Friends with the Scale: How to Turn Your Scale Into a Powerful Weight Loss Tool - Softcover

Spangle, Linda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0976705710 ISBN 13: 9780976705710

Publisher: SunQuest Media, 2014

Synopsis

That dreaded piece of metal called a scale! It holds the power to make you feel elated one day and devastated the next. But weight-loss coach and emotional eating expert, Linda Spangle, believes that when it’s used the right way, the scale can become your biggest ally in any weight-loss plan.Friends with the Scale presents a smart, practical approach that helps you completely change your relationship with the scale. Based on stories and examples along with scientific data, this book helps you discover the weight-loss power that lies within your scale when you simply make it your friend. You’ll learn:· How to prevent the dreaded scale panic· The one time you should NOT step on the scale· Ways to manage the scale at your doctor’s office· 14 factors that can affect scale numbers· How to fix “failure thinking” when the scale goes upThis step-by-step guide will help change your morning weigh-in ritual into one of the most positive moments of your day.

About this title

About the Author:

Linda Spangle, RN, MA, is a weight-management coach recognized nationally as a leading authority on emotional eating and other psychological issues of weight loss. A registered nurse with a master s degree in health education, Linda Spangle is a skilled teacher, counselor and writer. She is the owner of Weight Loss for Life, a healthy lifestyles coaching and training program located in Denver, Colorado.

Review:

Friends with the Scale may be Linda's best work yet (and that's saying a lot!) The examples and strategies she gives are universal to all dieters, but don't be surprised if you often pause and think “That's totally me” and get the feeling the book was written specifically for you! —Chris Dziewulski, Owner/Operator of StartYourDiet.com

Since 1948, TOPS has been supporting thousands of members' understanding that they are far more than a number on a scale and that the scale is one of many tools that may be used in the weight-loss journey. We applaud the techniques illustrated in Friends with the Scale for maintaining a healthy perspective as we work toward our best health. —Barbara Cady, President of TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Clubs, Inc.

This book is a must read for every dieter who has ever had a love/hate relationship with the scale. Linda's practical tips make the weight-loss journey easier and more fun. I highly recommend this book to all of our clients! —Lynn S. Allen, Director, Quick Weight Loss Centers of Florida

Linda Spangle presents a very practical, realistic way to utilize the scale in reaching weight-management goals. Friends with the Scale also provides concrete tools on how to move the scale when your weight loss stagnates. —Sandy Livingston, RD, LD/N, Weight-Loss Coach, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida

In Friends with the Scale, Linda Spangle presents “how to” strategies that will allow us to finally use the innocent bathroom scale as the helpful tool it was intended to be. This book will be required reading for all my clients. —Cookie Rosenblum, MA, Weight-Loss Coach, Fort Wayne, IN

Linda Spangle has given us ways to positively use our bathroom scale to navigate the challenges of losing weight. She provides a full arsenal of strategies and tools that are essential to conquer and succeed! —Laura C. Coaching client, Fredericksburg, OH

This book provides unique, essential information to assure success with any weight-loss plan or weight maintenance. I'll be recommending it to my patients as well as using the tools personally. —Dr. Bethany Wallace, Urgent Care physician, Denver, CO

About this edition

• Publisher: SunQuest Media
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0976705710
• ISBN 13: 9780976705710
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 188