The Mayo Clinic Diet, 3rd edition: Reshape your life with science-based habits
Eat well. Enjoy life. Lose weight!
 
Now in its third edition, The Mayo Clinic Diet is a practical, no-nonsense approach to weight loss. Designed to help individuals lose weight and, most importantly, keep it off, The Mayo Clinic Diet, 3rd edition, offers expert advice to help you kick-start and stay on track in your fitness journey.
 
This revised edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling book offers a simple, time-tested, no-nonsense approach to losing weight and keeping it off. The Mayo Clinic Diet isn’t a fad diet – it’s an approach that draws on years of research from thousands of individuals seeking to lose weight. It’s a plan for a sustainable lifestyle, not just a diet.
 
By giving you concrete tools—like daily activity planners, delicious recipes, and tips for finding nutritious ingredients at the grocery store—this book will help you craft a tailored weight-loss plan that works best for your body. New to this edition, you’ll find recipes and meal plans to fit a variety of eating styles, including keto, the Mediterranean diet, vegetarian and higher protein. Step by step, you’ll learn the habits, tips and tricks that will help you lose weight and keep it off for good. 
 
The Mayo Clinic Diet is organized into three sections:

Section One outlines Lose It!, a two-week quick-start program designed to help you lose 6 to 10 pounds in a safe and healthy way, jump-starting your weight loss journey. Lose It! prompts you to add 5 habits, break 5 habits, and try 5 bonus habits, all of which are proven to help people maintain a healthy weight.

Section Two outlines Live It!, a long-term maintenance plan developed to help you stay on track and continue to lose 1 to 2 pounds a week until you reach your goal. Along the way, you’ll learn key behaviors that will help you maintain a healthy weight for life.

Section Three offers bonus content like detailed meal plans, easy-to-make recipes, food lists to make grocery shopping a breeze, and tried-and-tested tips for overcoming weight-loss challenges.

Along with the accompanying food and activity planner, The Mayo Clinic Diet Journal, and the Mayo Clinic Diet online platform, this invaluable resource will help you meet every one of your fitness goals while forever changing your mindset around weight loss.

When it comes to diets, one size does not fit all. Instead of promising unattainable results that can harm your body, the Mayo Clinic Diet offers a simple and customizable approach to weight loss—a healthy diet you can live with for life!
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The Mayo Clinic Diet, 3rd edition: Reshape your life with science-based habits
Eat well. Enjoy life. Lose weight!
 
Now in its third edition, The Mayo Clinic Diet is a practical, no-nonsense approach to weight loss. Designed to help individuals lose weight and, most importantly, keep it off, The Mayo Clinic Diet, 3rd edition, offers expert advice to help you kick-start and stay on track in your fitness journey.
 
This revised edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling book offers a simple, time-tested, no-nonsense approach to losing weight and keeping it off. The Mayo Clinic Diet isn’t a fad diet – it’s an approach that draws on years of research from thousands of individuals seeking to lose weight. It’s a plan for a sustainable lifestyle, not just a diet.
 
By giving you concrete tools—like daily activity planners, delicious recipes, and tips for finding nutritious ingredients at the grocery store—this book will help you craft a tailored weight-loss plan that works best for your body. New to this edition, you’ll find recipes and meal plans to fit a variety of eating styles, including keto, the Mediterranean diet, vegetarian and higher protein. Step by step, you’ll learn the habits, tips and tricks that will help you lose weight and keep it off for good. 
 
The Mayo Clinic Diet is organized into three sections:

Section One outlines Lose It!, a two-week quick-start program designed to help you lose 6 to 10 pounds in a safe and healthy way, jump-starting your weight loss journey. Lose It! prompts you to add 5 habits, break 5 habits, and try 5 bonus habits, all of which are proven to help people maintain a healthy weight.

Section Two outlines Live It!, a long-term maintenance plan developed to help you stay on track and continue to lose 1 to 2 pounds a week until you reach your goal. Along the way, you’ll learn key behaviors that will help you maintain a healthy weight for life.

Section Three offers bonus content like detailed meal plans, easy-to-make recipes, food lists to make grocery shopping a breeze, and tried-and-tested tips for overcoming weight-loss challenges.

Along with the accompanying food and activity planner, The Mayo Clinic Diet Journal, and the Mayo Clinic Diet online platform, this invaluable resource will help you meet every one of your fitness goals while forever changing your mindset around weight loss.

When it comes to diets, one size does not fit all. Instead of promising unattainable results that can harm your body, the Mayo Clinic Diet offers a simple and customizable approach to weight loss—a healthy diet you can live with for life!
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The Mayo Clinic Diet, 3rd edition: Reshape your life with science-based habits

The Mayo Clinic Diet, 3rd edition: Reshape your life with science-based habits

by Donald D. Hensrud M.D., M.P.H.
The Mayo Clinic Diet, 3rd edition: Reshape your life with science-based habits

The Mayo Clinic Diet, 3rd edition: Reshape your life with science-based habits

by Donald D. Hensrud M.D., M.P.H.

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Overview

Eat well. Enjoy life. Lose weight!
 
Now in its third edition, The Mayo Clinic Diet is a practical, no-nonsense approach to weight loss. Designed to help individuals lose weight and, most importantly, keep it off, The Mayo Clinic Diet, 3rd edition, offers expert advice to help you kick-start and stay on track in your fitness journey.
 
This revised edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling book offers a simple, time-tested, no-nonsense approach to losing weight and keeping it off. The Mayo Clinic Diet isn’t a fad diet – it’s an approach that draws on years of research from thousands of individuals seeking to lose weight. It’s a plan for a sustainable lifestyle, not just a diet.
 
By giving you concrete tools—like daily activity planners, delicious recipes, and tips for finding nutritious ingredients at the grocery store—this book will help you craft a tailored weight-loss plan that works best for your body. New to this edition, you’ll find recipes and meal plans to fit a variety of eating styles, including keto, the Mediterranean diet, vegetarian and higher protein. Step by step, you’ll learn the habits, tips and tricks that will help you lose weight and keep it off for good. 
 
The Mayo Clinic Diet is organized into three sections:

Section One outlines Lose It!, a two-week quick-start program designed to help you lose 6 to 10 pounds in a safe and healthy way, jump-starting your weight loss journey. Lose It! prompts you to add 5 habits, break 5 habits, and try 5 bonus habits, all of which are proven to help people maintain a healthy weight.

Section Two outlines Live It!, a long-term maintenance plan developed to help you stay on track and continue to lose 1 to 2 pounds a week until you reach your goal. Along the way, you’ll learn key behaviors that will help you maintain a healthy weight for life.

Section Three offers bonus content like detailed meal plans, easy-to-make recipes, food lists to make grocery shopping a breeze, and tried-and-tested tips for overcoming weight-loss challenges.

Along with the accompanying food and activity planner, The Mayo Clinic Diet Journal, and the Mayo Clinic Diet online platform, this invaluable resource will help you meet every one of your fitness goals while forever changing your mindset around weight loss.

When it comes to diets, one size does not fit all. Instead of promising unattainable results that can harm your body, the Mayo Clinic Diet offers a simple and customizable approach to weight loss—a healthy diet you can live with for life!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781945564505
Publisher: Mayo Clinic Press
Publication date: 01/03/2023
Pages: 336
Sales rank: 61,693
Product dimensions: 7.20(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Donald D. Hensrud, M.D., is the director of the Mayo Clinic Healthy Living Program. He is a consultant in the departments of General Internal Medicine and Preventive, Occupational and Aerospace Medicine at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and serves as an associate professor of nutrition and preventive medicine at Mayo Clinic College of Medicine. For more than twenty years, Dr. Hensrud has been leading research related to obesity, nutrition, and weight management. His previously published books have earned him numerous awards, including a Gourmand World Cookbook Award for his work on the Mayo Clinic/Williams-Sonoma Cookbook and a James Beard Foundation Award for his contribution to The New Mayo Clinic Cookbook. As a specialist in nutrition and weight management, Dr. Hensrud frequently advises individuals on weight management, health and wellness, and other lifestyle- and nutrition-related topics.

Table of Contents

What is The Mayo Clinic Diet? 
PART 1 ~ LOSE IT!

CHAPTER 1 Ready, set, go

Before you start
Finding your inner motivation
Readiness quiz
Your starting point

CHAPTER 2 Add 5 Habits

Eat a healthy breakfast
Eat vegetables and fruits
Eat whole grains
Eat healthy fats
Move!
Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid and Healthy Dining Table

CHAPTER 3 Break 5 Habits 

Avoid TV while eating
Avoid sugar
Avoid snacks
Limit meat and low-fat dairy
Avoid eating at restaurants

CHAPTER 4 Adopt 5 Bonus Habits

Keep food records
Keep activity records
Move more!
Eat ‘real food’
Have a daily goal

CHAPTER 5 What have you learned?

Analyzing your results
Habit tracker

PART 2 ~ LIVE IT!

CHAPTER 6 The next phase

From short-term to lifelong
A new path
Live It! in real life

CHAPTER 7 Know your goals

Personal goals
Performance vs. outcome
Setting SMART goals

CHAPTER 8 Set your targets 

Selecting your daily calorie target 
Determining your daily servings targets 
Quick guide to servings sizes 

CHAPTER 9 Create your eating plan 

Eating to the pyramid and dining table 
Planning your meals 
Portions vs. servings 

CHAPTER 10 Expand your activity plan 

Reduce the time you sit 
Get more fit 
Keep at it 

CHAPTER 11 Track your progress 

Why track? 
Tracking tips 
Transitioning from tracking to monitoring 

CHAPTER 12 Seek support 

Asking for help 
Getting your family on board 
Other types of support 

PART 3 ~ ALL THE EXTRA STUFF 

CHAPTER 13 What’s your healthy weight? 

What is a healthy weight? 
Why am I overweight? 

CHAPTER 14 Energy, calories and weight 

Dietary sources of energy 
Your energy account 

CHAPTER 15 The Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid 

Energy density 
Less dense, more filling 

CHAPTER 16 Making meals easier 

Time-saving strategies 
Learning to mix and match 

CHAPTER 17 Eating out 

Eating at fast-food restaurants 
Dealing with all the extras
More helpful strategies

CHAPTER 18 How to change behaviors 

Preparing for change 
Changing your behaviors 

CHAPTER 19 Burning even more calories 

Speed calorie burn with higher intensity 
Calories burned in 1 hour 

CHAPTER 20 I slipped up — what do I do? 

Lapse and relapse 
Behavior chains 

Action Guide to weight-loss barriers 

Pyramid servings at a glance 

Recipes for weight loss 

Menu guide

Index


 
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