Winning by Losing: Drop the Weight, Change Your Life by Jillian Michaels Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Winning by Losing: Drop the Weight, Change Your Life
Book Review: Important read
Summary: 5 Stars
I like evaluating new diet books now and then out of simple curiousity and to pick them apart.
I have never watched the show Jillian Michaels is on - The Biggest Loser. The title is a real turn off. I bought this book expecting to hate it. I thought it was at best going to be a piece of fluff and at worse a dangerous misinformed and unrealistic weight loss program that would prey on the desperation of overweight people.
Jillian's program is in fact exactly the opposite. Winning By Losing is the most honest, informative, comprehensive weight loss book I have ever read. Her passion for what she does leaps off the pages in the books SELF section and it is obvious to anyone who reads the diet section that she is an expert in her field. I am refrerring this book to any of my clients who are looking for a real solution to their weight loss problems.
Lastly, this book is reader friendly, simple to understand, and well laid out. However even if you follow it to a 'T', you'll be doing the same thing you've always had to do to lose weight- eat less and exercise more. This book is no-nonsense and well worth reading for anyone who wants to get serious about losing the weight - permanantly.
Book Review: Best Weight Loss Book I Have Read
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is amazing. It is one of the most informative, well-written, and clearly explained books of its kind. And, to top it off, Jillian Michaels is FUNNY! Michaels very wittily explains the basics-- and more-- of how your emotions and your behaviors can sabotage your weight loss, on how to individualize your nutrition program so you can maximize your metabolism, and the most effective way to working out so you shed fat and tone your physique. I laughed out loud when reading her tongue-in-cheek humor while absorbing all the information she was sharing. She fully explains her 12 week exercise regimen with photographs and illustrations, and then also gives the reader derivatives of those exercises so that one can vary their workout as recommended.
I completely recommend this book. Michaels tells it to you straight with humor and caring so you can achive results once and for all.
Book Review: Lose weight with Jillian by your side
Summary: 5 Stars
For everyone who is intimidated by the number of hours contestants on the Biggest Loser work out in a day-fear no more. In Winning By Losing Jillian Michaels shows you how to get incredible results in the real world. Michaels book addresses questions regarding duration of work out, intensity, optimal working out times, and most importantly how to make the time for yourself, for your health. This book is informative, realistic, and best of all its tone makes you feel as though Jillian is right there with you by your side.Book Review: Amazing Book
Summary: 5 Stars
A friend of mine did the program and I was shocked at the difference in her body after just 10 weeks! I figured the contestants on the biggest loser did alot more then Jillian's book recommends, but my girlfriend stuck to the program in Jillian's book to the letter and her "before" and "after" photos thus far look as good if not better than some on the female contestants.
I just finished my 4th week on Jillian's program and I am pleasantly surprised at my ability to stick with it! You have to be committed in order to maintain the 4 times a week workout, but they are not so grueling that you dread them. I strongly recommend taking a before picture and then doing so every two weeks. PICTURES DONT LIE! And seeing the results goes a long way to keeping you motivated!
I have tried both Atkins and South Beach diet and have lost weight ( and a pant size) on both. But at the end of the first month or so, I had gotten to my goal weight and definately looked thinner but was still "soft" in appearance and ultimately I ended up putting the weight back on. I like this plan alot better since it helped me create a healthy way to eat that I can stick with for the rest of my life.
One caution, however, is the weights required. You do need to invest in some type of equipment or gym membership. Otherwise it is hard to do her workouts- which is one of her three keys to the fantastic results.
Book Review: Takes some elbow grease
Summary: 5 Stars
"Winning By Losing" is an excellent book if you're a fitness beginner who's trying to figure out how to eat healthy, but not feel deprived and how to get in shape and stay in shape. This book is also an asset to someone who's been working out and/or dieting for a while and doesn't seem to be making much headway towards losing weight and getting in shape. Michaels does a good job of outlining and extremely effective fitness regimen and debunking a lot of the more prevalent diet myths. She covers the proper way to exercise, both aerobics and weight training, proper diet, not some fad diet but rather how to eat real food in a healthy way, and how to motivate yourself and keep yourself motivated to stick to your goals. This is NOT a "quick-fix" program, it is meant to be a new way of life. If you do not have the motivation or the willpower, it won't work. But for me, it has made me a new person. I have so much more confidence in myself and am so proud of myself that I have the discipline to do this and I am seeing such fantastic results. I have gone from 25% body fat to 20% in 4 weeks. I have a two pack now.