Gorgeous: The Sum of All Your Glorious Parts (Hardcover)

~ Harry Moon, Mary Ellen Clark Jorj Morgan (Author)
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When many women look into the mirror, they see a tummy that is too tubby, a "too big" backside, dull hair, or a wrinkle that wasn't there the last time they looked. They concentrate on the one or two parts of their bodies they are less pleased with, often overlooking the many parts that are doing just fine.
The truth is, we need to understand our bodies as well-designed structures. Each part has its own function that is connected with the rest of our bodies' glorious parts. For our bodies to work as they are designed, each part must be nurtured with good food, consistent exercise, and stress-relieving relaxation. As we do so, we will become beautiful both inside and out. Gorgeous!
Gorgeous: The Sum of All Your Glorious Parts has been written by a team of experts—a world-renowned scientist, a food expert, and an Olympic medal-winning athlete—in an effort to coordinate all the elements that make up a glorious lifestyle. It is filled with information about the science of good health and beauty, food tips and recipes that promote wellness, and tips for stress-reducing exercise and relaxation techniques that builds on good science and good food. All of it is designed to help today's women make the most of their minds and bodies to create a wonderful life.
The book is divided into four main parts.
Part One: Garden of the Soul: Cultivating Mind and Body is about lifestyle, good eating habits, and physical fitness.
Part Two: How She Came to Be Lovely focuses on specific areas of the body—skin, hair, eyes, teeth, bones, toes, hands, tummies, and butts—offering the information needed about each to join good science with a healthy lifestyle. For instance, what does one do to rebuild collagen or tighten abs? Are there things in the kitchen, grocery store, and nearby recreation facilities that can play a part? Recipes designed to aid in the process are included in each chapter.
Part Three: Honor Your Body explains the relationship of sleep, reducing stress, and good sex to inner and outer beauty happiness.
Part Four: A Year's Worth of Fresh, Healthy Living brings all the information in the book together into a lifestyle guide that includes daily activities, meal plans, spa and relaxation techniques, volunteering, and tried-and-true techniques for balancing work and parenting—all of the tools necessary to achieve health, love, and beauty.
Gorgeous: The Sum of All Your Glorious Parts is based on the latest information on science, nutrition, and relaxation therapy. It acknowledges that, when it comes to beauty, one size does not fit all. Such thinking leaves no room for too fat, too thin, too old, too anything. It turns out that beauty is as much a state of mind as anything else.
Even if women today understand that beauty has little to do with airbrushed supermodels, American culture has taken its toll on their self-esteem, wearing them down and making them feel as unlovely or sexy as a garden slug. The beauty taught in Gorgeous: The Sum of All Your Glorious Parts celebrates uniqueness, femininity, and diversity. These are the things that show Mother Nature's stamp on what makes all of us original, unique creations, just as in a garden of breathtaking flowers there are plenty of different varieties. It's the same with humans. In the end, Gorgeous: The Sum of All Your Glorious Parts is not a diet book but a lifestyle-enhancement guide that shows smart, on-the-go women how to pamper and nurture themselves from the inside out.

About the Author

Jorj Morgan's culinary advice appears regularly to national and Florida publications, including the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Reader's Digest, Boston Globe, and The South Florida Sun-Sentinel. A representative of Smucker's, SKYY Sport, and Hershey's Syrup, she is a frequent speaker for wellness seminars and at lifestyle balance workshops.

Harry Moon, M.D. has been a resource for hospital and medical organizations worldwide in the area of plastic and reconstructive surgery. He has had teaching and visiting professorships in the United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Hungary, Italy, and New Zealand. Formerly the chairman of the department of plastic surgery, chief of staff, and chief executive officer of the Fort Lauderdale and Naples clinics, he opened his private practice in January 2003. He lives in south Florida.

Mary Ellen Clark won bronze medals at the Barcelona and Atlanta Olympic Games of 1992 and 1996. A member of the U.S. National Diving Team since 1996, a three-time member of the U.S. Pan American Team, and seven-time national champion, she was nominated by the USOC as one of the top ten women athletes in the United States. She lives in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 431 pages
• Publisher: Cumberland House Publishing (January 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1581825722
• ISBN-13: 978-1581825725
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #898,815 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great cook book, Great life book!, February 20, 2007

By	A. Vitort (Vancouver, WA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a wonderful cookbook but it is really so much more. Jorj has put together an informative and creative book about healthy living jam-packed with yummy recipes, meal plans, and essays on every aspect of nutrition. Her chapters discuss keeping your skin, hair, bones, eyes, teeth healthy followed by recipes using the foods suggested in the text. Her related website is great, too, and gives the reader further information plus organized grocery lists for her meal plans. Easy and fun!

5.0 out of 5 stars My mouth continues to water!, February 19, 2007

By	Gym maven (Bethesda, MD) - See all my reviews

I can't get enough of the recipes! Each one I've made is incredible, from appetizers to main dishes to desserts. Jorj makes it very easy and gives great tips!!!

5.0 out of 5 stars An Amazing Treat!, February 4, 2007

By	Lisa J. (Bridge City, TX United States) - See all my reviews

I love this book! It's a thoroughly enjoyable read for real women in the real world. Fresh, new, and full of useful information, for once I don't feel ripped off by unrealistic promises. This book delivers everything it promises and more. Lots of innovative, but straightforward, recipes and tips. I can't wait to share it with all the "gorgeous" gals in my life.