We’re getting fatter and fatter as a population, and no one seems to know why. Every week we hear results of some study that speaks to something that might be causing our waistlines to bulge.
Several years ago, researchers discovered that obesity might be caused, not by overeating, but by a virus. And they think it might even be contagious. I remember a particular cold I got ten years ago that might have caused me to gain some pounds.
Another culprit in weight gain: hanging out with people who are overweight. I guess that means I should pick skinny friends. The thing is, my pals vary in size, so I’ll need to weigh them so I can spend more time with the thinnest ones.
Then there’s the ancestor theory of obesity. Mothers gave us added fat cells when they overfed us as babies. Grandparents initiated us into the “clean-plate club.” Our relatives bequeathed us genes that mean we will never slither into smaller sizes. And we all know it’s harder to lose weight as we get older, since almost everything is harder when we get older.
If those things don’t explain why you gain weight, not to worry; scientists have discovered obesity-causing compounds in plastic bottles, pizza boxes, vinyl floors, and shower curtains.
The ways we try to explain weight gain are getting boring. Most of us realize that we should weigh less than our refrigerators, and we’ve struggled to lose the same 10 or 20 pounds ten or twenty times. Even in desperation, drastic treatments with pills and gastric bypasses are just plain scary, and I’d prefer not having parts of my stomach removed. And of course, we doggedly try all the diet clichés, like low-carb, low-fat, and high-protein.
Losing weight can be such hard work, requiring you to eat nothing and do vast amounts of exercising. Isn’t there a better way? Yes, and it’s all about making small sacrifices—cut a few calories here, a few there, and you’ll be sliding into your skinny jeans in no time. That’s what this book is all about.
After I published my previous book, Now Eat This! Diet, people were constantly asking me for more quick tips and advice to help them maximize their weight-loss efforts—which, by the way, were pretty darn impressive. Through Facebook and Twitter, I learned that tons of people were losing tons of weight on my diet. So naturally I want to help prop up that success with more information, more menus, more tips, to help everyone live the Now Eat This! lifestyle.
This book makes it even easier. It’s full of tips, quick calorie cuts—100 in all—that show you how to make simple changes every day to help you win your weight-loss battle. You’ll lose weight without even trying—that’s not a gimmick; it’s a promise. And you’ll still be able to drink out of plastic bottles, take a shower, eat pizza, and walk on your vinyl floor.
Let me give you a preview of how this book works:
Would you like to lose 10 (or more) pounds a year without even thinking about it? Cut out only 50 to 100 calories a day, and you’ll do it, effortlessly. There are a bunch of really simple, fun, and delicious changes in habit that will help you do this.
How about 20 (or more) pounds in a year? I’ve got some ways you can save 200 to 300 calories a day—and then watch the pounds melt off.
Need to lose more, say, 40 or 50 pounds? You’ll have no trouble reaching an even bigger weight-loss goal in twelve months with the calorie-cutting strategies I’ve got for you, whether you’re cooking at home or eating on the go.
The first part of the book focuses on the 50 best tips to use when cooking at home. As I mentioned earlier, flip the book over, begin reading from the back to the front, and you’ll find the 50 most effective tips for eating on the go.
Also included in this book are four weeks of brand-new menus and shopping lists to help you continue with the tremendous weight loss you’ve experienced already on the Now Eat This! diet.
There you have it: delicious new menus, no-brainer shopping lists, and 100 easy-to-live-by tips you can automatically slip into your lifestyle and enjoy.
It’s time for you to regain control of your weight and your health. With these tips, you can do it. You don’t have to learn to like food that tastes like cardboard. And you don’t have to force-feed yourself tasteless crap. You just have to employ the tips that work for you. Then see the results on the scale and in how your clothes fit—and in important health numbers like blood pressure and cholesterol, as well as in the energetic way you feel.
It’s time to get started. I know you can do it!