Neris and India's Idiot-Proof Diet: A Weight-Loss Plan for Real Women

Ever hankered for a diet book by and for real people--people who, you know, actually have a life? Congratulations: you've just picked it up.

Before we began our diet, Neris and I weighted 434 pounds between us. Our goal was to lose 140 pounds between us in under a year, to go from a size 22 to a size 14. And we did it. If two unusually greedy, cocktail-loving moms can lose this amount of weight without much effort, so can anyone.

This book tells you how two friends did it, and how you can do it too. It's not a diet devised by some bossy string bean who has never been more than 7 pounds overweight, nor by a fat middle-aged doctor, but a real, long-term, workable diet for real people. A modified and therefore bearable low-carb, high-protein way of eating, the diet really works and includes meal plans, recipes, advice on clothes, make-up and hair at every stage from fat to thin. It doesn't include impossible exercise routines or disgusting things to eat. Above all, it gets to the bottom of why we overeat--and shows you how to stop. There's never been a diet book like it--for women, by women, with jokes and useful tips, and advice that is truly simple to follow. What other diet book tells you to pour yourself a large drink at the end of the day, because you've earned it?


"You'll laugh out loud. Reading this book is like talking to a clued-up friend who also makes you feel great about yourself...amazingly frank...the honesty of their confessions exceed anything previously published!" ---The Evening Standard

I went to the doctor's today, and apparantly I am now clinically underweight. This is bad news... the plan of action is to see if I've dropped any more below 50kg after the next month and possibly switch to a different medication if I have. This sucks, but it's the only real side effect I think I've had from Citalopram... I actually feel pretty damn good most of the time :) but this isn't doing wonders for my self esteem, seeing as I feel like a skeleton. Hmmm.

Edificio Real Class antes do desabamento no dia 29/01/11 em Belem do Para

Foto: 17/01/2011
Desabamento: 29/01/11

Belem do Para - Amazonia
Norte do Brasil

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Belem City of Para State - Amazon
Northern Brazil

From one of the nation's leading weight-loss specialists, the diet and nutrition expert from the Today show and iVillage.com?tools that really work to lose weight and keep it off
As a clinician, researcher, and media expert, Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom knows how you can lose weight. Her toolbox approach to weight loss is different from standard one-size-fits-all programs because you don't need to adapt to the plan; this plan adapts to you. It introduces you to the four types of tools that must work together for effective weight loss: eating, activity, behavior, and medical/biological. Do you overeat from stress or boredom? Do you like to exercise alone or with a group? The answers to these questions and others will unlock the unique weight-loss toolkit that's right for you. With some honest self-evaluation, you'll be able to explore and compare all of the options for weight loss in a single book. The right combination of tools, hand-picked by you, will support your weight loss and, later, weight stability over the long haul.
Helps you develop your own unique path to weight loss?not a one-size-fits-all approach
Addresses the four key areas for successful weight loss: eating, activity, behavior, and medical/biology
Includes self-assessment quizzes and mini-tools to put into action right away
Shows you how to keep going through plateaus and how to overcome obstacles
Fernstrom guides you through each step of your weight-loss journey to help you make and keep a personal connection and commitment to your goals as you work to achieve them?your way.

From one of the nation's leading weight-loss specialists, the diet and nutrition expert from the Today show, and iVillage.com tools that really work to lose weight and keep it off.
As a clinician, researcher, and media expert, Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom knows how you can lose weight. Her toolbox approach to weight loss is different from standard one-size-fits-all programs because you don't need to adapt to the plan; this plan adapts to you. It introduces you to the four types of tools that must work together for effective weight loss: eating, activity, behavior, and medical/biological. Do you overeat from stress or boredom? Do you like to exercise alone or with a group? The answers to these questions and others will unlock the unique weight-loss toolkit that's right for you. With some honest self-evaluation, you'll be able to explore and compare all of the options for weight loss in a single book. The right combination of tools, hand-picked by you, will support your weight loss and, later, weight stability over the long haul.
Helps you develop your own unique path to weight loss, not a one-size-fits-all approach
Addresses the four key areas for successful weight loss: eating, activity, behavior, and medical/biology
Includes self-assessment quizzes and mini-tools to put into action right away
Shows you how to keep going through plateaus and how to overcome obstacles
Fernstrom guides you through each step of your weight-loss journey to help you make and keep a personal connection and commitment to your goals as you work to achieve them your way.

Set Goals for the Real You
Amazon-exclusive content from Madelyn Fernstrom, Ph.D., C.N.S., author of The Real You Diet
We all make fantastic promises to ourselves, but when real life intervenes and derails our good intentions, it can seriously demoralize us. Your strategy should be to set goals that will work in the real world, not the perfect one. Once you’ve agreed to that plan, your tools will fall right into place. Here are many of my favorites. Once you get started, you’ll be able to think of many others that work for you.
The Perfect World versus the Real World

Perfect world: Never eat after 7 p.m.
Real world: Allow one mini-meal at night (up to 200 calories).
Perfect world: Avoid all fast food.
Real world: Choose a kids’ meal.
Perfect world: Visit the gym every day.
Real world: Go to the gym at least three days a week.
Perfect world: Cook a low-calorie dinner every night.
Real world: Keep calorie-controlled frozen entrees on hand.
Perfect world: Eliminate a late-afternoon snack to save calories.
Real world: Plan your dinner hour and allow yourself 100 to 200 calories when dinner is two or three hours away.
Perfect world: Walk and or/jog four miles on the treadmill daily.
Real world: Wear a pedometer and monitor your steps during your daily living activity. Make up the daily difference on the treadmill (10,000 steps is about 4 miles).
Once you’ve mastered the best tools for personal goal setting, you’ll be able to incorporate your own good intentions into the Real You plan. Learn more about these and other goal-setting techniques in my book, The Real You Diet.