The Girlfriends Diet

Let's face it, dieting solo is a form of slow torture. That is why we created a super simple, eat-right-and-exercise plan designed to be done with a pal. Research shows you're more likely to lose weight, tone up, and keep the pounds off when you enlist support, it is that whole accountability factor. The even bigger benefit: Using the buddy system makes things like hitting the gym seem fun!

Studies prove it! Dieting with a friend yields the best results. Now, based on the experts from Good Housekeeping, the editors who brought you 7 Years Younger, and the successful practices of real women who have lost 30+ pounds and kept it off for two years, comes a safe and sustainable diet and lifestyle plan created by and for women. More than half the battle in dieting is boredom and the feeling of being in it all on your own. The Girlfriends Diet offers not only the voices of girlfriends who share winning strategies, but also encourages group gatherings in a Girlfriends Diet Club, giving you unprecedented support, encouragement, and advice. Boost your metabolism and keep those pounds off forever with this easy-to-follow, no-gimmicks approach to weight loss. The Girlfriends Diet features more than 150 delicious recipes and a four-week meal plan that is completely customizable based on foods you love (no food is off-limits-not even sugar!). You'll learn exercise routines that anyone can do at home or in a gym and dozens of great ideas on how to buddy up with friends to take off the weight-forever!

In this lively book aimed squarely at women, author and clinical nutritionist Arneson makes the case, often humorously, that many of the dictums of dieting are just plain wrong. Her direct, no-nonsense talk about what works and what doesn't makes for an entertaining take on a (literally) deadly serious subject.

Intermittent fasting offers a healthy, proven alternative to yo-yo dieting and calorie-restricted diets, which have an 80% failure rate. This book covers why traditional diets fail, the hormone connection to weight loss, and describes types of intermittent fasting, and tips for success. It also provides recipes for low-carb eating plans..

When Max Hallyday, a rising New York adman, joins a glitzy midtown agency, he knows the game is winner-takes-all. But after Max's best friend, Roger, a serial womanizer, seduces his billionaire client and puts his career in jeopardy, Max strikes back, penning "The Guys' Guy's Guide to Love," a column exposing the many Rogers prowling the city. Championed by magazine publisher and former flame, Cassidy Goodson, Max becomes famous . . . or is it notorious? With the women of New York clamoring for more, sparks begin to fly with Cassidy. Can Max survive his instant celebrity and cutthroat rivals to discover where his heart really belongs? The Guys' Guy's Guide to Love is a fast-paced tale of flawed men and smart women competing for love, sex, power, and money in the city where they play for keeps.

A physician specializing in the treatment of obesity explains how to create a customized weight-loss program that is tailored to each individual's lifestyle, medical profile, food preferences, satiety signals, and other personal factors that contribute to one's weight gain, along with sensible advice on how to control negative behavior patterns and keep weight off forever. 150,000 first printing. First serial, Prevention.

With a combined total of over 300,000 Girlfriends' Guides in print, Vicki Iovine offers the kind of tongue-in-cheek humor and straight-from-the-hip advice that has made her one of today's most popular authorities on child rearing. Now she takes the next step in the Girlfriends series by helping mothers deal with that mysterious, baffling, often adorable and frequently alarming being their baby has become--a toddler.