Mind Over Body : The Key to Lasting Weight Loss Is All in Your Head

The true secret to weight-loss success is all in your head. Nordine Zouareg has helped thousands of clients get healthier, be happier, and lose weight for good. And in the process, he's discovered something astounding: the mental work his clients do before they start their diet and exercise plan is actually just as (if not more) important than the plan itself. In Mind Over Body, Nordine describes how everyone can find this mental motivation — what he calls our "core desire" — and then master the tools (visualization, meditation, affirmation) to keep on track with weight-loss goals. After readers develop this foundation, they move on to the inspiring nutrition and exercise plan—a simple, effective program developed to help shed weight and keep it off forever. You'll learn: The fool-proof method for preparing your mind — and your body — before you diet Thirty delicious foods that are the staples of the Mind Over Body eating plan When to cheat — without blowing your diet How to get an effective workout in just 24 minutes a day The 10 commandments of mindful strength training As the fitness coach at Miraval Life in Balance spa, Nordine has worked with celebrities, business leaders, discerning travelers, and soccer moms all across North America. Rated the #1 spa by Conde Nast Traveler , the #1 destination spa by Travel and Leisure, and the top spa in American by Zagat, Miraval has become the premier destination for bringing people?s lives into balance and teaching them how to live mindfully. Now, in Mind Over Body , Nordine teaches the same program that has proven wildly successful for his clients (and himself!) for the past twenty years. Learn how to determine your true fitness goals...and get the tools you need to finally make it come true! Find weight loss success with “self-awareness and mental strength for surmounting inevitable obstacles and sustaining change” (Publishers Weekly). In Mind Over Body, world-champion athlete Nordine Zouareg teaches the same program that has proven wildly successful for his clients at the Miraval Life in Balance Spa, rated the #1 spa by Conde Nast Traveler, the #1 destination spa by Travel and Leisure, and the top spa in America by Zagat. His methods have revealed something astounding: the mental work his clients do before they start their diet and exercise plan is actually just as (if not more) important than the plan itself. Nordine describes how everyone can find this mental motivation—what he calls our “core desire”—and then master the tools (visualization, meditation, affirmation) to keep on track with weight-loss goals. After readers develop this foundation, they move on to the inspiring nutrition and exercise plan—a simple, effective program developed to help shed weight and keep it off forever. You’ll learn: The fool-proof method for preparing your mind—and your body—before you diet Thirty delicious foods that are the staples of the Mind Over Body eating plan When to cheat—without blowing your diet How to get an effective workout in just 24 minutes a day The 10 commandments of mindful strength training “Zouareg’s book discusses an often-missing factor in weight-loss techniques . . . [It] outlines a four-step mental process: Identify your core desire; use the power of intention; make an appropriate action plan; apply your resolve, and make it automatic.” —Tucson Weekly, “Pick of the Week”