Stop the Insanity by Susan Powter
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Book Reviews of Stop the Insanity
Book Review: a good read but seriously flawed
Summary: 2 Stars
If you read the reviews which gave this book five stars you will discover few of the readers cite any actual weight loss they have experienced by following the book's advice. Instead they go on about how motivational the book is. I agree. It is a very entertaining read and Susan Powter comes across as an engaging personality. However her basic premise , that you can consume virtually unlimited quantities of food so long as it is low in fat is errant nonsense. You CAN'T.It is perfectly possible to get tubby on brown rice if you pile your plate high. Compare with reviewers of books which shun the high carb/ low fat myth - Protein Power and suchlike. You will find most of the reviewers have tried the diets and actually lost weight.Book Review: Susan Powter is NOT a dietician and doesn't know what she's
Summary: 1 Stars
talking about (Susan Powter, meet Rosemary Green, author of the misguided "Diary of a Fat Housewife."The only thing Ms. Powter can write convincingly about - with power and authority - are her debacles when she was fat.
A lot of her book radiates with hostility towards her ex. Her first exhusband - I believe by now she's gotten another ex - the one she raves about near the end of the book. At that point she has just gotten remarried and shares living space with her formerly hated first ex-husband - is she a control freak or what? ).
The other good thing about Susan Powter's books/infomercials is that you can always just close the book, or turn the channel to silence her. The continuing relentness attitude of "I know everything and listen to me" wears thin very fast. She really needs to consider taking a meditation class to channel some of that erratic energy.
Ms. Powter may be a good salesperson or marketing genius, but she doesn't give you credible information.
Book Review: It's like Susan Powter has no comprehension of reality
Summary: 1 Stars
I read this book and followed it religiously for over 6 months (exercise, low-fat, the whole deal). She convinced me that all I had to do was eat low fat...this is patently FALSE. The basic caloric equation cannot be voided simply because Powter believes in more conspiracies than Oliver Stone (her conspiracy theories throughout the book are incredibly naive and make her sound RIDICULOUSLY unintelligent). At the end of the day, low fat or not, losing weight is a matter of calories in fewer than calories expended. You simply cannot eat 52 potatoes in one day (even though they are very low in fat) if you do not expended 52 potatoes worth of energy (Powter claims you do not need to pay attention to calories as long as you are eating low fat and are exercising). This is patently false--you do need to pay attention to calories to the extent that the calories you take in should be fewer than those you expend. Powter's book smacks of opportunism at its worst... and that is appalling.Book Review: Mistake. BIG mistake.
Summary: 1 Stars
Great motivator although I got really tired of the ex-husband bashing. Also, there are some serious oversights on her part. Go ahead and eat all the bagels you want. If it works for you, congratulations. I wonder what new spin she'll put on this stuff for her latest get rich scheme.