The cover claims “Thin for Life - the newest ways to lose weight”. I didn’t want to spend the $1.99 to read the article. PLUS, I couldn’t possibly think of a “new” way to lose weight… unless it was a new surgery or something.
But I’m sort of torn… because I DO really like reading articles and such about what makes people successful at losing and maint weight…
Or I’d buy a new book by KD… as I really like her writing…
Has anyone actually read this magazine? Would you buy it? What “new” could possibly be out there on the weight loss front? Do you buy magazines that offer new diets or new tips? WHAT makes you buy a new magazine or book?
(I've really been drawing a blank in the homework area...)
Denise
Posts: 9221 | Location: Silicon Valley, CA | Registered: March 17, 2004
I may flip through a magazine if I see a headline like that on the cover, but I have seen too many cases where the "secret" is something I've known for eons and nothing new. There really is so little truly NEW information about weight loss, at least to those of us who make it our business to read books, etc. on the subject.
My mother gets me magazine subscriptions, even when I tell her I don't have or take time to read them as I already have my own subscriptions. Health magazine is generally pretty good and not over prone to sensationalism. Fitness, the other one she gets me, does tend to do that big claims on the cover which turn out to be a 1/4 or 1/2 page article on something laughingly basic. I would be REALLY miffed if I'd paid money for that.
Posts: 7864 | Location: Rehoboth Beach, DE | Registered: March 12, 2004
Has anyone actually read this magazine? Would you buy it? What “new” could possibly be out there on the weight loss front? Do you buy magazines that offer new diets or new tips? WHAT makes you buy a new magazine or book?
I have not read that magazine and wouldn't buy it either. I think that so much diet information in magazines is contradictory. I also feel that so much of the information in these magazines plays on our weaknesses and our hope that there really is a diet miracle out there. Even something as harmless as "Eat one grapefruit a day and drop 50 lbs", is flat-out ridiculous. Eating a grapefruit every day would be very good for you, but I highly doubt you would drop 50 lbs just doing that. If it were that simple we'd all be thin. But there are so many people out there who still buy that crap and think they will be "bathing-suit ready" for summer! I agree with Cate. If I see something that is related to what I am currently doing and feel I can learn from it, I might buy it. In general, I am not a magazine person.
I used to fall for all those claims and tried so many ridiculous diets over the years. Sometimes I think that is why I have to work extra-hard to lose any weight, even a meager 1 lb. I think all that dieting messed up my body. But, since being here and seeing the success stories on this forum, I have learned that you have to be sensible about weight loss.
I buy books like KD's because they offer sound advice. KD does not have a banner across the front of her books claiming "25 lb. dropped by next week" or anything outrageous like that. She does not ask you to give up really any foods but teaches you how to incorporate them into your life. I will no longer buy books that make outrageous claims. I also don't buy exercise/fitness magazines anymore. The models in most of them look like my 14 year old daughter. They are either stick thin, or have no curves like real women because they are so young and have not reached the age where they are dealing with wider hips, muffin tops, and bingo-wings.
I do buy Cooking Thin. The magazine offers a nice mix of all things nutrition/exercise and healthy living related. There are recipes, articles on exercise, articles on vacation spots, recipe "makeovers", etc. This might sound weird, but reading that magazine makes me feel good. I don't feel stressed when I read it like I do other magazines. There are a few magazines out there that every page is a different topic and that drives me crazy. It is so much information packed into a small magazine. Does anyone else know what I'm talking about?
Jill
I have no specific goal(s) right now. I am trying to find the spiritual side of myself that I lost somewhere along the way.
I would buy a magazine if the article confirmed what has worked/is working for me. Going organic and local as much as possible, for one.
I don't buy magazines based on "She lost 30 dress sizes and look at her now!", I buy magazines if they are genuinely into health and moderation. (That explains why I don't buy many magazines! LOL!). Most magazines offer gimmicks or variations on the same 'lose weight fast'... Sometimes I'll skim thru a Prevention at work, but that's about it.
