Amazon.com Review The successful father and son franchise of Dr. Phil and Jay McGraw continues with The Ultimate Weight Solution for Teens. Here, Jay translates the seven keys that made Dad's diet book a mega seller into a smart, supportive teen manifesto for tackling unwanted pounds, body image problems and eating disorders. He uses examples and web postings drawn from his survey with 10,000 teenagers to underline a powerful message: "Weight is not about the size or your Levis or a number on the scale. It's about whether you use food to take care of your body or to abuse it." McGraw's approach is mind over milkshake, skewering the negative thoughts ("I can't have fun if I have to watch what I eat") that keep teens from experiencing "weight freedom." He examines self-defeating filters (denial, approval seeking , perfection, comparison)that distort a healthy approach to weight and also suggests a "peer and parent response plan" to avoid sabotage. He teaches how to scan the environment for eating cues. Even when McGraw rounds up the usual suspects--exercise and a sermon about sugar--he conveys a fresh and relevant message of self-knowledge. The wisdom of McGraw's approach to teen readers is this focus on thoughts and feelings, rather than on the third helping of pizza. --Barbara Mackoff
Product Description
Weight issues are one of the leading causes of teen depression.
Since you are reading the back of this book, I'm guessing that you picked it up because you relate, at least in some way, to some of the following statements:
I can't stand my body! I don't know how to lose weight! The other kids always make fun of me and call me fat! I hate myself!
Well, I have some good news for you. Actually, I have some great news. By picking up this book, you have taken the first step to deciding to do something about your weight and your self-image. This book will give you the answers to the many problems that you have been facing. And it will give you a plan for dealing with those problems. And I will go through it all with you. Now get psyched! You are about to begin one of the most life-changing experiences of your life. -- JAY MCGRAW, FROM THE INTRODUCTION
As Jay McGraw says, The Ultimate Weight Solution for Teens is a book that will change lives. Weight issues are one of the leading causes of teen depression, and The Ultimate Weight Solution for Teens is being published at a time when weight is the top issue in so many teens' lives. Inspired by the enormous success of the #1 bestselling The Ultimate Weight Solution by Dr. Phil McGraw, Jay McGraw has written a book that deals with the specific issues teens face when it comes to weight matters. It's hard enough to be a teen, it's even harder to be an overweight teen. No one knows that better than the young people who suffer the teasing and name-calling that seem to resonate daily through their school halls. But what do you do when your friends are scarfing pizza and cheese fries and you're trying to lose weight? With this book, Jay addresses this and other problems in a way that they have never been addressed before -- in a way that actually works! Just as he did in his bestselling books Life Strategies for Teens and Closing the Gap, Jay talks directly to teens and young adults in a way to which they can relate. Jay gets it and he knows how to give it to them straight. The result is a book that can do what teens all over have been looking for -- a way to totally transform their bodies, minds, and lives.
Awesome Book! Really Helpful!February 8, 2004 35 out of 36 found this review helpful
I am 12 years old and 35 pounds overweight. I got this book about 2 months ago. It had alot of great ideas that really worked. I put this book to the test and in the past month i've lost 10 pounds. I reccomend this to teens(or preteens) who have tryed to lose weight with other diets and had no success. Overall, I think this is a wonderful and really helpful book.
Apple doesn't fall far ... THIS BOOK IS GREAT.January 31, 2004 9 out of 10 found this review helpful
Like his dad, this author can say it like it is, hit the nail on the head with important information that will make a difference for teens. More than a diet, of course, and can't be compared to diets because it is much deeper. Just great and in the must read category. Also recommended is Effortless Wellbeing: The Missing Ingredients for Authentic Wellness, by Evan Finer. I wish I had both of these books when I was a teen, and for that matter when my daughters were teens!! EXCELLENT and HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!
My Favorite KeyDecember 4, 2003 Heidi Edgerson(Memphis, TN USA) 7 out of 8 found this review helpful
Although I think that all of the keys are very significant and help you in different ways, my favorite is Key 4: Mastery Over Food and Impulse Eating. This one held the most significance for me- as an emotional eater. This chapter explains the "quick fix"or "immediate payoff" you experience when you eat and eat and eat, or you go on fad diets, or you starve yourself. they give you immediate control and satisfaction about yourself- they are your reward to yourself. So why stop when what you are doing is making you happy on some level. It goes on to show you how negative thoughts about what you look like and about who you are inside are instigating your need to "reward" yourself in these negative ways. You have to change those negative images of yourself and begin to see the ultimate negative that could be turned into a positive by turning around your reward system. Food (or lack) is not a healthy reward, but going out with friends, driving around with your windows rolled down and the music blaring, or even allowing yourself an hour of freetime every day to do something fun are all healthy rewards that you can do easily. I really thought this one was the one that spoke the most to the way I live. This book has keys that will help everyone I think.
A Good Place to Start!!December 5, 2003 9 out of 11 found this review helpful
You always need a place to start when you want to get in shape. I think The Ultimate Weight Sulution for teens is perfect for this. It gets you in the mood to look and feel better. I think that this book will have a lasting impact, eventhough it is still too new to tell.
IF you feel like you need a place to start I recommend this book, because it is smart, fun and about the things that matter-you and how you should be feeling about yourself. It also does not stay on the topic of losing weight, but also acknowledges that their is more to weight issues than being overweight.
I would also recommend "Toning for Teens" by Joyce Vedral. It is a great book about weight lifting and toning that is built souly on how teens build muscle and how they can do it right. Both of these authors do a good job focusing on teens and their needs.
A Really Great Book!December 2, 2003 11 out of 14 found this review helpful
I bought this book for my daughter last week, but instead of giving it straight to her I gave it to her older sister to read over the holidays. Tennagers are a bit hard to gage and I wanted to make sure that this book would not lead her into the wrong impression of what it means for her health to be an overweight teen. My eldest daughter came back with a raving review of the book. She said that it was not solely or even mostly about how to lose weight but more closely relating the problems that arise from an obsession with weight furing your teen years. The book acts as a rational for why the focus on weight and looking good needs to be turned to thinking about staying healthy and away from the eating disorders that plague teenagers. It gives teeangers a way to see their way out of unhealthy eating choices. I suggest this book for every teen with a weight problem, whether it is obseity or an eating disorder of any kind.
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