First Book for T.I.S.T.

The Best Life Diet by Bob Greene

As with all lifestyle makeovers, this book is a step by step guide to making permanent changes to an unhealthy life.  What I love is that Bob Greene asks the reader to ease into the changes instead of going cold turkey.  I mean, I love cold turkey as much as the next person (especially in the form of Thanksgiving leftovers) but when authors tell me to cut down my calories and start doing a minimum of 45 minutes of cardio to start, I take issue.  So I was particularly pleased when I read the phase one section of this makeover plan and saw that I'm only really supposed to be trying to eat 3 meals a day, bumping up my exercise up one notch and eliminating alcohol (eeek).  But that wasn't the best part!  Every author emphasizes the importance of goal setting.  However, Greene takes this idea to a new level by asking me to really think about what I want and why I want it.  Before making any major changes, he asks the reader to be a little introspective by answering the following questions:

1. Why are you overweight?
2. Why do you want to lose weight?
3. Why have you been unable to maintain weight loss in the past?
   

Um, that's a lot to think about.  So, my goal for this week is to be a little introspective and answer those questions.  And, while I think about it, I am going to keep on reading this book cuz Bob is kind of getting me pumped up.

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