Lighten Up!: The Authentic and Fun Way to Lose Your Weight and Your Worries

by Loretta LaRoche

Overview

Loretta LaRoche is sick to death of diets and diet books. Not a day goes by without an article appearing in the media that reveals how certain foods could be harmful or helpful to our health. Our meals have become either demonic or divine. We've forgotten how to be in a "right relationship" with one of the greatest pleasures we have in life: eating. As a result, we're fatter than ever and more stressed out about being fat!

In this humorous and informative book, Loretta cuts through the nonsense, disclosing the wisdom she's accumulated from "having gained and lost a tribe of people." She also shares her expertise as an international stress consultant, former aerobics instructor, and owner of a wellness center. Her secrets for reducing weight and stress might surprise you as she leads you down the path of learning to eat well, moving with joy, and living a more balanced life. Her greatest promise is that you'll get into shape … and have fun while you're doing it!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781401921583
Publisher:	Hay House, Inc.
Publication date:	08/01/2010
Pages:	190
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 5.42(h) x 0.56(d)

About the Author

Loretta LaRoche is an internationally known stress coach and consultant whose heart-warming and hilarious insights into ways to use humor to defeat stress have made her a favorite with viewers of her five PBS specials, and on the lecture circuit, where she performs an average of 100 talks per year.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi

Chapter 1 Food Is Neither the Enemy Nor the Savior 1

"You don't get a whole life just by eating whole grains."

Chapter 2 How What We Eat Begins to Eat at Us 19

"You've been sold a bill of goods-and have swallowed it!"

Chapter 3 The Truth Will Set You Free 45

"Honesty is the best policy-in the schoolroom and in front of the mirror."

Chapter 4 How to Get Fit Without Having One 59

"Exercise is not an exorcism."

Chapter 5 Tickle Your Tongue 87

"If it doesn't taste good, don't eat it!"

Chapter 6 How to Take a Load Off Your Mind 97

"The excess weight you're carrying may be in your head."

Chapter 7 The Strength Pantry 125

"If you're still alive, it's not too late."

Chapter 8 The Now of Chow 141

"Eat, drink, and be merry-but don't do anything else at the same time."

Chapter 9 Lose … So That Others May Gain 157

"Spread the weight around-it's not all about you."

Epilogue 173

Resources 177

Acknowledgments 179

About the Author 181

Editorial Reviews

Stress coach Loretta LaRoche can't help getting worked up about all the diet books and videos that are glutting the market. With all the contradictory guidelines, it's no wonder, she thinks, that people bounce from one diet to the next and eventually just give up. In Lighten Up!, she uses her anxiety-relieving wisdom to this level this Tower of Babel. For many readers, her list of eight secrets for reducing weight and stress will probably do more good than several years of calorie counting. A change-of-pace diet tutorial.