| I am currently following You: On A Diet The Owner's | | | | You will learn to make dieting automatic and a part of |
| Manual For Waist Management written by Dr. Mehmet | | | | your everyday life. |
| Oz and Dr. Michael Roizen. If you watch Oprah | | | | You'll lose inches and pounds. I started the diet in |
| Winfrey regularly, you've seen these 2 doctors many | | | | January, 2007 and at this writing, I've lost 35 pounds |
| times. | | | | and 7 ½ inches from my waist. I do not exercise |
| When I first bought the book, it scared me some, | | | | the way the You: on a Diet recommends, otherwise |
| because I thought you had to follow the diet to their | | | | I'm sure I would lose more inches. |
| exact specifications. Unfortunately, I personally didn't | | | | You'll discover that it's OK to make mistakes - if you |
| care for the recipes in the book and I was stuck on | | | | make a mistake, just make a You Turn. This is |
| this fact until I realized that I could adapt the food and | | | | important. How many times have you gone on a diet |
| recipes to my liking, and it has worked out well for me. | | | | only to blow it and then just give up? A You Turn will |
| The Owner's Manual For Waist Management reminds | | | | keep you from giving up and help you to succeed on |
| me a lot of the low fat diet I followed years ago, only it | | | | your weight loss journey. |
| allows more fat, nuts, and oil - good oil like canola and | | | | The You: on a Diet doctors stress the dangers of |
| olive oil. Anything from the produce department is | | | | Omentum, a band of fat that lives around your |
| allowed as a rule. Pre-packaged food is discouraged, | | | | waistline, under your stomach muscles, and the effects |
| but the diet police won't come after you if you do eat | | | | omentum has on all of your vital organs. |
| it. | | | | You'll withdraw from sugar as well. In fact, I consider |
| This easy to follow diet removes the junk from your | | | | this the most critical part of the diet, and very important |
| diet - the junk carbs, fat and calories. You will start to | | | | for me. If you can get through the first, and even the |
| recognize high fructose corn syrup as your enemy. It | | | | second week, you will be well on your way to |
| encourages you to eat natural, whole foods - whole | | | | eliminating sugar from your diet - and you won't even |
| grains, whole wheat, and oatmeal and advises you to | | | | miss it! The diet allows for dark chocolate occasionally. |
| stay away from white flours. | | | | I find that when I do eat it (for me, it's once a month, |
| You'll finally learn how to read labels, and separate fact | | | | usually, but you can eat it more often) I enjoy it |
| from package advertising. You'll learn what the | | | | immensely. |
| difference is between a package that advertises | | | | I have found that the junk food cravings we are all so |
| 100% whole wheat and what it actually contains. | | | | familiar with go away completely. No longer do I crave |
| You'll gain understanding into how your body can | | | | Doritos and ice cream. The cravings I do have are for |
| naturally take you to a healthy weight with the proper | | | | healthy food, and I eat them without guilt. |
| foods and activities. | | | | |