Ultimate Weight Solution for Teens: The 7 Keys to Weight Freedom

By Jay McGraw and Phillip C. McGraw

Book Overview

Weight issues are one of the leading causes of teen depression.
Since you are reading the back of this book, I'm guessing that you picked it up because you relate, at least in some way, to some of the following statements:
I can't stand my body
I don't know how to lose weight
The other kids always make fun of me and call me fat
I hate myself

Well, I have some good news for you. Actually, I have some great news. By picking up this book, you have taken the first step to deciding to do something about your weight and your self-image. This book will give you the answers to the many problems that you have been facing. And it will give you a plan for dealing with those problems. And I will go through it all with you. Now get psyched You are about to begin one of the most life-changing experiences of your life. -- JAY MCGRAW, FROM THE INTRODUCTION

As Jay McGraw says, The Ultimate Weight Solution for Teens is a book that will change lives. Weight issues are one of the leading causes of teen depression, and The Ultimate Weight Solution for Teens is being published at a time when weight is the top issue in so many teens' lives. Inspired by the enormous success of the #1 bestselling The Ultimate Weight Solution by Dr. Phil McGraw, Jay McGraw has written a book that deals with the specific issues teens face when it comes to weight matters. It's hard enough to be a teen, it's even harder to be an overweight teen. No one knows that better than the young people who suffer the teasing and name-calling that seem to resonate daily through their school halls. But what do you do when your friends are scarfing pizza and cheese fries and you're trying to lose weight? With this book, Jay addresses this and other problems in a way that they have never been addressed before -- in a way that actually works Just as he did in his bestselling books Life Strategies for Teens and Closing the Gap, Jay talks directly to teens and young adults in a way to which they can relate. Jay gets it and he knows how to give it to them straight. The result is a book that can do what teens all over have been looking for -- a way to totally transform their bodies, minds, and lives.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743257472
• ISBN13: 9780743257473
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 12 to 17 years
• Grade Range: Grades 7 to 12

Customer Reviews

Awesome Book! Really Helpful!

I am 12 years old and 35 pounds overweight. I got this book about 2 months ago. It had alot of great ideas that really worked. I put this book to the test and in the past month i've lost 10 pounds. I reccomend this to teens(or preteens) who have tryed to lose weight with other diets and had no success. Overall, I think this is a wonderful and really helpful book.

Apple doesn't fall far ... THIS BOOK IS GREAT.

Like his dad, this author can say it like it is, hit the nail on the head with important information that will make a difference for teens. More than a diet, of course, and can't be compared to diets because it is much deeper. Just great and in the must read category. Also recommended is Effortless Wellbeing: The Missing Ingredients for Authentic Wellness, by Evan Finer. I wish I had both of these books when I was a teen, and for that matter when my daughters were teens!! EXCELLENT and HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!

A Good Place to Start!!

You always need a place to start when you want to get in shape. I think The Ultimate Weight Sulution for teens is perfect for this. It gets you in the mood to look and feel better. I think that this book will have a lasting impact, eventhough it is still too new to tell. IF you feel like you need a place to start I recommend this book, because it is smart, fun and about the things that matter-you and how you should be feeling about yourself. It also does not stay on the topic of losing weight, but also acknowledges that their is more to weight issues than being overweight. I would also recommend "Toning for Teens" by Joyce Vedral. It is a great book about weight lifting and toning that is built souly on how teens build muscle and how they can do it right. Both of these authors do a good job focusing on teens and their needs.

My Favorite Key

Although I think that all of the keys are very significant and help you in different ways, my favorite is Key 4: Mastery Over Food and Impulse Eating. This one held the most significance for me- as an emotional eater. This chapter explains the "quick fix"or "immediate payoff" you experience when you eat and eat and eat, or you go on fad diets, or you starve yourself. they give you immediate control and satisfaction about yourself- they are your reward to yourself. So why stop when what you are doing is making you happy on some level. It goes on to show you how negative thoughts about what you look like and about who you are inside are instigating your need to "reward" yourself in these negative ways. You have to change those negative images of yourself and begin to see the ultimate negative that could be turned into a positive by turning around your reward system. Food (or lack) is not a healthy reward, but going out with friends, driving around with your windows rolled down and the music blaring, or even allowing yourself an hour of freetime every day to do something fun are all healthy rewards that you can do easily.I really thought this one was the one that spoke the most to the way I live. This book has keys that will help everyone I think.

A Really Great Book!

I bought this book for my daughter last week, but instead of giving it straight to her I gave it to her older sister to read over the holidays. Tennagers are a bit hard to gage and I wanted to make sure that this book would not lead her into the wrong impression of what it means for her health to be an overweight teen.My eldest daughter came back with a raving review of the book. She said that it was not solely or even mostly about how to lose weight but more closely relating the problems that arise from an obsession with weight furing your teen years. The book acts as a rational for why the focus on weight and looking good needs to be turned to thinking about staying healthy and away from the eating disorders that plague teenagers. It gives teeangers a way to see their way out of unhealthy eating choices. I suggest this book for every teen with a weight problem, whether it is obseity or an eating disorder of any kind.