David Whitley, RKC
11-20-2003, 10:39 PM
I finished my first read of UDS lite today, so as promised here is my review:
First, i really like Dr.Ellis's style of writing. I have said before that it reminds me a little of Mike Mentzer. (who was wrong about a lot of stuff, but presented his material very well) When Dr. Ellis says that the answer to "Why am i fat?" is "you eat more than you think & don't exercise enough" it makes me smile. After having heard thru the years all the excuses( & making quite a few myself), slow metabolism, hormones, genetics, emotional eating 'cause you got picked on in 3rd grade, lack of will power, ad nauseum, it is very refreshing to have someone in a book tell the simple, Newtonian truth. It was a revelation to me that for years i had been working against my own biology due to confusion & misinformation.
I have an idea for an article that i may write comparing & contrasting Ellis with Clarence Bass. Despite Bass' low-fat approach, the two of them have several parallels.
-Calories count
-Exercise is important
-goal setting, progress measuring & sustainability of the program are crucial.
i also learned some very useful stuff about metabolic adaptations & the ratio of fat to lbm as weight is lost and that i am probably guilty of under-reporting my calorie intake.
What i didn't like:
-The Caltrac sales pitch.
-The lack of a bibliography to the studies he refers to. (is this in UDS big?)
Overall very informative, enjoyable & practical.
First, i really like Dr.Ellis's style of writing. I have said before that it reminds me a little of Mike Mentzer. (who was wrong about a lot of stuff, but presented his material very well) When Dr. Ellis says that the answer to "Why am i fat?" is "you eat more than you think & don't exercise enough" it makes me smile. After having heard thru the years all the excuses( & making quite a few myself), slow metabolism, hormones, genetics, emotional eating 'cause you got picked on in 3rd grade, lack of will power, ad nauseum, it is very refreshing to have someone in a book tell the simple, Newtonian truth. It was a revelation to me that for years i had been working against my own biology due to confusion & misinformation.
I have an idea for an article that i may write comparing & contrasting Ellis with Clarence Bass. Despite Bass' low-fat approach, the two of them have several parallels.
-Calories count
-Exercise is important
-goal setting, progress measuring & sustainability of the program are crucial.
i also learned some very useful stuff about metabolic adaptations & the ratio of fat to lbm as weight is lost and that i am probably guilty of under-reporting my calorie intake.
What i didn't like:
-The Caltrac sales pitch.
-The lack of a bibliography to the studies he refers to. (is this in UDS big?)
Overall very informative, enjoyable & practical.