The Reverse Diet: Lose 20, 50, 100 Pounds or More by Eating Dinner for Breakfast and Breakfast for Dinner - Paperback

by Tricia Cunningham (Author), Heidi Skolnik (Author)

Enjoy delicious foods, reduce cravings, and lose weight!

"The Reverse Diet is a smart and effective way to lose weight--and keep it off ." --Lisa Callahan, M.D., author of The Fitness Factor

"A simple, smart concept that will help people rethink the way they eat." --Matt Bean, Senior Editor, Men's Health magazine

Have you tried diets on which you lost weight, only to have it creep back? This popular diet plan allows you to lose pounds and keep them off simply by reversing your meals. You fuel your body in the morning--when you need energy the most--then have healthy snacks, a hearty lunch, and a refreshing light dinner. Combining dozens of delicious recipes, several weeks of meal plans, and plenty of motivational tips and support, The Reverse Diet teaches you to:

• Determine the goal weight that's right for you
• Choose nutritious foods from the extensive Reverse Diet food list
• Break through your emotional and motivational obstacles
• Reach and maintain a healthy weight
• Handle plateaus, problems, dining out, and slip-ups

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Have you tried diets on which you lost weight at first but eventually it crept back? If you've been a yo-yo dieter and nothing seems to work, this terrific new diet plan allows you to lose 20, 50, 100 pounds or even more for good, simply by reversing your meals. With The Reverse Diet, you fuel your body in the morning-- when you need energy the most-- then have healthy snacks and a hearty lunch, and finally eat a refreshing light meal for dinner. The Reverse Diet allows you to enjoy delicious and satisfying foods, reduce cravings, and lose as much weight as you want while improving how you look and feel.

The Reverse Diet combines Tricia Cunningham's real-life experience of losing more than 150 pounds with nutritionist Heidi Skolnik's expert knowledge and years of practical work with hundreds of clients. While most diets focus only on weight loss, the Reverse Diet lets you drop pounds while giving you the crucial skills to be inspired, overcome temptations and obstacles, and eat well for life-- not just for weeks or months. Based on an eating plan that includes healthy, satisfying whole foods, the Reverse Diet consists of three phases designed to help you escape yo-yo dieting cycles for good.

In the Reverse Diet Weight-Loss Phase, which includes extensive meal plans, you'll learn how to: Determine the goal weight that's right for you Eat healthily with scrumptious breakfast snacks, a great lunch, and a small dinner Choose nutritious foods from the extensive Reverse Diet Food List Break through your emotional and motivational obstacles

Once you reach your goal weight, the Reverse Diet Bridge Phase, which also includes special meal plans, shows you how to: Reintroducehigher-calorie foods you might think you can't eat on a diet Maintain a balanced, healthy weight Handle slip-ups

In the Reverse Diet for Life Phase, you'll discover how to: Maintain your motivation, set new goals, and enjoy your new lifestyle Celebrate the wonderful new you

Cunningham and Skolnik make this breakthrough plan even easier with dozens of tasty and easy recipes, tips for handling plateaus and problems, advice on dining out, and online community and support opportunities. So reverse your meals, habits, and health for the better-- let The Reverse Diet be your ultimate guide to losing the pounds for good.

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Enjoy delicious foods, reduce cravings, and lose weight!

""The Reverse Diet" is a smart and effective way to lose weight and keep it off."
Lisa Callahan, M.D., author of "The Fitness Factor"

"A simple, smart concept that will help people rethink the way they eat."
Matt Bean, Senior Editor, "Men's Health" magazine

Have you tried diets on which you lost weight, only to have it creep back? This popular diet plan allows you to lose pounds and keep them off simply by reversing your meals. You fuel your body in the morning when you need energy the most then have healthy snacks, a hearty lunch, and a refreshing light dinner. Combining dozens of delicious recipes, several weeks of meal plans, and plenty of motivational tips and support, "The Reverse Diet" teaches you to:

Determine the goal weight that's right for you

Choose nutritious foods from the extensive Reverse Diet food list

Break through your emotional and motivational obstacles

Reach and maintain a healthy weight

Handle plateaus, problems, dining out, and slip-ups

Author Biography

Tricia Cunningham devised the Reverse Diet, lost over 150 pounds on the plan, and has maintained her weight loss for more than seven years. A motivational speaker, she has appeared on "Today," "Good Morning America," and "The 700 Club," and in numerous national magazines. Her popular Web site is www.reversedietsolution.com.

Heidi Skolnik, MS, CDN, FACSM, runs a private nutrition practice and is the nutritionist for the New York Giants and the American School of Ballet. She is the weight-loss columnist for "Men's Health" magazine and appears frequently on television programs, including CNN's "American Morning," "Good Morning America," and others.