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Nonfiction / Weight Loss Best Sellers

New York Time Best sellers of Nonfiction / Weight Loss: Skinny Meals (2015), The Pound A Day Diet (2014), Jumpstart To Skinny (2013), The Hungry Girl Diet (2012), Eat To Live Cookbook (2011) and other 4 books.

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Skinny Meals

released in: 2015
Skinny Meals
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From Bob Harper, the bestselling author of The Skinny Rules and Jumpstart to Skinny and the star of NBC’s ongoing smash reality show The Biggest Loser, comes 100 delicious new recipes (all of them under 330 calories!), a month of new menu plans, and indispensable shopping lists and cooking tips that all follow Bob’s practical strategies for getting thin! THE TASTIEST MEALS FOR HELPING YOU LOSE WEIGHT—FAST! In The Skinny Rules, super-motivator Bob Harper introduced the twenty nonnegotiable eating and lifestyle principles that pave the way to quick and permanent weight loss. Since then, thousands of fans asked for more guidance and inspiration! Skinny Meals answers the call, delivering 100 new Skinny Rules–abiding recipes (all of them under 350 calories!) and a month’s worth of new menu plans that will satisfy you at every meal. From an Apple Pie Shake for breakfast to Zucchini Noodles with Avocado Cream Sauce for dinner, Bob has done all the tricky calorie, protein, carb, sodium, and fiber counting so you can meet his Rules goals without even thinking about them! With easy, prepare-ahead strategies, handy shopping lists, and cooking tips, Skinny Meals is your ultimate guide to slimming down and staying fit. Just shop, chop, and enjoy! Praise for Skinny Meals “Skinny Meals rocked my world. . . . It’s not just a how-to book. It includes so many yummy food ideas that . . . it’s easy to get through the day without feeling like you’re denying yourself. . . . I may have found the diet book that changes my life.”—Books for Better Living

The Pound A Day Diet

released in: 2014
The Pound A Day Diet
The Pound a Day Diet is an accelerated program designed to help dieters lose up to five pounds every five days-- without frustrating plateaus-- while enjoying all their favorite foods. It rewrites every carb/fat/calorie rule in the book! This delicious, easy-to-use, plan is specifically formulated as a Mediterranean-style diet that is carb and calorie corrected to turbocharge metabolism and weight loss. Complete with menus for 28 days (four five-day plans and four weekend plans), dieters first follow the five-day plan, switch over to the weekend plan, return to the five-day plan for the second week, and continue with the weekend plan-alternating like this right down to their goal weight. To help readers, Rocco has created 50 all-new lightning-quick 5 ingredient recipes, as well as ready-made suggestions for those who simply cannot find the time to cook; a primer on healthy and fast cooking techniques; calorie-calibrated menus and shopping lists; and a lifestyle plan for maintaining a lean, healthy body for life.

Jumpstart To Skinny

released in: 2013
Jumpstart To Skinny
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LOSE UP TO 20 POUNDS IN 21 DAYS! In The Skinny Rules, celebrity trainer and coach of NBC’s The Biggest Loser Bob Harper delivers the ultimate strategy for healthy, long-term weight loss and “thin maintenance.” But what if you have a big event looming—a reunion, wedding, beach vacation, or other special occasion—and need a fast-acting plan to meet your short-term goals? Jumpstart to Skinny features thirteen short-term Rules (no one gets thin on mere suggestions) that will supercharge your weight loss. Taking any confusion or decision making out of the equation, Harper also provides a day-by-day plan for success, including his body-toning “Jumpstart Moves” and deliciously slimming recipes specially designed for your get-skinny needs. Jumpstart to Skinny lets you in on the secrets Bob shares with his red-carpet celebrity clients. This is not a marathon diet; it’s a quick sprint to the finish line. And the victory lap comes when you slip into that sexy dress or swimsuit and feel fantastic. Get started today! THE FOUR-PART JUMPSTART PLAN TO A SKINNIER YOU • Your Jumpstart Rules: Thirteen must-follow principles to get you ready for your own “big reveal,” including Rule #1, a precise breakdown of the proper protein/carbohydrate/fat proportions for every meal, and Rule #3, which explains why you need to just say no to complex carbs after breakfast during this three-week plan. These are the Rules that Bob Harper and his celebrity clients use to get ready for their big events—and now you’re in on the secrets, too. • Your Jumpstart Day-by-Day: No decisions, no confusion! Here is the simple, three-week game plan: the food to buy and prepare ahead each week, when and how much to eat each day, and the when and how of your exercise schedule. • Your Jumpstart Moves: Bob’s unique, twenty-minute, at-home exercise routines. From sit-ups, push-ups, and squats to jumping rope, lateral jumps, and simple chair dips, choose one of the seven “packages” of body-toning moves when your day calls for Bob’s “metabolic conditioning.” • Jumpstart Recipes: Cleansing or juice fasting? No way! You need to eat to lose weight, so here are twenty-one days of slimmingly delicious recipes—including “Peanut Butter and Jelly” Oatmeal, Sweet Potato Hash, Spaghetti Squash Bolognese, Buffalo Chicken Salad, and Bob’s signature Shrimp Skimpy—formulated with your Jumpstart protein/carb/fat proportions (see Rule #1!) and calorie maximums in mind.

The Hungry Girl Diet

released in: 2012
The Hungry Girl Diet
The first ever diet plan utilizing the Hungry Girl philosophy and recipes from the New York Times bestselling phenomenon

Eat To Live Cookbook

released in: 2011
Eat To Live Cookbook
A cookbook companion to the "Eat to Live" diet includes the latest nutritional science, success stories, and meals for every occasion.

Hungry Girl 300 Under 300

released in: 2010
Hungry Girl 300 Under 300
It's MEAL-MANIA, HG STYLE! This book features THREE HUNDRED satisfying and delicious recipes for full-on meals. Breakfast, lunch & dinner dishes, plus snazzy starters and sides, that contain less than 300 calories each! In addition to CROCK-POT recipes, FOIL PACKS, and other HG favorites, this book serves up more than SEVENTY-FIVE soon-to-be-famous HG TRIOS: three-ingredient combos that take easy to a whole new level! Included are . . . Bean 'n Cheesy Soft Taco in an Egg Mug PB&J Oatmeal Heaven Creamy Crab Cakes Benedict Classic Cheesesteak Salad Dreamy Butternut Chicken Foil Pack Burger-ific Mushroom Melt Buffalo Chicken Wing Macaroni & Cheese BLT Pizza Big Apple Butternut Squash Soup Loaded Bacon-Wrapped Hot Dogs . . . And more!

Hungry Girl 200 Under 200

released in: 2009
Hungry Girl 200 Under 200
Two hundred recipes under 200 calories, for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snack time.

The Belly Fat Cure

released in: 2009
The Belly Fat Cure
Presents a fat-reducing diet which uses the author''s "Carb Swap System" to swap food products that have a high sugar and carbohydrate content for healthy foods, along with recipes for dishes that are nutritious and contribute to weight loss.

Hungry Girl 1-2-3

released in: 2009
Hungry Girl 1-2-3
The #1 New York Times– bestselling phenomenon is BACK—with even more yum-a-licious guilt-free recipes. This time, the EASIEST ones on the planet! Hungry Girl's recipes aren't just delicious, they're SUPER-SIMPLE, too. Hungry Girl 1-2-3 will help you make the world's most delicious guilt-free appetizers, meals, snacks, desserts, etc., with practically no effort whatsoever! There are loads of crock-pot recipes, microwavable meals, HG's famous "foil packs," and more. Some are such a cinch, you won't even have to turn on the oven or stove! Really. With more than 200 recipes and two-ingredient "couples" to choose from, you'll never be hungry again! Get ready to chew on: Crazy Pineapple Salmon Teriyaki (347 calories) Mom-Style Creamy Chicken 'n Veggies (307 calories) Queen-of-the-Castle Sliders (254 calories) Caramel Swirl Cream Puffs (121 calories) Corndog Millionaire Muffins (160 calories) Chili Cheese Dog Nachos (218 calories) Turkey & Veggie Meatloaf Minis (142 calories) Planet Hungrywood Sweet & Cap'n Crunchy Chicken (234 calories) Shrimp & Grits . . . for Hungry Chicks! (380 calories) Cannoli-Stuffed French Toast Nuggets (228 calories) "Finding easy and delicious recipes can be difficult, but the Hungry Girl does not disappoint. With her signature creative culinary flair, Hungry Girl 1-2-3 provides you with a variety of recipes that are healthy and delicious." ―DietsinReview.com
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