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The California Wine Country Diet: The Indulgent Approach to Managing Your Weight

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The passions of the gourmet come with these inevitable consequences: Expanding waistline,unwearable wardrobe, self accusatory glances in the full length and the unease that accompanies your old college buddie's greeting of 'My you're looking well... (fed?)"
Now comes a book with the compelling combination of the words 'wine' and 'diet' in the title. Well reported it is that French men and women maintain their sylph like figures whilst consuming vats of 'vin ordinaire', we finally learn how this is posssible in Dr. Logan's well researched and encouragingly written follow up to "Choosing To Be Well". It's satisfying to know that wine does have a productive role to play in the control of the waistline and Dr. Logan incorporates limited consumption into a properly planned and executed calorie conserving daily diet plan. How refreshing to read a book that deals with the poids problem and comes across as non judgemental, light hearted and able to encourage us to view our silouettes as gently blurred at the edge, rather than as a subject for self disgust, despair, therapy, and 'binge and purge' self abuse. The sensible yet compelling tone of The California Wine Country Diet: The Indulgent Guide To Managing Your Weight, is a welcome relief to those of us who have been badgered to give up more and more of our aggrandizing pleasures. Who of us does not enjoy California wines and yet still want to get into those old faded jeans and not have the stitches stressed to the point of severance? If that's one of your concerns there's help at hand thanks to Dr. Logan.

A wonderfully written book that is organized and easy to follow without discouraging those of us who have tried to be successful with unreasonable and unrealistic diets. This book not only provides a tool for menu planning but fabulous recipes that are easy to follow and taste wonderful. All this and wine too...

In the past, as I tried other diets, I was always wary about having a glass of wine with my meal. Now, I find that I can do so and still remain fit. In fact, what Dr. Logan proposes is a life style which aims to achieve the best of health with the best of life. At last, we can raise a glass "To your health," and really mean it.

Make wellness and weight management a pleasure not a trial through the latest diet book to advocate a different program, CALIFORNIA WINE COUNTRY DIET: THE INDULGENT APPROACH TO MANAGING YOUR WEIGHT. Recipes come from some of the state's most renowned chefs and provide a blend of nutritionally appealing dishes with meal plans you can live with. Learn to eat seasonally, locally, and diversely using a diet which is appealing and diverse.

This book is fantastic! I love the recipes! I think it is great that the book provides more information than just "the diet". This book really shows how to incorporate a new lifestyle rather than just a diet. I love how it shows a way to enjoy food and have an indulgence, but still have a healthy lifestyle for a lifetime. Excellent Job!!

Finally, a well-written reducing/lifestyle change plan. Dr. Logan compiles everything you need in one comprehensive book without being `way out there' or a `silver bullet'. The California Wine Country Diet is truly an enjoyable lifestyle change. It is do-able, enjoyable, straightforward and sensible. I have done many diet plans and have found them to be impracticable or impossible to follow in the real world. Dr. Logan's plan is easy to follow; so easy that any gourmet recipe can easily fit into the meal plan guidelines provided one exercises portion control. I have been able to eat well and still enjoy my Castello blue cheese, Kashi TLC crackers and glass of local Chambercin. Ching, Ching to you Dr. Logan!

Now California wine country is into the diet business. This one is for the wine lovers!

Some good ideas, but it just wasn't enough for me. Seemed to be lacking, you can get most of the info online if you look hard enough.

While I don't completely subscribe to this diet, I still found that this book covers a lot of really helpful topics. It was easy to read and changed my life forever.