Choose to Lose - by Chris Powell (Paperback)

About the Book

From celebrated fitness trainer Powell, star of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition," comes this inspirational weight loss book to help anyone conquer their weight. Powell presents fast and easy workouts, diet guidance, basic recipes, and insight into finding the true transformation mindset.

Book Synopsis

Don't lose the will to become the person you want to be. Choose to Lose the weight, and start the next chapter of your life as the person you know you truly are.
EAT MORE CARBS

BURN FAT

BUILD MUSCLE

QUICK-FIX RECIPES

NO GYM REQUIRED

CHEAT EVERY OTHER DAY

From celebrated fitness trainer Chris Powell, star of ABC's Extreme Makeover: Weight Loss Edition, comes this inspirational weight loss book to help anyone conquer their weight.

You've seen him change lives on television. Now, in Choose to Lose, Powell presents fast and easy workouts, diet guidance, basic recipes, and insight into finding the true transformation mindset. Following his Carb Cycle Solution, you can drop pounds safely and quickly while learning how to 'listen to your body' to optimize your overall health and fitness.

Powell's easy-to-follow Carb Cycle Solution contradicts everything you've heard about avoiding carbohydrates in an attempt to lose weight. Not only are you encouraged to eat carbs, but he will show you how to use them to amplify your weekly weight loss. By cycling between high-carb and low-carb days, your body will alternate boosting metabolism one day and burning fat the next. You will never feel deprived of the foods you love because you can fine-tune the solution to suit your needs. Powell gives you complete control over your nutrition, plus plenty of opportunities to indulge, and offers many delicious recipes to help you stay on track. If you work it, the Carb Cycle Solution may very well work for you--for the rest of your life.

With detailed exercises and accompanying photographs, as well as guidelines on how to revamp your environment, support system, and more, Powell not only shows you how to lose pounds, but also works with you as a coach and mentor, teaching you how to finally take control of the incredible machine that is your body. His words of encouragement will be there day after day as you build unstoppable momentum, guiding your body toward your ideal weight. Great physical change begins with a psychological one: change your mind, change your body.

About the Author

Chris Powell holds a degree in Exercise Science, with concentrations in biomechanics and physiology and the training accreditation: The Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS). He frequently appears on Good Morning America and The Dr. Oz Show; he has been the Transformation Pro on KTVK's Good Morning Arizona for years delivering tips, shortcuts, and tricks of the trade to the largest news viewing audience in Arizona. He is married to Heidi Powell and they have four children.