No More Excuses! Breakthrough Thinking for Real Weight Loss [Illustrated] [Paperback]

Susan Cantwell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2004

Author and Personal Trainer/Lifestyle Coach Susan Cantwell takes the mystery out of working toward permanent, healthy lifestyle change. Writing with clarity and over 15 years of coaching experience, Cantwell leads the reader on a supportive journey to reach a goal of lifetime fitness. In her book No More Excuses: Breakthrough Thinking for Real Weight Loss, Cantwell addresses what she has found to be the three keys to losing weight and keeping it off. Those keys are "commitment, preparation and understanding." With that "mind set" and her six stage philosophy in place, we can develop the cognitive skills we need to by-pass the fad diets, weight loss gimmicks and quick-fix products we are so drawn to today. Using her proven therapy techniques and examples from her work, the author supportively guides us toward behavioral change, successful weight loss and a positive attitude for both a healthy body and a healthy mind.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A book for everyone! Susan's approach to changing your lifestyle is refreshing and realistic! -- Karen Voight, Fitness Celebrity

No More Excuses is a great tool for individuals when planning a lifestyle improvement. -- Ken Allen, Sports Marketing Director, NIKE®

This book is a must for anyone who wants to live a healthy lifestyle for a lifetime. -- The Canadian Association of Fitness Professionals

About the Author

Susan Cantwell is President of The Lifestyle Coaching Institute and a personal/corporate lifestyle coach with over a decade of experience. She is one of only a select few NIKE® Sponsored Fitness Athletes in North America. Cantwell is also a regular contributor for Shape Magazine and the Lifestyle Editor of Active Woman Canada.

Product Details

• Paperback: 214 pages
• Publisher: Champion Press (WI) (November 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932783105
• ISBN-13: 978-1932783100
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,701,264 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good for Organizing, Weak on the Diet and Exercise to Pursue, November 12, 2004

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This review is from: No More Excuses! Breakthrough Thinking for Real Weight Loss (Paperback)

I wanted to read this book because I have just finished losing 45 pounds (with a few more to go), but found myself not being very motivated to exercise. A recent physical revealed that the weight loss had done great things for my cholesterol, blood pressure and other vital indicators . . . but my doctor thinks I need to do some upper body work. But I find it hard to get started with exercise.

No More Excuses! focuses on a simple concept: If you eat fewer calories and burn more calories, you will lose weight. The book then moves on to helping you reorganize your life so you will make eating the right foods and exercising regularly a priority. I found those parts of the book to be excellent. For people who have an easy time losing weight when they focus on it, this book will be very helpful.

The book is weak on its diet advice, however. Beyond cutting calories, you are told to stick to "low fat." That's good as far as it goes. I used to be able to lose weight that way, too. But after 53, it didn't work any more. I could diet on low fat and exercise until the cows came home and not much happened.

The South Beach Diet was a revelation for me. I had often either avoided high glycemic foods or high fat foods, but never both at the same time. The South Beach Diet has you do both. The weight melted off me faster and easier than ever. I realized that even when I ate healthy foods (such as carrots and nectarines) I was eating high glycemic foods. So I had my insulin levels all messed up so that I couldn't burn fat very well. So if you are having trouble losing weight even with a restricted diet and exercise, the right diet does matter . . . in spite of what this book suggests.

As for exercise, the book is strangely weak in that area. You are advised to have a gym instructor set up a program for you or to get a personal trainer. The last time I had a gym instructor help me, the person didn't know anything about what I wanted to train for. I called a dozen personal trainers, and they didn't know anything either. So you probably need a book that helps you decide "what" exercise to do to supplement this as well.

With those two caveats, this book is a welcome addition to the literature for how to control weight while juggling all those professional and family balls in the air.

Good luck with meeting your weight, health and fitness goals!