I have tried many "diet" plans before reading Dr. Phil's book. True, the food choices that he recommends are nothing suprising or new: just good nutrition. However, reading this book helped me to understand why I kept going on diet after diet, losing weight, and then regaining it again. I have now identified many of the mental blocks that I had to maintaining a good way of eating. For example: I used food as a reward and a punishment. After work if I was hungry and didn't want to wait to eat until I got home I would mentally tell myself that it had been a crappy day and I deserved a big mac. If it had been a really good day at work and I was pleased with something I had done I would mentally tell myself that I was really good and deserved a big mac. No wonder I weighed 191 pounds! Dr. Phil's book has opened my eyes and I will never look at food the same way again!