The Best Life Diet Daily Journal (Spiral-bound)

by Bob Greene (Author)
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Product Description
In The Best Life Diet, bestselling author Bob Greene gave you the keys to losing weight and keeping it off. In The Best Life Diet Daily Journal, the essential companion volume, Greene gives you the tools you need to stay motivated.

No matter what phase of the program you are in, this beautifully designed book will reinforce your long-term personal plan for health and emotional well-being. Each day has space that helps you assess how well you've met your daily goals as well as a place to record your feelings and eating patterns. A weekly summary gives you an easy-to-evaluate snapshot of your progress, allowing you to begin the next week of your program with a clear picture of what you did well, where you fell short, and how you can improve.

About the Author
Bob Greene is an exercise physiologist and certified personal trainer specializing in fitness, metabolism, and weight loss. He holds a master's degree from the University of Arizona and is a member of the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Council on Exercise. For the past seventeen years he has worked with clients and consulted on the design and management of fitness, spa, and sports medicine programs. Bob has been a guest on the Oprah Winfrey Show. He is also a contributing writer and editor for O the Oprah magazine, and writes articles on health and fitness for Oprah.com. Greene is the bestselling author of The Best Life Diet Cookbook, The Best Life Diet, Revised and Updated, The Best Life Diet, The Best Life Diet Daily Journal, The Total Body Makeover, Get With the Program!, The Get With the Program! Daily Journal, The Get With the Program! Guide to Good Eating, and Make the Connection.

John J. Merendino Jr., M.D. is a graduate of Yale Medical School. He did his internship and residency at the Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School and his endocrine training at the National Institutes of Health.  Dr. Merendino is board-certified in endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the George Washington Univeristy School of Medicine, has published scientific papers in major medical journals, and has 20 years of experience in caring for people with diabetes. 

Janis Jibrin, M.S., R.D., is the lead nutritionist for thebestlife.com, Bob Greene's weight loss and fitness website.  She is also a contributing editor for Self Magazine and freelances for other national magazines. Her latest books are The Supermarket Diet and The Supermarket Diet Cookbook.  In her private practice, she specializes in weight loss and eating disorders.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 216 pages
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Spi Rev Up edition (December 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1439101515
• ISBN-13: 978-1439101513
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #29,222 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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97 of 98 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Keep track to succeed., January 10, 2008

By	Sue P. - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Best Life Diet Daily Journal (Spiral-bound)

A companion to "The Best Life Diet," this handy, spiral bound book makes reaching your goals even easier.

The journal starts out with you writing down your vitals stats such as your weight, blood glucose, cholesterol, and so on. There are before and after sections on the same page so you can see if you ultimately reach your goals.

The book moves on to cover the goals of the three phases (readers of the book will already be familiar with these) and then divides into three parts- a section of similar pages for phase one, a section of similar pages for phase two, and a section of similar pages for phase three.

The phase one pages have you enter the date at the top of the page and then rate your activity level. Then follows 6 questions you answer at the end of each day, such as "did you eat at least three meals and at least one snack including a nutritional breakfast?" Other questions are about things such as your water and vitamin intake.

The page then ends with a place for you to enter aerobic exercise data and also includes a strengthening "grid" for you to document your reps, sets, etc. Phase 2 and 3 pages are the same, except that they have hunger scales included at the bottom of each page.

A must-have companion for those who are trying "The Best Life Diet," I found that its best strength is that it keeps you focused on reaching the right goals. Also recommend The Sixty-Second Motivator if you need additional motivation to reach your fitness goals. Good Luck!

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great journal companion for the Best Life Diet., March 19, 2007

By	L. Landry "MizLandry" (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Best Life Diet Daily Journal (Spiral-bound)

I love this journal. It is great once you read the Best Life Diet book. I like that the left side offers an easy checklist of things you need to do and the right side is a notes page where you can write your own thoughts or what you ate or whatever. I wish he had three different journals for each phase. there are things you explore in each phase and when this one runs out, I would rather have an entire journal just for Phase II. Probably a bit picky of me, I guess, but hey, journaling is becoming a food replacement for me so it's important.

14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A little more please...., February 16, 2007

By	Elizabeth Hunter "BH" (Nebraska, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Best Life Diet Daily Journal (Spiral-bound)

The journal is not nearly indepth enough to do you any favors as far as tracking your progress. Wish I had known that before I purchased. What is should contain is spaces for information to go along with the book, like your answers to the very important question about "Why do you want to lose weight", which Mr. Green stresses is just as important as the number of calories or food types one consumes per day..... A weekly journal is not for one just starting the program. Until you have changed your eating habits, a daily journal would give you a better handle on progress and habit changes needed to be successful.