Refuse to Regain!: 12 Tough Rules to Maintain the Body You've Earned

by Barbara Berkeley

Diets work, but what good are they if the weight returns? Statistics show that 80 to 90 percent of dieters regain every lost pound. This fact represents the largest and least addressed problem in obesity management. The recidivism of dieters fuels a $30 billion weight-loss industry, an industry that would shrink like Al Roker's waistline if the newly-thin could only make weight loss stick. But here is the The skills needed to maintain a new, smaller body size are not obvious or intuitive; they must be taught. Inexplicably, books that deal successfully with ways to prevent regain have gone unwritten. Refuse to Regain, by longtime weight-management authority Barbara Berkeley, MD, fills this void. Berkeley, former medical director for the Optifast program and founder of Weight Management Partners, is a board-certified internist. She continues to have close ties to Novartis Medical Nutrition (recently acquired by Nestle), producer of the weight-loss supplement Optifast, which has 300 weight-loss centers nationwide.

249 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 1, 2013

Reviews

[Carol Vernon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Having lost weight, regained it, lost it, regained it - for the last hundred years - this was a refreshing, optimistic & encouraging read. The author urges readers to adopt the "rules" they like, customize them, and ignore the rest. Her book is based on decades spent helping people to lose weight & keep it off. Essentially she says that moderation doesn't work. If it did, most people who lose weight would keep it off. In fact the vast majority regain the weight they lost plus more. Dr. Berkeley says you must be strict in following (at least some of the) specific rules that are associated with successful maintenance. She provides sound rationales about the rules she recommends & describes various ways of adapting them to suit one's situation. This book is practical, motivating & very useful.

[Virginia Ann Alfaro · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it

Very honest, straightforward and extremely interesting! I’d give it 3 thumbs up if I could! Definitely read it and loved the recipes.