Tosca Reno - Your Best Body Now: Look and Feel Fabulous at Any Age the Eat-Clean Way

I FIRST CROSSED PATHS WITH TOSCA about a year and a half ago when I discovered her Eat-Clean book on Amazon.com. When the book arrived, I dove right in, curious to see if Tosca would have the answer to my never-ending quest to lose weight (10 extra pounds that I swear have been with me since high school). I read the book cover to cover, and when I was done, I was overwhelmed with emotion. Here seemed to lie the answer that Id been looking for: how to feed my body and not starve (Ill never throw out my low-cut jeans in favor of mom jeans).

A few days later, I called Tosca to tell her how much I loved the book, and we quickly bonded over our shared passion for clean eating and fitness. We agreed that being middle-aged carries a lot of negative stereotypestoo many baby boomers throw in the towel, mistakenly assuming that the best years of their lives are over. But the fact is that these years can be the very best ones of your life. Tosca is proof positive of this factshe transformed her body and her life when she turned forty.

During one of our many subsequent chats, I told Tosca she should write a book for us women over forty that addressed the fitness, nutrition and well-being challenges that we face as we get older. Now that I was in my early fifties, many of the rules and strategies that had worked for me in my thirties and forties no longer applied. I wanted a new program that would work for me now.

In Your Best Body Now , Tosca offers concrete, easy-to-follow guidelines that actually make a difference. This book is not about hype. Its about substance. And most important, it acknowledges that were always changing. It offers clear action plans for every decade of life.

Tosca and I agree that its important to focus on the present and not on the past. Its never too late to become a better you. Enjoy the journey, and always remember to be who you are.

Bobbi Brown
CEO and founder
of Bobbi Brown Cosmetics

LOOKING AT ME, YOU MIGHT THINK, ITS EASY FOR TOSCA TO talk about eating well or exercising more. Look at how fit she is. The truth is, I look and feel healthy because every day I make the conscious choice to look and feel this way. I live better than ever before at fifty because I made the mental shift ten years ago to finally treat myself with confidence, respect and the same amount of love, forgiveness and dedication Ive given to my family.

I wasnt born a swimsuit model. I didnt take a magic pill or win the great body lottery. I struggled with my weight, energy levels and self-esteem like many of you. It wasnt until I hit my personal rock bottom that I embraced a new way of living. Step by step I changed my habits, from what I ate to how often I exercised to my inner dialogue about being good enough, thin enough and young enough.

I wasnt born a swimsuit model. I didnt take a magic pill or win the great body lottery.

Many of you have asked how Ive done ittransformed myself head to toe, both internally and externally, at forty. Ive packaged my insights and strategies into Your Best Body Now so that you learn not only that theres another way to live but also that it is possible for you to experience itbeginning now .

Your Best Body Now was created to share with you in detail how I made my total-body transformation and what I do on a daily basis to stick with my goals to live better and healthier. The results of my very simple, commonsense program have given me not just a healthier relationship with food but also a more beautiful body, stronger self-esteem, newfound energy and a sexiness that comes from truly knowing who you are. (The fact that I look ten years younger is also a bonus!)

The specifics of this program, the Best Body Now transformation, include a decade-by-decade look at how our bodies evolve in our thirties, forties, fifties and beyond, plus tailored guidelines to age-proof your body through nutrition, exercise, health, beauty and motivation. Ill offer real-life tips, tricks and toolspersonally test-driven by me over the past decadefor overcoming challenges, banishing unhealthy habits and arming yourself with the know-how and inspiration you need to reach your goals.

My dream is that my program (and my personal success with it!) serves as a reality check for those of you who believe that your best years are behind you. Whether you need to lose 5 pounds or 200, whether youre a gym rat or a novice, work these principles into your life where you need them most and you will see results. Im living proof that it is possible to live more beautifully and confidently than ever, no matter what you, your current situation or your life looks like in this exact moment. I did it, naturallyyou can, too!

Whether you need to lose 5 pounds or 200, whether youre a gym rat or a novice, work these principles into your life and you will see results .

I invite you to partner with me in the Best Body Now transformation and start having the time of your life right now. The possibilities are endless and entirely within your control. Come on, join mewell do it together!

The Seedlings of a Personal Revolution

IT MIGHT BE EASY FOR YOU TO THINK that Ive always been a great athlete or had a particular passion for sportsnatural abilities that have made my road to a fabulous fifty more attainable. Thats far from the truth. My childhood was probably a lot like most kids back thenI was active, carefree and happy. My days were spent swimming, tooling around on a bicycle, playing soccer with friends or simply adventuring at my familys cottage.

I did fairly well in school, which ultimately led me to university. In terms of beauty, Id never thought of myself as anything but average. Arriving at university on that first brilliant day of classes in September 1977, a group of senior boys held up numbered flash cards as freshman girls walked down the streets toward campus. They sat on rooftops and balconies flashing numbers, rating our looks from 1 to 10. I got a 10 but was too clueless to realize what that meant. When my sister filled me in, it was a complete surprise for this tall, skinny girl, standing 5' 8" and weighing 127 pounds, wearing my favorite jeans and a Disney sweatshirt, without a care in the world.