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Many people think too often about eating -- whether they're trying to lose weight or whether they're feeling bad because they're not trying to lose weight. God never meant for food to be such a primary focus!Spirit-filled speaker, teacher, and former weight-loss struggler Joyce Meyer shows readers how to break free from the bondage of losing and maintaining weight. "To be all that God intends us to be -- including the right weight for the frame He...
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"THE POUND A DAY DIET is an accelerated program designed to help dieters lose up to five pounds every five days-- without frustrating plateaus-- while enjoying all their favorite foods. It rewrites every carb/fat/calorie rule in the book! This delicious, easy-to-use, plan is specifically formulated as a Mediterranean-style diet that is carb and calorie corrected to turbocharge metabolism and weight loss. Complete with menus for 28 days (four five-day...
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Feeling like she does not fit in with the other members of her family, who are all thin, brilliant, and good-looking, fifteen-year-old Virginia tries to deal with her self-image, her first physical relationship, and her disillusionment with some of the people closest to her.
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In The Dorito Effect, Mark Schatzker shows us how our approach to the nation's number one public health crisis has gotten it wrong. The epidemics of obesity, heart disease, and diabetes are not tied to the overabundance of fat or carbs or any other specific nutrient. Instead, we have been led astray by the growing divide between flavor--the tastes we crave--and the underlying nutrition.
A lively and important argument from an award-winning journalist...
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Low-fat or low-carb? A recent New York Times Magazine (July 7, 2002) cover story answered this question and said that Dr. Atkins was right all along, "its not fat that makes us fat but carbohydrates." Though the government has spent hundreds of millions of dollars in research trying to prove that fat is the cause of obesity, there has been a subtle shift in the scientific consensus over the past five years supporting what the low-carb diet doctors...
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Studies show that low-carbohydrate dieting works to take weight off and improve cholesterol. As more and more people switch to the Atkins diet or variations of it, they will need recipes! 15-Minute Low-Carb Recipes offers over 200 recipes that can be made in 15 minutes or less. Capitalizing on the runaway success of 500 Low-Carb Recipes, this book offers all-new quick and easy recipes that will be a godsend to low-carbers everywhere.
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"An inspirational fitness book by celebrity fitness trainer Chris Powell, from ABC's EXTREME MAKEOVER: WEIGHTLOSS EDITION. In the book, Powell presents exercises, nutrition tips, basic recipes, and inspiration for the average person to lose 20-30 pounds. He presents the tools to transform a person's lifestyle. The book will educate, guide, motivate, and call readers to action. It will also capture the reality of the weightloss and fitness journey,...
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A quick, easy, family-friendly cookbook for the millions of Zone households around the world.Millions of people worldwide have discovered the incredible weight-loss and health benefits of living in the Zone. For almost 10 years, Lynn and Barry Sears have maintained a completely Zone-friendly kitchen. With two daughters - one a finicky first-grader and one a vegetarian teenager - Lynn has had to use all of her creative and culinary skills to keep her...
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The author of the popular blog by the same name draws on the experiences of her own weight-loss journey to outline customizable approaches to dieting, in a reference that is complemented by dozens of recipes for meals designed to accelerate weight loss by naturally raising the metabolism.
14) The Gulps
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Little, Brown
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After their van and the killer whale water slide break down under the strain of their excessive weight, the Gulps decide to eat right and exercise.
16) A piece of cake
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Large family volume 3
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Putnam
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1989
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When Mama Elephant puts her family on a diet, their will power remains strong until Granny sends a cake.
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John Wiley & Sons
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c2012
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"Healthy eating has never looked so good Featuring more than four hundred light and healthy, but unquestionably delicious, recipes, Ultimate Low-Calorie Meals is the go-to cookbook for both everyday meals and special occasions. Beautifully presented with over three hundred full-colour photographs, this collection includes up-to-date nutrition information on your favourite foods, taking the guesswork out of portion control.Covering a broad range of...