YouÕve lost the weight. How will you keep it off?
Based on more than 30 years experience at the renowned Lindora Medical ClinicsÑAmericaÕs leading medically based weight control programÑthis book guides you day-by-day through an innovative eight-week program created to help you achieve a state of metabolic equilibrium.
Follow this program and you will:
-Improve your health by reducing your risk factors for diabetes, heart disease, osteoarthritis, hypertension, gallbladder disease, breast and colon cancers, and depression
-Experience greater vitality and enhanced self-esteem
-Avoid old habits that caused you to gain weight in the first place
-Discover the secrets of successful maintainers
-Find out to make the Mental Fitness Circle work for you
-Learn to use a Daily Action Plan to help you stay motivated
EAT BETTER
Even when life doesnÕt allow you to eat perfectly, you can always ÒEat Better.Ó
MOVE MORE
Even if you canÕt exercise for an hour every day, you can always ÒMove More.Ó
STRESS LESS
Stress hormones promote weight gain. You can learn new ways to ÒStress Less.Ó
ÒLosing weight is only the first step. Keeping it off what ultimately matters. IÕve learned to never be afraid of my scale. This program has helped me stay focused and motivated on maintaining my success.Ó -Donna Smith - Maintained 30 pound Lean for Life Weight Loss since 1971
ÒSince becoming Lean for Life, IÕve gone from being a couch potato to completing marathons on all seven continents. When people ask me why I run so much, the answer is easyÑbecause I can!Ó -Mark Huckenpahler - Maintained 70 pound Lean for Life Weight Loss since 1990
ÒIf I gain two or three pounds, I no longer worryÑI take action. With the Lean for Life program, I know what I need to do to regain controlÑand I do it!Ó -Melanie Dingle - Maintained 40 pound Lean for Life Weight Loss since 1994
Cynthia Stamper Graff is president and CEO of Lindora, Inc., which manages one of the largest medical weight control programs in the United States. A nationally recognized expert in the field of weight management, she has been actively involved in the growth and development of Lindora since 1988.
Graff, a leader in integrating technology into the treatment of obesity, has been instrumental in developing LindoraÕs atHome, atWork and online version of the Lean for Life program. For three consecutive years, Lindora has been ranked one of the ÒTop 500 Women Owned Businesses in AmericaÓ by Working Woman magazine.
Graff is the author of Lean for Life Phase One:Weight Loss (with Jerry Holderman), Lean for Life Phase Two: Lifetime Solutions, and bodyPRIDE (with Janet Eastman and Mark C. Smith). She is also the founder of the Lean for Life Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes obesity research and educational programs, and funds weight control services to selected low-income, morbidly obese men, women, and children.
An Orange County Business Journal Women In Business award winner, Graff is a national Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award nominee. She has been a member of the Young Presidents Organization since 1993 and a member of Adaptive Business Leaders since 1998.
Graff holds a law degree from York University in Toronto. She resides in Newport Beach, California.
