Cyndi Targosz - The Only Diet Book Youll Ever Need: How to lose weight witout losing your mind

The Only
Diet
Book
Youll Ever Need

The Secret to Eating Well,
Losing Weight, and Loving Life

Cyndi Targosz

Copyright 2008 by F+W Publications, Inc.
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ISBN-10: 1-59869-439-1
ISBN-13: 978-1-59869-439-0

Printed in Canada.

J I H G F E D C B A

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Targosz, Cynthia.
The only diet book youll ever need / Cyndi Targosz.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN-13: 978-1-59869-439-0 (pbk.)
ISBN-10: 1-59869-439-1 (pbk.)
1. Weight loss. 2. Reducing diets. I. Title.
RM222.2.T316 2007
613.25dc22 2007030951

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Contains materials adopted and abridged from The Everything Dieting Book by Sandra K. Nissenberg, M.S., R.D., Copyright 2003 by F+W Publications, Inc.

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Pssst, let me whisper.... I know you want to lose weight. Youve probably tried numerous times in the past and been unsuccessful. It may just be those stubborn last five pounds, or it could be the sixty you gained that are still expanding out of control. Perhaps it seems that nobody understands how depressed this is making you. You may even joke about the excess girth when in truth you are embarrassed by what seems to be total failure. Maybe you just want to look your best and are searching for information to be healthy. In any case dont worry! Your feelings are safe with me.

I care and sincerely want to help you help yourself. Escape within the realms of my diet program and I will share with you what I call my Cyndis Secrets. Ive used these secrets to help numerous friends, family, and clients achieve their personal bests.

First of all, to lighten up you have to lighten up! This is going to be fun! Ill feed you the information you need to know, well have a few laughs, youll run with the knowledge for success, and well move on. Well discuss stuff like how to get motivated, what to eat, and how much to eat. Ill show you how you can take the new and proven dietary guidelines and make them your own. You can set realistic goals as I take you through the steps to achieve them. And, yes, you can get results that will last a lifetime.

With my personal secrets to a healthier lifestyle, Cyndis Secrets, you will gain much more than a just great body! Now let me shout it out

eat well,

lose weight,

and most important,

love life!

This journey shall begin with what I call the Fat Stats. You know, those gloomy statistics that are so depressing they can drive any one of us to a doughnut shop for a pure panic pastry attack. Im talking about those nasty numbers that make you want to throw your arms up and say, why bother? After all, it is estimated that almost 40 million Americans are obeseabout one-third of all adults and one in five children. More than 50 percent of our entire population is considered overweight.

As a result of this high incidence, obesity is reported to contribute to at least 300,000 deaths in this country and hundreds of millions of dollars in health care costs each year. Before you grab that glazed confection, lets look at this scenario a little more closely. Being aware of the fat stats and putting my program into practice can help you change those figureswell, at least your figure. And thats the one that counts!

In the old days, being overweight and even obese was a sign of prosperity and wealth. The more prosperity and wealth we had, the better we ate and the more corpulent we looked. Perhaps that is the real reason why the fat king in the fairy tale, The Emperors New Clothes, ran around naked. He probably really was showing off his extra girth to prove his gross worth. Who knew it was a PR stunt? What a catch! Today, we look at body weight in just the opposite way. The smarter we are, the richer we are, the more visible we are, the thinner we want to be. We feel that our weight reflects on us as a person. Excess weight makes us look as though we dont take care of ourselves. There is much we can discover from these very diverse attitudes. The good news is that, finally, you are holding in your hands a diet plan that sorts it out. We shall explore this further in my program.