The Real You Diet - by Madelyn Fernstrom (Hardcover)

About the Book

From "Today" show and iVilliage.com's diet and nutrition expert comes this unique weight-loss plan designed to adapt to the reader. Fernstrom provides guidance through each step of the process as readers work to achieve goals--their way.

Book Synopsis

From one of the nation's leading weight-loss specialists, the diet and nutrition expert from the Today show and iVillage.com?tools that really work to lose weight and keep it off

As a clinician, researcher, and media expert, Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom knows how you can lose weight. Her toolbox approach to weight loss is different from standard one-size-fits-all programs because you don't need to adapt to the plan; this plan adapts to you. It introduces you to the four types of tools that must work together for effective weight loss: eating, activity, behavior, and medical/biological. Do you overeat from stress or boredom? Do you like to exercise alone or with a group? The answers to these questions and others will unlock the unique weight-loss toolkit that's right for you. With some honest self-evaluation, you'll be able to explore and compare all of the options for weight loss in a single book. The right combination of tools, hand-picked by you, will support your weight loss and, later, weight stability over the long haul.

• Helps you develop your own unique path to weight loss?not a one-size-fits-all approach
• Addresses the four key areas for successful weight loss: eating, activity, behavior, and medical/biology
• Includes self-assessment quizzes and mini-tools to put into action right away
• Shows you how to keep going through plateaus and how to overcome obstacles

Fernstrom guides you through each step of your weight-loss journey to help you make and keep a personal connection and commitment to your goals as you work to achieve them?your way.

From the Back Cover

"As a contributor on Today. . . Madelyn serves up no-nonsense nutritional advice that is always easy to digest. Now she's taken it one step further by tailoring her tips to the individual. Madelyn Fernstrom as your personal guide to a better 'you'--now that's a recipe for success!"
--Meredith Vieira, co-anchor, NBC's Today show

"There is one thing we know by now. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to anything in medicine--especially weight loss. Fernstrom breaks through the clutter and, with real people's stories, shows us how to transform our lives and diets by giving us the tools that are workable and sustainable. The Real You Diet works."
--Nancy Snyderman, M.D., Chief Medical Editor, NBC News, and author of Medical Myths That Can Kill You

"If you have an appetite, read this book."
--David Zinczenko, author of Eat This, Not That!

"The Real You Diet is a practical and motivating guide to weight management. Dr. Madelyn Fernstrom, one of the nation's top nutrition communicators, has developed an innovative, scientificallysound program that will empower you with a personalized set of tools to successfully achieve and maintain a healthy weight."
--Barbara Rolls, Ph.D., professor and Guthrie Chair in Nutritional Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, and author of The Volumetrics Eating Plan

About the Author

Madelyn Fernstrom, Ph.D., C.N.S., is the Diet and Nutrition Editor for the Today show and Health Editor-at-Large for iVillage.com, for which she writes the popular blog Health Journal. She is a full professor of Psychiatry, Epidemiology, and Surgery, and the founding director of the Weight Management Center at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Her work has been covered in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Good Housekeeping, Self, Fitness, and many other publications.