Healthy Tipping Point: A Powerful Program for a Stronger, Happier You

by Caitlin Boyle

Overview

Start small for big results with this inspiring guide to lifelong wellness—from popular health blogger and author of Operation Beautiful.

In Healthy Tipping Point, Caitlin Boyle shares the down-to-earth philosophy and authoritative advice that has made her websites so popular. Believing that reaching a tipping point means much more than tipping the scales, Boyle helps readers find their personal ideal balance in food, fitness, love, and life, in a breakthrough program organized around three shifts:

• Get Real: Challenge negative-thought patterns to create space for success

• Eat Clean: Ditch conventional “diet” advice and follow a simple eating plan tailored to keep energy high, while helping the environment—including forty-five delicious vegetarian recipes for foodies on the go

• Embrace Strength: Commit to a high-powered fitness program designed to help one learn to love exercise and build a strong, lean body—with targeted guidance for novice runners, bikers, swimmers, and others

Featuring twenty inspiring success stories and photos of people who have transformed their lives, the book proves that a healthy body is absolutely attainable. Healthy living and a healthy self-image go hand in hand. For anyone who struggles to get fit, Healthy Tipping Point provides the drive to thrive.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781583334966
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	05/01/2012
Pages:	368
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Caitlin Boyle is the editor of operationbeautiful.com and writes a daily food and fitness blog, Healthy Tipping Point, which garner more than 520,000 hits per month combined. For five years, she served as a contributing columnist for The Wall Street Journal Classroom Edition. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Holistic Healthy Tipping Point 1

Part I Get Real

1 Reframing Your Health Goals 19

Let's Get Going! 26

Planning for Success 34

The Healthy Tipping Point Hours 40

2 Developing a Healthy Relationship with Your Body and Food 49

Rock What You've Got 51

Freeing Yourself from Disordered Eating 63

3 Flexing Your Mind Muscle 70

Proactive and Positive 71

A New Spin on Self-Doubt 74

Challenging Your Stress Response 76

4 Tying It All Together 81

Part II Eat Clean

5 Food as Fuel 87

Six Healthy Tipping Point Shifts for Healthier Eating 91

But What About Calories? 122

6 Healthy Eating Specifics 128

Nutrients for a Healthier Body 128

Greener Living 149

7 Healthy Eating in Practice 171

Healthy Out and About 171

Healthy at the Store 173

Healthy in the Kitchen 187

8 Healthy Recipes and Meal Ideas 193

Healthy and Hearty Breakfasts 193

Refreshing Salads 204

Hot Meals 200

Veggie Bowls 215

Lovable Veggies and Side Dishes 224

Smoothies 232

Real-Food Snacks 235

Part III Embrace Strength

9 Developing and Maintaining an Exercise Habit 241

Healthy Tipping Point Exercise FAQs 245

Ready, Set, Gear Up! 263

10 Find Your Fitness 275

Zumba 276

Swimming 278

Pilates 281

Trail Running 283

Kettlebell 285

Pole Dancing 286

BodyPump 287

Spinning 289

Interval Training 291

Yoga 293

11 You (Yes, You!) Can Race 299

Choose Wisely 301

Train Smart 303

Setting Race Goals 312

Twelve: Healthy Tipping Point Training Plans 316

A Start-from-Scratch Walk/Run 5K Training Plan 317

Owning the 5K Training Plan 321

Your First 10K Training Plan 325

Your First Half-Marathon Training Plan 329

Your First Marathon Training Plan 333

Part IV Conclusion

You Deserve It All 341

Acknowledgments 343

Notes 345

Index 349