This is the book the diet industry doesn't want you to see! The diet industry makes money when you don't lose weight. They're positioned to help you lose a little, then gain a lot (so you have to keep spending money on their short term "solutions"). That's how they make over $4 billion a year in profits. But enough is enough! Just Stop Eating So Much! sidesteps diet industry myths and tells you not only how to lose weight, but also how to keep it off - forever. Just Stop Eating So Much! has already changed hundreds of lives and now it can change yours. Whether you have 10, 20 or 100 or more pounds to lose, this book contains everything you need to lose all the weight you want, get into the best shape of your life and feel great 24/7. Inside you'll find the exclusive Just Stop! Diet, Workout, Recipes & Meal Planner, Weight Chart, Food Diary and Shopping List, Strategies to Avoid Cheating, Stress Busters, Motivators and much, much more!
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'Who am I,' you ask?
I'm Gregg McBride. A former advertising creative director and now a freelance writer and screenwriter. I appear as "normal-sized" to the people I interact with day in and day out. But dig underneath the surface and you'll find that my life has been one heck of an adventure -- literally tipping from one end of the scale to the other.
In fact, when I stepped on a digital scale one day shortly after graduating from college, it registered 'ERR.' I thought the scale was broken. I later discovered when reading the manual that the "Error" message it displayed didn't mean the scale wasn't working -- it meant that the scale didn't register any weight over 450 pounds, which I then realized was at least how much I weighed at the time.
My struggle with weight began in early childhood... Right around first grade -- when my parents told me I was no longer allowed to eat junk food. But instead of setting a healthy example, this strict diet only encouraged my out-of-control eating -- so much so that I would steal money from my dad's wallet to buy junk food and secretly munch away. My parents thought they were helping. But in hindsight, I can see that they created a forbidden fruit. It was at that point that I began eating junk food like it was going out of style -- usually while in hiding.
My food addiction continued to get worse over the next several years. I was consuming nearly 9,000 calories a day on a menu that often included diet soda for breakfast (ironic, I know); several cartons of Chinese food and milkshakes for lunch; and a family-of-four-size meal from a fast-food restaurant for dinner, with whole bags of cookies or chocolate for dessert. (I would even pretend to be ordering "To go" for several people when at fast food restaurants in a desperate attempt to cover up my gluttony.)
Despite my many attempts to lose the weight, nothing seemed to work. I literally tried every diet out there: the wacky ones, the public ones, the dangerous ones. But I just kept getting bigger and bigger. The more I tried to restrict what I was eating, the more I would crave it -- which led to night after night of "Last supper-style" binges.
I even tried a liquid fast during which I didn't consume solid food for months. But one day when I saw a half-eaten bag of potato chips that someone had thrown out in the trash, I stared at it for an hour before finally reaching in, pulling the bag out and devouring the stale chips.
Ironically, eating out of the garbage wasn't my low point. I could share all sorts of stories with you having to do with my girth (and I will) -- from breaking a movie theater seat while on date, to being out of breath just from talking on the phone, to having to ask flight attendants for seatbelt extensions when flying because the "regular" airline seatbelt didn't reach across my stomach. Still, I tried to keep a sense of humor throughout it all.
While I was known as the "funny fat guy" to my friends, there wasn't anything funny about the way I felt about myself. It took every ounce of courage to walk into a room and not feel judged. After college while job hunting, interviewers wouldn't even look me in the eye. I felt like I had a disease that no one wanted.
Finally one day a co-worker suggested I, "Just stop eating so much!" I was resentful at first, thinking this person had no idea what they were talking about. But eventually those words resonated with me and soon after became my mantra.
I soon began exercising my body while exercising better control over the food I was eating. My daily intake went from mounds of junk food to small portions of healthy food (from all food groups) totaling around 1,500 - 1,700 calories. I even signed up for an aerobics class with a group of women I'd never met before who became some of my biggest fans. I had a support system of strangers. It was amazing.
After taking off over 275 pounds in less than a year's time (and admittedly yo-yoing a little big right after), I have now kept the excess weight off for long over 10 years. I even paid for skin-reduction surgery on credit cards, as after being that overweight, my excess skin wouldn't retract no matter how much I exercised.
People who meet me today have no idea that I used to have a waist that measured over 60-inches around (and yes, I still have the worn-out belt to prove it). These days, I'm able to buy clothes where "normal-sized people" shop and I am testament to the sage saying, "Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels."
I even recently became known as a "show-stopper" on The Today Show's Joy Fit Club. Appearing on national TV was a hoot -- especially since I knew everyone in America was seeing my former "man boobs" in one of my many "before" photos.
"Man boobs" aside, I love being able to share my journey. Especially since I took the excess weight off the old fashioned way -- by eating less and exercising more. There was nothing crazy involved in the process -- no invasive surgeries, no weight loss pills, no cutting out certain food groups and no crash or dangerous dieting.
Believe it or not, it was when I got really sane about getting healthy and when I stopped trying to "trick" my body that my body responded. And the rest is history. Except for my fun stories, recipe ideas, reflections on health and more. It's these insights and anecdotes that makeup my blog -- all of which I share with you in hopes that you can be inspired; as well as to let you know that if I can do it, anyone can do it.
Here's to your good health!
I'm Gregg McBride. A former advertising creative director and now a freelance writer and screenwriter. I appear as "normal-sized" to the people I interact with day in and day out. But dig underneath the surface and you'll find that my life has been one heck of an adventure -- literally tipping from one end of the scale to the other.
In fact, when I stepped on a digital scale one day shortly after graduating from college, it registered 'ERR.' I thought the scale was broken. I later discovered when reading the manual that the "Error" message it displayed didn't mean the scale wasn't working -- it meant that the scale didn't register any weight over 450 pounds, which I then realized was at least how much I weighed at the time.
My struggle with weight began in early childhood... Right around first grade -- when my parents told me I was no longer allowed to eat junk food. But instead of setting a healthy example, this strict diet only encouraged my out-of-control eating -- so much so that I would steal money from my dad's wallet to buy junk food and secretly munch away. My parents thought they were helping. But in hindsight, I can see that they created a forbidden fruit. It was at that point that I began eating junk food like it was going out of style -- usually while in hiding.
My food addiction continued to get worse over the next several years. I was consuming nearly 9,000 calories a day on a menu that often included diet soda for breakfast (ironic, I know); several cartons of Chinese food and milkshakes for lunch; and a family-of-four-size meal from a fast-food restaurant for dinner, with whole bags of cookies or chocolate for dessert. (I would even pretend to be ordering "To go" for several people when at fast food restaurants in a desperate attempt to cover up my gluttony.)
Despite my many attempts to lose the weight, nothing seemed to work. I literally tried every diet out there: the wacky ones, the public ones, the dangerous ones. But I just kept getting bigger and bigger. The more I tried to restrict what I was eating, the more I would crave it -- which led to night after night of "Last supper-style" binges.
I even tried a liquid fast during which I didn't consume solid food for months. But one day when I saw a half-eaten bag of potato chips that someone had thrown out in the trash, I stared at it for an hour before finally reaching in, pulling the bag out and devouring the stale chips.
Ironically, eating out of the garbage wasn't my low point. I could share all sorts of stories with you having to do with my girth (and I will) -- from breaking a movie theater seat while on date, to being out of breath just from talking on the phone, to having to ask flight attendants for seatbelt extensions when flying because the "regular" airline seatbelt didn't reach across my stomach. Still, I tried to keep a sense of humor throughout it all.
While I was known as the "funny fat guy" to my friends, there wasn't anything funny about the way I felt about myself. It took every ounce of courage to walk into a room and not feel judged. After college while job hunting, interviewers wouldn't even look me in the eye. I felt like I had a disease that no one wanted.
Finally one day a co-worker suggested I, "Just stop eating so much!" I was resentful at first, thinking this person had no idea what they were talking about. But eventually those words resonated with me and soon after became my mantra.
I soon began exercising my body while exercising better control over the food I was eating. My daily intake went from mounds of junk food to small portions of healthy food (from all food groups) totaling around 1,500 - 1,700 calories. I even signed up for an aerobics class with a group of women I'd never met before who became some of my biggest fans. I had a support system of strangers. It was amazing.
After taking off over 275 pounds in less than a year's time (and admittedly yo-yoing a little big right after), I have now kept the excess weight off for long over 10 years. I even paid for skin-reduction surgery on credit cards, as after being that overweight, my excess skin wouldn't retract no matter how much I exercised.
People who meet me today have no idea that I used to have a waist that measured over 60-inches around (and yes, I still have the worn-out belt to prove it). These days, I'm able to buy clothes where "normal-sized people" shop and I am testament to the sage saying, "Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels."
I even recently became known as a "show-stopper" on The Today Show's Joy Fit Club. Appearing on national TV was a hoot -- especially since I knew everyone in America was seeing my former "man boobs" in one of my many "before" photos.
"Man boobs" aside, I love being able to share my journey. Especially since I took the excess weight off the old fashioned way -- by eating less and exercising more. There was nothing crazy involved in the process -- no invasive surgeries, no weight loss pills, no cutting out certain food groups and no crash or dangerous dieting.
Believe it or not, it was when I got really sane about getting healthy and when I stopped trying to "trick" my body that my body responded. And the rest is history. Except for my fun stories, recipe ideas, reflections on health and more. It's these insights and anecdotes that makeup my blog -- all of which I share with you in hopes that you can be inspired; as well as to let you know that if I can do it, anyone can do it.
Here's to your good health!
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A lot of diets are tough for people that work and have to bring lunch with them. This book has a lot of good tips for people who can't always eat at home or have to have business dinners. Quick. Simple. Efficient. In other words, a plan my busy life can incorporate!Thanks Gregg
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Heard this guy on a radio show, he seems to have a cute personality and his before and after pics look awesome. His site however looks a lot like other gimmick sites out there... "19.99 for the secrets the diet industry doesn't want you to know"... I'm just sayn'! Also the reviews (most of them) say pretty much the same exact same thing "he tells it like it is", and I'm always wary when the majority of these 5 star reviewers have but ONE review to their credit, this ONE. I think I will check my local library before I lay down the cash for this book of "secrets".
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THANK YOU, GREGG!,
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The before and after pictures of the author inspire me to give his diet a try. I'm not new to this dieting stuff, and I'm not naive about nutrition. I am diabetic, and I recognize in Gregg's diet a good diabetic diet--mainly fruits and grains. If Gregg can do what he has done for his body, I can do it for mine! Thanks for the inspiration, Gregg.
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