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Summary: Right on, Dr Peeke!
Review: My husband and I have had an inordinate amount of stress in our lives over the last several years. Dr Peeke says we've been living in Imelda Marco's closet as "the other shoe" keeps dropping on our heads. We have been most fortunate to have Dr Peeke's care and expertise to help us maintain our weight during those times of high stress and have learned what to do to counteract our "stress overeater" habits. Her book is a clearly written explanation of what happens to our bodies, particularly to women's, as we reach our 40's and beyond. Dr Peeke's realistic and practical advice gives us hope that we can finally be in control and become more fit. While the emphasis is on women, Dr Peeke's research has made a great difference in both our lives. There is no magic pill which will take the weight off your body; but reading this book will give you the roadmap to better health. Get in the driver's seat with her excellent book.
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Summary: Dr. Peeke's book really works
Review: I've been a patient of Dr. Peeke for over four years and one of the people urging her to write a book to share her program with others. The book is true to the pricipals she practices. And she's made a believer out of me. The ideas in the book have helped me handle stress better, stay with exercise (when I never could before), and learn to do a better job with my eating. Fight Fat after Forty is really about getting your life together and finding a strategy you can live with to be healthier and fit. I highly recommend it to all women forty and over--in fact I've given copies to several friends as gifts.
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Summary: Who is Nancy Lloyd?
Review: Reading through these reviews has left me with one question: "Who is Nancy Lloyd and what is her connection to this author?" Does it strike anyone else as just a tad bit too much of a coincidence that every fifth reviewer just happen to have her life changed by reading these two books?
Use these "reviews" with caution folks. Often they are just paid sells pitches and Amazon plays along because...hey, it moves books right?
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Summary: Fighting Fat After Forty
Review: As a mid-life woman this book provided me a comprehensive understanding of stress and its effects on weight gain and overall health. Midlife is not easy - from any perspective - be it cultural, mental or physical. Metabolism, weight, exercise, hormones, and stress management are midlife issues that can't be ignored and will make the difference in the quality of life 10, 15 and 20 years from now. It's not news that we should eat less, exercise more and reduce stress. Dr. Peeke's book is different because you determine your specific stress profile and eating pattern. You learn how to energize, be more stress resilient and boost midlife metabolism. This book is not a fad diet, magic potion or the latest diet craze. It provides easy to understand medical research from NIH. It explains how to "get over" the diet syndrome; accomodate a slower metabolism; and to neutralize the years of harmful dieting.
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Summary: A Man's Perspective on Fight Fat After Forty
Review: While the book may be aimed at women and uses case histories from a number of Dr. Peeke's women patients, the larger lesson is about fat and stress and that is not just a woman's issue. I'm a marathoner, running seven races in the last 15 years. I slowed down my training and stopped competing in races when work and travel took up more and more time. That drop in exercise, along with natural aging and a slowing metabolism made me a prime candidate for the "toxic weight" that Dr. Peeke talks about. I know I'm at higher risk for heart disease and diabetes and her book has been a wake up call for me to get back into exercise and put into effect the good lessons she writes about. I'm paying attention to my "carb clock" and watching what I eat after 5 pm. I'm finding ways to fit exercise back into my life and that includes trips to a gym for planned strength workouts with a trainer, a direct result of her lesson on "make time for yourself." I recommend that men don't let the case studies about women get in the way of the good information in this book.
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Summary: Who is Nancy Lloyd?
Review: Reading through these reviews has left me with one question: "Who is Nancy Lloyd and what is her connection to this author?" Does it strike anyone else as just a tad bit too much of a coincidence that every fifth reviewer just happen to have her life changed by reading these two books?
Use these "reviews" with caution folks. Often they are just paid sells pitches and Amazon plays along because...hey, it moves books right?
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Summary: YOU SIMPLY CANNOT EAT THE WAY YOU DID AT 25, 30 OR 35!
Review: I bought this book a week ago and have been working with this program for about 5 days. I still haven't done everything perfectly, and I've lost 3/4 of an inch around my waist! I figure out the content of the foods that I cook by using Corinne T. Netzer's The Complete Book of Food Counts, but I figured all the daily gram and calories requirements using this book. After a few weeks, I know that I won't need to look as much up because I'll just know the information, but knowing the difference in my body now, and my body when it was 25, makes a big difference in how I look at food and decide on my choices. YOU SIMPLY CANNOT EAT THE SAME WAY YOU DID WHEN YOU WERE 20, 25, 30 or even 35! YOUR METABOLISM HAS CHANGLED DRASTICALLY. Do yourself a favor and figure out WHY it changed and what to do about it and BUY THIS BOOK.
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Summary: My first introduction to this subject
Review: There may be other and better books on this subject, but this was my first introduction to the topic and I found "Fight Fat After Forty" extremely useful and pragmatic. It addresses my number one diet and exercise struggle--the one against stress. I wasn't bothered by the "menopot" term, since Dr. Peeke outlines in some detail why it is a common problem and health risk. And she makes it clear that you don't need "six pack abs" to address the problem. All in all her suggestions and approach are very do-able and what I especially liked is that she realizes we all don't have personal trainers, unlimited discretionary time and private chefs. She gives many practical examples of how the average time-crunched woman can fit her suggestions into their lives.
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Summary: I Expected Better Behavior From A Female Doctor
Review: "Doctor" Peeke may know her physiology, but she doesn't understand the human heart. I found her rather cold, hard and analytical, as are many doctors. She seems that way on "Cooking Thin" and it's verified in her writing. I don't think Ms. Peeke has ever experienced a binge. I don't appreciate being patronized and insulted, especially by another woman! The "menopot" remark was uncalled for. If I wanted a drill sargent, I would have joined the Marines. It mystifies me that she does not take into account that height, weight and activity level play a part in how many calories each person can burn. I expected a little bit more accurate science. This is very much a one-size-fits-all approach. The material is the same old song you've heard from everybody else. You'll end up eating something like "The Zone" diet. So save yourself the insult and just buy "The Zone Diet". Shame on you, Pamela.
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Summary: not worth the money
Review: After having read the reviews on amazon, I decided to dare and order this book, but I'm frankly disappointed. Some of the first part was still o.k. and kind of interesting (this theory between stress and fat), but things only got worse afterwards. It boils down to another diet anyway - count calories, balance your meals, exercise. All in all, I sensed a lot of dietspeak, like all the times she mentions you're "paying" for something (if you don't exercise a lot, you can't eat a lot more calories; if you don't exercise you're not really serious in following this approach and shouldn't have to wonder why you stay fat, etc), even if she tries to counterbalance it by saying you shouldn't overdo it.
The more I read on (why didn't I have the courage to just stop? I probably hoped something worthwhile would come along) the more I felt this book added stress to my already stressful life. As I already had underlined things and made some comments, I finally threw it against the wall until I felt better. Have never done that with a BOOK until now. So, how many more calories can I spend from my account now that I exercized?
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