Dr. Kleiner is a leading nutrition authority on eating for strength who has put together a diet that has already been successfully tested in a Seattle weight-loss group and documented in a series by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. This book proves that you can choose healthy foods that both make you feel great and, when eaten according to the plan, help you lose weight. Most diets cause chemical changes in the brain that make the dieter feel depressed. The typical plan is often too low in calories. In THE GOOD MOOD DIET the participants eat feel-good foods with both ideal timing and ideal combinations--a balance of protein and fats to go with carbohydrates. Eating from a list of "feel-good foods," including fish, flax seed and eggs, and eliminating "feel-bad foods" including refined sugar, helps dieters feel better and lose weight. However, sweets and alcohol are not taboo--eating a bit of chocolate and drinking a glass of red wine a day is okay once you're two weeks into the diet.
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'WOW! I have tried them all....but this diet is first about feeling great, and then you shed pounds and fat at the same time. I followed the plan and found a new level of energy I didn't know I had, and all the time I was losing weight. It is so much easier to follow a plan when you are upbeat and energetic. I find that it works even when I travel, have business dinners, etc. I have turned friends onto the plan and everyone loves it!' - amazon.com reader
About the Author
Bob Condor is the "Living Well" columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. He is a former syndicated health columnist for the Chicago Tribune, twice nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. He's authored or coauthored six books.
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38 of 39 people found the following review helpful
By LeslieR
Format:Hardcover
This book is not only a diet in meaning one that helps you lose weight, but also a book that teaches you the foods that you should eat to be healthy, happy, and satisfied with your eating and yourself. Within days of starting to eat the foods suggested. I found myself feeling happier, more awake and more energetic, and I am not restricting the foods that I enjoy! I was suprised at many of the foods that were suggested to eat every day.
I have had a hard time with not wanting to "diet" or restrict what I eat, and this helps retrain my thinking about what foods and fats are appropriate to eat to help me feel better! I suggest this book to anyone, whether or not they are looking to lose weight.
I have had a hard time with not wanting to "diet" or restrict what I eat, and this helps retrain my thinking about what foods and fats are appropriate to eat to help me feel better! I suggest this book to anyone, whether or not they are looking to lose weight.
35 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
WOW! I have tried them all....but this diet is first about feeling great, and then you shed pounds and fat at the same time. I followed the plan and found a new level of energy I didn't know I had,and all the time I was losing weight. It is so much easier to follow a plan when you are upbeat and energetic. I find that it works even when I travel, have business dinners, etc. I have turned friends onto the plan and everyone loves it!
20 of 20 people found the following review helpful
By J. Gessler
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
The book had good usuable information. I found the foods recommended were readily available at the supermarket. Most of the foods are loved by all. My mood did lighten up and I lost weight the first week. As a personal trainer I have recommended it to my clients.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
NOT PRACTICAL for those of us with jobs
A smoothie as a snack every day? Really? Or substitute scrambled egg whites? uh huh. I'm sorry but this diet is not practical for someone who works 5 days a week. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Deborah Scherer
5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing
I can not recommend this book enough. I have dealt with depression and very low energy, that no doctor could explain, for about 13 years. Read more
Published 18 months ago by E. Dasenbrock
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good Book!
Great book. Gives great tips and ideas, easy to read and easy to-do menu plans. Although I cant do the smoothies while at work, I can definitely do them at home. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Dandee1124
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not as much a diet as a "good food" book.
I started reading this last fall at the advice of my doctor and needing to lose 20-30 pounds and wanting to to lower my blood pressure. Read more
Published on April 9, 2011 by Bob
5.0 out of 5 stars
Spectacular!
I love this book! I lost 8 pounds the 1st 2 weeks and my mood improved! I highly recommend it! You don't feel hungry either2
Published on April 17, 2010 by Roseinwinter
4.0 out of 5 stars
It works!!
I have been following the guidelines outlined in this book and have lost 11 pounds in about a month. Read more
Published on March 13, 2010 by Judith M. Brooks
1.0 out of 5 stars
Kindle version not useful & blood sugar is crashing!
The author suggests copying the diet template - which makes sense, so you can easily go back & forth between it, the day-by-day meal plans, & the substitutions in the appendix. Read more
Published on January 22, 2010 by S. L. Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is a great book...
I had checked this book out at the library and it was a great read. I wanted to copy some of the recipes and never checked it out again. Read more
Published on January 7, 2010 by Angelique Adams
5.0 out of 5 stars
Highly recommend
The book offers quick easy tips to ease into or dive into eating better, which the book suggests means living better (and I've become a convert). Read more
Published on April 9, 2009 by kenster
5.0 out of 5 stars
A good high protein diet
The authors recommend 10 servings of protein a day; and that makes this a high protein diet: not overly high but high. Read more
Published on June 12, 2008 by WiseWoman
