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Rosemary Conley's Amazing Inch Loss Plan: Lose a Stone in a Month (Paperback)

Yes! You can lose a stone in a month and my trial dieters proved it. By following my brand new, simple, step-by-step 28-day plan, you'll see dramatic results like never before. In trials, a team of 50 dieters, aged between 18 and 70, lost an average of 1 stone in just 28 days! Medically approved and the most effective diet I've ever created, the Amazing Inch Loss Plan is incredibly easy to follow and provides a safe long-term way of keeping the weight off. I've included extensive and varied meal plans, tailored daily exercises and essential motivational tips. Plus, for the first time ever, I've incorporated 'high protein' meal options - perfect for dieters wishing to avoid carbohydrates.

I Can Make You Thin - Love Food, Lose Weight: New Full Colour Edition (includes free DVD and CD)

Would you like to eat whatever you want and still lose weight? Would you like to feel really happy with your body? Are you unable to lose those last 10 pounds? Do you find it difficult to say no to second helpings? Do you get disheartened about your eating habits and your weight? Then this amazing book and CD can help you! Welcome to a revolutionary way to stop overeating, control cravings and feel totally motivated to take exercise. Paul McKenna has developed a breakthrough weight-loss system that re-patterns your thoughts, attitudes and beliefs about yourself, your health and food to help you easily take control of your diet and lose weight permanently. As you use Paul's amazing system, the latest psychological techniques will automatically help you to start losing weight straight away! You can use it again and again to make you feel happier about yourself as you go all the way to your ideal shape, size and weight.

Shag Yourself Slim: The Most Enjoyable Way to Lose Weight (Paperback)

Losing weight isn't rocket science: eat less and move more and it will happen.

The link between sex and slimming is also simple: a good hard rogering will burn calories. But do you know how much weight you'll burn up, which positions offer the greatest slimming opportunities or where to find a fellow slimmer willing to work with you? Now you can find out. Stuffed with brilliant shagging tips and calorie burning guide for both sexes, there's plenty in 'Shag Yourself Slim' to keep you informed and entertained.

You Can Be Thin: The Ultimate Programme to End Dieting... Forever (Paperback)

'(Peer) eschews diets altogether in favour of her ten-step plan designed to help us avoid the triggers that cause bad eating habits' GLAMOUR* 'I'm always sceptical at the thought of another 'miracle diet' book, but this really is different'. Sarah Stacey, You Magazine * 'Whether you have a few stone to shift or just want to maintain your weight without going on yet another diet, Marisa promises you can do it by following her programme' Daily Mirror

The Ultimate Weight Solution: The 7 Keys to Weight Loss Freedom (Paperback)

'It is time to stop dieting, and start getting real about your weight'. So says the bestselling author of SELF MATTERS and LIFE STRATEGIES. Here, Dr Phil gives his usual no-nonsense advice, arguing that traditional dieting beliefs about will power and portion size are far less relevant to losing weight than the individual's self-esteem. He encourages readers to discover the reasons why they are overweight and emphasises that getting and staying slim is as much about behavioural transformation as it is about food. Dr Phil takes readers from start to finish of their pound-shedding journey. He shows readers why they haven't been able to lose weight, and, indeed that they might have chosen to be overweight, whether they are aware of it or not. His clear weight loss plan enables readers to determine their weight loss goal and then meet it. In following these steps, readers will gain a whole new outlook on weight, one which helps them to lead healthier, happier lifestyles - permanently.

Allen Carr's Easyweigh to Lose Weight (Paperback)

Lose weight without dieting, calorie-counting or using will-power. It's true! Allen Carr's eating plan allows you to enjoy eating, savour flavours and lose wight. You can:Eat your favourite foodsFollow your natural instinctsAvoid guilt and remorseEnjoy the flavours of fresh foodsDo away with digestive ailmentsLearn to re-educate your tastesLet your appetite be your guide Allen Carr's Easy Way to Stop Smoking has helped millions of smokers to quit. Now he turns his logical, common-sense approach to food. There are no dos of dont's, only principles to follow that will lead to healthier eating, greater well-being and permanent weight loss.

The Vegetarian Low Carb Diet: The Fast, No-hunger Weight Loss Diet for Vegetarians (Paperback)

Finally, the diet vegetarians have been waiting for. Have you been feeling left out lately? Many is the vegetarian or vegan who has watched their meat-eating friends with envy as they followed the Atkins diet and the pounds dropped off. There's no doubt about it: a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet really does work. But what about vegetarians and vegans? Is it possible to follow a high-protein diet without the fry-ups or the meat? And can it really be a healthy way of life? The answer to all these questions is a resounding 'yes'. Top vegetarian cookery writer Rose Elliot has devised an easy to follow, meat-free answer to the Atkins diet. Scientifically formulated to make your metabolism stop burning carbs and start burning fat, her diet helps you to lose weight and make carb cravings, mood swings and energy lows a thing of the past. With over 80 delicious, mouth-watering recipes, top tips for losing weight and staying slim, carbohydrate counters, menu plans and an explanation of why the diet works, this is the must-have book for any vegetarian or vegan who wants to lose weight.

Eating Well After Weight Loss Surgery

In April 2003 Patt Levine underwent "Lap-Band" gastric surgery, one of the primary bariatric surgeries being widely practiced today. As a lifelong foodie, she was expecting the worst when her surgeon's nutritionist handed her dietary guidelines to follow post-surgery, and she was right. With her decades of cooking skills, she immediately set out to devise low-fat dishes that would be just as delicious pureed and chopped as they would be served whole. As an added problem, she wanted to cook for her husband at the same time. This first-ever cookbook for the hundreds of thousands who are lining up for bariatric bypass surgery is proof that it can be done. With collaborator Michele Bontempo-Saray, the author has created 125 recipes that contain no added sugar, are very low in fat, and get their carbohydrates almost exclusively from fruits and vegetables. Each recipe includes specific guidelines for preparation of the dish for every stage of the eating programs for Lap-Band, gastric bypass, and Biliopancreatric Diversion Duodenal Switch (BPD-DS) patients, as well as suggestions for sharing meals with those who have not gone through gastric surgery. Creative recipes cover every meal and foodbreakfast and brunch, soups, vegetables, main courses, and sweet indulgences.

The Diabetes Weight Loss Diet (Paperback)

Losing just 10 per cent of your body weight can lead to up to a 50 per cent improvement in your blood glucose levels. It's time to take charge of your diabetes. Did you know that the best way to manage diabetes is to lose weight? Antony Worrall Thompson and dietician, Azmina Govindji have worked together to bring you an easy-to-follow diet plan that will not only help you shed those unwanted pounds but will also lower your blood glucose levels significantly. Delicious recipes and motivational tips will help you get in shape and improve your diabetes without having to give up favourite foods, or even eat less. And, with a targeted weight-loss of 1-2lb per week, this is a diet that is safe and achievable. Lose that extra weight without having to count calories or worry about sugar levels. Follow Antony's quick and easy menu plans - delicious, nutritious, and won't leave you craving more. Eat five to six times a day, including plenty of healthy carbs, so you remain satisfied and alert with steady glucose levels throughout the day. Weight around your stomach carries an increased health risk - follow the meal plans and achieve that perfect shape. This title features easy exercises that you can incorporate into your everyday routine. It contains full of tips and tricks for timesaving and clever shopping.

The Holford 'low GL' Diet Cookbook

The Low-GL Diet Cookbook is perfect for everyone who wants to lose weight quickly yet still enjoy great-tasting food. It features a range of recipes that do not raise your blood sugar quickly and hence have a low glycemic load, or GL. Based on the latest research, top nutritionist Patrick Holford explains that by having no more than 40 GLs a day and eating protein with carbohydrate, you can not only lose weight quickly and permanently but also improve your health and feel truly energised. The book is packed with delicious tried-and-tested recipes that are both easy to follow and simple to prepare. The GL of each recipe is clearly calculated for you, so it's easy to stick to your daily limit, and with menu plans and recipes for both weight-loss and maintenance, The Low-GL Diet Cookbook will enable you to beat cravings and lose weight permanently.

100 Days of Weight Loss: The Secret to Being Successful an Any Diet Plan (Paperback)

This personal growth diet companion encourages dieters - no matter what diet plan they are on - to stick to it by giving them the tools to address the issues behind their eating habits and to make the right choices. Going on a diet is easy, staying on a diet is hard and it is the consistent, long-term lifestyle change that results in real success. This book is not a diet but a diet companion. There are 100 short lessons that provide coping skills, behavioral tools, and personal growth ideas that serve as a companion and a source of encouragement to give dieters the daily strength to stick with their resolution.Spangle tackles the emotional and psychological issues of weight loss, which is missing from most diet plans. They tell you what to eat. "100 Days of Weight Loss" gives you the personal tools to make the right choices.

The Perricone Weight-Loss Diet (Paperback)

Consider this staggering fact: as we age, we can expect to gain ten pounds of fat and lose five pounds of muscle each decade. In The Perricone Weight-Loss Diet, Dr Perricone unlocks for the first time the secret link between non-visible cell inflammation and unwanted weight gain. Dr Perricone shows the reader in clear, practical steps how to reverse the signs of ageing by focusing on the foods, supplements and exercises with proven ability to accelerate fat loss by increasing metabolism and building and maintaining muscle mass. Follow his straightforward program and you'll sleep better, have more energy and achieve greater mental clarity without experiencing food cravings. Lose the fat, the wrinkles and the years!

I Can Make You Thin (New edition - book & CD) (Paperback)

The 7-Day GL Diet: Glycaemic Loading for Easy Weight Loss (Paperback)

"Forget GI -- the latest trend is its updated sister, GL. Quick, easy and a little bit sinful ! The crash diet that's healthy and works!" Elle, January 2006 'If you're determined to start 2006 with an improved diet, they don't come more user-friendly than this one.' Now magazine, December 2005 "A brilliant, no-panic party-dress diet" Zest, December 2005 "Slim down for Christmas in seven days" The Times, December 2005 "Say goodbye GI and hello GL -- the new, improved diet for savvy slimmers" THE TIMES, May 2005 "Simpler than GI and makes better sense" EVENING STANDARD, January 2005 "The GI diet has been much hyped but, its refined GL form is about to supersede it." FINANCIAL TIMES, Aug 2005 "Choice is back on the menu ! The GI diet is so last year" THE TIMES, May 2005 "Try the easy new GL Diet -- everyone's talking about it!" ESSENTIALS June 2005

Glenn Harrold's Ultimate Guide to Permanent and Natural Weight Loss (BBC Audio Collection: Lifestyle) [Audiobook] (Audio CD)

This work is an aid to weight loss which combines skilled hypnotherapy techniques with high quality creative sound effects. This high quality recording, by the UK's best selling hypnotherapist Glenn Harrold, combines the very latest clinical hypnotherapy techniques with state of the art digital sound. On both tracks, you will hear a pleasant voice, and absorbing 60 bpm sound effects guiding you into a deeply relaxed state of mental and physical relaxation. In this very receptive relaxed state, you will be given a number of post hypnotic suggestions and carefully layered affirmations to help you achieve your goals. The background echoed affirmations pan from left to right in your headphones, and this deeply relaxing method of delivering multiple suggestions simultaneously to the unconscious mind can facilitate positive changes. At the end of each track, you will be gently brought back to full waking consciousness with a combination of suggestion and music. There are also a number of positive subliminal suggestions (listed inside), which are embedded in the fade out music and facilitate the overall effect. This powerful CD is a completely safe and effective way of taking control of your eating habits, and dealing with the main issues connected with weight control.

Half-Assed: A Weight-loss Memoir (Paperback)

After undergoing gall bladder surgery at age twenty-three, Jennette Fulda decided it was time to lose some weight. Actually, more like half her weight. At the time, Jennette weighed 372 pounds. Jennette was not born fat. But, by fifth grade, her response to a school questionnaire asking "what would you change about your appearance" was "I would be thinner. " Sound familiar? Half-Assed is the captivating and incredibly honest story of Jennette's journey to get in shape, lose weight, and change her life. From the beginningdusting off her never-used treadmill and steering clear of the donut shopto the end with her goal weight in sight, Jennette wows readers with her determined persistence to shed pounds and the ability to maintain her ever-present sense of self. "

Before and After: Living and Eating Well After Weight-loss Surgery (Paperback)

Since the 2004 hardcover publication of "Before and After", Susan Maria Leach's guide to living and eating well after weight loss surgery, the number of people undergoing gastric bypass surgery every year has continued to rise, reaching into the hundreds of thousands. Now is the perfect time to release the paperback. Part memoir and part cookbook, "Before and After" is an intimate account of Susan Maria Leach's inspirational story. At 278 pounds, Susan couldn't fit into a rollercoaster seat, couldn't tie a bathrobe around herself, couldn't even ride with her husband on the back of his Harley. Enough was enough. Susan underwent gastric bypass weight loss surgery, and melted down to a mere 135 pounds. Two years later, Susan is as svelte as ever, and ready to update her book in time for the paperback publication. The revised edition of "Before and After" includes a new journal entry giving perspective on the three and a half years since Susan's last entry in November 2002; a new Q and A section, additional recipes, an expanded source guide, and more., updated with a new Q and A section, additional recipes, an expanded source guide, and more.

Exercise Ball for Weight-Loss (Paperback)

Health & Fitness, April 2005

bound to get you bouncing results

Product Description

Exercise balls have become extremely popular and are stocked in almost all health and fitness centres. This book shows how to use the ball to help lose weight with cardiovascular aerobics.

The Weekend Weight-Loss Plan: Detox, Shape Up and Feel Fabulous (Paperback)

Enjoy the healthier life! Take just one weekend with top nutrition coach Suzi Grant's programme at your side and kickstart the slim, fit and vital new you. Follow the simple detox and preparation techniques and then decide which two-week plan is right for you – a detox diet for weight loss that restores and renews, a safe and healthy high-protein diet and Suzi’s Smoothies for the quick and easy option. And with easy yoga exercises to tone up, it’s time to look and feel great whatever the season. Includes: Unique Smoothie recipe that aids weight loss Simple lists of energizing and cleansing foods How to fit the plan into the rest of your life

The China Study: Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health

This exhaustive presentation of the findings from the China Study conclusively demonstrates the link between nutrition and heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. Referred to as the 'Grand Prix of epidemiology' by 'The New York Times', this study examines more than 350 variables of health and nutrition with surveys from 6500 adults in more than 2500 counties across China and Taiwan. While revealing that proper nutrition can have a dramatic effect on reducing and reversing these ailments as well as obesity, this text calls into question the practices of many of the current dietary programs, such as the Atkins diet, that enjoy widespread popularity in the West. The impact of the politics of nutrition and the efforts of special interest groups on the creation and dissemination of public information on nutrition are also discussed.

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