Parker - The Louise Parker Method : Lean for Life

I feel happiest when Im light on my toes, bursting with energy, lean and toned. Its when Im living my best life, in a positive state of mind and achieving my full potential. And feeling my absolute best cannot come at the price of obsessing over my diet and exercise. To be fit, happy and free, I need freedom from the tedious cycle of dieting. Thats why I devised the Louise Parker Method.

My Method is about more than just losing weight. Its about living a lifestyle that sustains you in optimum health, peak performance and clarity of mind so you are absolutely brimming with vitality. The side-effect of this lifestyle is that your body will transform into one that is exceptionally lean, sculpted, strong and graceful. And because youve changed the habits of your lifestyle, the results stick.

The results truly do last because for once youre not relying on willpower to succeed and youre permanently changing your habits. Youre going to need to put in a little effort up front as you get going, and then the habits take over and look after you forever. Motivation is temporary; habits sustain your results for all time.

I no longer worry about my weight, what Im eating or what I should or shouldnt be doing. The healthy habits are just that habits that would now be impossible to break. I enjoy a normal life, with croissants on Sundays and ros on Fridays. I dont drink kale juice, eat my meals from Tupperware or train for two hours a day. No food I adore is off-limits and I never feel guilty about what I eat. Im happy in my skin, wear what I want to wear and dont dread the bikini season as I did two decades ago.

Thousands of my clients have achieved this too and theres absolutely no reason why you wont be next. The success rate of the Louise Parker Method is extraordinary, both in terms of jaw-dropping results and the longevity of them. After all, its all about ending dieting for good.

I spent so many years held back by the distraction of dieting and the pursuit of a body that for some reason I couldnt attain. The roller coaster of deprivation and indulgence left me floored with tiredness and depressed. Its amazing how you can tread water through life because youve neither the energy nor the confidence for it.

I only wish Id known then what I know now: that gaining and keeping a fabulous body neednt be agony its not meant to be hard. And that if its hard, you wont sustain it; and if you cant sustain it, youre back to square one. Id have told myself to go and get the body I want, once and for all, in the most sensible way there is. Dont stop until you have it, and practise being consistent. Take the most direct route. Create habits that you love, and that work for you. Id have told myself to do it with food that I actually enjoy eating, and to focus on creating the habits of eating well. Id have said stop the intermittent gruelling workouts and just do a little something every day. Id have spoken to myself more kindly, as I would to a daughter or a friend.

I have a very busy life, and no more time to focus on my body than you do. Everything I put in has to give me three times that amount back, in energy and output. I know I create more time for myself by living this lifestyle. I dont spend a minute longer in the kitchen or working out than I have to and, because the Method truly fits in around my life, its just what I do now.

I have three wonderful daughters, a husband I adore, a company thats thriving, a team of 50 amazing colleagues and a gaggle of gorgeous girlfriends. Im extraordinarily lucky, although Ive a lot on my plate. Ive definitely strived for every serving and I dont want to lean back from the table. Im a modern mum, I guess, and I want it all. Its imperative that I feel fabulous and energetic, to keep up with all I have going on.

Motivationis temporary;habits sustain your results for all time

When Ive a spring in my step, I lean into everything and Im just better at life Im a more loving wife, a more patient mother, a more inspiring boss, a lovelier sister, daughter and friend. I actually need to operate in this zone where I feel amazing on most days. Theres no way I can keep up with the pace of my life if Im not firing on all cylinders.

Im not an ex-dancer or athlete, and Ive never worked at a gym. At school I was kissing boys, smoking behind the bike sheds and bunking off PE. My voyage into fitness came about simply because I wanted to lose weight. In the final year of my drama degree at the University of London I decided to start working out because I loathed being plump and lacked confidence on the stage. Id started my first diet at 14 at boarding school, and with each one Id gained a couple of pounds. I was never fat, but I hated being curvy as you do at 21. Looking back now, I realize I looked lovely.

I became fascinated by how just a few weeks of exercise classes manipulated my body, and the effect this had on my confidence. Within weeks Id enrolled on a personal training course, primarily to pay off my student loan. It was such an unusual course to study in London 20 years ago and, with so few personal trainers around, it was more or less exclusively a service for the rich and famous. My clients were glamorous, challenging and very demanding. I was captivated and fascinated in equal measure, and my appetite to develop the most effective system grew every year. I think being a normal girl, and not a gym-bunny, enabled me to really understand my clients. They wanted what I wanted to spend no more effort than was necessary to get a fabulous result.

The years flew by and I soon forgot about acting Id found my calling. I developed my signature programme, The Intensive, 15 years ago and set up my company when I could no longer keep up with the waiting list. I now run the company with my husband Paul, who left his City job four years ago to help us keep up with the ever-increasing demand for our Method. To date, over 11,000 people in more than 48 countries have completed a Louise Parker programme.

Ive spent 20 years learning, researching, testing and improving my system, and everything I have learned has become the Louise Parker Method. Im so proud of the thousands of lives weve already changed, and believe that this book will help many thousands more to lose body fat, attain a body they are just thrilled with and create healthy lifestyle habits that last.

The Louise Parker Method is a style of living that transports you to the best of health, body and mindset in the quickest, safest and most intelligent way possible. Once you reach your absolute potential, it will support you there for the rest of your life.

Your body will radically transform into one that is super-lean, strong and lithe. I will sculpt you into the most graceful version of yourself, whatever your age or starting point. My Method is powerful and wont be held back by anything that you perceive as an obstacle your age, your genes, your metabolism, your injury, your demanding lifestyle.

I will teach you the most effective way to achieve results that you never thought possible, in the most time-efficient manner. I passionately believe that there is no faster way to achieve such an impressive transformation of your body in a style that wisely protects your health, metabolism and happiness whilst dramatically improving your health.