The Volumetrics Weight-Control Plan : Feel Full on Fewer Calories by Barbara J. Rolls, Robert A. Barnett Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Volumetrics Weight-Control Plan : Feel Full on Fewer Calories
Book Review: I lost 50 lbs with this book!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is another one of my health bibles that I take everywhere with me for reference. I lost 50 lbs in 6 months by following this book's healthful balanced plan and exercising regularly. That was over 5 years ago, and although I do gain a little bit from time to time, I can always get it back off quickly by refreshing my memory. This is no diet; it is a healthy longterm lifestyle based on budgeting your calories to get the best bang for your bite!Book Review: Research based
Summary: 4 Stars
I like the book. It's based on research, not personal experience. For a related book that is also wonderful, try Mindless Eating by Brian Wansink. Brian recommends this book in Mindless Eating and Barbara mentions Brian's research so they work well together. Very sensible eating plan.Book Review: The Plan, Summarized
Summary: 5 Stars
I hate making the effort to be conscious of what I eat, but, I'm not 20 anymore so when I had put on a significant amount of weight about a year ago I buckled down and began the pursuit of returing to "fit". This book was the key ingredient to my effort's success.
The takeaway from this book: How to avoid cravings and feel full longer. How often you opt for low-cal/high density foods (the list of which - surprise! - points to veggies and fruit) directly translates to a decrease in cravings. An equation: Divide the calories in one serving of any food by that serving's weight in grams, and how high or low that resulting number (Energy Density) is tranlates directly to how satiated you will feel, and for how long you will be satisfied, before you are thinking about eating again. The book is not a new diet as much as it is a manual for how to avoid living with cravings.
There is a food list included in the book that notes the best Vmetrics food, I highly reco you keep it close in the beginning. As I acquainted myself with the list, I learned that not all "healthy" foods have great Energy Densities (e.g., bananas are over four times less satiating than strawberries, and pecans have a higher energy density than full-fat Ranch dressing).
There are some important ins and outs throughout the book; while relying on the aforementioned equation is a big part of the diet and can alone take you a long ways, reading the book in its entirety is going to provide a foundation for your success as well.
There is ONE extra practice I have had to implement to make Volumetrics work for me, and I cannot emphasize enough how important it has been: I consistently eat prior to feeling hungry. If I don't do this and only eat when I start thinking about food, it is too easy (for me) to make the wrong food choices. So I eat about an hour before I've learned my cravings will hit, and in effect, I'm easily able to make good food choices. Also, if you don't have a great entree from the Volumetrics cookbook handy, this practice makes it easier to eat blander food like fruits and veggies an hour before I'm actually hungery, versus trying to chew through that kind of food when I have nothing but deep dish pizza in mind. This eat-before-I'm-hungry addendum has been the thing that's helped me to actually do this eating plan day after day, and not feel like I have been sacrificing so much in terms of my favorite foods.
I've tried many of the big name diets out there, and this is the only one that worked for me, has taken relatively no will power to do, and has allowed me to be healthy in the process. I'm fit again, and look 10 years younger. Well worth the price of this book.
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Summary: 4 Stars
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