teaches you how to get back control of your metabolism. “Making the Cut” is for losing the last few pounds.
Don’t forget to supplement with Protein Powder as you lose weight so that you put ON Muscle instead of losing Muscle.
Love Jillian Michaels
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
What can I say about Jillian Michaels? I love her and how straight forward she is. She is so knowledgeable. Enjoyed this read!
Kids love the book!
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I ordered this book for my son, he has really started to apply some of the things he learned while reading this book. WE love Jillian!!
great!
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
Haven’t finish the book yet but I am really enjoying because it really helps me set my goals and is very easy to read!
If you like Jillian, it’s a bit different from the 30 day schred
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I really liked the 30 day shred, but I found the book a bit challenging to get through. Couldn’t really get into her 3 types of people – maybe it was just me. Did find the motivational sections interesting.
Winning book
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I figured this would be another book I would read over and then it would collect dust but it is actually very helpful. What I like most about this book is Jillian’s realistic attitude about weight loss. She writes like she speaks and it contains some very good information. It helped me get motivated.
Motivating!
Rating:4 out of 5 stars
I really enjoyed reading this. It was the motivation I needed to get “back on track” with my fitness and health program. Although I don’t follow everything exactly (diet especially, I have my own regimen), I really liked the section on attitude. I also found the description of each exercise easy to follow and very detailed. However, I ended up cutting out each page of exercises and taping them on a board because it was hard to do the exercises and keep flipping through the book trying to find each exercise and read how to do them. Once I got it organized though, the workout has been great. Very challenging exercises with progressive workout programs designed to stay challenging.
Good book, but I don’t follow it
Rating:5 out of 5 stars
Another book that I added to my diet book collection. A good book, but I should have just went to the library.
Love Jillian less so the book
Rating:3 out of 5 stars
Difficult read and focused a lot more on women and on removing toxins from your diet and life .
Text was hard to read some of the highlighted text was in a grey box which made it a little hard to read .
I love Jillian , really I think she is amazing but the book did not have the same impact that Bobs’ book had.
I do not need list after list of toxins = bad , nutrients= good and where they are . Give me two internet sites and save 80 pages of reading.
Did I mention I love Jillian ?