The Gold Coast Cure's Fitter, Firmer, Faster Program

by Larson, Ivy

• ISBN13: 9780757305566
• ISBN10: 0757305563
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-12-26
• Publisher: Hci

Summary

The anticipated follow-up to the successful Gold Coast Cure comes a revolutionary health plan for real life-for the rest of your life. Most diet books on the market are not appropriate for certain groups of people-you can't put a toddler on a low-carb diet; you would be remiss to recommend Atkins for someone with high cholesterol; you couldn't run a marathon eating only low-fat. Besides, most are so complicated and restrictive that you can't stay on them for long and the weight comes back on-and then some. The Gold Coast Cure's Fitter, Firmer, Faster is the highest calorie "diet" book out there that allows you to lose weight and prevent disease. The key to the book's success is its simplicity (there is no food-combining, no "phases") and the fact that people don't feel deprived (you can have one sweet treat a day and moderate alcohol consumption). Now readers can get the "cure" for what ails them, whether it's excessive weight or a weight-related health condition.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	viii
Introduction	x
Chapter 1: Ditch Dieting and Go for Whole Foods	1	(7)
Chapter 2: Choose "Fit Foods"	8	(25)
Chapter 3: Avoid Fake and Fattening Foods	33	(19)
Chapter 4: Plan Your Day's Meals with the "Fit-Body Plate"	52	(23)
Chapter 5: Putting It All Together: Two Weeks of Fitter, Firmer, Faster Menus	75	(15)
Chapter 6: Get Your Kids on the Fit Track	90	(13)
Chapter 7: Resistance Circuit Training: The Secret to Getting Fitter, Firmer, Faster	103	(12)
Chapter 8: The 3-Day-a-Week, 30-Minute Fitter, Firmer, Faster Workout	115	(47)
Chapter 9: Enjoy Fit and Fabulous Whole-Foods Recipes	162	(64)
Chapter 10: Two Weeks of 30-Minute "Nearly Homemade" Gourmet and Family-Friendly Meals	226	(24)
Chapter 11: Daily Vitamin Planner and Supplement Shopping Guide	250	(12)
Appendix A: Brand-Name "Fit Foods" Shopping Guide	262	(26)
Appendix B: Selected References	288	(5)
Appendix C: Converting to Metrics	293	(2)
Index	295

Excerpts

Ditch Dieting and Go for Whole Foods We want you to forget everything you've been taught about dieting. Forget what you've been told about carbohydrates and fats. Forget about protein shakes and fat-burning meal-replacement bars. Forget about tallying up points and counting calories. Forget about trying to figure out how to muster up the psychological self-discipline necessary to avoid eating. The truth is that the diets most of us use don't work they don't work for lasting weight loss, and they certainly don't work for improving health. It turns out the best way to lose weight and keep it off is to approach weight loss from an entirely new perspective: Focus on health first, and the side benefit is lasting weight loss. Instead of obsessing over the number of calories in your food and the number of carbs, learn to think about getting more bang for your nutritional buck. Make your food count; don't count your food. The way to do that is to eat balanced meals consisting of carbohydrates, fats and proteins from healthy 'whole' foods. Whole foods are unrefined 'real' foods, packaged the way nature intended. We're talking potatoes, not potato chips. We're advocating corn, not corn flakes. We'd rather you eat an apple instead of apple sauce. We'd rather you choose oatmeal instead of oat flakes. Go for grapes not grape juice. Go for eggs, not egg substitutes. The point is, the more unrefined 'whole' foods you eat and the less refined, 'packaged foods you eat the healthier you will be and the easier it will be for you to manage your weight. We're not saying you can never have another bowl of cornflakes again, we're just saying you are much better off choosing corn on the cob instead. Balanced whole-foods diets work for weight control and more. The human body has evolved over thousands of centuries to consume all-natural whole foods. Research now confirms that the same whole foods your body needs to prevent disease and maintain health can help you look your best and maintain your ideal weight. Whole foods are nature's flab fighters. Whole Foods Fight the 'Malnourished Munchies' It is possible to be overweight and malnourished. How? Easy: Malnutrition refers to inadequate nutrition, not necessarily inadequate calorie intake. Even though it's possible to obtain plenty of calories, or more likely too many calories, on the typical American diet, it is rare to obtain adequate nutrition this way. It is entirely possible to be one hundred pounds or more overweight and still be malnourished. If you don't get the nutrients your body needs, your body signals hunger because it assumes more food is needed in order to obtain these crucial nutrients. You crave these nutrients, not necessarily the doughnut or the bagel in the break room. While some hunger is psychological, most of it occurs in an attempt to motivate you to satisfy natural, appropriate cravings for the nutrients your diet lacks. Cravings, as most people know, hinder the success o

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