Orsoni - Lebootcamp diet: the scientifically-proven French method to eat well, lose weight, and keep it off for good

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Copyright 2015 by Valrie Orsoni

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Orsoni, Valrie.

Lebootcamp diet : the scientifically proven French method to eat well, lose weight, and keep it off for good / Valrie Orsoni.

p. cm.

ISBN 978-0-425-28060-7 (hardback)

1. Reducing diets. 2. Reducing dietsRecipes. 3. Cooking, French. 4. Weight loss. I. Title.

RM222.2.O82. 2015

613.2'5dc23

2014048050

First edition: April 2015

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To my son, Baptiste, for his motto:
If there is no solution there is no problem.
So true.

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

Ms. Orsoni comes to the rescue with yet another insightful book on healthy eating and living. She does so with her constant presence of charm, wit, and positive mental attitude.

Obesity and the general degradation of healthy lifestyle has been one of the greatest challenges in medicine over the last twenty-five years. As a society, we are getting heavier, and our busy lifestyles are exposing us to the unhealthy ingredients in meals prepared outside the home. The added weight we carry is increasing our risk of a host of medical problems, from liver disease to cancers.

I have read many diet books and tried many programs, as these proliferate like bunnies in a carrot patch. This book is different in several important ways. First, Ms. Orsoni understands the importance of gradual weight loss. Rapid weight loss can result in nutritional deficiencies and unexpected new medical problems such as gallstones and inflammation in the liver. The gradual and stair-step approach in this book minimizes these risks. This approach also allows for a program of sustainable weight; the changes readers will be making are healthy habits that will benefit them over a lifetime. The best part: We can achieve health and weight loss without deprivation, enjoying delicious food in a healthful way.

Unlike fad diets, LeBootCamp Diet, with its four phasesDetox, Attack, Booster, and Maintenanceoffers many health benefits beyond weight loss. Ms. Orsonis eating plan shows us how to deliver antioxidants to our systems to help fight disease, particularly cancers. The use of antioxidants may help combat the constant DNA damage our bodies cells are subject to from inflammation. Ms. Orsoni shows the way to both reduce some of this inflammation in the first place and, secondly, how to fight the toxic effects when it is there. This book also delves into some of the problems with modern foods. We have genetically altered foods under the guise of improved farming and production. One result has been the use of wheat with dramatically increased gluten content. Medicine is just beginning to understand the problems associated with gluten, even in people who do not have celiac disease.

LeBootCamp Diet shows us the way to good health and a happier life with food that is delicious, satisfying, and good for us.

Howard Hack, MD

Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Stanford University School of Medicine

Stanford, California

INTRODUCTION

FOUR PHASES

FOUR PILLARS

FOUR PLEDGES

FOUR PRINCIPLES

Let me introduce myself.

I am a woman just like you.

I have battled with weight issues and frustrating fad diets for years.

I do not believe in a life of deprivation and yo-yo dieting.

After trying more than forty diets (Cabbage Soup, Paleo, the Pineapple Diet, low-calorie, dissociated [food combining], fasting, high-protein, and more); counting points with group meetings; feeding myself from pre-packaged food; after losing and regaining weight that eventually burst the seams of my jeans; after feeling taunted by so many failures and demoralized when I looked at myself in the mirror, I woke up one morning and decided that I had simply had enough!

Tired of nonsensical approaches, ranging from terribly restrictive menus to dangerously protein-rich diets, I decided to educate myself in order to understand my excess weight better and attack it intelligently.

To do this, I joined forces with my father, who was also overweight at the time. Together, we committed to maintaining a gourmet approach no matter what (we loved eating too much to deprive ourselves continuouslywe are French, after all).

It may seem like something from the Stone Age, but our research led us to the librarythis was well before the Internet had made its appearance in our homes. There, we devoured books on nutrition, fitness, even psychology! Gradually, we began to gather together and put to the test those concepts that seemed logical and healthy. Along the way we came to terms with the fact that if it had taken us years to gain weight, it would be unreasonable to attempt to lose it all in two weeks via tasteless meals and mono diets.

The results? After one year of a patchwork approach, which brought together everything that worked from each diet we researched, we had achieved our ideal weight, losing a total of 150 pounds between us, without any suffering or deprivation.