Suzanne Somers' Eat Great, Lose Weight - Hardcover

Somers, Suzanne

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0517708612 ISBN 13: 9780517708613

Publisher: Crown, 1997

Synopsis

With no dieting, sacrifice, or self-denial, Suzanne Somers' Eat Great, Lose Weight encourages you to eat all the foods you love while staying thin forever, to enhance body image and self-image. The program is based on ten years of research and interviews with nutritionists.  It teaches you how to eat foods in special combinations in order to restructure your metabolism. Divided into two parts, Level 1 is for people who want to lose weight and Level 2 is for maintaining the reduced weight.

Suzanne Somers' Eat Great, Lose Weight is a complete written explanation of what Somersizing is and how the program works.  With more than 100 Somersizing recipes, from soups to main courses to desserts, it offers Suzanne's invaluable advice regarding Somersizing, including how to order dinner at a restaurant, how the program can work on a vegetarian diet, which ethnic foods can be Somersize friendly, and why dark chocolate and wine can be acceptable to eat on the program. "Food is only one component of a happy, healthier life.  I firmly believe that you must master not only your physical health but also your emotional wellness," says Suzanne.  "In this book, I'll show you what works for me.  You'll learn how to be fit, not fanatic; how to make movement and fitness a pleasurable part of daily life; and how to make the most of every moment of every day, including your meals."

Suzanne Somers' Eat Great, Lose Weight will appeal to people who want to enjoy life, to lose weight without dieting and undue sacrifice. It's a real program from a real person who has done it herself and continues to do it every day.  "With Somersizing I can eat all the wonderful foods I love and still lose weight.  I don't have to give up flavor.  I don't settle for boring meals with no sauce.  I don't count calories or fat," says Suzanne.  "Somersizing is an easy and effective way to look and feel your best while enjoying life to the fullest.  You'll have more energy than ever before, you'll say good-bye to the bloating and gas that used to rountinely follow mealtimes; and you'll lose weight."  Respectful and mindful of what people really want, "Somersizing is not about being physically perfect or unrealistically thin.  It's about being the best you can be."

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Review:

Years ago, Suzanne Somers lost the chance to appear on a hit television series because she was "too chunky." That missed opportunity started her on a "diet roller coaster," trying all kinds of diets. Now Somers believes that diets and deprivation do not help people lose weight in the long-term. In Eat Great, Lose Weight, she explains the food-combining plan she calls "Somersizing": eliminate "funky foods" such as sugar ("my body's greatest enemy") and white flour; eat fruits alone on an empty stomach; eat proteins and fats with vegetables and without carbohydrates; eat carbohydrates with vegetables and without fat.

Sommers presents 113 recipes that certainly don't resemble a traditional diet and might make a weight-loss expert's hair curl, such as Crispy Fried Eggplant and Mozzarella Finger Sandwiches, Flourless Cheese Souffle (with butter, eggs, cream cheese, and Gruyère cheese), and Grilled Pepper Steak with Herb Butter (trim the fat from the meat, but add both butter and olive oil). There's no nutritional breakdown, so you can't count fat or calories. Somers admits that "many experts will argue that food combining is a myth," but she says it works for her, and she credits it with trimming her down to 116 pounds, even though she eats "more than ever."

From the Author:

"I have finally found a way to control my weight without deprivation. I call my program Somersizing, and Somersizing is not a diet. It's a lifestyle that will change your way of thinking about how to lose weight and how to increase your energy. It is a program for life, a program I will happily live on for the rest of my life. It frees you to each whatever you want, in a restaurant, at home, or on the road. In this program, I'll show you how to be fit, not fanatic; how to make movement and fitness a pleaurable part of daily life; and how to make the most of every day, including your meals."

About this edition

• Publisher: Crown
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0517708612
• ISBN 13: 9780517708613
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240