The Mayo Clinic Diet, 2nd Edition: Completely Revised and Updated - New Menu Plans and Recipes

#1 New York Times bestseller. From Mayo Clinic, a leading authority on health and nutrition, comes The Mayo Clinic Diet, the last diet you'll ever need, with two highly workable phases- "Live It!" and "Lose It!" From Mayo Clinic, a leading authority on health and nutrition, comes The Mayo Clinic Diet, designed to be the last diet you'll ever need. In two simple phases, you'll be on the road to a healthy weight for the rest of your life. Packed with lots of extra encouragement — meal planners, recipes, tips for overcoming challenges, starting an exercise plan, and much more — The Mayo Clinic Diet gives you everything you need in one book. Toss out the scales and calculators and pick up the foods you love. This is the diet you've been waiting for! From Mayo Clinic, A Leading Authority On Health And Nutrition, Comes The Mayo Clinic Diet, The Last Diet You'll Ever Need. Features A Two-week Quick-start Program, Meal Planners, Recipes, Tips For Overcoming Challenges, Starting An Exercise Plan, And Much More. Pt. 1. Lose It! 1. Ready, Set, Go : Before You Start ; Finding Your Inner Motivation ; Are You Ready? ; The Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid ; Quick Reference Guide To Lose It -- 2. Add 5 Habits : Eat A Healthy Breakfast, But Not Too Much ; Eat Vegetables And Fruits, At Least 3 Or 4 Servings Daily ; Eat Whole Grains, Whole-grain Bread, Others ; Eat Healthy Fats, Olive Oil And Vegetable Oils, Nuts ; Move! Walk Or Exercise For 30 Minutes Or More Every Day -- 3. Break 5 Habits : No Tv While Eating, And No More Tv Time Than Exercise Time ; No Sugar, Except Vegetables And Fruits ; Moderate Meat And Low-fat Dairy, The Size Of A Deck Of Cards ; No Eating At Restaurants, Unless The Meal Fits The Program. 4. Adopt 5 Bonus Habits : Keep Food Records, Write Down Everything You Eat ; Keep Activity Records, Type Of Activity, Duration And Intensity ; Move More! Walk Or Exercise For 60 Minutes Or More Every Day ; Eat Real Food, Mostly Fresh, And Healthy Frozen Or Canned ; Write Your Daily Goals, What Motivates You Every Day -- 5. What Have You Learned? : Analyzing Your Results ; What Worked And What Didn't? -- Pt. 2. Live It! 6. Preparing To Live It : Setting Your Weight-loss Goal ; Selecting Your Daily Calorie Goal ; Determining Your Daily Servings ; Quick Guide To Serving Sizes -- 7. Eating To The Pyramid : If You're Hungry, Eat -- 8. No Food Scales Or Calculators Needed : Breakfast, Practicing Portion Control ; Lunch, Taking Apart A Sandwich ; Dinner, Unscrambling Food Jumbles ; Snacks, Recognizing The Best Options -- 9. Burning Calories : Start Where You Are ; Adding Activities To Your Day. 10. A Quick Review...and A Look Ahead : Reviewing The Steps ; Your Ultimate Goal -- Pt. 3. All The Extra Stuff. 11. Finding Your Healthy Weight : What's Your Bmi? ; Is Your Health At Risk? ; Why Am I Overweight? -- 12. Understanding Nutrition And Weight Control : Dietary Sources Of Energy ; Your Energy Account -- 13. The Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid : Vegetables And Fruits ; Carbohydrates ; Protein And Dairy ; Fats ; Sweets ; Physical Activity -- 14. How To Change Behaviors : Preparing For Change ; Put The Brakes On Stress -- 15. So I Slipped Up: What Do I Do? : Breaking Behavior Chains ; How To Stay Motivated ; Getting Family And Friends On Board -- 16. Making Meals Easy : Quick & Healthy Menu Ideas ; Adapting Recipes ; Sample Menus -- 17. Sticking To The Diet When Eating Out : Maneuvering The Menu ; Your Guide To Healthy Ethnic Cuisine -- 18. Burning Even More Calories : Aerobics ; Strength Training ; Calories Burned In 1 Hour. Action Guide To Weight-loss Barriers -- Pyramid Servings At A Glance -- Recipes For Weight Loss. [by The Weight -loss Experts At Mayo Clinic.] Subtitle And Statement Of Responsibility From Cover. Includes Index. Discover Mayo Clinic's first-ever weight-loss diet, and the last diet you'll ever need!Bogus “Mayo Clinic diets”—based on everything from cabbage soup to grapefruit to bacon—have been circulating for decades. These diets have no connection to Mayo Clinic, but their popularity told us that people are hungry for a diet based on Mayo's research and clinical experience. So, here it is— for real—The Mayo Clinic Diet.In our work with literally thousands of patients every week over many years, we've identified the leading habits of people who maintain a healthy weight, and the habits of those who don't.We've boiled this research down to five simple habits to help you take off the extra weight—and five habits to break so that you can keep it from coming back.Plus, we've made it easy. You don't have to sit down and read The Mayo Clinic Diet cover to cover. Instead, use this step-by-step program to lose weight the same way you gained it—one day at a time. Because what works is keeping it simple!•In Part 1—“Lose It!” is a two-week quick start for losing 6 to 10 pounds in a safe and healthy way. That's real results, real fast!•In Part 2—“Live It!” helps you continue losing 1 to 2 pounds a week until you reach your goal. Then, learn to maintain your healthy weight for life.•In Part 3—“All the Extra Stuff!” contains meal planners, recipes, tips on overcoming challenges and much more to help you along the way.The Mayo Clinic Diet puts you in charge of reshaping your body and your lifestyle by adopting healthy habits and breaking unhealthy ones. This book offers a plan for a sustainable lifestyle, not just a diet. Discover better health through better weight management by following The Mayo Clinic Diet. "Health is influenced by habits. In our work with thousands of patients. we've identified key habits of people who maintain a healthy weight and stay healthy, and the habits of those who don't. The Mayo Clinic Diet is a weight-loss and lifestyle program designed by Mayo Clinic health experts. It uses the Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid and the new Mayo Clinic Healthy Dining Table as guides to making smart eating choices to achieve a healthy weight and stay well. We've made the process easy, because we understand a diet works best when it's simple. The Mayo Clinic Diet is composed of three sections--to get you started, to keep you on track and to give you the tools you need to keep pounds off. 1: Lose It! is a two-week quick-start program designed to help you lose up to 6 to 10 pounds in a safe and healthy way. 2: Live It! is a long-term plan in which you continue to lose 1 to 2 pounds a week until you reach your goal. Then, you learn how to maintain your healthy weight for life. 3: All The Extra Stuff includes meal planners, recipes, tips on overcoming challenges and much more to help you along the way. The Mayo Clinic Diet puts you in charge of reshaping your body and improving your health--for a lifetime."-- Dust jacket Here at last is the last diet you should ever need. Get a quick and gratifying start with Lose It!, the phase of the diet designed to help you lose up to six to ten pounds in just two weeks. Eat the foods you love in moderation in the Live It! phase, which is designed to help you continue to lose one to two pounds per week and keep them off. Here is the diet that helps you accomplish real and lasting weight loss. It is no fad, but a solid, common-sense approach brought to you by an award-winning health organization. More, The Mayo Clinic Diet does not require expensive ingredients (which can make a diet difficult to maintain in the long run.) Through simple, healthy adjustments to your lifestyle, The Mayo Clinic Diet gives you the tools you need to achieve the success you want. In two easy phases, The Mayo Clinic Diet helps you lose weight and keep it off for life. In two simple phases you'll be on the road to a healthy weight for the rest of your life. Packed with lots... Lose it!. Ready, set, go -- Add 5 habits -- Break 5 habits -- Adopt 5 bonus habits -- What have you learned? -- Live it!. The next phase -- Know your goals -- Set your targets -- Create your eating plan -- Expand your activity plan -- Track your progress -- Seek support -- All the extra stuff. What's your healthy weight? -- Energy, calories, and weight -- The Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid -- Making meals easier -- Eating out -- How to change behaviors -- Burning even more calories -- I slipped up, what do I do?;Offers a weight loss and lifestyle program that focuses on making smart, healthy choices to reach a healthy weight and stay there, including meal planners, recipes, and psychological tips for ensuring success. Part 1: Lose it!. Ready, set, go Add 5 habits Break 5 habits Adopt 5 bonus habits What have you learned? Part 2: Live it!. The next phase Know your goals Set your targets Create your eating plan Expand your activity plan Track your progress Seek support Part 3. All the extra stuff. What's your healthy weight? Energy, calories, and weight The Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid Making meals easier Eating out How to change behaviors Burning even more calories I slipped up, what do I do?. Offers a weight loss and lifestyle program that focuses on making smart, healthy choices to reach a healthy weight and stay there, including meal planners, recipes, and psychological tips for ensuring success.-- Source other than Library of Congress Presents a weight loss and diet plan engineered to help readers lose up to ten pounds in two weeks through a reevaluation of nutrition and daily exercise, in a book that includes meal planners and healthy recipes