Fat to Firm at Any Age: How You Can Have a Slimmer, Well-Toned Body at Age 30, 40, and Beyond [Hardcover]

Alisa Bauman (Author), Sari Harrar (Author), Prevention Magazine Health Books (Corporate Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1998

Based on information gathered from studies, weight-loss experts, and successful fat fighters, this for-women-only book offers the most realistic weight loss plan Prevention Health Books has ever published. This book features advice on foods that whittle away female fat and figure-shaping wardrobe tips. 110 illustrations.

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From the Back Cover

Fat to Firm

Finally a weight-loss plan that works.

The average woman diets three times a year. Yet she also gets 26 percent fatter every 10 years.

What's wrong? There is no "one size fits all" weight-loss program.

According to doctors, what works is a customized program based on individual needs and goals. Fat to Firm at Any Age is that program. Designed by and for women who, once and for all, strive to achieve their best shape ever, the Fat-to-Firm Program offers:

* A realistic formula for determining a woman's true weight-loss needs
* Quizzes to determine why women overeat and underexercise
* Exercises geared to a woman's trouble zones
* Tactics that defuse emotional eating triggers
* Satisfying "mini-meals" that include the foods you love
* Style tips that help you look firmer right from day one
* Fat-trimming strategies used-- successfully-- by real women

Here's what women who used the tips in the Fat-to-Firm Program have to say:

Donna J. Kinoshita, 48, of Lafayette, Colorado, who lost 42 pounds by walking: "On my first walk, I had to stop and catch my breath.... Eventually, I walked so much that I just got rid of my car-- I didn't need it anymore..."

Mary Smith, 33, an administrative assistant from Champaign, Illinois, who lost 160 pounds: "In the past, I would have chastised people for bringing treats in. Now, I know I have to take care of myself."

The five-part Fat-to-Firm Program shares the secrets that Donna, Mary, and other real women used to go from fat to firm-- secrets that help any woman succeed.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Alisa Bauman is an editor at Runner's World magazine. She lives in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Sari Harrar is a senior writer with Prevention Health Books for Women, and co-author of Food and You (Rodale, 6/98). She resides in Milford, Pennsylvania.

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 474 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Pr; 1 edition (January 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0875964125
• ISBN-13: 978-0875964126
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.7 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,156,093 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Guide to Diet and Exercise the Healthy Way, October 12, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Fat to Firm at Any Age: How You Can Have a Slimmer, Well-Toned Body at Age 30, 40, and Beyond (Hardcover)

I thought this was a wonderful book. It is tailored especially for women. It explains that one of the reasons we gain weight as we age is because we become more and more sedentary and lose muscle mass. If we do a moderate weight program, we can at least stop the loss of muscle and maybe make up for what we lost.

I am down 11 pounds since June. I walk/run for 30 minutes a day as many days as I can. I try to work in a weight regime at least two times a week.

I highly recommend this book as the last word on fitness!

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book taught me how to eat well and feel good about it., August 24, 1998

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Anne Tedder ([e-mail]) (Beaufort, South Carolina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fat to Firm at Any Age: How You Can Have a Slimmer, Well-Toned Body at Age 30, 40, and Beyond (Hardcover)

I've tried and failed at many diets as most people have. This book truly taught me how to eat well by the author's unique structure of the book. The various chapters give you affirmations, testimonials, quotes, research, exercises, even recipes. Many times I felt I had read similar information in previous sections of the book and I had! I think that is important. Repetition is the best learning tool. The more you read it, the better you retain it.

By the time I finished reading this book, I was no longer scared about dieting. I began using the information I had learned, occasionally returning to the book to confirm something I was unsure of. I have even tried several of the recipes which proved to be very tasty! Next thing I knew, I was no longer ON A DIET ... I had changed my lifestyle completely.

That's mainly what I want to say about this book. It changes your life, which is what we ALL need to become healthy eaters. A healthy eater is a healthy person. The weight loss is just the natural benefit that comes with it.

By the way, I lost 20 lbs. in 6 months. My exercise program consists of walking 1.5 miles and doing 100 stomach crunches a day.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Introductory Book, July 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Fat to Firm at Any Age (Paperback)

It is a bit too soon for me to report enviable weight loss or the establishment of new, taut muscles. But I am convinced that by following the reasonable and practical tips and strategies in Fat To Firm, I shall reach my goals in time. And that is what is so refreshing about this book: it is not at all gimmicky, promising the sun, moon and stars, not to mention a Claudia Schiffer body. This book is an excellent antidote to all those unrealistic, often impossible, weight-loss programs and fad diets. In truth, it appears that most books out there could be called faddish. Not so this book.

If you are just beginning a weight-loss and fitness program, or would like to, but still don't have the confidence and courage, this is a good book to begin with. There are numerous inspiring stories--from real women, who demonstrate that goals CAN be met if one is consistent, determined, and flexible. There are good introductions to various forms of exercise, which would help someone who isn't quite sure where or how to begin, what exercise would suit best. There are many many tips on how to incorporate more activity into one's daily routines, in addition to regular exercise. My favorite: doing squats or calf raises while doing the dishes or cutting vegetables.

My one disappointment was that there was not more assistance in the actual planning of meals or menus (in addition to a somewhat small list of recipes). However, this deficiency could be supplemented with an additional book or two--including a more thorough cookbook--but one must be prepared to do some serious searching to avoid fads or nutritionally unsound eating plans.

I would recommend this book to the woman who is just beginning, or wants to begin, a new, more healthful lifestyle, a combination of better eating habits and more physical activity. This book is a good, encouraging accessory to a more healthful life.