The No Sweat Exercise Plan: Lose Weight, Get Healthy, and Live Longer (Harvard Medical School Guides) (Paperback) Review

Why am I writing this review?Because I felt it would be a disservice to anyone out there who was looking for a great exercise plan if I didn't rave out Dr. Simon's book. I felt compelled to let everyone know about this wonderful book that has changed my life.I was ecstatic when a close friend told me about Dr. Simon's book.I had no idea that such a book existed and I was anxious to get my hands on it.Somehow, with two children, I found the time to read the book.With two very young children, I had absolutely no time to go to the gym.I was feeling sluggish and even guilty for not exercising.After reading his book, I realized there were so many other options I was not aware of.Dr. Simon's book opened my eyes to a whole world of fitness programs that would be most beneficial to my health and well being. I learned about MY body and MY personal health needs and was able to create an exercise plan that fit into my schedule.I have even involved my four year old in some of my activities.I want to suggest to everyone to check out the section on stretching.I can't go a day without doing each and every one one of Dr. Simon's ten basic stretching exercises. They leave me feeling rejuvenated and flexible!They are simple and quick, yet highly effective.

I also have a better understanding of proper nutrition and what diet works best for me.I have made some serious changes to my eating habits, thanks to Dr. Simon. I follow the TLC diet and can say that it has made a huge difference in how I feel. I am a healthier person now and will continue to be for years and years. My life has taken a turn for the better since reading this book!!

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No Stress. No Strain. No Sweat.Forget Pilates machines, gym memberships, and marathons. To get the health benefits of exercise, you need only to ramp up your everyday activities. In The No Sweat Exercise Plan, Harvard Medical School Associate Professor Harvey B. Simon, M.D., shows you how to fit fitness into your daily routine--without breaking a sweat.Dr. Simon's motto is "No pain, big gains." His simple program is guaranteed to help you:

Shed pounds you don't want and inches you don't need
Increase your energy and stamina
Decrease stress, avoid mood swings, and beat depression
Reduce your risk of heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, and cancer
Look and feel younger and add years to your life

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21 Life Lessons From Livin' La Vida Low-Carb: How The Healthy Low-Carb Lifestyle Changed Everything I Thought I Knew (Paperback) Review

For most of my adulthood, I struggled with sugar addiction, eating disorders (bulimia and then compulsive overeating), and body image issues. In my 20s, I hit rock bottom. In addition to hating my body and having a compulsive relationship with food, I suffered from depression and low self-esteem. I hated myself for my out of control bingeing.

To find healing, I read just about every health, diet and nutrition book on the market. (Exercise was never my problem, as I enjoy moving my body. The problem was what I was putting in my mouth.) I also tried just about every eating plan on the market.

Here's what I learned:I'm sugar sensitive - someone whose body reacts to sugar like a toxic drug. Sugar and other simple carbs - flour products, dried fruit, processed snacks (tortilla chips and potato chips) and grains - yes, even whole grains - trigger a reaction in my body that makes me crave more and more and more.

By contrast, when I stopped eating sugar (and foods that act like sugar in my body - those grains, processed snack foods, and flour products), it was like a switch was turned off in my brain. My cravings disappeared. My hunger vanished. I was no longer insatiably hungry for food, but could take it or leave it. My weight normalized. My moods improved. My depression lifted. I felt like a completely different person.

Eating this way - a high fat, moderate protein, low sugar (hunter-gatherer type) diet - makes me feel on top of the world. (Here's what that looks like in a typical meal: a large serving of low glycemic veggies with butter or olive oil, nuts or some other fat, and a serving of protein.) I am no longer obsessed with food or my body, but am able to turn my energy to what is most important to me. What freedom.

And yet...

I have often gone *off* this way of eating for several reasons:

* As a spiritual seeker, I want to eat vegan because it's non-harming.
* I feel insecure about eating this way. It's unconventional, and in many "experts'" eyes, unhealthy. It takes a lot of courage to live outside the box.
* I feel embarrassed about my struggles with food and I want to eat like a "normal" person - to eat whatever I want and never gain weight.

When I go off my eating plan, I go right back into the compulsive overeating - and the pain.

Enter Jimmy's book. What Jimmy's book, website and informative podcast have done is given me the courage to stick with a low sugar/carb way of living. His passion for low carb living is evident in every page of this book. Like me, and probably you, if you're reading this review, Jimmy wants to help you find freedom from weight and food issues. For good. Let his story and knowledge guide you into a space of trust where you can eat in a way that isn't necessarily conventional or "normal" but that makes your body *sing* with health and vitality.

It has taken me a lot of soul searching (and courage!) to honor my body's make-up (there's that sugar sensitivity piece) and recognize that I need to eat in a way that honors my body, how *my* body was made - and not some general one size fits all prescription from the medical or nutritional community. Non-violence begins with myself.

Eating vegan made me feel crazy. Just awful. Eating my unconventional high fat/low carb way makes me feel amazing - it enables me to serve the world with love.

I will never be one of those people who can eat just one bite of cake or eat anything I want without any consequences. Some people can. I am not one of them.

What is *your* truth? What makes your body thrive? If you suspect that a low carb diet will help you, read Jimmy's words. Listen to his podcasts. Use his website. When you're trying something new, it's normal to feel terrified, to be unsure or scared. That's why it's so helpful to have someone like Jimmy to help you - he's traveled the path before you. He will lead, inspire and guide you.

Use his story as an anchor to root you on this new path, to ground you into freedom.

Wishing you health and wholeness, Karly Randolph Pitman

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After shedding 180 pounds in 2004, Jimmy Moore quickly realized that low-carb was about so much more than just weight loss -- it was a way of eating that he needed to do for the rest of his life not just to manage his weight, but to improve his health, too!What if almost everything you've ever been told and thought you knew about diet and health was 100 percent dead wrong? "21 Life Lessons From Livin' La Vida Low-Carb" takes you through the daily education that has taken place in Jimmy's life through his voracious researching, blogging, interviewing and being engaged in constantly learning more about the healthy benefits of an effective controlled-carbohydrate nutrition over the past few years.Now he's sharing 21 of the most invaluable lessons he has learned over the past five years with those who are struggling with what to do about their obesity, health, and this thing called life. Class is now in session! Learn these lessons for yourself without doing it the hard way!

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The New Low Carb Way of Life: A Lifetime Program to Lose Weight and Radically Lower Cholesterol While Still Eating the Foods You Love, Including Chocolate (Hardcover) Review

It isn't a diet, it is a way of life that makes sense and works! My Italian pasta/bagle loving husband and I, a chocoholic,and mother of five, were worried about midlife pounds, lack of energy and family genetics of diabetes.Dr. Thompson's book made so much sense that we tried it.We have each lost 30 pounds(he looks yummy again!), have more energy, have gotten back to our walking regiment and are still enjoying eating. We have fun discovering better ways to order from menus, are amazed the "punch" a few cherries or pistachio nuts can have and I can still eat chocolate! This book gave us back control of our bodies and our lives!

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This book serves as a guide for the next generation of dieters who will be delighted to know that only certian carbohydrates are responsible for adding on the pounds and clogging up the arteries--and sugar is not one of them.

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