Crack the Fat Loss Code or The Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy

Crack the Fat-Loss Code

Author: Wendy Chant

LOSE UP TO 25 POUNDS IN 8 WEEKS AND KEEP IT OFF!

The human body evolved to resist starvation by holding on to fat. No wonder it's so difficult to lose weight! Now a revolutionary lifestyle plan finally cracks the code for efficient fat loss. Developed by leading nutrition specialist Wendy Chant, the plan is scientifically designed to help you "outsmart" your body's natural cycles for storing and burning calories.
Crack the Fat Loss Code teaches you how to boost your metabolism through "macro-patterning"--a simple routine of alternating carb-up, carb-down, and baseline days. There are even built-in cheat days, so you can enjoy the foods you love. Once you get your eating habits on schedule, you'll find that you can lose weight . . . for good.

In just eight short weeks, you'll be able to:

• REPROGRAM YOUR BODY--to burn the fat and keep it off.
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  FEEL HEALTHY, NOT HUNGRY--with limitless food options.
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  CONQUER THAT DIET PLATEAU--once and for all.
  

"Crack the Fat-Loss Code brings you the most sensible solution to permanent weight management I have seen."
--Frederick C. Hatfield, Ph.D., bestselling author of Bodybuilding: A Scientific Approach, Hardcore Bodybuilding, and Ultimate Sports Nutrition

Wendy Chant, MPT, SPN, is a certified personal trainer and a specialist in performance nutrition. She holds a bachelor of science in medical sciences and nutrition science. A champion body builder, she opened her own training center, ForeverFit®, in 1998.

The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy

Author: Vicki Iovin

Your doctor gives you medical advice.

Your mother buys you baby clothes.

But who can give you the real skinny when you're pregnant?

Your girlfriends, of course -- at least, the ones who've been through the exhilaration and exhaustion, the agony and ecstasy of pregnancy. Four-time delivery room veteran Vicki lovine talks to you the way that only a best friend can-in the book that will go the whole nine months for every mother-to-be. Here is straight talk about those little things that are too strange or embarrassing to ask anyone about, practical tips and hilarious takes on everything pregnant. From learning you're expecting ("Oh my god, how do I get out of this?") to the day your newborn arrives ("You mean I have to take the baby home with me?"), she gives you the lowdown on:

• WHAT REALLY HAPPENS TO YOUR BODY -- from morning sickness to eating everything in sight, what to expect when going from being a babe to having one.
• COMMON FEARS AND PARANOIA -- from turning into your mother to leaving the baby on the car roof, rest assured your anxieties are perfectly normal.
• THE MANY MOODS OF PREGNANCY -- or why you're so irritable/distracted/tired/lightheaded (or at least, more than usual).
• THE PREGNANCY YENTAS -- from your mom to his mom, they think they know everything -- and they don't hesitate to tell you what you're doing wrong. Girlfriend, take heart: if it's working for you, then you're doing just fine.
• HOW TO HAVE SEX DURING PREGNANCY, SHOULD YOU SO DESIRE -- bearing in mind you'll have no interest afterward.
• LOOKING AND FEELING YOUR BEST -- cautionary style tips from your best friend, who really wouldtell you if your perky newmom haircut makes you look like a pinheaded whale.

When you need a reassuring voice or just a few good belly laughs, turn to The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy.

Publishers Weekly

For first-time mothers-to-be, this candid, funny and very reassuring guide to pregnancy is just what the doctor ordered-or would if he/she knew about it. Iovine, who has had four babies and who seemingly has girlfriends with many more, believes that women learn the really valuable things about pregnancy from other women. Since too few women in today's mobile society have a close circle of experienced female friends to turn to, Iovine's sharing of her own and her friends' experiences and knowledge fills a genuine need for comforting, straightforward, non-euphemistic woman-talk. Without stepping on any medical toes, and in language that is neither technical nor cutesy, she tackles morning sickness, swollen breasts, exercises, stretch marks, sex during and after pregnancy, delivery and just about everything else, from maternity clothing to bladder behavior. Iovine anticipates every conceivable question, and her responses are warm, wise and witty. (Oct.)

Table of Contents:

Contents

INTRODUCTION FOREWORD WHY I WROTE THIS BOOK

1 So, What Makes You Think You're Pregnant?

2 Sharing the Wonderful News

3 Pregnancy Is a Total Body Experience

4 "I Never Imagined My Body Could Feel Like This!"

5 Pregnancy Insanity

6 You and Your Doctor

7 Prenatal Tests

8 Exercise and Pregnancy

9 Sex and Pregnancy

10 Looking the Best You Can

11 Husbands of Pregnant Women

12 Coming Into the Homestretch

13 What to Take to the Hospital

14 Baby "Stuff"

15 Labor Begins (Finally!)

16 Going to the Hospital

17 Postpartum Dementia

18 "The Old Gray Mare, She Ain't What She Used to Be"

TOP TEN CONCERNS OF PREGNANT WOMEN TOP TEN REASONS WHY YOU'LL DO THIS ALL OVER AGAIN POSTSCRIPT INDEX ABOUT THE AUTHOR