- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Touchstone; Reprint edition (Jan 4 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0684850087
- ISBN-13: 978-0684850085
- Product Dimensions: 23.3 x 18.8 x 1.9 cm
- Shipping Weight: 454 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,536,023 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The Duchess of York is an odd candidate for the role of Everywoman, but in Dieting with the Duchess, she inhabits the part convincingly. She relates the trouble she's had controlling her weight, how living in the royal fishbowl exacerbated those problems (every fluctuation in her weight was noted by the voracious English media), and how she finally discovered a weight- management program she can live with through Weight Watchers (for which she's a spokesperson) and workouts with a personal trainer.
She enthusiastically relates all she's learned about diet and nutrition, which is (fair warning) the same basic stuff you'll find anywhere. And the book's exercise advice is all in the same vein. If there's anything here you don't know, then you really haven't cared enough to pay attention.
Fortunately, the book puts the basic information together in interesting ways. The recipes for dishes like pizza provencal, portobello mushroom panini, and gingered shrimp emphasize the idea that watching your caloric intake doesn't mean living without delicious food. And the exercise programs draw the distinction between exercising for general health and longevity and doing so for weight loss--a fine point that's often missed in mass-marketed fitness advice.
Mostly, though, this is a book about changing attitudes, about going from predominantly negative feelings about your body and your health to positive ones. Weight loss is a part of the equation for many women, but much more important is feeling a sense of control over one's body and one's health. Dieting with the Duchess may get you started on that path, if for no other reason than that it's comforting to know one of the most famous women on earth goes through all the same stuff you do. --Lou Schuler --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Library Journal
More dieting with Fergie.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
An independent, inspiring woman,
This review is from: Dieting With the Duchess: Secrets and Sensible Advice for a Great Body (Paperback)
Duchess Sarah is an inspiring person. She has overcome emotional trauma many times in her life, and escaped gracefully from an unhappy marriage to an extremely domineering family of immature aristocrats. She has done enormous things for science, and the health of all women by promoting well-being, nutrition, exercise and disease prevention. A recent study out of Harvard Medical School says that the number ONE thing to do to prevent chronic illness is to control one's weight and not remain overweight. This ranked over even such vices as smoking and drinking. So please, let's give the Duchess what she deserves...a pat on the back and our admiration.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dieting With The Duchess - feeding friendly companion,
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This review is from: DIETING WITH THE DUCHESS: SECRETS AND SENSIBLE ADVICE FOR A GREAT BODY (Hardcover)
This is an elegant & pleasant companion for your kitchen. Sarah, the Duchess of York, has always been a favorite of mine - lively, loquacious & eager. This book is much more than a depressing diet book. It's about changing our ways; taking a kindly yet clear look at how we fuel up & what we do with the energy. It's about adding serenity & charm into our out-of-control eating habits. With beautiful illustrations & photos of fine feasts; delicious recipes; amusing & down-to-earth insights; fascinating stories from her life & hints on how to make over our unsatisfying eating habits, Sarah, Duchess of York, together with Weight Watchers offers a premium, full-color, journal-type book to grace our kitchens & our lives. The perfect gift! Very well done, I thoroughly enjoyed it.()
4.0 out of 5 stars
Motivating, and a pleasure to read, plus great recipes.,
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This review is from: DIETING WITH THE DUCHESS: SECRETS AND SENSIBLE ADVICE FOR A GREAT BODY (Hardcover)
It's true that the information in the book is not groundbreaking, but it was encouraging, and practical, and reinforced all the things I've been telling myself to do but not really doing. The Duchess looks fabulous on the cover, and she has included some very embarrassing photos of herself to make a point. I can't help thinking that if she can do it after all she's been through, so can I.
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