A Novel Diet: Learn Why You Failed Before & How Not To Fail Again [Paperback]

Nikki Lang MD (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 19, 2008

Thirty-two-year-old Cheryl is tired of being overweight, and she’s finally gathered the courage to do something about it. But she worries about sacrificing her favorite foods or committing to the latest fad diet only to fail miserably.

Sound familiar? Cheryl represents anyone who has struggled to maintain health and sanity while losing weight and offers a voice to everyone engaged in the ongoing battle to take off—and keep off—unwanted pounds.

Award-winning physician Nikki Lang, M.D., uses the character of Cheryl to deliver sound and sensible principles, tips, and advice on losing weight and refreshingly easy-to-implement diet, exercise, and lifestyle adjustments that will have you well on your way to better health.

In this down-to-earth weight-loss guide, Dr. Lang reveals the surprising answers to these and many other frequently asked questions:

• How is breakfast vital to shedding pounds?
• Why do more meals increase weight loss?
• Why do people who weigh more cook less?
• How is time management critical to good health?
• Which types of exercise are crucial for fitness?

Don’t settle for “miracle” pills, popular celebrity diets, or expensive meal plans. Learn the secrets to changing your weight—and your life—for good!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Nikki Lang, MD has been named one of the best family physicians in the United States by Ladies Home Journal, Town and Country, and Top Doctors. While earning these credits, she’s been a successful family practitioner in Society Hill, Philadelphia for over twenty-five years.

She wrote A Novel Diet to give patients a better understanding of the importance diet plays in their health. She plans to continue educating patients with additional works, such as A Novel Approach to Diabetes. For more information about Dr. Lang visit her Web site at: NovelMedicine.info

Product Details

• Paperback: 271 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (February 19, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595444512
• ISBN-13: 978-0595444519
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,089,946 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A novel and clever diet book!, May 6, 2008

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S. Joyner (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Novel Diet: Learn Why You Failed Before & How Not To Fail Again (Paperback)

Dr. Lang has found a charming way to explain scientifically how your metabolism can work for and against you. Written as a breezy novel she has skillfully broken down the workings of why diets do and don't work. She includes a plan that guarantees results by encouraging you to change ineffective eating habits and replace them with a better way of eating and living as well. The book is a blend of science and human behavior and causes you to really look at how you are living. She takes the iron fist in velvet glove approach and doesn't scold for mistakes but firmly encourages success. A must read for anybody who craves intelligent advice on creating new, better informed lifestyle choices.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Accurate Title!, June 6, 2008

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A. Egendorf (Boston, MA, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Novel Diet: Learn Why You Failed Before & How Not To Fail Again (Paperback)

This book is really different. It was an easy read, not a slog, and I really learned a lot. Most of the ideas I had about weight loss principles were kind of vague. This book actually clarified things for me.

I've never read a diet book that gave practical suggestions about how to go about changing my eating habits. This one is full of practical help, for example the idea of collecting neighborhood menus and pre-selecting items so that when I'm in a rush, I can order super fast or have someone else do it for me. That way I can bring food to meetings and not wait until I'm starving when the meetings are finally over.

Reading this book has made me realize that losing weight actually might be possible!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars how profound, June 10, 2008

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Sherri F. Nester (charleston, sc) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Novel Diet: Learn Why You Failed Before & How Not To Fail Again (Paperback)

i am just amazed. what a monumental task for a doctor to sit down and just write. i am 58 year old female, i consider myself educated, and up to date with all the medical reports about food and health issues. we eat generally what is considered to be very healthy food. i have had problems with my waight since i turned 40. i have tried many diets, they all work, just for a while and than you gain all that you lost and then some.this book gave me the knowlege, and tools to deal with my waight issues, not just words. since i started reading the book i have lost just about 10 pounds, my energy levels have gone up, and i am getting a lot of complements as to how rested i look!!!!!!!!!
"thank you doctor lang"