20 Best Books For Weight Loss Motivation (2023 Update)

Subtitled "a personal revolution for food and body sanity," this book describes an alternative to the treadmill of self-denial, self-control, and dieting. it begins with the insight that if trying hard didn't work, trying harder is doing more of what doesn't work. there are very few guidelines about what to eat and not to eat in this book. instead it presents a whole new way of eating, a new way of seeing food, exercise, and the body. revolutionary, it also strikes a deep chord of common sense. among thousands of diet and nutrition books on the market today, this book is a profoundly new voice, especially for anyone ready to transform the condition of obesity and all the mental, emotional, and spiritual conditions that go along with it.

A motivational guide to losing weight and maintaining success by the #1 new york times bestselling author of clean & leanevery day of every year, thousands of people start some type of weight loss/transformation journey. mind over weight is an important weapon to add to their arsenals.while eating the right food and exercising is critical to weight loss success, mind over weight helps readers win the battle by getting everything in order above the neck. it will guide readers to find their motivation, stick to a plan, and set the right goals.there are a million diet plans out there, but few address issues equally critical to weight loss success: they're all in the six inches between your ears! smith, md, bestselling author of shred and the clean 20, mind over weight is an easy read with concrete steps dieters will be able to follow. each chapter ends with a takeaway action item for readers to complete to help create an overall strategy for body and life transformation.

"if your 'weighty thinking' does not change, then even if you lose weight you'll retain an overwhelming subconscious urge to gain it back. it's less important how quickly you lose weight, and more important howholistically you lose weight; you want your mind, your emotions, and your body toall 'lose weight.' weight that disappears from your body but not from your soul is simply recycling outward for a while but is almost certain to return. it's self-defeating, therefore, to struggle to drop excess weight unless you are also willing to drop the thought-forms that initially produced it and now hold it in place." –marianne williamson what is the connection between spirituality and weight loss? best-selling authormarianne williamson is about to answer that question for you in her groundbreaking new book, bringing you 21 spiritual lessons to help you surrender your weight forever. these lessons form a holistic paradigm for weight loss, addressing the spiritual, emotional, and psychological elements involved in what williamson refers to as "conscious weight loss." if you are a food addict, a compulsive eater, or someone who for any reason sees food as the enemy, this book is for you. a course in weight loss addresses the true causal root of your weight-loss issues: a place within you where you have forgotten your divine perfection. this forgetfulness has confused not only your mind but also your body, making you reach for that which cannot sustain you . . . and reject that which does. as your mind reclaims its spiritual intelligence, your body will reclaim its natural intelligence as well. the 21 lessons in this book will take you on a deep, sacred journey. one step at a time, you will learn to shift your relationship with yourself–and your body–from one of fear to one of love. and you will begin to integrate the various parts of yourself–mind, body, and spirit–to become, once again, and in all ways, the beautiful and peaceful person you were created to be. as williamson writes: "when it comes to your enjoyment of eating, your best days are not behind you but ahead of you!" so get ready to begin a new relationship with food . . . and with yourself.

Selected as the #1 book in diet/exercise for 2015 by usa best book awards. then five days a week at the gym turns into two… then becomes none. behavior expert michelle segar has devoted her career to the science of motivation. in no sweat, she reveals that while "better health" or "weight loss" sound like strong incentives, human beings are hardwired to choose immediate gratification over delayed benefits. so what's the solution? translating twenty years of research on exercise and motivation into a simple four-point program, she helps readers broaden their definition of exercise, find pleasure in physical activity, and discover realistic ways to fit it into their lives. the success of the clients segar has coached testifies to the power of her program. their stories punctuate the book, entertaining and emboldening readers to break the cycle of exercise failure once and for all. getting in shape has never been so easy–or so much fun.

How many times does a dieter enthusiastically and faithfully start a weight-loss regimen only to end up a week, a month, a year later giving in to hunger and cravings again and again–and before he or she knows it, the pounds have packed back on? this time, it`s going to be different. this time, there`s the beck diet solution weight loss workbook–a straightforward, effective plan for dieting successfully, losing weight with confidence, and, most importantly, keeping those excess pounds off forever. judith beck, director of the beck institute for cognitive therapy and research, is a world-recognized authority in the field of cognitive therapy. in her first weight-loss book, the beck diet solution, she created a unique program that revolutionized people`s approach to shedding pounds by changing both behavior and thinking. rather than tell what to eat, dr. beck`s step-by-step, six-week plan–which works with any nutritious diet–teaches the skills needed to stay continuously motivated to stick to a diet and to achieve lasting weight loss. features works for dieters who are familiar with the original the beck diet solution book and for those coming to the program for the first time through this workbook it is a stand-alone workbook that will incorporate the philosophy of cognitive therapy for weight loss and give the reader a map to plan and chart their own weight-loss program highly user-friendly, with plentiful opportunities to connect with other real-life dieters through their stories and sessions with dr. beck there is a place for the reader to fill out lists of favorite foods, trigger foods, and alternatives based on a healthy eating plan

How would it feel to have the body you've always wanted, a huge boost in energy, and the mindset to keep it forever? have you ever felt frustrated about not getting the results you want? do you feel you are eating the right foods and doing the correct workouts but your body still isn't changing as quickly as you want? are you grinding through your workday with low energy levels, praying for the next day off so you can sleep in? if this sounds familiar, then the fitness mindset is the book for you. the fitness mindset gives you everything you need to get the body you've always dreamed of, ramp your energy levels through the roof and develop the mindset to keep it forever. when you read this book and implement brian's proven strategies, you will: – know exactly what foods work best for you and how to eat to increase energy, lose fat and build lean muscle – learn how to combine tension-style workouts and high intensity interval training (hiit) to build the body you've always wanted – build better habits and find your 'why' so you never lose motivation again – develop strategies to minimise stress, anxiety and the fear of rebounding so you can create a bulletproof body and mind – finally get into the best physical and mental shape of your life.

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.

Noom’s first-ever (and only!) official book! when it comes to setting and achieving your goals, how you think influences what you do. whether developing a sustainable relationship with food, jump-starting a new fitness routine to shoot for a certain number on the scale, or tackling a health issue, mindset is key to meeting your goals—but it can also often be the most neglected element in any attempt to change behavior. while you might know what you want to do, the key to success is understanding why you want to do it, and how you make a plan that works for you in the long term. you’ll discover how your habits around eating and weight management are impacted by your own self-confidence, stress, habits, lifestyle choices, and the rollercoaster of motivation (yes, it’s supposed to go up and down). best of all, you’ll learn skills that can be applied to any behavior you want to change, habit you want to break, or life you want to create. this book is an instruction manual for achieving sustainable lifestyle changes plus many other health-related outcomes, including weight loss. with the noom mindset, you’ll learn how to: -cultivate a growth mindset -master the forging or deconstructing of behavior chains -overcome thought distortions -generate meaningful internal motivation for staying focused on your goals -create changes that stick based on more than a decade of research and experimentation, noom has helped millions of users succeed by employing the mindset tactics that this book teaches. written with an emphasis on self-awareness, goal-setting, and self-experimentation, the noom mindset provides powerful tools to help you reach your goals, your way.

Simple meal prep and recipes for long-term weight loss success – eating healthy to lose weight doesn't have to mean spending tons of money or hours in the kitchen every day. meal prep for weight loss teaches you how to prepare healthy meals in efficient batches so you can enjoy them all week long. with these meal plans and recipes, you'll always have a fast, nourishing meal to reach for-helping you feel great and lose weight sustainably, week after week. – learn the basics of meal planning and quick, consistent food preparation. brush up on food safety and storage, and get tips for reheating food and using up leftovers. each plan includes shopping lists, recipes, and step-by-step instructions for meal prep. most of the batch-friendly recipes are suited to a mediterranean or dash diet, and all include nutritional information, so you can easily swap them into your meal plans. – this meal prep cookbook includes: 8 meal prep plans―start off easily with basic 3-recipe plans and work your way to more fast and efficient 6-recipe plans.75 flavorful recipes―enjoy cinnamon-roasted sweet potatoes, easy sheet pan chicken fajitas, crunchy rainbow salad with thai peanut dressing. – easy, balanced eating―portion out the veggies, protein, and carbs on your plate to promote steady energy levels and sustainable weight loss. – stay on track to your weight loss goals with the perfectly portioned meal prep plans in this healthy cookbook.

In this new york times bestseller, jackie warner, america's favorite no-nonsense celebrity fitness trainer, shows you how to get hot, healthy, and thin forever. "being fat isn't your fault; staying fat is." that's what jackie warner tells her own clients, and that's why no one delivers better results than jackie. this groundbreaking program is filled empowering strategies help you drop pounds and inches fast, without grueling workouts or deprivation. her two-tiered approach provides a complete nutritional makeover and a failure-proof condensed workout routine, plus all the emotional support and encouragement you need to get to the finish line and beyond. with jackie's core principles, you'll be shocked to find what is actually making you fat, and how easy it is to get thin for a lifetime. discover her surprising secrets: add to lose: in jackie's 2-week jump-start, no food is off-limits. you'll actually add food to your diet in order to lose weight. cheating is allowed: eat clean for 5 days, then indulge in whatever you want over the weekend! fat is not the enemy: fat doesn't make you fat; sugar does! learn to finally control those sweets cravings. skip the crunches: they just build muscle under the fat. discover the fastest way to shrink your waist and spark your metabolism for rapid fat loss. less (exercise) is more: workouts shouldn't take over your day-give jackie just 20 minutes and you'll see results. think yourself thin: it's true! jackie's own breakthrough mind-body techniques called metaphysiques will help you create the body you want-by thinking it into reality.

Now in paperback: the new york times and wall street journal bestseller. the #1 bestseller in canada. the book chosen by people magazine and "the view" as one of the top diet books of 2005. the book called "the canadian miracle diet" by woman's world magazine. the book that first popularized the glycemic index, and brought widespread attention to how dieting based on this index is the foundation for losing weight permanently without feeling hungry, counting calories, or jeopardizing your arteries. and the book that made dieting as simple as a traffic light: green is go, yellow is proceed with caution, and red is stop. diet places every type of food into one of three color-coded categories: green—make these foods the centerpiece of your diet; yellow—eat occasionally, after you've achieved your ideal weight; and red—avoid. for example, quickly digested white bread, including bagels and rolls, causes blood sugar to spike and hunger to return quickly. it's "red." slowly digested stone-ground whole-wheat bread, which gives a much-longer feeling of satiety, is "green." the diet is a cinch to stick to, truly healthful, and couldn't be easier to follow. includes recipes, snack ideas, a shopping list, and tips for dining out.

A sensible, manageable nutrition guide that'll help you get the most from your strength training program there are more diets out there than you've had hot dinners… there are countless crappy supplements promising the world… there's all sorts of confusing advice being thrown at us about macronutrients, micronutrients…blah, blah, blah. wouldn't you rather just cut out the bull**** and learn a straightforward weight training diet that'll help you gain lean muscle, keep your bodyfat levels low and maintain good health? a simplified strategy on what to eat, when, what to avoid to get the best results from your strength training program? something that's easy to follow and maintain, and doesn't ban all your favourite foods, while still actually delivering results? this is it. a healthy way of eating you can actually maintain is a sensible, do-able, manageable nutrition guide for men and women who lift weights (or others who generally want to improve their diet and overall health). i'm marc mclean, an online personal training and nutrition coach with almost two decades worth of experience in weight training, and strength training nutrition 101 is my masterplan for maximising your exercise efforts. it uncomplicates the complicated and simplifies your weight training diet. "don't eat meat…" "carbs are the devil…" "eat a garden full of greens for breakfast…" this book is not about choosing one diet over another. it's not filled with complicated bodybuilding nutrition advice or nutrition plans that are too hard to maintain. it's about getting all the important stuff right and building a solid nutritional foundation for sculpting a lean, athletic body. it's also not about depriving you of food you love and eating chicken and broccoli 8 days per week. the bottom line is that sticking with good nutrition should be easy to follow – and never actually feel like a 'diet'. in strength training nutrition 101, i share with you how to simplify the way you eat and my nutritional strategies that support my weekly weight training regime for maintaining muscle and staying lean. the book chapters are below… chapter 8:the importance of gut health chapter 9:the mistake of following typical bodybuilder advice chapter 10:pre-workout nutrition chapter 11:post-workout nutrition chapter 12:supplements – the good, the bad & the useless "if you hate reading those textbook-like nutrition book filled with unfriendly statistics and terminologies, you'll love this! – p lam. as a personal trainer, i am always on the lookout for new information regarding diet and nutrition for each and every one of my clients. buy today to learn solid nutritional tactics that get you great results – and that you can actually maintain!

Please note: link for the free hypnosis download can be found on the copyright page, opposite the contents pagethe ultimate programme to end dieting… forevermarisa peer introduces her revolutionary method of reprogramming the brain to alter feelings and associations related to food, to enable everybody to have a healthy relationship with it and, as a result, have a healthy body at a sustained ideal weight. with its refreshing and empowering style, you can be thin works on many levels by using techniques including fun and powerfully affecting exercises, subtle repetition and straightforward questionnaires to break negative patterns and banish cravings. an effortless process, the reader's progress through the book is a hypnotherapy treatment in itself. addressing habitual eaters, emotional eaters, addicted and ignorant eaters, the cure, which is not to be found anywhere else, lies in the process of reading the book.

Discover the cutting-edge science behind long-term weight loss success, in this powerful new book from the new york times bestselling author of how not to die.every month seems to bring a trendy new diet or weight loss fad—and yet obesity rates continue to rise, and with it a growing number of diseases and health problems. it’s time for a different approach.enter dr. michael greger, the internationally-renowned nutrition expert, physician, and founder of the nutrition facts website. author of the mega bestselling how not to die, dr. greger now turns his attention to the latest research on the leading causes—and remedies—of obesity. dr. greger hones in on the optimal criteria to enable weight loss, while considering how these foods actually affect our health and longevity. he lays out the key ingredients of the ideal weight-loss diet—factors such as calorie density, the insulin index, and the impact of foods on our gut microbiome—showing how plant-based eating is crucial to our success.but how not to diet goes beyond food to identify twenty-one weight-loss accelerators available to our bodies, incorporating the latest discoveries in cutting-edge areas like chronobiology to reveal the factors that maximize our natural fat-burning capabilities. dr. greger builds the ultimate weight loss guide from the ground up, taking a timeless, proactive approach that can stand up to any new trend. chock full of actionable advice and groundbreaking dietary research, how not to diet will put an end to dieting—and replace those constant weight-loss struggles with a simple, healthy, sustainable lifestyle.

The number one bestseller in hardcover is now available in a glossy, durable, flexi-bind package. this book is not just to set the record straight as to why i gained weight and how i lost it. it's more than a specific program for weight loss; it's a chance for you to throw away old self-destructive habits and embrace a more positive way of life.–elizabeth taylor.

The number one bestseller in hardcover is now available in a glossy, durable, flexi-bind package. this book is not just to set the record straight as to why i gained weight and how i lost it. it's more than a specific program for weight loss; it's a chance for you to throw away old self-destructive habits and embrace a more positive way of life.–elizabeth taylor.

New york times bestsellerthe daniel plan is far more than a diet plan. it is an appetizing approach to achieving a healthy lifestyle by optimizing the five key essentials of faith, food, fitness, focus, and friends. – unlike the thousands of other books on the market, this book is not about a new diet, guilt-driven gym sessions, or shame-driven fasts. your path to holistic health begins here, as pastor rick warren and fitness and medical experts dr. daniel amen and dr. mark hyman guide you to incorporate healthy choices into your current lifestyle. – the concepts in this book will encourage you to deepen your relationship with god and develop a community of supportive friends who will encourage you to make smart food and fitness choices each and every day. this results in gradual changes that transform your life as they help you:conquer your worst cravings – find healthy replacement foods for the foods you love – discover exercise you enjoy – boost your energy and kick-start your metabolism – lose weight – think more clearly – explore biblical principles for health. . . and ultimately create an all-around healthy lifestyle – it's time to feast on something bigger than a fad. start your journey to impactful, long-lasting, and sustainable results today! plus, get more from the daniel plan with the daniel plan cookbook, the daniel plan journal, and the daniel plan 365-day devotional.

New york times bestsellerthe daniel plan is far more than a diet plan. it is an appetizing approach to achieving a healthy lifestyle by optimizing the five key essentials of faith, food, fitness, focus, and friends. – unlike the thousands of other books on the market, this book is not about a new diet, guilt-driven gym sessions, or shame-driven fasts. your path to holistic health begins here, as pastor rick warren and fitness and medical experts dr. daniel amen and dr. mark hyman guide you to incorporate healthy choices into your current lifestyle. – the concepts in this book will encourage you to deepen your relationship with god and develop a community of supportive friends who will encourage you to make smart food and fitness choices each and every day. this results in gradual changes that transform your life as they help you:conquer your worst cravings – find healthy replacement foods for the foods you love – discover exercise you enjoy – boost your energy and kick-start your metabolism – lose weight – think more clearly – explore biblical principles for health. . . and ultimately create an all-around healthy lifestyle – it's time to feast on something bigger than a fad. start your journey to impactful, long-lasting, and sustainable results today! plus, get more from the daniel plan with the daniel plan cookbook, the daniel plan journal, and the daniel plan 365-day devotional.

A breakthrough, easy-to-follow brain-based program to lose weight and keep it off—for the rest of your life—from the bestselling author of change your brain, change your body, magnificent mind at any age, and change your brain, change your life have you tried diet after diet without success? want to know the two major secrets why most diets don't work? the #1 secret is that most weight problems occur between your ears, not in your stomach. if you want a better body the first place to always start is by having a better brain. secret #2 is that there isn't just one brain pattern associated with being overweight; there are at least five patterns. giving everyone the same diet plan will make some people better, and a lot of people worse. finding the right plan for your individual brain type is the key to lasting weight loss.in the amen solution bestselling author and brain expert dr. daniel amen shares his one-of-a-kind brain-based program that helps you lose weight, improve your memory, and boost your mood at the same time. this is the same program offered at the world-renowned amen clinics that has already helped thousands of people lose the love handles and muffin tops. based on the most up-to-date research, dr. amen shows you how to – determine your individual brain type so you can find the plan that will work for you – say goodbye to emotional overeating to shed pounds – curb your cravings and boost willpower – improve your brainpower, memory, and mood – make small lifestyle changes that have a huge impact on weight loss – prepare easy, delicious brain-healthy meals packed with insight, motivation, and everything you need to get started right away, the amen solution will help you lose unwanted weight and teach you the strategies to keep it off for a lifetime.

Real life is 300+ full-color pages of the latest nutrition, fitness, motivational, and medical information available to help you create and sustain a healthy lifestyle that works for you. there's even a section with inspirational stories from tops (take off pounds sensibly) members who share their struggles and successes as they keep off pounds sensibly. this spiral-bound guide provides a "hands-on pounds off approach to weight loss" with many worksheets, activities, and discussion questions. this book is divided into easily reviewed sections, including: · balanced eating · change for the better · moving more · obesity and your health · keep off pounds sensibly