Product Description

From the bestselling author of Get With the Program! and Bob Greene's Total Body Makeover comes The Best Life Diet, a lifetime plan for losing weight and keeping it off. Bob Greene helped Oprah achieve her dramatic weight loss, and he can help you too. You'll eat the same delicious food that Oprah enjoys, and, just like Oprah, you'll have Bob to encourage you at every step. Unlike a celebrity, however, you don't need to hire a staff of experts to aid and advise you, because Bob's plan, easily tailored to an array of tastes, lifestyles, and activity levels, acts as your personal trainer and private nutritionist. Just open the book and let Bob help you get started down the path toward your best possible life.

What sets Bob apart from all the other experts who claim to have plans that work is that he admits that weight loss is difficult: seventeen years of watching people struggle to lose weight on a seemingly endless string of trendy crash diets, only to backslide and regain the pounds they've shed, have taught him that dropping pounds is not simply a numbers game. By acknowledging that it is not simple laziness but a complicated web of social rituals, cultural expectations, and habits that drives people to gain weight, Greene is able to attack the problem of weight loss realistically and offer not a short-lived, quick-fix formula, but a long-term program that accounts for the challenges and constraints of the real world.

Divided into three phases, The Best Life Diet gives you the tools you need to change your life. In each phase, you'll be asked to reexamine the decisions you make on a daily basis and gradually alter your habits to achieve lasting results. The book also includes easy-to-follow meal plans that make it simple to meet your daily energy and nutrient requirements, whether you are on the run and breakfast means a quick smoothie or you have time to shop for fresh produce and make something special.

You'll watch the weight disappear as you learn to prepare festive and flavorful dishes like Fire-Roasted Tomato-Shrimp Veracruz, Chicken Sausage Jambalaya, or Flank Steak with Chimichurri Topping and indulge in desserts like Roasted Peaches with Ricotta and Almonds or Apple Rhubarb Walnut Crisp. And for each delicious recipe, there is a detailed nutritional analysis, so you know exactly what you are eating and how it fits into your personal eating plan.

Most important, Bob's plan doesn't end once you've lost the weight. Instead, it gives you the tools you need to make living your best life second nature, because for Greene, a diet is not something you go "on" or "off" but a set of guidelines that will help you claim the life you deserve.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #7133 in Books
• Published on: 2007-12-26
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

About the Author
Bob Greene is an exercise physiologist and certified personal trainer specializing in fitness, metabolism, and weight loss. He has been a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show. He is also a contributing writer and editor for O, The Oprah Magazine, and writes on health and fitness for Oprah.com. Greene is the bestselling author of Get With the Program!, The Get With the Program! Guide to Good Eating, The Get With the Program! Daily Journal, and The Get With the Program! Guide to Fast Food and Family Restaurants.

Customer Reviews

Okay, but not as good as his older book
This book is okay, if you have never read a book on this topic. I recommend a better book by Bob Greene, "Make The Connection" which he wrote with Oprah ten years ago. This was from before every move that Oprah made had to promote other products. I do not like that Oprah uses Bob to promote her show, magazine, and website -- even food that is stamped with their logo. This new book by Bob promotes a pay web site, which is horrible. They just want money from us and it is highly transparent and disappointing. Instead, get "Make The Connection" on amazon for about $1. Make the Connection: Ten Steps to a Better Body and a Better Life

gimmick
I bought this book on a dr.'s advice and it seems more like a sales gimmick. Then you go to the website like they tell you, and it's a pay site. It's more of a rip off if you ask me and you did.
I would not have purchased it if I realized this or really knew anything about it.

Bob's Richer, But Oprah Continues To Battle Obesity!
Oprah Winfrey very recently referred to herself as a "fat cow". Her words were obviously spoken out of frustration over her lack of long-term success at maintaining a healthy weight. But in a culture decidedly unkind to super sized people, I'm sure a lot of women in a similar situation didn't appreciate a comment seemingly designed to erode their self-esteem.

One of the pioneers of infomercials, Tony Robbins, made a comment once that has stuck with me. "One definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting a different result".

Anyway, I'm just posting this short review here, to direct people to what I think is a better way to achieve and maintain a healthy weight. And if you feel you need the support of a website, I'm sure you'll get much better value at a significant savings.Eat to Live: The Revolutionary Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss

Most dietitians and nutritionists will tell you that there is no such thing as good foods and bad foods. You just need to have the right balance. If you look into it, I think you'll discover that that is essentially a lie.

Also recommended,
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

The China Study: The Most Comprehensive Study of Nutrition Ever Conducted and the Startling Implications for Diet, Weight Loss and Long-term Health