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Smith, Ian

 
9780375507304: The Take-Control Diet: A Life Plan for Thinking People
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0375507302 ISBN 13: 9780375507304
Verlag: Random House Inc, 2002

Inhaltsangabe

Free of fads, poor science, gimmicks, and unrealistic expectations, a practical guide to weight control discusses the causes of obesity, health concerns in dieting, exercise programs for various fitness levels, the role of metabolism and genetics in weight control, and more, accompanied by healthful recipes, sample menus, and critiques of popular dieting programs. 75,000 first printing.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Ian K. Smith, M.D., is a medical/health reporter for NBC’s Nightly News and the Today show. He also writes a weekly health column for the New York Daily News and is a medical columnist for Time magazine. Dr. Smith graduated from Harvard University and earned a master’s degree in science education from Columbia University. He attended Dartmouth Medical School and the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. He is also the author of Dr. Ian Smith’s Guide to Medical Websites. Dr. Smith lives in Manhattan.

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The Take-Control Diet aims to make you the expert on your body.
Dr. Ian Smith delivers the final word on dieting for the fad-weary reader who wants the truth about permanent weight loss. The Take-Control Diet explains the real science of how your body manages energy, why crash diets and trendy programs sabotage your chances of success, and how you can get off the yo-yo ride forever.
Dr. Smith offers a diet and exercise program that allows you to eat without feeling deprived, or adopting an entirely specialized diet, and that helps you use both anaerobic and aerobic exercise for maximum weight loss results. He explains how to calculate your own individual food-and-exercise equation in order to lose the ideal amount of weight per week.
The Take-Control Diet equips you with the facts so that you can approach your health and fitness goals psychologically fortified for the task. Understanding common myths about dieting will give you the knowledge you need to resolve your weight issues for good. Did you know that, contrary to the recommendations of many popular diets, eating too much protein could seriously damage your health? That it is impossible to convert fat to muscle? That starving yourself slows your metabolism and causes your body to store energy as fat? That no foods appreciably increase your metabolism? That chronic, yo-yo dieting makes weight loss increasingly difficult?
Dr. Smith explains the causes of overweight, the health concerns of dieting, how metabolism and genetics factor in to weight control, and what you can do to work with, rather than against, your body s processes. Many diets dictate a program that might work if it works at all only as long as you can adhere to radical and unnatural habits. The Take-Control Diet, instead, equips you to design your own eating and exercise plan one that accommodates your preferences, your daily routine, and your particular weight loss hurdles.

Losing weight will not only help you look your best but also reduce your risk of heart disease, diabetes, and cancer in addition to improving your overall energy level and ability to fight illness. Dr. Smith offers a plan, based on extensive research and his personal work with patients, that respects your intelligence and empowers you to win the battle with overweight.
The Take-Control Diet is one hundred percent free of unrealistic promises, poor science, and far-fetched gimmicks and one hundred percent yours for life.

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CHAPTER 1
THE MENTAL EDGE

Most of my life has been defined by my experiences as an avid sportsman, whether it was playing basketball or swinging the golf clubs. I learned at an early age that what happens on the field of athletic competition is often mirrored in our everyday lives. I was first introduced to the powers that the mind had over the body during my teenage years of playing Pop Warner football. Our most important practice of the week would be Friday afternoon, right before the big game on Sunday. Instead of tackling and hitting one another the way we did during the earlier part of the week, we spent most of the Friday practice perfecting our techniques and analyzing our opponent’s expected game plan. Our scouting report often gave us an idea of the offensive plays they’d try to run against us, as well as the defensive formations they’d assemble to stop us from advancing the football.

Friday practices were less about strength and endurance and more about sharpening the mental aspects of our game. The coaches worked us methodically through Sunday’s game plan, accentuating most of their points with catchy slogans meant to key our minds into the task ahead of us as well as our physical skills. Coach Murphy had a saying that I heard so often, I would hear it in my sleep before a big game: “Football isn’t all about physical prowess. It’s 15 percent skill and 85 percent mental.” These percentages would change, of course, depending on who was repeating it, but the intended message was equally received—if you wanted to succeed on the football field, your muscles and speed wouldn’t do you a bit of good if your mind hadn’t mastered the game.

Losing weight requires a major commitment that not everyone is willing or able to make. Depending on how severe the modifications are that you need to make, the physical investment in changing your diet and increasing your level of physical activity can be nothing short of exhausting. Remember, you’ll be asking your body to continuously adapt to a lifestyle that will put many of your body’s systems in flux. But regardless of how effective a plan you might be attempting to follow, or how physically prepared you are to climb a few extra flights of stairs a day, if your mind isn’t in the game, your efforts are doomed before they even get under way.

With the exception of extreme gimmicky diets, much of the science behind weight management programs is the same. Decrease the amount of calories you consume and increase the amount of calories you expend and those billions of fat cells will begin to shrink. Regardless of how fancy the language an author uses or how complicated a formula he or she offers, it’s your mind that gives you a major advantage. The beauty of our minds is that they are all different, and the way we process information becomes the individualism of our identity. It would be so much easier if I could prescribe a program that trains your mind to take on the future rigors of a weight loss regimen. The truth, however, is that you must find your own way, one that works for you and makes you feel comfortable. Who knows your mind and body better than you do? I simply offer a few areas of concern and thoughtful advice that you might want to incorporate while developing the winning strategy.

MENTAL TOUGHNESS

The body fails before the mind, but if the mind is strong enough, it can resuscitate it.

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Many things we attempt in life have attached to them a set of prerequisites. If you’re applying for a particular job, the company will list the work and educational experience requirements. This same idea of pre-requisites transfers to the task of losing weight and making lifestyle changes that will last forever. At the top of the list is a requirement that before beginning any program, your mind is sharp, focused, and up to the arduous task that lies ahead of you.

My brother and I were discussing the prerequisites of anyone heading into battle, whether it be military, athletic competition, or weight loss. We decided that the prerequisite they all shared was the need to have a tough mind, able to charge the body when it felt it couldn’t go any farther. Each battle can present its own obstacles, but to reach victory, a participant must be able to mentally overcome any challenge that waits ahead.

Dieting programs, specifically those like mine that advocate fundamental changes for lifelong benefits, are full of obvious and hidden obstacles that crowd the path to victory. Whether it’s going over, around, or through these potential stumbling blocks, you’re going to need a mental edge to help you navigate the pitfalls. Many people who read diet books brush up on important nutritional facts, such as unsaturated, low-fat foods are healthier than the saturated, high-fat foods. This knowledge, however, means nothing if your body begins to rebel against the changes in your new diet and exercise program. This is where the mind takes over and becomes the savior. If it’s properly trained for battle, it’s prepared to carry on when exhaustion and frustration have paralyzed you. The mind is that weapon in your arsenal that you can rely on when all other systems fail.

One of my favorite things to do is read the stories of successful people, whether it be in business, Hollywood, or sports. I’m captivated by the strategies they’ve implemented that have catapulted them above their competition. Most of these stories share certain themes, and mental toughness is one of them. Famous author John Grisham had his original manuscript rejected more than a hundred times by agents and publishers, but it was his mental toughness and conviction in the strength of his work that allowed him to withstand the barrage of criticisms and hold out until it was accepted. Not only was it eventually accepted, but A Time to Kill topped the best-seller lists for weeks and was made into a top-grossing movie.

This is the mental toughness that you’ll need if your real goal is to attain long-term weight loss and lead a healthier life. Confidence is a natural by-product of this toughness, the belief that regardless of how tough the battles that lie ahead, you’ll be able not only to survive, but to surge forward with a determination that nothing and no one will stop you.

REASONS FOR WEIGHT LOSS

Often the reason why you choose to do something can be the most critical factor in your ability to succeed.

There are hundreds of reasons why millions of people reach the decision that it’s time to lose weight. The first step, of course, is actually looking in the mirror and honestly admitting to yourself that you need to lose the weight. Your physician or a loved one might tell you repeatedly that it would be important if you lost the weight, but it won’t matter at all if you don’t truly believe it. Losing weight isn’t an easy endeavor; in fact, for many it could be one of life’s most difficult tasks. Succeeding will depend largely on the level of your commitment and your ability to persevere when you’re tempted to return to your old bad habits.

One of the biggest mistakes dieters make is that they lose weight for others and not themselves. I’ve talked to several people who’ve said they’re losing weight to make others happy, whether it’s a child who’s embarrassed by his girth or a loved one who no longer desires a physical interaction because the excess weight is a turnoff. It’s great if others are also happy about your decision to lose weight, but you are the primary person who must be pleased. Tying your satisfaction to the approval of others is an unpredictable situation that often ends in failure. The weight must come...

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Verlag
Random House Inc
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0375507302
ISBN 13 
9780375507304
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Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
246
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