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Haley Mathiot (9 KP) rated The Mayo Clinic Diet: Eat well. Enjoy life. Lose weight. in Books

Apr 27, 2018

The Mayo Clinic Diet (and journal)
by the weight loss experts at Mayo Clinic
Genre: Health, self-help
Rating: 5

The Mayo Clinic Diet is a great book that guides you through a healthy way to loose weight. They focus on changing your eating habits, eating the right amount of the right thing, self control, self motivation, and staying healthy.

The word “Diet” has a bad reputation. People hear it and shutter. I don’t think Diet was the right word to use in the title of this book, I think they could have used something like “Health guide” or “lifestyle” because it’s not really a diet. Sure there are guides on what to eat, but there aren’t any super strict guidelines saying “don’t eat this” or “you must eat this.” This book is all about loosing weight right, and doing it healthfully.

The Mayo Clinic Diet asks some basic questions that get the reader thinking, like “why do you want to loose weight,” “what are your goals” etc. and the reason behind them. You really get down in to why you are bothering to change your body. Sure it’s good for you. But there are other reasons why people want to shape up. The Mayo Clinic Diet asks the right questions and gets you thinking so you can find your reasons, so you can find your motivation.

The actual “diet” part of this book is great. It talks about which foods to eat, which things to eat more of, which to eat less of, how to pick the right meat/cheese/milk etc. (note, for the sake of sharing with you a quick opinion, that the only thing I don’t agree with in the book is their view on skim milk. They recommend it. I don’t. It has no nutritional value, and you need whole milk, or low-fat at the least.). It talks about portion control (the key of weight loss!) and offers visual cues for identifying the right serving size, like “hockey puck” and “tennis ball” and “deck of cards” serving size, explains how to eat healthfully (yes there is a special way to eat!), gives advice on what to eat for snacks, lists exercise tips for beginners (easy to follow, not complicated or requiring equipment), and even identifies obstacles you may come across (excuses, habits, depressed thoughts etc.) , and strategies to get through them.

The journal is not necessary for the diet, but is a helpful tool that will guide you through the program. It follows the timeline given in the book, includes space for meal plans, weekly weigh-in, a section for goals and notes for the day, places to record what you ate, and habit tracker, and even a daily food pyramid checklist. It could even be used independently of the diet book, but I recommend using both together because the book has a lot of helpful information, and the journal is a motivating way to put it into action.

Recommendation: Anyone who needs to loose weight but is afraid of “another diet.” This is not the same diet you’re used to. Again, I think “diet” is the wrong word. This is a new lifestyle.

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Monica Nieminen (88 KP) rated Cooking with My Indian Mother-in-Law: Mastering the Art of Authentic Home Cooking in Books

Nov 5, 2019

Colourful book and some nice recipes. As a vegan following low FODMAP diet, I would need to amend the recipes quite a lot but I did get some inspiration.

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Whatchareadin (174 KP) rated Louder Than Words: A Mother's Journey in Healing Autism in Books

May 10, 2018

This book carried a lot of interesting and valuable information. I don't think that I will go through as many extremes as she since my son is low on the Autism Spectrum, but I will look into the diet for sure.

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Russ Troutt (291 KP) rated Santa Clarita Diet in TV

Jul 6, 2019

Santa Clarita Diet

2017 | Comedy, Horror

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Craving something tasty to binge on? Something fresh to sink your teeth into? Do I have the diet for you! If you didn't watch season one I'm just going to assume you were buried in the middle of nowhere or stuck in a freezer, in which case stop reading this post right now and get started on Santa Clarita Diet. I just finished the second serving and I'm already wanting thirds. Hands down, oh no I didn't mean you had to put your snack down, hands down one of the funniest and best written pieces of entertainment being served up today.