Weisenberger - Diabetes Weight Loss: a Safe, Effective Method for Losing Weight and Improving Your Health

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DOI: 10.2337/9781580404549

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data;
Weisenberger, Jill.
Diabetes weight loss-- week by week : a safe, effective method for losing weight and improving your health / Jill Weisenberger.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-58040-454-9 (pbk.)
1. Diabetes--Diet therapy. 2. Diabetes--Exercise therapy. 3. Weight loss. 4. Self-care, Health. I. Title.
RC662.W37 2012
616.4620654--dc23
2012003694
eISBN: 978-1-58040-451-8

CONTENTS

Countless people helped me conceive of this book and make it a reality.

First, thanks go to my patients, who have taught me about their lives,
struggles with their weight and food choices, and the strategies to their many successes. You all inspire me.

Thank you to all of the wonderful people at the American Diabetes Association, especially to Victor Van Beuren for your relentless support, guidance, and enthusiasm for this project and for always saying something that makes me laugh. To Greg Guthrie, thank you for tirelessly plowing through the details and being such a pleasure to work with.

Many colleagues have contributed to this book. Thank you, Wendy Jo Peterson, MS, RD, Rita Grandgenett, MS, RD, and Judy Doherty for creating such delicious and nutritious recipes. Thank you, Carly Sopko, RD, for helping with recipe testing and making it a fun week together in the kitchen. To Michelle Voss and Sarah Waybright, MS, RD, thank you both for your kind research support, creative minds, and attention to detail. Thanks go to many more colleagues around the country for generously sharing their skills and knowledge and for introducing me to their patients who are profiled in this book.

Nothing in my life would be worth doing without the support of my best friend and husband, Drew Weisenberger. Thank you for always putting me first and for treating me like a princess even though I know I dont deserve it. To Erin and Emily, I thank you both for being terrific daughters and also for putting up with tasting the same recipes over and over and complaining very little. Thank you also for always saying that you are proud of me and for pushing me to do my best the same way I push you to do yours. To my four-legged best friendsNikki, thanks for making sure I never sat still too long, and Cocoa, thanks for always keeping me company, no matter the time of day or night.