Small Changes, Big Results
A 12-week Action Plan to a Better Life
Krieger, Ellie
James-Enger, Kelly
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BOOK SYNOPSIS
An easy-to-start, simple-to-maintain, scientifically sound, and eminently usable twelve-week program of small steps on the road to better health
Small Changes, Big Results is not about cutting all the carbohydrates out of your diet. Or replacing every single gram of sugar with omega-3 fatty acids. Its not about doing one hundred sit-ups a day, or getting on the treadmill whenever you have a free second. In fact, its not about any of the total lifestyle-replacement gimmickswhether diet, exercise, or pop psychologythat have swept our culture in recent years, putting untold millions of Americans on the risky roller coaster of success and failure that defines fad diets and programs.
Not here.
Small Changes, Big Results is about realitythe reality of what you can do, the reality of what you want to do, and the reality of what works. Its about introducing a series of small changes each week for three months in the three core areas of diet and nutrition; exercise and fitness; and emotional wellness. For each of the twelve weeks, nutritionist Ellie Krieger introduces a very finite, completely practical action plan for the weekand not only are these tasks incredibly doable, theyre in fact so accessible that its tough not to be inspired.
For example, in Week 1 the nutrition task is merely to go shopping, buy some healthful pantry items, and start keeping track of what you eat; the exercise consists of taking three twenty-minute walks; and the wellness aspect is to do a five-minute breathing exercise. Thats it. And it doesnt really get any harder.
But these small changes do in fact lead to big results. At the end of twelve weeks, a totally unhealthy diet has been overhauled: armed with easy, delicious recipes and tips, youve removed unhelpful munchies and replaced them with healthful snacking, youve cut down on lethal trans fats while adding beneficial fat choices, youve replaced refined grains with whole grains, youre eating more fish and less red meat, and so forth. Yet youve never been forbidden to eat a single thing: instead of prohibiting entire food groups, Ellie categorizes foods as Usually, Sometimes, and Rarelyand now you should be eating more from the Usually choices, less from the Rarely category. Furthermore, youve integrated physical activity into your life, and youve developed a set of tools to help you deal with stressyoure not only eating better, but youre also exercising better and feeling better.
The beauty of this program is that none of these action steps is remotely intimidating, because theyre not a full immersion into a totally new lifestyle. Instead, its a series of incremental changesremoving bad habits one by one, while at the same time adding good ones. Theres nothing to scare you offon the contrary, heres a whole book full of small changes that produce big results.
From the Hardcover edition.
AUTHOR BIO
Ellie Krieger received her undergraduate degree from Cornell and her masters in nutrition from Columbia, and is a registered dietitian who teaches nutrition at New York University. Ellie was a fashion model for Wilhelmina, then turned her attention to a TV career as host of the nationally syndicated Living Better in 2001 and 2002. She had a New York Citybased nutrition counseling practice, and shes been an on-air fitness expert for, among other outlets, Today, CNN, Food Networks In Food Today, and CBSs The Early Show. She has been featured or quoted in print outlets from Self, Fitness, Prevention, Glamour, and Ladies Home Journal to GQ and Mens Journal. Ellie is in her late thirties, married to an Outward Bound expedition leader, and the mother of young Isabella. This is her first book.
From the Hardcover edition.
BOOK REVIEWS
Ellie Kriegers book is so powerful because it gives a step-by-step approach on how to transform your life. People tend to get overwhelmed when theyre trying to lose weight. So be patient and dont lose faith. Just keep making small changes, one step at a time, and big results will happen. Kathy Smith, leading fitness expert and author of Flex Appeal
Spend just 12 weeks with Ellie and she will motivate you to make small, sensible changes to your eating and activity patterns that add up to better health and fitness. Barbara Rolls, Ph.D., professor and Guthrie Chair in nutritional sciences, Pennsylvania State University, and author of The Volumetrics Eating Plan
In a world of diet fads and exercise gimmicks, its so nice to find a friendly voice of reason. Ellie has a way of giving commonsense advice without sounding parental and preachy. And she doesnt leave you hanging. Shes a helping hand guiding you through every step of the way. Shes my friendlet her be yours. Paige Davis, host of TLCs Trading Spaces
From the Hardcover edition.
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 0307335879
ISBN(13-digit): 9780307335876
Dewey Decimal: 613.7
Library of Congress: bl2006001501
Book Publisher: Random House Inc
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 256
Paper Weight (lb): 1.015 lb
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