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Lose It!: The Personalized Weight Loss Revolution
Charles Teague - 2010
To get lean, you have to be extreme…right?Wrong. Dieting is a zero-sum game. You can lose weight fast, but more than a third of people regain all of the weight they've lost within a year. So why waste time following someone else's diet advice when you can drop the pounds on your own terms? With Lose It! by Charles Teague and Anahad O'Connor, the power to lose weight is in your hands. No deprivation, no detox, no hard-and-fast rules—just a plan that empowers you to create your own, personalized strategy tailored to your individual lifestyle, schedule, dietary needs, and goals.Despite what many "experts" would lead you to believe, weight loss boils down to simple math: calories in vs. calories out. To shed pounds, you have to end each day with a calorie deficit. It sounds easy enough, but studies show that 63 percent of Americans grossly underestimate their daily calorie intake. In fact, the average American consumes a staggering 3,790 calories a day—that's enough calories to gain more than 10 pounds every month!Lose It!'s life-changing philosophy and program have already helped more than 5 million people lose weight. In this, the first-ever book to be developed from an iPhone app, readers will learn the five pillars of the Lose It! strategy:1. Embrace mindful empowerment: Take control of your body and the foods you put in it.2. Track your calories: There are no points or complicated algorithms to follow. But every snack, taste, and bite counts!3. Track your habits. Spot behavior patterns—good and bad—that you can modify to help you meet your goal.4. Track your exercise. Learn how to burn more calories in less time and boost your calorie burn even when you're not at the gym.5. Benefit from peer support. Your social network inspires you, keeps you accountable, and provides insight and advice.With Lose It!, you can forget about following someone else's idea of what you should and shouldn't eat and simply learn to love food again. The best possible weight loss plan, after all, is the one that you design yourself.
Chronic Condition: Why Canada's Health Care System Needs To Be Dragged Into The 21c
Jeffrey Simpson - 2012
Touch it and you die. Every politician knows this truism, which is why no one wants to debate it. Privately, many of them understand that the health care system, which costs about $200 billion a year in public and private money, cannot continue as it is—increasingly ill-adapted to an aging population with public costs growing faster than government revenues. In Chronic Condition, Jeffrey Simpson meets health care head on and explores the only four options we have to end this growing crisis: cuts in spending, tax increases, privatization, and reaping savings through increased efficiency. He examines the tenets of the Medicare system that Canadians cling to so passionately. Here, he finds that many other countries have more extensive public health systems, and Canadian health care produces only average value for money. In fact, our rigid system for some health care needs and a costly system for other needs—drugs, dentistry, and home care—is really the worst of both worlds. Chronic Condition breaks the silence about the huge changes and real choices that Canadians face.
Bald Is Better with Earrings: A Survivor's Guide to Getting Through Breast Cancer
Andrea Hutton - 2015
She voraciously read books, articles, and websites and talked to everyone she knew. But nothing prepared her for what the surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation would feel like. Were there tricks that could ease her pain and discomfort? What was “fatigue” and how would it affect her? At what exact moment would her hair fall out and how? Hutton wanted what she could not find: a clear how-to guide for the cancer girl she had become.Bald Is Better with Earrings is Hutton’s answer for women diagnosed with breast cancer: a straightforward handbook, leavened with humor and inspiration, to shepherd them though the experience. Warm and down-to-earth, Hutton explains what to expect and walks you through this intense and emotional process: tests, surgery, chemo, losing your hair and shaving your head, being bald, radiation treatments.Hutton offers a wealth of invaluable advice—from tricks for surviving chemo, to treating your skin during radiation, to keeping track of meds—and includes a practical list of tips for each stage of the process at the end of every chapter. Compassionate, friendly, and shaped by Hutton’s first-hand knowledge, Bald Is Better with Earrings is the comprehensive, essential companion for anyone dealing with breast cancer.
Dr. Gott's No Flour, No Sugar Diet
Peter H. Gott - 2007
No gram counting. Cheating is allowed! It's uncomplicated. Inexpensive. A cinch to maintain. And most of all, a sensible guide to healthy eating that will help you lose weight fast and keep it off for the rest of your life. During his forty years of medical practice and in his nationally syndicated medical column, Dr. Peter Gott has been asked constantly by patients and readers for a simple, foolproof way to lose weight. In response, he developed the No Flour, No Sugar Diet, which has prompted countless success stories from his patients, thousands of letters from his readers raving about their phenomenal weight loss, and this New York Times bestselling book. While Dr. Gott's program teaches you how to eliminate flour and sugar from your diet, you won't go hungry. The diet includes selections from all the food groups, with a stong emphasis on nutrient-dense foods that leave you feeling satisfied. You'll still enjoy lean meats, brown rice, low-fat dairy products, vegetables, fruits, and other goodies?and discover how to satisfy your sweet tooth and carb cravings without sugar or flour. In addition, Dr. Gott's No Flour, No Sugar Diet? features: Easy-to-follow meal plans you customize to your needs More than 50 mouthwatering recipes for soups, entrees, desserts, and more--from Omelet Muffins to Pork Tenderloin Roasted with Fennel, Apples, Potatoes, and Onions to Strawberry Crepes with Dark Chocolate Sauce Pantry and food lists Guidelines for finding the hidden flour and sugar in many foods Important nutritional and exercise tips Inspirational stories from Dr. Gott's patients and letters from readers ...and much more. Get ready to let four powerful words "No Flour, No Sugar"make you healthier than you've ever been before!
Worried Sick: A Prescription for Health in an Overtreated America
Nortin M. Hadler - 2008
Although necessary health care should be available to all who need it, he says, the current health-care debate assumes that everyone requires massive amounts of expensive care to stay healthy. Hadler urges that before we commit to paying for whatever pharmaceutical companies and the medical establishment tell us we need, American consumers need to adopt an attitude of skepticism and arm themselves with enough information to make some of their own decisions about what care is truly necessary. Each chapter of Worried Sick is an object lesson regarding the uses and abuses of a particular type of treatment, such as mammography, colorectal screening, statin drugs, or coronary stents. For consumers and medical professionals interested in understanding the scientific basis for Hadler's arguments, each topical chapter has an accompanying source chapter in which Hadler discusses the medical literature and studies that inform his critique. According to Hadler, a major stumbling block to rational health-care policy in the United States is contention over the very concept of what constitutes good health. By learning to distinguish good medical advice from persuasive medical marketing, consumers can make better decisions about their personal health and use that wisdom to inform their perspectives on health-policy issues.
Vegucation Over Medication: The Myths, Lies, And Truths About Modern Foods And Medicines
Bobby J. Price - 2018
There was a time when food was our medicine, and the farmer our physician. But now industrialization has converted farms into factories, replaced produce for processed foods, and meat comes with just as many warnings as the drugs we are prescribed. If we continue to embrace the Standard American Diet (SAD diet) and current health care system, this may be the first generation of parents to outlive their children. The science and medical community are split 50/50 as to why we are so sick. One side is dogmatically attached to the theory that germs cause disease, so sickness is inevitable and can only be treated not cured. The other perspective is that we have a genetic predisposition to disease and that science & technology provide the solution. However, neither of these philosophies actually address the real cause of disease. Vegucation Over Medication bridges the gap by helping us understand the impact of nutrition on our health. Dr. Bobby Price provides actionable advice on how to prevent and even reverse many chronic diseases. The book dispels in shocking detail many of the myths and lies we’ve adopted as truths, such as the use of medications as our primary form of prevention. Dr. Price’s holistic approach to understanding the healing nature of our foods and bodies will empower you to cleanse, nourish, and RECLAIM YOUR HEALTH. In this book you will learn: • Hidden dangers in foods and medicines • How to minimize or eliminate medications • The connection between disease and nutrition • The secrets of long-term natural weight loss • The real scoop on protein • Powerful natural alternatives to help restore the body • Guide to incorporating a plant-based lifestyle • Tasty plant-based alternatives to your favorite foods • How a plant-based diet improves energy, digestion, and sleep • How to reverse Type 2 Diabetes • Keys to normalizing blood pressure and cholesterol levels
4 Day Detox
Ian K. Smith - 2010
Ian Smith's diets really work. America has lost millions of pounds following his bestselling programs: The Fat Smash Diet, Extreme Fat Smash and, his newest, The 4 Day Diet—an eating plan that allows readers to avoid the normal (and fatal) pitfalls of dieting. Now you can try THE 4 DAY DETOX: the first of seven four-day modules straight from The 4 Day Diet by Dr. Ian.As seen on "The Rachael Ray Show" and "Celebrity Fit Club", THE 4 DAY DETOX will charge up your system and remove some of the toxins your body may have accumulated and that keep you in an unhealthy eating rut. In his detox, Dr. Ian provides specific marching orders for invigorating, extremely healthy foods that not only mop up the toxins floating around in your body but naturally increase your energy and prime you to lose excess pounds. THE 4 DAY DETOX will cleanse your body, help you lose weight fast, and focus your mind on what you can do when you commit to change.
Cure Tight Hips Anywhere: Open Locked Up Hips and Pelvis Anytime, Anywhere (Simple Strength Book 1)
Sean Schniederjan - 2014
This book gives the simplest exercises on the market to open your hips with effective correctives you can do anywhere. This program was designed to not only be convenient, but also comprehensive. It breaks down an easy set of progressions and goals to get the muscles on your pelvis, lower back, and hips/upper legs to function. Doing these exercises will: -restore balance to your body -instantly improve your posture and hip mobility -strengthen your hips in addition to opening them leaving you feeling "tied together" and fantastic.
30 Day Indian Keto Recipe Book: Lose Weight By Eating Delicious Indian Keto Food
Rima Pai - 2017
And do it by eating some delicious home cooked Indian food that you love ! If you have heard about the Keto Diet but don't know what meals to cook, and would love to cook some delicious Indian food whilst sticking to your diet plan, then This book could be your Answer ... Imagine having recipes for an entire month with FULL Nutritional Information that can get you started on this exciting journey ... Trying to be healthy is hard in today's world when coping with modern day stresses. Being overweight is a modern day disease that in turn leads to so many lifestyle based disorders including Type 2 Diabetes. India already has the most number of diabetics. But we can change this ! By simply substituting carbs with healthy fats, the Keto Diet or the Ketogenic Diet forces the body to burn fat for fuel instead of carbs for fuel. This leads to weight loss, a decrease in appetite and an increase in mental focus. Let us educate ourselves about food and nutrition and learn how by making these small minor changes in our diets we can reclaim our health. Rima Pai will show you how can you can make Indian dishes including Mains, Sides, Snacks and Desserts that fit your Keto calculations. She reveals her secret recipes that she developed to help you lose weight and feel great! This guide to the Ketogenic Indian diet, uses local ingredients that we can find in most super markets. The recipes featured in this book are popular and easy to make. In this book, you will learn ... * How to make over 50 tasty Indian Keto approved food dishes * An easy to understand overview of the Ketogenic Diet * Whats foods to eat and what foods to avoid * What are the side effects of the Keto diet and how you can avoid them Bonus: Get Additional Ketogenic Indian Recipes Here are just a few of interesting recipes you will find in the book * Paneer Methi Cheese Marke Chilla * Cauliflower Tikkis * Juggad Wale Vegetables * Desi Chinese Style Chicken and Broccoli Stir Fry * Jhatpat Jhinga * Soya Paneer Cheese Kebabs * Millie Aur Julie Wali Sabji * Shrikhand * Gulab Kulfi * Kesar Kalakand Let lack of food options not derail your ketogenic journey, get your copy today! About the Author Rima Pai is an Engineer based in the Silicon Valley in the United States. With a high profile job and fast paced life with 2 kids, health had always been ignored. As the years went by she discovered that her weight kept fluctuating and she developed medical conditions. Finally last year she decided that it was time to take charge and that's when she heard about the Keto Diet through a friend and discovered its health benefits while losing weight!! The only hurdle was everywhere she looked she could only find Western Recipes and she loved her Indian Desi food. That's when the creative spark came to light and she had fun creating mouth watering Indian Recipes that adhered to the diet. This was one diet which she just loved being on! And to add to it, she was amazed to see the health benefits it had. She vowed to share her work with as many Indians as possible and this book is her attempt at it.
Get Me to 21: The Jenna Lowe Story
Gabi Lowe - 2019
Jenna was diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension, an extremely rare illness that, after a double lung transplant, ultimately led to her untimely death, four months before her 21st birthday.In this riveting and brutally honest memoir, in all its terrible truth, pain and beauty, Gabi Lowe shares her family’s extraordinary four-year battle to save Jenna’s life.Despite the tragic loss of Jenna, Get Me to 21 will leave the reader deeply inspired and reminded of the capabilities and depths of the human spirit. Embracing grit, resilience and never turning her back on the hope to save her daughter’s life, Gabi Lowe encourages us to believe that the ability to face darkness lives deep within us all.
The HCG Diet Gourmet Cookbook
Tammy Skye - 2010
The recipes in this cookbook can help you enjoy flavorful meals while losing up to a pound a day on the "HCG Phase" The HCG Diet Gourmet Cookbook features delicious soups and salads, chicken, beef, and seafood entrees, and sweet desserts and beverages. Enjoy these easy and delicious recipes and add variety, spice, and a touch of gourmet to your weight loss journey.
Triathlon: The Beginners Guide: Finish your first triathlon; training tips and racing secrets to make you a faster triathlete
Terry Stevennson - 2015
Are you thinking about getting into triathlon or attempting your first race? Maybe you’re curious about this whole “Triathlon” thing and want to know if its right for you?If you've ever thought about doing a triathlon,
you’re in the right place
. Triathlon: the Beginners Guide Will Be Your Trusted Guide Triathlon can be confusing. Let me help you get started.
Don’t be intimidated by skinny 20-somethings squeezed into lycra.
Don’t rush into dangerous amounts of joint-pounding training; risking your health.
Don’t be fooled into buying tons of expensive and unnecessary equipment.
The Beginners Guide will act as your road-map to Triathlon success It covers every aspect of your triathlon, including:
which Triathlon distance is right for you
how to swim and get over the fear of swimming in open-water, away from the safety and familiarity of your local pool.
becoming a fast (and safe) cyclist, without spending thousands of dollars on a professional-grade bike
how to run after you’ve just finished an intense bike ride
what to look for in a triathlon training plan, and how to tell if you should tear yours up on the spot
what you need to eat and drink; before, during and after your race
how to put it all together in the intense “transition area” and
how to survive race day nerves and the complex logistics of a triathlon race site.
I’ll Also Reveal these Nuggets of Triathlon Gold; Earned from Over 25 Years of Triathlon
the same “Six Periods of Training” I use with my $1000 per month one-on-one students
the simple truth about structuring your Triathlon training . . . no math formula or science PhD required
why “standard” advice about open-water swimming will leave you gasping for air while others swim over the top of you
the most powerful cure for fear of swimming ever known . . . and why it’s easier to fix than you’ve ever thought possible
the single little-known secret of triathlon training to dramatically reduce your risk of injury . . . by up to as much as 90%
the only list you’ll ever need for all your Triathlon planning
why most Triathlon coaches are 100% wrong in the way they approach race day
how to avoid the embarrassing mistakes even veteran triathletes make on race day
Start Your Triathlon Journey Today
Triathlons the Beginners Guide
is everything a new triathl
Fit For My King (His Princess)
Sheri Rose Shepherd - 2009
Today, at nearly 50 years old, Sheri Rose is healthy and free. More than a half a million women have been set free through this life changing teaching.You can win this diet war once and for all! Sheri Rose Shepherd walks through each day with you, supporting you with 30 days of life changing devotions, heartwarming stories, creative cooking, and a daily dose of Scripture to keep you on track. The treasures of truth found in these pages will transform the way you see yourself forever.It's time to get your girlfriends together and become the best version of you! God loves you and will be with you every step of the way.
The First Year: Fibromyalgia: An Essential Guide for the Newly Diagnosed
Claudia Craig Marek - 2003
In the tradition of the other titles in the First Year series, The First Year: Fibromyalgia uses a unique approach -- guiding readers through their first seven days following diagnosis, then the next three weeks of their first month, and finally the next eleven months of their first year -- to provide answers and advice that will help everyone newly diagnosed with fibromyalgia come to terms with their condition and the lifestyle changes that accompany it. Starting with the day of diagnosis, patient-experts Florence and Marek provide vital information about the nature of fibromyalgia, choosing the right doctors, treatment options, psychological issues, holistic alternatives, self-management strategies, illustrative charts and tables, and much more. The First Year: Fibromyalgia will be a supportive and educational resource for everyone who wants to take an active role in the management of their condition.
Bring it
Tony Horton - 2010
Now in his first book he shares the fundamentals of his fitness philosophy with millions more, revealing his secrets for getting fit and healthy and melting away pounds.One-size-fits-all diets and exercise regimens just don't work--that's why Tony creates unique programs for each of his clients. In Bring It! he shows you how to build your own diet and fitness plan tailored to your individual lifestyle, preferences, and goals. With a Fitness Quotient (FQ) quiz designed to assess your likes, dislikes, and current fitness level, you can choose the program that's right for you.In photographs and easy-to-follow instructions, Tony demonstrates his unique moves and exercise combinations that include cardio fat burners, lower body blitzers, core strengthening, plyometrics, yoga, and more. You'll also discover Tony's fat-blasting eating plan and detox tips, delicious recipes, and mental motivators.Whether you've never been to the gym before, are looking to get bikini ready, or simply want to take your workout to the next level, Tony Horton can give you the results you've been looking for. A better body--and future--is possible when you commit to change. Get ready to Bring It!