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Copyright 2016 by Bernadette Fisers

Originally published in Australia in 2016

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First Touchstone trade paperback edition December 2017

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Fisers, Bernadette, author.

Title: The little book of big weight loss / Bernadette Fisers.

Description: First Touchstone trade paperback edition. | New York : Touchstone, 2018. | Originally published in Australia in 2016. | Includes bibliographical references.

Identifiers: LCCN 2017043005| ISBN 9781501183782 (paperback) | ISBN 9781501183799 (ebook)

Subjects: LCSH: Weight lossPopular works. | Reducing dietsPopular works. | BISAC: HEALTH & FITNESS / Weight Loss. | HEALTH & FITNESS / Nutrition. | COOKING / Health & Healing / Weight Control.

Classification: LCC RM222.2 .F49 2018 | DDC 613.2/5dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017043005

ISBN 978-1-5011-8378-2

ISBN 978-1-5011-8379-9 (ebook)

for my daughter, Lilli, may she never have the weight problems ive had

... welcome to a healthier and slimmer you...

its not fun being fator, to be politically correct, overweight. i should know. once upon a time, i was seriously overweight tooin fact, i was massive.

Im a full-time working mom. Like many in the same situation, I was time poor and didnt make myself a priority. At my worst, I weighed over a staggering (and uncomfortable) 283 pounds. At 57 tall, that made my BMI a huge 41.8 percent. In medical speak? I was morbidly obese.

To change things, I desperately needed to know what to do in order to drop weight and be healthyfast. I was fat and getting fatter by the minute, as well as on the brink of diabetes, with hypertension (high blood pressure) and a fatty liver. My doctor was freaking outand I dont blame her.

I had read enough of the boring and expensive diet books that were 300 pages long but had only a couple of useful points in them. I didnt need some superfit trainer speculating on how to lose weight from their lofty six-pack perchI wanted someone who truly understood the physical and emotional toll, someone who had lived through their own weight issues and who had also been through successful weight losssomeone who could get to the point simply and quickly. And I didnt want some of the answersI needed all of them!

the bad news: obesity is a global health epidemic.

the good news: there is a simple solution for many.

The US surgeon general states that obesity increases the risk of developing cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, hypertension and some cancers. The cost to the United States is estimated to range from $147 billion to nearly $210 billion per year. Isnt that terrifying? Im sure those billions could be used better elsewhere. According to the World Health Organization (WHO) the United States has one of the highest incidences of obesity in the English-speaking world, with a whopping 74.1 percent of the population either overweight or obese. The United Kingdom and Australia have very similar obesity figures.

We have always been told to eat less and exercise more; for years, that has been the commonsense answer to losing weight. But... well... what if thats wrong? Weve also been told that its our fault we are fatwere too lazy, too greedy, or we dont have the willpower, plus a barrage of other insulting stuff.

That is also a big fat lie.

Why are more of us obese than ever before? Its obvious: weve been given the wrong advice.

so stop putting yourself down and read thisi mean read it and absorb itbecause this works... fast

Supermarkets are a minefield of sugary food and drinksand unfortunately, the average shopper is misled again and again. How are you supposed to know whats truly healthful when every second food product is labeled diet or lite, but will actually make you fatter?

There are many false beliefs about whats going to help. My method of weight loss costs nothing; its simply a shift in how you shop and eat. In doing so, I lost 66 pounds in thirty weeks.

I know! WTF? Pause while I high-five myself!

I was uncomfortable. I was fat. I was desperate for a long-term answerand nothing was working. So I started reading and doing research, looking at recent medical studies on losing weight and asking the people I work withmostly young, fit modelswhat they eat.

I became my own guinea pig. When one weight loss technique worked, I found ways to boost it. I wanted to achieve the fastest weight loss possible without killing myself doing it. A way of dropping the weight that would last over the long haul, as I had a lot of weight to lose.

I wanted warp-speed weight loss. When youre fat, you want the fat gonepreferably yesterday. I wanted the fat to stay off permanently . This weight loss plan had to be something I could commit to for life. A lifestyle change for the better.