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Dr. Shapiro's Picture Perfect Weight Loss: The Visual Program for Permanent Weight Loss
Learn the Secret to Taking Off those Hated Pounds. It's all About Making the Right Choice! A Picture Can be Worth a Thousand Calories! In this provocative New York Times bestselling book, Dr. Howard M. Shapiro proves that great eating and weight loss can go hand in hand. Giving you graphic guidelines of the calorie content of your food options, Dr. Shapiro empowers you to take charge of your diet. After all, losing weight is all about calories. Whether you're eating out for pleasure or business, enjoying a snack or even a chocolate indulgence, his proven program of Food Awareness Training will show you how it can all be done-without gaining weight. So stop dieting, depriving yourself, and feeling guilty. Whether you want to lose 100 pounds or simply to maintain your ideal weight, here is an invaluable resource that will help you enjoy a healthy and happy balance in your life.
352 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2000
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September 11, 2017
A good guide to raise food awareness, and support people on diet to select better options of food
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October 20, 2020No-bullshit guide to health.
This is an excellent book, even if you don't read it. Just looking at the pictures you'll be slapped hard with life changing knowledge.
This is an excellent book, even if you don't read it. Just looking at the pictures you'll be slapped hard with life changing knowledge.
August 23, 2016
In a deluge of diet books Picture Perfect Weight Loss stands out. Basically because it relies on a visual spectacle to create awareness. Which proves to be extremely effective. I bought this book in a second hand book store. Partly because I have a fondness for outdated looking books, especially if they have pictures (and this one has heaps). And partly because the food comparisons are mind-boggling: they do make you reconsider your eating habits.
I mean, who would've thought that a plain Jane bagel alone has 400 calories? I usually dip them into Nutella as well..*eek*. And what about one single fat free sugar free muffin, which sounds pretty darn healthy.. this muffin equals 1 pineapple, 1/2 cantaloupe, 1/2 kiwifruit, 1/2 papaya, a bunch of grapes, 2 pears and, in case you still feel like munching, 2 whole wheat rolls.
Of course, Shapiro might have been a bit cheeky when scribbling down calories. Critics pointed out that some foods may have been enlarged as well, while others - the good ol' bagel for instance - appear smaller than in reality. Also, one does wonder how small a 'small cantaloupe' actually is. But let's not fuss about those details! Because Shapiro doesn't fuss either when it comes to forbidden food combinations, leaving out either carbs or fat and portion sizes. There are no such restrictions in his book. And there shouldn't be. He just shows how some - mostly processed - foods add up calories, while others don't. I personally like how he makes a point of swapping meat for vegetarian options to save calories. Eleven years later, Picture Perfect Weight Loss isn't that outdated after all. A fun book! Whether you feel like losing weight or just want to know what you're actually eating.
I mean, who would've thought that a plain Jane bagel alone has 400 calories? I usually dip them into Nutella as well..*eek*. And what about one single fat free sugar free muffin, which sounds pretty darn healthy.. this muffin equals 1 pineapple, 1/2 cantaloupe, 1/2 kiwifruit, 1/2 papaya, a bunch of grapes, 2 pears and, in case you still feel like munching, 2 whole wheat rolls.
Of course, Shapiro might have been a bit cheeky when scribbling down calories. Critics pointed out that some foods may have been enlarged as well, while others - the good ol' bagel for instance - appear smaller than in reality. Also, one does wonder how small a 'small cantaloupe' actually is. But let's not fuss about those details! Because Shapiro doesn't fuss either when it comes to forbidden food combinations, leaving out either carbs or fat and portion sizes. There are no such restrictions in his book. And there shouldn't be. He just shows how some - mostly processed - foods add up calories, while others don't. I personally like how he makes a point of swapping meat for vegetarian options to save calories. Eleven years later, Picture Perfect Weight Loss isn't that outdated after all. A fun book! Whether you feel like losing weight or just want to know what you're actually eating.
May 17, 2008
Perfect visual aid for dieters and food addicts like me. He compares quantities of foods with similar calories, but does it with yummy photos as well as words and numbers. For the same calories as one bagel with 2.5 oz cream cheese (650) you could instead have a complete breakfast with 4 light pancakes, 4 veggie links, 2 TBSP light syrup, and still have room for 190 calories of fruit (an apple is about 80). The pictures tell the story, but watch out-- it'll make you hungry. You don't even have to read English to benefit from this book.
February 24, 2010
The book promotes a vegetarian diet which I have no interest in but the visuals in the book are an excellent reminder that you don't have to be hungry when you're trying to lose weight. Lots of ideas just by 'reading' the photos.
January 19, 2009
Not really practical for me because I'm done with low fat artificially sweetened fake food. But it is eye opening and useful in general.
June 19, 2015
The shock value in this book would truly open your eyes!
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