Total Body Diet for Dummies - (For Dummies) by Victoria Shanta Retelny & Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

Total Body Diet for Dummies is your expert-led guide to losing weight -- and keeping it off -- the healthy way. It's easy to fall into the trap of fad diets with their promises of fast results and little effort, but fad diets are often ineffective at best, or downright dangerous at worst. This book gives you the benefit of expertise instead, putting Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics guidelines right at your fingertips. You'll learn why physical activity, calorie counting, and psychological support are the cornerstones of successful and lasting weight loss, and why you should track your food intake, exercise, and sleep. You'll learn all about the various tools that can help you reach your goals, including mindful eating, wearable technology and mobile apps, and how to choose the right ones for you. Written by a registered dietitian nutritionist, these easy-to-follow and simple-to-apply tips will help you develop a customized weight loss plan without upending your day-to-day life or breaking your budget.

Conflicting guidance and questionable sources can make it that much harder to lose weight successfully without the help of a knowledgeable professional. This book cuts through the noise to bring you real guidance based on real research, with true expert advice to help you:

• Lose weight for good in a mindful way
• Become lean, strong, and healthy
• Stay on track with wearable tech
• Feel better and get energized

Losing weight is not about 'magical' foods or self-deprivation. It's about your overall pattern of food intake, and most foods can fit into a healthy pattern in moderation. You just need to learn how to do it mindfully. Total Body Diet for Dummies is the supportive, informative guide you need to get right on track to a healthier you.

From the Back Cover

Learn to:

• Lose weight and keep it off with the total body wellness plan
• Fend off preventable chronic diseases
• Harness the power of mindfulness to improve your health
• Get fit and healthy by tracking your progress with wearable technology

The easy way to develop your own personal weight loss plan

Fad diets are ineffective at best and downright dangerous at worst. In collaboration with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, this expert-led guide shows you how to safely and healthily drop those unwanted pounds--and keep them off. You'll discover what to do and what to avoid in order to get yourself on a path to a healthier you.

• Welcome to the Total Body Diet -- get a brief overview of the Total Body Diet approach, discover which foods to focus on for total body wellness, and set the bar higher for your physical activity goals to keep weight gain at bay
• Go the full monty -- find out how to tune into your total body wellness with mental and physical awareness and get the tools to establish a new lifestyle to create lasting health changes
• Recipes for success -- whip up delicious and nutritious meals for breakfast, lunch, and dinner; make room in your diet for healthy snacks and desserts; and find clever ways to cut salt, sugar, and excess calories from your diet
• Mind your peas and Qs -- make mindfulness a part of every eating occasion--whether it's the holidays, a party, or a quiet meal for two

Open the book and find:

• How to recognize your hunger and fullness cues
• The power of sleep and exercise
• Advice on how to portion-control calories
• The importance of putting a team in place to support your goals
• Recipes for creating healthful food in your kitchen in minutes
• How to turn cravings into real food moments by recording, savoring, and budgeting your calories wisely

About the Author

Victoria Shanta Retelny, RDN, LDN, and "The Lifestyle Nutritionist," is a nationally recognized lifestyle nutrition expert, author, and culinary and media consultant. Victoria has written dozens of nutrition-related articles for national publications and contributes her expertise to media outlets.

The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics is the world's largest organization of food and nutrition professionals, with over 75,000 members committed to improving health and advancing the profession of dietetics through research, education, and advocacy.