Opinion/reviews on "YOU ON A DIET"?

Any body doing Dr. Meimet OZ's diet from Oprah YOU ON A DIET? I am curious if any one has any sucess stories or would like to discuss it. I am very new to it just got the book but I think is very similar to weight watchers.

I am watching him right now on Oprah and he is recommending that people aim for a caloric deficit of only a hundred calories a day.

That's just insane. You'd lose less than a pound a month! For someone like me that is still about 50 lbs away from a healthy weight, WTF?

My wife made me watch a Dr. Oz episode of Oprah and it was what actually triggered my decision to lose some weight. It all started when he said 25 grams is the recommended daily fiber intake. I started looking at labels at the grocery store and was amazed just how difficult it is to get that much fiber in your diet. I did some searches for fiber content of fruit and veggies and ended up at this site and started tracking my diet. So, I have him to thank for that.

If you drop 100 calories off your diet and simultaneously start burning 300 more calories a day through exercise, you should be just fine. What's harder though, keeping your calories down on a daily basis or working out every day?

I have the book, and it's more about a lifestyle change than a typical diet.  It's about understanding how the body works, and keeping to a healthy diet.  It also emphasises daily workouts.  It's a slow road to follow, so you might want to lose some extra weight before trying it.  I make better food choices now, and I understand how certain things affect my body.  BTW- most people gained the weight by increasing their calories by just 100 calories a day, so losing it that way means it won't come back on.  How many people have yo-yo'ed up and down?

I read the book in January.  It helped me get off of a very very very long plateau.

I didn't follow the "diet" per se, didn't even read it.  I did find the chapter regarding the digestive system extremely important.  I utilized much of the information there and it blew me off of my plateau the first week.  I lost two pounds and continued. 

As a matter of fact, I'm planning to re-read the informational chapters again because I found them so very educational.  I've added several of his suggestions to my lifestyle.

90 min. exercise per day
probiotics
fish oil
removed coffee (initially, since I've renewed my addiction to espresso)
monitor and alleviate stress (this being extremely important)

It seems to be promoting the most current information about weight.  Whatever Dr. Oz's suggestions are regarding how much to lose how fast is a matter of one's own choice to follow. 

I however, found the information invaluable and would suggest through trial and error, the incorporation of whatever may apply to you.

For me, working out every day would be much harder to follow! Watching my calories is not always easy, but it's a habit I'm slowly getting used to. I think I can do this change on a permanent basis, now that I understand that it doesn't mean I have to eat only healthy food all the time forever, but that my "everyday" foods can be healthy with minimal effort - and they are what will make the difference. I can still go out every now and again and eat an unhealthy meal, but it just can't be my everyday life anymore.

It's probably more useful for people who are not in the obese category, but who would just like to get healthier and lose a bit of weight.

I LOVE that book -- it's got a TON of very valuable information. The authors take Anatomy and put it in layman's terms. I highly recommend it. Get it from the library! Take what you can use and ignore the rest. It's not just a "diet" book!

I have read this book and didn't like it. The authors tried to make it "entertaining" with corny humor, but I found that distracting and annoying. In addition as hard as they tried to make the science easy to understand, I found it to be too much information. The theme of this book was more like "if you're overweight, it's not your fault." Well, if you want to believe it is not your fault, then that means it was not under your control, then there is nothing you can do to change it... and that is a hopeless message. I absolutely believe it is harder for some people, but also believe everyone can do better. Also, the recipes at the end are too fussy, too expensive.

And I wholeheartedly agree one pound a month of weight loss is too little. Let's face it. All of us who struggle (have struggled) with weight do so because we are people who like short-term rewards. We have trouble with long-term goals. So we need to see rewards for effort quicker. With one pound a month, because of natural weight fluctuations, we wouldn't know for months if our current plan is working. By then we would lose momentum.

On the plus side, I happen to like Dr. Oz. He is mainstream, and I tend to trust his take on the science. This book is one of a new wave in the last ten years that reminds us it is not totally about learning the method of calorie counting. It is also about food strategy... some foods keep us filling fuller longer. Carbs make serotonin which make us feel better. Very often when people struggle to stay on a diet the answer is shifting their food strategy. With most diet books, there is something to be learned, and I learned from this one.

Thanks for the responses and great info I am currently reading the book and I am going to incorporate this info into my lifestyle instead of using it as a dieting tool. I am a person who needs to lose weight fast if I don't see results I definitely fall off the wagon. But the book is very informative and helpful for people like me who need help with what to eat.

Even though Dr Oz recommends cutting calories by 100, if you look at the diet plan it's like 1700 cals a day.  So it is a low cal diet +daily exercise. In the book it says: per week 30 min walking every day +3 20 min sessions cardio+1 weight lifting session+ 5 min stretching every day.  (Not 90 min a day) It's doable, and my body is looking so much better. Bye-Bye cellulite!!!!!

I started reading this book and its not about the numbers on a scale its about the number on your waist line.  I know that the tape measure is a better measurement of one's success than that number on the scale.  Granted I scale watch but even at my current weight I am really "sllimmer" than I was 4 years ago when I weighed this same amt.

I've watched my measurements go up lately though and take a bit of comfort in knowing that my stress level is probably about a 90 on a scale of 100 and as each new stressor happens my measurement shows it.  Of course I have to take responsibility for my life and weight but facing bankruptcy, losing jobs and such I see my waist expanding in correlation with my sress- which adds to the stress too.