The Game On! Diet: Kick Your Friend's Butt While Shrinking Your Own

by Krista Vernoff, Az Ferguson

Overview

The Game On! Diet is not a diet. It's a bold new approach to fitness that turns the latest, smartest, most successful health science into a fun, fierce, and exhilarating game. Developed by Az Ferguson, to help Grey's Anatomy writer Krista Vernoff shed forty pounds of postpregnancy weight, it is the ideal program for busy people who should be working out but have a thousand good excuses not to.

Az keeps you motivated and Krista keeps you laughing as they show you how to organize opposing teams, set goals, and compete to earn points for daily exercise, healthy meal plans, and positive lifestyle changes. With The Game On! Diet, the process of losing weight, for the first time ever, is actually fun. After all, what's better than a bikini body . . . and bragging rights?

Get out there and lose . . . to win! Game on!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780061718892
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	06/30/2009
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.18(w) x 9.12(h) x 0.86(d)

About the Author

Krista Vernoff is the Emmy-nominated, Golden Globe-winning head writer and executive producer of Grey's Anatomy, a Writers Guild of America Award winner, and a playwright.

Table of Contents

Foreword xv

Chapter 1 How to Play the Game: An Overview 1

(Or, I'm Really Too Lazy to Read This Whole Book, Plus, I'm So Out of Shape That Turning Pages Kinda Hurts.)

Chapter 2 Why Should I Play the Game? 9

(Or, I Like Myself Just the Way I Am. Except for the Love Handles. And the Self-Loathing.)

Chapter 3 Teaming Up 21

(Or, Why Should I Give a Crap What Anyone Else Does?)

Chapter 4 Playing by Yourself 37

(Which Differs Slightly from Playing with Yourself)

Chapter 5 Picking a Prize 45

(Or, Okay, I'm Skinny, Whatever, but WHAT DO I WIN???)

Chapter 6 The Honor System 53

(Or, No, French Fries REALLY Don't Count as a Vegetable.)

Chapter 7 The Weigh-in 67

(Or, You're Kidding, Right? You Want Me to Buy a Scale? SERIOUSLY???)

Chapter 8 Food 77

(Or, Why French Fries Don't Count as a Vegetable.)

Chapter 9 Exercise 121

(Or, I Never Even Knew I Had a Muscle There.)

Chapter 10 Water 145

(Or, Are You Trying to Drown Me?)

Chapter 11 Sleep 155

(Or, Shhhhhhhzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...)

Chapter 12 Transformation 169

(Or, Habits? That's, Like, Nun's Clothes, Right?)

Chapter 13 Healthy Habit Instructions 183

(Or, How the Hell Am I Supposed to Do THAT??)

Chapter 14 Alcohol, Coffee, and Diet Soda 217

(Or, What Do You Mean I Can't Drink All My Calories?)

Chapter 15 The Day Off, the Meal Off, and 100 Calories of Whatever You Want 235

(Or, Holy Nectar of the Gods, This French Toast Is Good!)

Chapter 16 Troubleshooting 249

(Or, WTF Am I Doing Wrong?!)

Chapter 17 Postgame Wrap-up 267

(Or, I Am Liking This New Ass of Mine.)

Chapter 18 Pep Talk 275

(Or, GAME ON!)

Contributors 285

Acknowledgments 289

What People are Saying About This

Jorge Cruise

Getting healthy and losing weight has never been more fun.

Leo Galland

The Game On! Diet is a creative and practical path to fitness and leanness that weaves psychology, nutrition, and exercise together in wonderful ways to help you give yourself the body you want.

Mehmet Oz

The perfect way to get motivated on the path to wellness.

Editorial Reviews

The perfect way to get motivated on the path to wellness. — Dr. Mehmet Oz, #1 New York Times bestselling author of YOU: The Owner's Manual

Getting healthy and losing weight has never been more fun. — Jorge Cruise, #1 New York Times bestselling author and weight-loss specialist

The Game On! Diet is a creative and practical path to fitness and leanness that weaves psychology, nutrition, and exercise together in wonderful ways to help you give yourself the body you want. — Leo Galland, M.D., author of The Fat Resistance Diet

From the Publisher

Getting healthy and losing weight has never been more fun.

Jorge Cruise

The perfect way to get motivated on the path to wellness.

Dr. Mehmet Oz

The Game On! Diet is a creative and practical path to fitness and leanness that weaves psychology, nutrition, and exercise together in wonderful ways to help you give yourself the body you want.

Leo Galland

The perfect way to get motivated on the path to wellness.

Doctor - Mehmet Oz