The Jerusalem Diet: The "One Day" Approach to Reach Your Ideal Weight--and Stay There [Hardcover]

Ted Haggard (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 13, 2005

The Jerusalem Diet is a remarkably simple and flexible plan that will transform your perspective on food, diets, and health. You’ll rediscover how to relax and enjoy life, moving steadily toward your ideal weight while still taking pleasure in the foods you love.

SIMPLE: No expensive foods, supplements, or exercise equipment required. All you need is a good digital scale, a calendar, some basic food items available at any grocery store, and a willingness to “lighten up”–physically, spiritually, and emotionally.

GUILT-FREE: This easy-to-follow plan frees you to stop counting calories, agonizing over menu choices, and pursuing extreme exercise programs. Instead, you’ll learn how to lose weight while still eating the foods you love and enjoying life to the fullest.

LIFE-CHANGING: The Jerusalem Diet reenergizes not only your body but also your outlook on life. As you move toward your ideal weight–one day at a time, one pound at a time–you will feel better, look better, and live better.

Developed by a busy pastor who loves food and admits to a lack of self-control when it comes to eating, The Jerusalem Diet is designed to work for anyone who can manage to stay on a diet for just 24 hours. If you want to shed pounds and keep them off–without starvation, deprivation, or frustration–this is the plan you’ve been waiting for.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Haggard, pastor of the huge New Life Church in Colorado Springs, proposes a diet that was born in, yes, Jerusalem. Haggard was there in 1998 when he realized he'd gained too much weight to comfortably fit in his clothes. He decided that for one day, he would eat only fruits, veggies and nuts. Voila! He felt better and looked better in his clothes. Gradually, one day at a time (and about one pound a week), he returned to his target weight. Now, whenever he gains a pound or two, he restricts his diet for a day and exercises for an hour; within 24 hours, he's usually returned to his target. In fact, he finds that the routine of weighing himself every day serves as a good deterrent to overeating. Haggard's not promoting a quick fix. He encourages readers to slowly change their lives-to eat right, exercise more and get enough sleep. Jerusalem Dieters should also strive to break addictions to cigarettes, caffeine and sugar: "Don't let any substance determine how you live your day." Haggard's wife Gayle wrote Chapter 12, "Women and the Jerusalem Diet," urging women to accept their bodies and be gentle with themselves-get a massage, spend time outside, walk. Though gimmicky, the Jerusalem Diet is sensible enough and helps readers form strategies for weight maintenance as well as weight loss. Still, as Haggard himself notes, he's not a doctor, so this plan should be adopted with some caution, and, ideally, in consultation with a physician or nutritionist.
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About the Author

Ted Haggard, the author of nine books including Foolish No More!, is a well-respected leader whose influence has been recognized by the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, ABC, NBC, the BBC, and PBS, among others. He serves as senior pastor of the 11,000-member New Life Church in Colorado Springs, which he founded in 1985. Ted and his wife, Gayle, are the parents of five children.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 208 pages
• Publisher: WaterBrook Press (December 13, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1400072204
• ISBN-13: 978-1400072200
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 1.1 x 9.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #866,046 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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36 of 39 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow, a Diet Even I Can Do!!, January 7, 2006

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Rick A. Boucher "New_Lifer_Rick" (Monument, Colorado USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Jerusalem Diet: The "One Day" Approach to Reach Your Ideal Weight--and Stay There (Hardcover)

I read this book during the Christmas break in order to start my annual, "Lose my fat belly" diet, which I've faithful started, and failed, for the past 5 years.

I was so excited about trying this I started on Dec. 26th. As of today, Jan 7th, I've lost 8 pounds!! (Which is far more than Ted's recommended goal of just 1 pound a week.)

The two biggest weaknesses, for me, are overeating and eating big meals after 7 pm. (Both are responsbile for slaying many of my past diets!) But with this, I'm not so hungry I lose control because I've learned to eat a handful of grapes instead of a bowl of ice-cream and I've learned that even a LITTLE exercise is better than none, so no more self-loathing and regrets. (And if you fail one day, Pastor Ted teaches you how to get up the next day and pick up where you left off.)

Pastor Ted's boyish enthusiasm, quick wit, and contagious positive attitude will make this the BEST diet you ever tried! (It's more of a lifestyle modification than a "diet.")

Try it! The only thing you have to lose is that blubber! :-)

24 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is the Diet of all Diets!!, January 7, 2006

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I sat down and in one day read the whole book. It is exactly what i needed. You weigh yourself everday at the same time and keep track of the weight. your goal is to loose slow so that it stays off. On so called fat day you diet. on days that you have maintained your weight lose you don't diet. Simple as that. Get the book read it and you will come to understand how all those people you see eating in the same places that you do and eating the same thing that you are but they look slim and healthy and you don't. I can't wait to start my Jerusalem Diet.

61 of 74 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Jerusalem Diet by Haggard, December 26, 2005

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Joseph S. Maresca "Dr. Joseph S. Maresca CPA,... (Bronxville, New York USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Jerusalem Diet: The "One Day" Approach to Reach Your Ideal Weight--and Stay There (Hardcover)

This is an excellent regimen for dieters everywhere. It can
serve as a standalone protocol or a supplemental one.
The highlights are as follows:

- purchase a scale and determine your ideal weight goals
- weigh yourself daily or at least frequently
- keep a diary of your progress
- eat from the 14 superfoods referenced by the author
- integrate fitness into the daily routine
- eat a variety of foods

A sample daily diet consists of:

- eggs, fruits and veggies, yogurt for breakfast
- mid-morning snack of mixed nuts
- salad, meat sandwich, veggies and carbs for lunch
- graize on nuts and carrots in the afternoon
- fruits and veggies, nuts, seeds and water or seltzer for dinner

In addition, exercise daily!

This approach seems to be sound. If adopted, check with your
health care provider. I've tried parts of this regimen with
some considerable success. The essence of the program is to
control carbs and exercise frequently.