Mar
9
Eat To Be Fit The Truth About Fat Loss
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Eat To Be Fit The Truth About Fat Loss
A complete guide to permanent fat loss and fitness, including nutritional guidelines, food lists, sample diets, case studies, interviews, detailed exercise programs, explanations of how and why exercise and proper nutrition work, worksheets and directions for establishing your own program, and special sections on: children’s nutrition and exercise needs, eating disorders and addictions. In addition there are sections on causes of the obesity epidemic, why diets fail and ample psychological and moral support.
Mar
9
The Good Mood Diet Feel Great While You Lose Weight
Dr. Kleiner is a leading nutrition authority on eating for strength who has put together a diet that has already been successfully tested in a Seattle weight-loss group and documented in a series by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. This book proves that you can choose healthy foods that both make you feel great and, when eaten according to the plan, help you lose weight. Most diets cause chemical changes in the brain that make the dieter feel depressed. The typical plan is often too low in calories. In THE GOOD MOOD DIET the participants eat feel-good foods with both ideal timing and ideal combinations–a balance of protein and fats to go with carbohydrates. Eating from a list of “feel-good foods,” including fish, flax seed and eggs, and eliminating “feel-bad foods” including refined sugar, helps dieters feel better and lose weight. However, sweets and alcohol are not taboo–eating a bit of chocolate and drinking a glass of red wine a day is okay once you’re two weeks into the diet.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars A good high protein diet
The authors recommend 10 servings of protein a day; and that makes this a high protein diet: not overly high but high. Check with your MD to see how many servings are safe for you if you are a woman as wrist fractures increase for women consuming over 8 ounces of protein a day, according to a major female nurse study–however, you may be able to consume more, safely, if you are obese. The foods recommended are proven to improve mood. The high protein helps promote satiety so you won’t feel hungry. It’s nice to have proven combinations of foods spelled out and placed into daily menus. Great little book!
5 Stars A diet that delivers on it’s promise
The Good Mood Diet really does help to balance your moods - it was as if eating the recommended foods simply erased my tendency toward irritability and anxiety. I was a little concerned when my weight did not go down right away, as that was also what I was looking for, but it just took a few weeks for my metabolism to speed up and then everything was good. The book is quite detailed. Very much to learn, but it WORKS! Also, there is a website with a chat group to get support and ask questions which is very helpful. Also, if it seems overwhelming at first, it’ll get much easier to do without checking off a list in just a couple of weeks. Definitely recommend this book. May not be the fastest weight loss plan, but the healthiest physically and emotionally. Go buy it!
5 Stars Good Mood lifestyle.
This book is great! The diet is simple and easy to follow, and the book is written in such a real manner. I got what Dr. Kleiner has to say and it just makes sense. I sleep better, have more energy in the day time, and have had a lot of fun with the smoothy recipes.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who is looking to make a positive change in their life and get a fresh start!
Michelle.
2 Stars First purchase
As good as the link described this book, i was disappointed to find that it wasnt relevant to me in the way it had said. A somewhat older style fad book, although having good suggestions, is not for someone 27 living in Australia from a different era’.
4 Stars Great book
this book is truly a great read and I would suggest it to anyone. I now incorporate the daily foods the book suggests into my diet including a cup of hot cocoa nightly before bed. It really does soothe your body. I also noticed instant improvements in my mood after a couple of days. This book is not really about dieting, it’s about eating right to feel good, which is a major plus. My mom is currently reading this book! Thank you.
Mar
8
The Secrets of Skinny Chicks How to Feel Great In Your Favorite Jeans When It Doesnt Come Naturally
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The Secrets of Skinny Chicks How to Feel Great In Your Favorite Jeans When It Doesnt Come Naturally
Now you can find your inner thinner chick with the exercise, diet, and image secrets of the most enviable bodies
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In The Secrets of Skinny Chicks, award-winning women’s health journalist Karen Bridson profiles 25 svelte women–including models, actors, athletes and regular folks–to reveal exactly what it is each one does to look so great. These women share with you their tips for planning menus, exercising, and staying motivated as well as advice on boosting metabolism. You will learn how to adapt these secrets into your own life safely and realistically.
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User Ratings and Reviews
1 Star The Secret of Skinny Chicks
I found this book deeply disappointing - especially the ‘Meet the Skinny Chicks Part’. I am a full time working mother and if I make it to the gym three times a week for 45′ a go I consider myself lucky. Most of the profiles are based on actresses, models or super-models who have the time and the ability to spend seven days a week and two to three hours per day exercising. I do not have that privilege and I know many, many others who feel the same. The majority of the examples cited are not ‘real people’ and, therefore, should not have made it in a book addressed to the general public.
4 Stars Interesting Information
Despite the somewhat obnoxious title, I enjoyed reading this book and think it has a lot of interesting ideas packed into its 273 pages. It profiles the typical daily diet and weekly exercise routines of 21 so-called `Skinny Chicks’ ranging from US dress size 2 to 8 (the UK equivalent of size 6 to 12). After this, the author describes the 50 `secrets’ of these women, going into more detail about how they keep slim and fit.
As expected, the advice given is pretty much standard healthy eating stuff. Count calories. Bulk out meals with vegetables and salad. Drink lots of water. Learn positive self talk. Although I suppose I have been doing some of these things already, it was still useful to read the ideas in print and pick up a few extra tips along the way.
It was actually the exercise information that I found most refreshing. Personally speaking, I’ve found a real passion for working out at the gym - and in this regard I agree with the author that developing a ‘healthy addiction’ for exercise is an excellent way to lose weight, and it doesn’t seem like a chore because you’re getting so much out of it and feel so good.
Overall, the book is a good read for anybody with an interest in health and fitness, but I would still caution people not to take the advice to the extreme. The book does go on about calories a lot, and at one point I had to put it aside because I was becoming obsessed with counting calories. Also, I have a bit of a problem with the term ‘Skinny Chick’ being held up as the ideal in the first place. I do not want to be ’skinny’ (a word which brings to mind skin and bone). I want to be fit, healthy and reasonably toned. Make sure you feel confident about your body and where you’re heading before you read this book, so you don’t fall into the trap of always striving to be thinner.
5 Stars This book motivated me!
I have read this book twice in the last couple months and it motivates me.
A lot of the info. is stuff we already know (as I have read almost every diet book under the Sun and then some) but it was written in a fresh way. I really like this author. I want to get her running book now as I am a runner and would like to read more books by her.
Some of the info. is extreme exercise 2 hours a day and eat 1600 cals a day or less to be a size 2. But she also says you do what you are comfortable with. If you want to be a size 10 it is unlikely you need to workout that much and eat so little. It is up to you. I for one cannot work out that much and eat so little. Not gonna happen and I am not an actress so do I really need to do anything that extreme??? But I still love the book. It is very interesting, with a few things I did not know and written very well and it motivates me to run more and eat a little less. So I am pleased and would recommend to those who like reading books with diet tips and such and like to workout a lot or are willing to be open to the idea of really increasing their exercise. I am still working on the food issue…I like to eat!
1 Star Diet Tips from Anna Rexic
Skip this book, unless you truly want a lifestyle of never enjoying your food again and plan to work out for a minimum of two hours every day for the rest of your life. “Useful” tips include Exercise More! Eat Less! Become Vegetarian! Keep a Food Journal! Eat Protein Bars & Shakes instead of Food!
If you are considering or struggling with your latest diet and haven’t read it, I seriously recommend anybody out there try reading Dana Carpender’s “dieting memoir” How I Gave Up My Low-Fat Diet and Lost 40 Pounds (Revised and Expanded Edition). You just might see a little of yourself in Dana’s description of her weight struggle, (I know I certainly did!) and her eventual “AHA!” moment when she realized that it wasn’t fat that was making HER fat. I found her story very enlightening.
And if you are a lover of fine food like I am, who doesn’t wish to beat herself up but would like to look a little trimmer, another fine pick with a lot of continental charm is French Women Don’t Get Fat: The Secret of Eating For Pleasure. This is book that speaks of the joys of fresh fruit ripening on the kitchen counter (with the smell wafting through the house) and the pleasures of buying seasonal produce from the farmer’s market (among other French eating habits). Great recipes in this one. Sensible & lyrical, this one is a joy to read even if you don’t plan to diet.
Both of these are much better choices.
4 Stars Good Book
Book was insiteful on “what skinny chicks do” to keep healthy.
Recommend for anyone looking for a lifestyle change, and needing some hints on how to do it.
Mar
7
Outwit Your Weight Fat Proof Your Life With More Than 200 Tips Tools and Techniques to Help You Defeat Your Diet Danger Zones
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Years of working with overweight men and women has convinced weight-loss expert Cathy Nonas that there’s only one surefire way to lose weight and keep it off. And it isn’t dieting.
It’s learning to use tools– small, yet ingenious tips, tricks, and techniques that help keep your eating and exercise habits on track– no matter what diet you’re on. Here, Cathy reveals more than 200 tools “road-tested” by her thousands of clients that will help you eat smarter, get and stay active, and break through self-destructive thinking patterns and behaviors that have sabotaged your weight-control efforts in the past.
You’ll also find:
* The Eating Assessment Test (EAT), which helps you decipher your eating style and discover the patterns and pitfalls that stand in the way of having a slimmer, healthier body.
* The Top 40 Diet Danger Zones– the traps and pitfalls that typically cause us to abandon our weight-control programs.
* Worksheets and quizzes throughout the book that allow you to think about weight loss from your own perspective.
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Not for the faint of heart
I agree with the 5 star reviews that this is the best weight loss book now on the market. My reservation is that this is therapy. You must be prepared to be completely honest with yourself, to journal about your feelings, and your relationship to food, and how and why you got in the fix you’re in. The book opened a real can of worms for me, and did so for my sister, and neither of us was prepared to go so deeply into the issues. I guess that’s why previous diets have failed us! If one is truly ready to do the work, this book is the only tool you will ever need. The approach is encouraging and gentle, but the emotional baggage that comes up can be difficult. I think this book would be most safely used in a support group.
5 Stars Great book filled with great tips!
This was the first weight/diet related book I ever read and it had quite an impact on me. This book offers useful information about how to eat and usefull tips on how to control impulses to overeat. I’m not saying that this book is the end-all to diet books but it has many helpfull tips and tidbits that can help anyone learn to eat a little healthier.
5 Stars Finally! A weight loss plan that works for ANYONE!
This is one of the best weight loss books I’ve ever read (and I’ve read them all). It is clear and well-written, non-gimmicky, with great tips for every situation. If you want to lose weight and you think you’ve tried everything, this book is for you.
5 Stars Registered Dietitian from San Antonio
This is a wonderful book. It contains the most current research in the field of weight management in a format lay people can easily understand. Cathy, very courageously, does not offer a quick fix. She over and over demystifies the weight loss experience, and honors how difficult it is to change behavior and keep it changed. The overeating stories are an absolute hoot! I know I will recommend it to my clients and use it for myself.
5 Stars Great source of weight loss information!
How do you battle weight loss and maintenance? In her book “Outwit you Weight” Cathy Nonas provides 200 tools and tips to help you achieve and maintain a healthy weight.
If you, like many people are concerned with the way you look and feel, this book will provide you many answers. In addition to tools, Cathy breaks down danger zones and physical fitness using real live examples. Healthy recipes are also provided.
“Outwit your Weight” is easy to read, well organized and full of facts and tips. Reading this book is like having a weight loss program at your fingertips. Definitely recommend.
Mar
7
Diabetes Burnout What To Do When You Cant Take it Anymore
Diabetes Burnout is an interactive book that addresses the emotional issues that contribute to poor glycemic control and provides guidance to overcoming the barriers to good self-care. Worksheets help readers assess their current state of motivation and establish a successful plan of action.
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars The best I’ve found
After six years of managing the health aspects of diabetes well, I never could deal with the emotional aspects. Every day was like a spelling test I flunked even though I knew the words. This book taught me about accepting ‘less than perfect’ blood glucose numbers. Now maybe I can relax and stop beating myself up with guilt and worry, something that also makes things worse. This book has wonderful questionaires and evaluations that really help narrow down the reader’s needs then offers concrete steps to help overcome whatever aspect is a problem in diabetes care. I will recommend this book to my friends who ask about diatetes.
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2 Stars More Burned Out!
I read this book, hoping it would be written on an adult level. It is not. It is patronizing and condescending toward those diabetics like myself who have lived with the disease for many years. I was diagnosed 61 years ago and still need help with the stress and anger associated with a difficult life. Yes, I know how to manage my disease. I would not have survived this long had I not had good self-management skills. Yes, I have had both counseling and been put on antidepressants. In spite of what is going well in my life with diabetes, I still scored poorly on every test! Unbelievable, so now I am feeling worse than when I started the book. I think the book is geared for those who need lots of help within a few years of diagnosis. It is of no use for those of us in this for the long haul who need more than the same old solutions and are apparently worse off than we had ever dreamed!
5 Stars The single most important book for Diabetics to read
The first think that is important to point out that while Diabetes Burnout is published by the lobbying group the represents the interests of those who PROFIT from Diabetes, not those afflicted, THAT Dr. William H. Polonsky, DOESN’T REPRESENT THE ADA, at all and the book wasn’t written for the ADA.
Dr. Polonsky however started a clinic in California to help psychological issues of the grind of maintaining glucose levels as well as trains and lectures doctors from all over the globe to STOP BLAMING THE DIABETIC for the challenges and changes in dealing with Diabetes.
Heck, after reading Diabetes Burnout, it was the first time I ever have had it acknowledged that my feelings that are natural about the challenge of ATTEMPTING to manage my Diabetes are natural and not some sign of weakness.
Understand that the book was published in 1999 (I think), where there are some changes in the understanding of Diabetes and choices.
I agree that the book is not perfect and that a few parts of it seem a little simplistic on working through the psychological issues dealing with the attempt to manage diabetes.
But I would give it 10 stars if I could. It is the first and best book of its kind and Dr Polonsky does GREAT work on this subject. I have spoken to him because, I am immediately be suspicious of anything that comes out of the ADA. Dr Polonsky has never worked for, been paid by or been sponsored by the ADA. The publishing arm of the ADA just saw that they might make some money as publishers of the book.
Just look at the 238 million received by the ADA last year and look at their funding sources. The ADA posts their “Golden Circle”, those are entities that have given them over a million dollars in a year. Then look at those in the 500,000 group, etc. As you will see, the funds are from Large Pharm, Insurance companies and Cadbury Schweps (sugar loaded candy and soda). Understand that the money they receive and spend on “research”, just goes back to those in their “Golden Circle”.
5 Stars Life-saving psychological help with diabetes challenges
With diabetes, there is no walking away from the difficulties of the illnes; it can’t be laid aside when the going gets tough. This great book helps look at and deal with the everyday difficulties that are real parts of living with diabetes. Dr. Polonsky is like a friend who understands and furthermore, has good suggestions for how to handle what you feel you can’t live with any more. Great tone, helpful information, comforting message. Great book!
5 Stars Diabetes Burnout
EXCELLENT book for those living with diabetes. Diabetes burnout is very common. This book is full of tips, suggestions, and even tests, to help you in dealing with diabetes.
