The Reverse Diet - by Tricia Cunningham & Heidi Skolnik (Hardcover)

About the Book

"Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dinner like a pauper." That popular saying goes to the heart of this amazingly effective new diet plan, which has people eat dinner foods for breakfast and breakfast foods for dinner; or choose their own menus from the approved food list.

Book Synopsis

Here is the breakthrough diet plan that has people all across North America eating better, losing weight, and getting healthier. Now you can stop counting calories, avoiding carbs, and feeling deprived. Eat dinner for breakfast and shed pounds! If you've been a yo-yo dieter and nothing seems to work, this terrific new diet plan allows you to lose 20, 50, 100 pounds or even more for good, simply by reversing your meals. Dozens of tasty, easy recipes are included.

From the Back Cover

What They're Saying about The Reverse Diet:

""The Reverse Diet" is a smart and effective way to lose weight--and keep it off."
--Lisa Callahan, M.D., author of "The Fitness Factor"

"A simple, smart concept that will help people rethink the way they eat."
--Matt Bean, Senior Editor, "Men's Health" magazine

""The Reverse Diet" program has given me tools that have been very easy to follow. I started the program at 240 pounds. Fourteen months later I have lost 87 pounds. I look and feel fabulous!
--Anna L.

"I lost 8 pounds my first week on "The Reverse Diet" and I have never looked back. I have now lost 55 pounds and have kept the weight off for 4 months. I feel better than I ever have, and I look great."
--Antoinette B.

"The best part is, I want to continue "The Reverse Diet" program, which has never been the case with any diet I have tried in the past. Thank you!"
--Angela B.

"The Reverse Diet" is the breakthrough new diet plan that has people all across North America eating better, losing weight, and getting healthier. Now you can stop counting calories, avoiding carbs, and feeling deprived. For most of us who struggle with weight loss, dinner is often the largest meal of the day. By eating dinner foods for breakfast and breakfast foods for dinner, eating fewer processed foods, and retuning your hunger cues, you'll watch the pounds disappear! Tricia Cunningham--who lost more than 150 pounds on "The Reverse Diet"--and nutritionist Heidi Skolnik show you how eating a larger meal in the morning and a smaller meal at night improves your metabolism and body composition while promoting better health. Combining dozens of delicious recipes, several weeks of meal plans, and plenty of motivational tips and support, "The Reverse Diet" is the easy-to-follow, remarkably effective solution for eating the right foods at the right time--and losing the weight for life!

Review Quotes

The adage ""breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dinner like a pauper"" inspired this book, for Cunningham, a motivational speaker who lost 172 pounds in nine months with that approach. She and coauthor Skolnik, a nutritionist, met while filming a food-centric segment for Good Morning America, and have paired up to recommend a lifestyle change that emphasizes fueling up with a larger meal early in the day and, in the later hours, replenishing as needed via snacks and smaller meals. While much of the duo's advice is not new (whole foods are preferable to processed ones, eat more vegetables, avoid sugary sodas), it is intriguing. Food lists, portion information and recipes help with planning ahead-preparing meals ahead of time is also key, the authors say. A section on setting realistic goals aims to help readers manage their expectations, and recommendations for using a ""hunger scale"" encourage mindfulness. (Jan.) (Publishers Weekly, December 11, 2006)

The adage ""breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, dinner like a pauper"" inspired this book, for Cunningham, a motivational speaker who lost 172 pounds in nine months with that approach. She and coauthor Skolnik, a nutritionist, met while filming a food-centric segment for Good Morning America, and have paired up to recommend a lifestyle change that emphasizes fueling up with a larger meal early in the day and, in the later hours, replenishing as needed via snacks and smaller meals. While much of the duo's advice is not new (whole foods are preferable to processed ones, eat more vegetables, avoid sugary sodas), it is intriguing. Food lists, portion information and recipes help with planning ahead--preparing meals ahead of time is also key, the authors say. A section on setting realistic goals aims to help readers manage their expectations, and recommendations for using a ""hunger scale"" encourage mindfulness. (Jan.) (Publishers Weekly, December 11, 2006)

About the Author

TRICIA CUNNINGHAM devised the Reverse Diet, lost over 150 pounds on the plan, and has maintained her weight loss for more than six years. A successful motivational speaker, she has appeared on "Good Morning America" and in numerous national magazines. Her popular Web site is www.reversedietsolution.com.

HEIDI SKOLNIK, MS, CDN, FACSM, runs a private nutrition practice and is the nutritionist for the New York Giants and the American School of Ballet. She is the weight-loss columnist for "Men's Health" magazine and appears frequently on national television programs, including CNN's "American Morning," "Good Morning America," and many others.