Eating Thin for Life: Food Secrets & Recipes from People Who Have Lost Weight & Kept It Off [Paperback]

Anne M. Fletcher M.S. R.D. (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 12, 1998

In Eating Thin For Life, the real experts-hundreds of people from all walks of life who have shed unwanted pounds permanently-reveal how they manage their food lives: in the kitchen, at the table and in restaurants. From these 'masters' of weight loss, you'll learn how to enjoy food without being a slave to calorie counting. How to handle the tough times, from quitting smoking to having babies to dealing with pushy people. In short, you'll learn how these 'masters of weight control' get themselves to do the things we all know we should do-but can't seem to get ourselves to do-to lose weight permanently. Plus: --An easy weight-loss plan: 21 days of breakfasts, lunches, dinners and snacks from the masters. --122 of the masters' favorite low-fat recipes-from Pineapple Right-side-Up Coffee Cake to Oven-Fried Chicken to Rich Chocolate Cake with Raspberry Sauce.

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Anne Fletcher is a registered dietician who studied 208 "masters" who succeeded in losing an average of 64 pounds and keeping the weight off. She revealed their keys to success in Thin for Life. In Eating Thin for Life, Fletcher explores the eating habits and recipes of these weight-control successes. They share how they ate when they were heavy, how they motivated themselves to change, what eating plans helped them lose weight, and how they continue to keep their weight low. The masters share the strategies that help them stick to healthy, slimming eating choices--and enjoy the foods they choose. The book is particularly remarkable because there isn't some celebrity or expert telling you what to eat: The people who have accomplished their goals in diverse ways describe how they did it, with Fletcher filling in nutritional information to supplement the masters' points.

Eating Thin for Life is divided into food secrets (such as how to control binge eating and how to eat in restaurants), menu plans (with calorie and fat analysis), and 122 favorite recipes (with nutritional breakdowns). Quotes and stories from the masters make you feel that if they could do it, so can you. --Joan Price --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Publishers Weekly

Following up on her bestselling Thin for Life (1994), Fletcher records and organizes the experiences of 200 men and women who have successfully maintained over a number of years a significant weight loss (an average of 64 pounds). Fletcher calls her subjects, who have kept off 20 or more pounds for more than 10 years, masters. In Part I, she catalogues the strategies they have used to hold on to their weight loss, offering five main "food secrets," e.g., "Want to be Thin More Than You Want to Eat the 'Wrong' Foods"; "Fix Your Full Button." Each tip is fleshed out with stories from "the masters" demonstrating how it has helped them. The second section offers 21 days of menus for low-fat, reduced calorie dishes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert, as well as snacks. Part III offers 100 recipes (with food counts) from the masters for recipes that have become mainstays on their tables. Included are recipes for Meatballs with Parsley and Sage, mixing ground round steak with grated potatoes; Crepes with Chicken and Mushroom Filling; Sweet Potato Puff, with bananas; Deep Dish Pumpkin Pie, with a graham-cracker crust. The accompanying list, "Tricks of the Low-Fat Cooking Trade," is particularly helpful. As both inspiration and practical guide, this volume is likely to prove a great ally to readers who know that keeping off the pounds they lose is the larger part of a weight loss campaign. BOMC and QPB featured alternate; Prevention Book Club main selection; author tour.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (January 12, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1576300625
• ISBN-13: 978-1576300626
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #418,145 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Anne M. Fletcher, M.S., R.D. is a nationally known, award-winning health and medical writer, speaker, and consultant on the topics of weight management, lifestyle change, and recovery from addiction. She is the author of seven books, including the award-winning national bestsellers Thin For Life: 10 Keys to Success From People Who Have Lost Weight & Kept It Off and Sober for Good: New Solutions for Drinking Problems - Advice From Those Who Have Succeeded. Anne is currently writing a book on addiction treatment for Viking Penguin.

Anne's latest book, Weight Loss Confidential: How Teens Lose Weight & Keep It Off - And What They Wish Parents Knew, was featured on the Today Show, on the CBS Early Show, and in The New York Times, USA Today, US News & World Report, and USA Weekend. She has been recognized with a dozen prestigious awards, and all of her current books are published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

A frequent guest of the national media, Anne has also appeared on The View, the Today Show, Donahue, Good Morning America, CNN, National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation, and The Larry King Radio Show.

As a registered dietitian with a B.S. degree from Cornell University and an M.S. from Drexel University, Anne has counseled hundreds of people with weight problems. She is a former executive editor and chief writer of the Tufts University Health & Nutrition Letter and was a contributing editor for Prevention Magazine. Her articles have appeared in Good Housekeeping, Vogue, Shape, American Psychologist, Cooking Light, Bottom Line Personal, Readers' Digest, Restaurant Hospitality, Parenting, Journal of Food Science, Eating Well, The Humanist, American Psychologist, Journal of the American Dietetic Association, and Obesity Management.

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52 of 53 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you want a new life style -- this is a GREAT resource, December 18, 1999

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This review is from: Eating Thin for Life: Food Secrets & Recipes from People Who Have Lost Weight & Kept It Off (Paperback)

This book provided me with valuable information to help me devise a HEALTHY new life style that is right for me. Nearly 2 years after buying my first copy of this book, I'm still going strong. I LOVE this book -- I've given copies away and recommended it so often I have the webpage bookmarked. If you're ready to start a healthy life style, this book is a MUST.

20 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally! What a wonderful follow-up to "Thin For Life", April 20, 1998

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This review is from: Eating Thin for Life: Food Secrets & Recipes from People Who Have Lost Weight & Kept it Off (Hardcover)

As a person who loved "Thin For Life", the minute I saw "Eating Thin For Life" I bought it without hestitation. Once again, Anne Fletcher brings us tips, techniques and now lots of recipes from REAL people who have lost the weight and kept it off. I lost 60 pounds when I read "Thin For Life" and since then 20 pounds have crept back on. This book is just the motivation I needed to get back on track to my goal of one day becoming a "master" of my weight.

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very inspirational, great ideas,and SIMPLE low-fat recipes, October 21, 1998

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This review is from: Eating Thin for Life: Food Secrets & Recipes from People Who Have Lost Weight & Kept it Off (Hardcover)

This is a good book to read if you are trying to maintain or keep weight off. It doesn't tell you anything about losing weight that you don't already know such as eating healthy and exercising, but there are some fantastic ideas, and easy lowfat recipes to help you begin to change your bad eating habits, and ultimately lose weight.