The Volumetrics Eating Plan: Techniques and Recipes for Feeling Full on Fewer Calories
by Barbara J. Rolls
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Author: Barbara J. RollsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-01
ISBN: 0060737301
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
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Summary: 5 Stars
I hate making the effort to be conscious of what I eat, but, I'm not 20 anymore so when I had put on a significant amount of weight about a year ago I buckled down and began the pursuit of returing to "fit". This book was the key ingredient to my effort's success.
The takeaway from this book: How to avoid cravings and feel full longer. How often you opt for low-cal/high density foods (the list of which - surprise! - points to veggies and fruit) directly translates to a decrease in cravings. An equation: Divide the calories in one serving of any food by that serving's weight in grams, and how high or low that resulting number (Energy Density) is tranlates directly to how satiated you will feel, and for how long you will be satisfied, before you are thinking about eating again. The book is not a new diet as much as it is a manual for how to avoid living with cravings.
There is a food list included in the book that notes the best Vmetrics food, I highly reco you keep it close in the beginning. As I acquainted myself with the list, I learned that not all "healthy" foods have great Energy Densities (e.g., bananas are over four times less satiating than strawberries, and pecans have a higher energy density than full-fat Ranch dressing).
There are some important ins and outs throughout the book; while relying on the aforementioned equation is a big part of the diet and can alone take you a long ways, reading the book in its entirety is going to provide a foundation for your success as well.
There is ONE extra practice I have had to implement to make Volumetrics work for me, and I cannot emphasize enough how important it has been: I consistently eat prior to feeling hungry. If I don't do this and only eat when I start thinking about food, it is too easy (for me) to make the wrong food choices. So I eat about an hour before I've learned my cravings will hit, and in effect, I'm easily able to make good food choices. Also, if you don't have a great entree from the Volumetrics cookbook handy, this practice makes it easier to eat blander food like fruits and veggies an hour before I'm actually hungery, versus trying to chew through that kind of food when I have nothing but deep dish pizza in mind. This eat-before-I'm-hungry addendum has been the thing that's helped me to actually do this eating plan day after day, and not feel like I have been sacrificing so much in terms of my favorite foods.
I've tried many of the big name diets out there, and this is the only one that worked for me, has taken relatively no will power to do, and has allowed me to be healthy in the process. I'm fit again, and look 10 years younger. Well worth the price of this book.
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Summary of The Volumetrics Eating Plan: Techniques and Recipes for Feeling Full on Fewer Calories
From Dr. Barbara Rolls, one of America's leading authorities on weight management, comes a much-anticipated lifestyle guide and cookbook that empowers and encourages her readers to quit "dieting" for good, to feel full on fewer calories, and to lose weight and keep it off while eating satisfying portions of delicious, nutritious foods.
The Volumetrics Eating Plan doesn't eliminate food groups or overload you with rules. It's a commonsense approach to eating based on Dr. Rolls's hugely popular Volumetrics Weight-Control Plan and her respected research on satiety that shows you how to choose foods that control hunger while losing weight. Along with menu planners, charts, and sidebars on healthy food choices, the 125 recipes put her revolutionary research into real and tangible instructions for every meal. The full-color photographs make these delicious recipes irresistible.
With this important new guide to healthy eating and living, everyone can enjoy tasty and satisfying meals that will help them maintain their weight or lose those extra pounds while learning the pleasures of cooking the Volumetrics way.
Volumetrics, Dr. Rolls's rigorously tested and proven system for weight management, incorporates sound research findings from around the world into a nutritious plan and shows you how to personalize it to suit your preferences and goals. It's all about choices, and The Volumetrics Eating Plan helps you choose the right foods for every meal and every lifestyle, without giving up flavor or diversity in your diet. No more "forbidden foods" or monotonous meals -- The Volumetrics Eating Plan will revolutionize the way you think about managing your weight and will guide you to a lifetime of healthy food choices.
Watch for flying pigs: here's a weight-loss plan that's sensible and simple. And for those of you who can only think of bacon when the word "pig" is mentioned, prepare to go hog wild: the Volumetrics plan is designed to let you indulge in your favorite goodies every now and then, so you're much more likely to stick to the program. Developed by a nutritionist who has worked with the National Institutes of Health, the Volumetrics plan focuses on foods that are low in "energy density." In other words, fruits, vegetables, and soups-all high in water content-are low in energy density, and therefore allowed in greater quantities. These foods tend to be more filling, so you eat less-and that's how easy weight loss can result. Author Barbara Rolls includes forms for charting one's daily food intake and weight-loss progress, as well as dozens of tempting recipes for the likes of Risotto Primavera and Chicken Fajita Pizza. After years of watching friends remove the buns from their hamburgers and banish croutons from their salads, it's nice to see common sense making a comeback. --Erica Jorgensen
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