Real Moms Love to Eat: How to Conduct a Love Affair with Food, Lose Weight and Feel Fabulous

by Beth Aldrich, Eve Adamson, Sherry Belcher M.S., C.N (Foreword by)

Overview

Healthy lifestyle and nutrition expert Beth Aldrich loves to eat-and she thinks everyone else should too. In Real Moms Love to Eat, she seduces readers with her amazing secrets to help them lose weight, look great and feel fabulous-while still enjoying the foods they love. Complete with pleasure-invoking assignments, explanations, tips, guidance, and delicious recipes, this unique ten-week plan will give women the tools to be slimmer, sexier, more energetic and more successful at everything they need to do each day!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780451235589
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	01/03/2012
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	5.54(w) x 8.52(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Beth Aldrich is the founder of realmomslovetoeat.com and a Certified Health Coach through Columbia University and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. She is also a healthy lifestyle green-living expert, writer, and public speaker. She is the founder of For Her Information Media, LLC (FHI), with productions such as the PBS TV series For Her Information, the radio show A Balanced Life with Beth Aldrich, and her blog, RealMomsLovetoEat.com. She lives in Chicago with her husband and three sons.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgement ix

Foreword xiii

Introduction 1

Part 1 Flirting With Food: Introducing the Real Moms Love to Eat Plan

1 Week 1 The Seduction 7

2 Week 2 Make It All About You 24

3 Week 3 Make Over, Salt, Fat, and Sugar (Your Dysfunctional Friends) 46

4 Week 4 Tame the Food-cravings Dragon 64

5 Week 5 Get Naked with Raw Foods 81

6 Week 6 Find Your Sweet Spot 99

Part 2 Getting Serious: Making the Real Moms Love to Eat Plan Part of Your Life

7 Week 7 Do It in the Kitchen 117

8 Week 8 Commit to Whole Foods 134

9 Week 9 Go Out on the Town 160

10 Week 10 Explore the Ethics of Eating 174

Part 3 Happy Endings: The Real Moms Love to Eat Plan in Practice

11 ime To Eat 195

Resource Guide 301

Editorial Reviews

"A very good primer to help you begin to make your diet an ally, not an enemy, in today's time-compressed world." — Dr. Barry Sears, author of the Zone Diet books

"This book gives you the blueprint for eating seductively, pleasurably, healthfully, and practically-while also feeding your family every day. What's not to love?" — Christiane Northrup, M.D.

From the Publisher

Certified healthy lifestyle counselor and nutrition expert, Aldrich is also a "real mom" who loves food. She views eating as a sensual experience and, with Adamson (frequent Bethenny Frankel coauthor), presents her ten-week plan in an intimate, perky style. She refers to her readers as "girls," which unfortunately implies that "real dads" are not invited. There are many good ideas here for changing to a more healthful diet. Chapters include "Get Naked with Raw Foods," "Find Your Sweet Spot," and "Taming the Food Cravings Dragon." A number of recipes are included, such as the Green Smoothie (made with mixed greens or green meal powder) to start the day. Aldrich encourages readers to take care of themselves so they can take better care of their kids. VERDICT As for "digital moms," there seems to be a current market for books for "real moms." A great choice for members of the "I don't know how she does it" school; the many recipes and health information make this a good value for the price.—Barb Kundanis, Longmont P.L., Boulder, CO

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