Get a Real Food Life

Download or read book Get a Real Food Life written by Janine Whiteson, M.Sc. and published by Rodale Books. This book was released on 2002-01-12 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I eat when I'm stressed out." "I'm addicted to junk food." "I'm always on a diet." Sound familiar? In Get a Real Food Life, high-energy food coach Janine Whiteson teaches you the skills you need to regain control over your relationship with food. When you create a Real Food Life, you're able to enjoy all of the food you eat, secure in the knowledge that it's nourishing you-- mind, body, and soul. Your new Real Food Life is all about eating when you're hungry, choosing foods that make you feel great, and strategically eliminating those that drag you down. Janine believes that rather than helping you gain control, restrictive diets and trendy eating plans actually do the opposite-- decrease control and increase obsession. As she guides you through the sometimes treacherous minefield of junk food and emotional eating, she'll show you a life where you're not obsessed by "forbidden" foods. Drawing on years of client experience and dozens of recipes, checklists, quizzes, and tips, Janine guides you through her trademark 8-week plan, peppered with fun activities, like the Kitchen Makeover and the Get Real Check-In. She helps you "diagnose" your current diet, eating patterns, and food choices. Using that information, Janine then helps you replace self-defeating eating habits with energy-enhancing, delicious food choices. She even includes specially designed strategies for managing family eating dynamics, holiday cocktail parties, stressful times at work, and more. Along the way, Janine shares an intimate look into the personal lives of 11 of her clients. Read their stories, torn from the pages of their personal diaries, and then follow their progress as Janine tells how she helped them overcome challenges to achieve their Real Food Lives. One thing Janine won't talk about is a "perfect" food life. Instead, she talks about what's "real"-- real choices, real food, real solutions, when you get a Real Food Life, you are in charge.