I highly recommend the Omron pedometer. I have one and it is very accurate (on occasion, I'll count steps to see if it keeps up with me). It has a clock on it, it counts regular steps, as well as aerobic steps, tracks calories burned, and keeps 7 days of your total steps memorized. I got mine from Amazon and it was the best $ I've ever spent on a pedometer. Go for it!

I was confused about where to measure my waist as well, but when I saw the Discovery Channel show, he very clearly says "Measure your waist - that's right on your bellybutton". I think perhaps, this is a guess, that he tells people to suck it in so he can actually measure the omentum size. If your muscles are just relaxed and letting everything in your abdomen slouch forward, I would think that would throw off the measurement.

Plus, when I tried to measure my fiance's waist, I quickly found out that its pretty darn hard to "suck in" your bellybutton that much.

Hello Everyone

The very next day after the the episode aired on Oprah i went and bought the book! My husband and I are on it.. We went through the house and became "you" compliant. I am going to incooperate GI recipes and philosophy with this plan too. I really think that this is attainable.. I have been struggling as of late to maintain healthy eating habits. But i am again motivated to do this!

I was amazed how full i feel after eating some nuts before a meal. I have been munching on almonds all night( i work nights)and i am not even hungry! I am really going to try hard to not eat when i get home at 1am. but i havent eaten since 2pm

Here's to all of us

SPCD-I got my OMRON HJ 112 from drugstore.com last year. Just had to replace the battery last nite. Going to give this new way of "living" a try. I got tired of WW Core and the meetings did nothing for me after 9 months of it. I did lose 29 lbs, but have regained about 13!! In just 4 months-arggggghhhh!! I picked the book up in Walmart Sund. and started reading it. It did gross me out and scare me to watch Oprah and Discovery to see what I and my DH have been doing to our insides. He and I already have changed our habits-hopefully for good. Good luck everyone. Maybe this is the ticket?!!!

Thanks Honey. I checked out amazon and ebay. Am ordering it today. My old pedometer is a joke. I want to be sure to get these 10,000 steps in along with my regular exercise routine.
Kathy

Hi all,

I bought "you, on a diet" and am continuing to work toward my goal. I think this lifestyle plan makes such good sense. It is similar to what I have been doing all this year - mainly eating whole foods and walking 10,000 steps a day. I now wear my pedometer every single day from the minute I get out of bed. The weight loss hasn't been fast but it has stayed off so far. ( i was at my lifetime high weight on january 1 of this year, slowly dropped 7 pounds between January and June, then got very serious about cutting out the junk food and have lost 23 pounds since then.) Exercise is my challenge. THe past month I have only made 2000-3000 steps a day and my weight loss has slowed dramatically. So I am getting back on track!
Have a great day everyone!

I found a really inexpensive but very accurate pedometer at the Dick's Sporting Goods chain. I think it is their store brand. It only measures miles and steps, but I decided that was all I needed for now and it has done the trick for only $14.99!

what is this diet basically about, can you tell me? Like what kind of diet is it and what kind of stuff do i have to eat.

Hi folks,

I did not get the book yet..I have an email pal that does have the book and she sent me links of what it is. To me, from looking at these sites, it is similar to the South Beach plan. I am still looking forward on reading and getting some helpful tips and ideas to get me started.

Here is the links of the You diet..
http://www.realage.com/doctorCenter/...x?cbr=YDGGLE12

http://www.realage.com/doctorCenter/...pingList.aspx?

Hope this helps..Good luck all.

Here is a quote from his website

The Right Way to Measure Your Waist
Measure the narrowest part of your middle—which isn’t necessarily around your belly button. Find the smallest area between the top of the hipbone and the bottommost rib.

I don't really know much about this book, except some good review I have heard.

Is this book useful to those of us following a different diet plan such as calorie counting? Also, when I looked for it on Amazon I saw a couple different ones - witch is the good one?

I know how dr oz stresses that walking 30 minutes a day is critical but.... i take a 60 hour high intensity class a couple days a week and then on the other days i do 35 minutes elliptical and 20 minutes stairmaster.... every day i walk atleast 15 minutes total carrying a back pack to and from a car. Should i be worried about the 30 minute walking?

ALLEY CAT... I HAVE THE SAME CONCERN. i DO TURBO JAM AND COUPLED WITH DAILY ACTIVITY I HAVE OVER 10,000 STEPS. IS THE 10,000 JUST FOR AEROBIC EXCERCISE? I AM SO CONFUSED

For those of you curious about the aerobic steps counting with your 10000 steps I will search my book.
I wish I had known the Omron is at the Walmart Pharmacy counter. I looked in sporting goods. SO I ordered it. I am sure I will not see it until Saturday.
I was visiting the boards at real age and people are already fixating on what they can not have. I guess that is normal when you are changing your way of life but I am going to try to avoid that because I will fail. This is all about thinking about things until it is a natural habit. There is such great support here. I bet there are ideas on the whole foods board and ww core plan and even all the other diets with veggies, fruits, and whole grain recipes. DO you think if enough people want to follow this plan we will get our own section. I made some awesome whole grain low fat pumpkin muffins yesterday. For holiday baking my suggestion is get fat free buttermilk powder or buttermilk, whole wheat pastry flour, agave nectar or splenda.
Kathy

I looked through book. I do not see the mention of 10,000 steps I did see it on Oprah and the discovery Health show. I remember one of the ladies checking her steps and said so many were aerobic. They also used the Omron I believe. The discovery health show comes on the 17th again if anyone missed it and can get the channel. Maybe if you get the discovery channel you could all email them to run it on that channel also. Kathy