Dr Phil McGraw first appeared in the public eye on the Oprah Winfrey show. With a background in medical psychology, his insightful wisdom enabled many people to start believing the "truth about themselves" - rather than the lie. As a counselor he could face and communicate with the people to ask empowering questions, and assist them in becoming free from some of the issues and problems in their lives.

Dr Phil’s success soon allowed him to have his own show. He is an interesting man to watch. He promotes people to ‘grab the reins’ of their own life, to set the aims, and negotiate in their relationships. He helps people by showing the skills and tools to live free from addictions, and to achieve weight loss goals.

Healthy Thinking Rather Than Nutrition

Dr Phil has creates a weight management plan that aims at healthy thinking as well as healthy eating. This is good, because healthy thinking leads to happiness. Many people eat when depressed, and it can often lay at the root of many weight problems. He outlines the plan in his book "The Ultimate Weight Loss Solution: The 7 keys to weight loss freedom".

This is a sustainable long term plan that may assist you and your life in more ways than just losing weight.

Note that the book is fairly limited in terms of an eating plan (e.g. the one size fits all technique). This is not so much about nutrition, but addressing causes of emotional eating.

Dr Phil Supplements?

Incredibly, Dr Phil has seen fit to market his own range of branded "Shape Up" supplements. This seems nothing more than a grab at a lucrative supplement market. This tarnishes an otherwise sensible weight loss plan.

The line of supplements were discontinued in 2005 and Dr Phil ended up facing a class action lawsuit.