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THE OVERNIGHT DIET
The ultimate blueprint for anyone trying to lose weight. This one-of-a-kind diet delivers exactly what dieters are desperately looking for: an easy-to-follow plan for significant rapid weight loss that lasts while also promoting better health, fighting disease, and increasing longevity. And its the first diet book that gives dieters that extra edge in the battle of the bulge by maintaining lean muscle mass.
Louis J. Aronne, MD, clinical professor of medicine, Weill Cornell Medical College/New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and New York Times bestselling author of The Skinny
Caroline Apovian knows how to make the science of weight loss entertaining and has created a diet that works on the inside for results on the outside!
Cynthia Stamper Graff, author of Lean for Life
THE OVERNIGHT DIET is anything but your standard fare in diet books. Its the real thing for people who are serious about losing weight as quickly as possible in a healthy, long-lasting way.
George L. Blackburn, MD, PhD, associate director of nutrition and the S. Daniel Abraham chair in nutrition medicine at Harvard Medical School
To my mother, Ines Chinni Apovian,
who has always been ahead of her time.
This book could not have been written without the help and dedication of a team of people around me sharing their expertise to create the Overnight Diet. Thank you to Frances Sharpe, and her ability to put it all together; to Diana Cullum-Dugan, whose creative ideas and recipes have no rival; to Wayne Westcott, whose enthusiasm for health and wellness is infectious; to Rita LaRosa Loud, who makes it all happen in the fitness world. Thank you to photographer Thomas Huynh, who worked closely with Wayne Westcott and Rita LaRosa Loud to capture the fitness moves so eloquently. Thank you to illustrator Joung Park, who then transformed those photographs into the beautiful and simple easy-to-follow illustrations you see in this book.
A big thank-you to the team at Grand Central Publishing, especially Diana Baroni and Amanda Englander, both there 24/7 and ready to offer a solution for every little thing.
Thank you to David Blackburn and Rod Egger, who invited the Overnight Diet program into their realm because the philosophy was so closely aligned, and now we have the Physicians Protein Smoothies, Base and Flavor lines. Thank you to George Blackburn, my mentor and now a dear friend, who always steered me the right way, and sees above everyone else.
And a special thank-you to Philip Lief, the other person who also sees above everyone else!
Thank you to my father, Dr. John Apovian, for believing in me, always. And last but not least, thank you to my little family, the Baker boys, Gus, John, and Philip, for supporting me no matter what.
Overnight results that lastthats what you get with the Overnight Diet. And its a big part of how, in the past twenty-plus years, Ive helped my patients lose over 1 million pounds. You see, helping people slim down is what I do. Im not a cardiologist, or a family physician, or an emergency room doctor who dabbles in weight management on the side. Im an obesity medicine physician, which means that I specialize in weight loss. As the director of the Nutrition and Weight Management Center at Boston Medical Center, Ive helped thousands of people just like you quickly and safely lose pounds and inches for good. And as one of the worlds leading researchers on obesity and weight loss, Im privy toand sometimes Im the one presentingthe most up-to-the-minute scientific findings on what makes people fat, what keeps them fat, and what works to help them lose that fat forever. In fact, my research colleagues have made a revolutionary scientific discovery that shows why most popular diets are doomed to fail. Its because they lead to muscle wasting, a condition known in medical circles as sarcopenia, which sabotages efforts to lose weight. Well get to the details on that later. For now, just know that I am here to help translate this research and use it to help you lose weight and keep it off.
The Dark Ages of Dieting
Dieting has gotten stuck in the Dark Ages. I pay attention to every diet that comes out because my patients have usually tried them all and failed. Its no wonder. Most are either rehashing the same advice or introducing wacky concepts that arent based on any research at all. Thats why, despite your best efforts, you havent been able to lose those stubborn pounds. Or maybe you have lost weight but cant seem to keep it from creeping back onto your thighs, butt, and belly, leading to a lifetime of yo-yo dieting. Or perhaps youre a few pounds lighter but still feel and look a bit flabby and, well, marshmallowy. Is that what you want after all that hard worka jiggly midsection?
You probably feel frustrated and discouraged. I dont blame you. Ive been there myself. I know from personal experience just how hard it can be to lose weight with most diets. When I was in college, I gained the Freshman 10 then went on to achieve the Sophomore 15 and the Junior 20 before slimming down and shaping up with what became the Overnight Diet. I listen with great empathy as my patients tell me all the reasons why they havent succeeded at dieting. For example, Tina, twenty-seven, lamented that one low-calorie diet left her feeling hungry all the time. Jenna, a forty-three-year-old mother of two, complained that she would lose a few pounds then see her weight loss come to a grinding halt even though she was practically starving herself. And fifty-one-year-old Roger told me he would get beyond bored eating the same few bland foods on a diets approved list. The result? They all quit and went right back to their old eating habits. They each told me that they felt like a failure. But I reassured each of them that they hadnt failed dieting; the Dark Ages diets had failed them.