10 Habits That Mess up a Woman's Diet : Simple Strategies to Eat Right, Lose Weight and Reclaim Your Health,9780071462280

10 Habits That Mess up a Woman's Diet : Simple Strategies to Eat Right, Lose Weight and Reclaim Your Health

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9780071462280
ISBN10: 0071462287
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2005-11-18
Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill
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Summary

The vast majority of people who go on a diet give up without achieving their goal; this book goes to the source of their frustrations by helping them overcome bad habits that undermine their ability to stay disciplined and lose weight The author's previous books, including Food & Mood (Henry Holt,1999) and Age-Proof Your Body (William Morrow, 1998), have sold over 100,000 copies and had extensive national media coverage Elizabeth Somer is one of the country's most visible nutritionists--from her frequent appearances on NBC's "Today" to her monthly articles in Shape magazine, she understands what, how, and why American women eat

Author Biography

Elizabeth Somer, M.A., is a registered dietitian and the author of eight nutrition books. An advisor to Shape and Prevention magazines, she appears frequently on NBC's "Today" and other national television shows.

Table of Contents

Preface ix
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction: The Scoop on Women's Diets
1(24)
The Hourglass Diet
2(1)
We're Eating Too Much
2(2)
We're Not Eating Enough
4(4)
Get a Real Food Life: The Six Preplanning Steps to Eating Well
8(6)
What Does Healthy Eating Look Like?
14(1)
The Ultimate Diet Plan
15(4)
Those 10 Habits
19(6)
Habit 1: Mindless Eating
25(26)
Invisible Calories
26(3)
Eating on Autopilot: The Downside
29(2)
Nibbling Is OK
31(5)
Mindful Breakfasts
36(4)
Kick the Habit
40(4)
Choose a New Habit
44(3)
Mindful Eating
47(4)
Habit 2: Putting Others' Needs Ahead of Our Own
51(24)
Love `n' Marriage: Together in Eating
52(4)
Babies and Weight Gain
56(1)
Mealtime Peer Pressure
57(1)
Dining Out Can Do Us In
58(2)
Kick the Habit
60(11)
Keep Your Diet in Perspective
71(4)
Habit 3: Not Being Honest
75(26)
Fessing Up Is Hard to Do
78(4)
Portion Distortion
82(7)
Kick the Habit
89(5)
How Much Exercise Is Enough?
94(3)
It's Within Your Grasp
97(4)
Habit 4: Skip the Broccoli, Eat the Fries
101(24)
Nothing Is Better for You than Produce
103(2)
How Much Are You Eating?
105(5)
Which Ones Are the Best?
110(4)
Produce to Avoid
114(2)
Kick the Habit
116(8)
Ya Gotta Love 'em
124(1)
Habit 5: Setting Off Without a Plan
125(24)
Kick the Habit
127(6)
Outside the Box
133(1)
Two ``Must-Have'' Habits
134(2)
Practice, Practice, Practice
136(1)
The Only Way to Get Better Is to Change
136(13)
Habit 6: Excuses, Excuses, Excuses
149(18)
You Can Change
150(1)
Kick the Habit
151(15)
Take Responsibility
166(1)
Habit 7: I'm Moody--Let's Eat!
167(24)
Food for Solace or Sustenance?
169(1)
Food and Mood
170(6)
Dieting = Weight Gain
176(2)
Kick the Habit
178(12)
Your Mood Is More than Just Diet
190(1)
Habit 8: Give Me the Quick Fix, Now!
191(26)
Tell Me Again Why Diets Don't Work
193(3)
Diet Myths Debunked
196(7)
Kick the Habit
203(12)
Commit to Health
215(2)
Habit 9: Drinking Away Our Waistlines
217(18)
Silent Calories
217(1)
Cola Calories
218(2)
Josephine Six-Pack
220(4)
The Dark Side of Alcohol
224(2)
Kick the Habit
226(7)
Think Moderation
233(2)
Habit 10: The All-or-Nothing Approach to Dieting
235(18)
Why the All-or-Nothing Mentality Fails
236(1)
All-or-Nothing and Your Weight
237(1)
Self-Talk: The Chatter Inside Your Head
238(1)
Kick the Habit
239(12)
Give Yourself Some Slack
251(2)
Simple Steps, Big Results
253(16)
The Salami Principle: Simple Steps
256(5)
The Ultimate Goal
261(8)
Selected Reading 269(2)
References 271(30)
Index 301

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