Weight Watchers Weight Loss That Lasts: Break Through the 10 Big Diet Myths
MYTH #1 You can't lose weight and keep it off
MYTH #2 A few extra pounds don't matter
MYTH #3 Willpower is the key to successful weight loss
MYTH #4 You can lose weight with exercise alone
MYTH #5 Calories don't matter, avoid fats or carbs to lose weight successfully
MYTH #6 You can't lose weight if you have the wrong metabolism or genes
MYTH #7 You can boost your metabolism by what, how, and when you eat
MYTH #8 It doesn't matter how you take the weight off; you can think about keeping it off later
MYTH #9 There is only one right approach to losing weight
MYTH #10 Your weight is your problem, and you need to solve it on your own
"Incisive and refreshing. James Rippe and Weight Watchers expose a series of ten myths pervasive in the weight-loss industry, revealing both the kernels of truth they contain and how they have been misinterpreted and distorted."--Claude Bouchard, Ph.D., Executive Director of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University
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Book details
- Author
- James M. Rippe
- Imprint
- Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Pages
- 258
- Formats
- Paperback, Hardcover
- Subjects
- Health & Fitness › Diet & Nutrition › Weight Loss
- Topics
- healthy eating · metabolism · lasting results · healthy lifestyle
- ISBN-13
- 9780471736295 (Paperback)9781630262525 (Hardcover)
About the author
JAMES M. RIPPE is an American cardiologist and the author of more than 50 books, including medical texts and books on health and fitness for the general public. His recent books include Lifestyle Medicine and Irwin and Rippe’s Intensive Care Medicine.
Rippe holds a B.A. from Harvard College and an M.D. from Harvard Medical School, with postgraduate training at Massachusetts General Hospital. He serves as Associate Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine and is Founder and Director of the Rippe Lifestyle Institute in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. He has written more than 400 publications.
James lives outside Boston with his wife, television news anchor Stephanie Hart, and their four children.
