Staying Lean for Life: An Innovative 8-Week Program of Winning Strategies for Lifetime Weight Maintenance - Softcover

Graff, Cynthia Stamper

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580000509 ISBN 13: 9781580000505

Publisher: Griffin Pub Group, 1999

Synopsis

YouÕve lost the weight. How will you keep it off?

Based on more than 30 years experience at the renowned Lindora Medical ClinicsÑAmericaÕs leading medically based weight control programÑthis book guides you day-by-day through an innovative eight-week program created to help you achieve a state of metabolic equilibrium.

Follow this program and you will:

· Improve your health by reducing your risk factors for diabetes, heart disease, osteoarthritis, hypertension, gallbladder disease, breast and colon cancers, and depression

· Experience greater vitality and enhanced self-esteem

· Avoid old habits that caused you to gain weight in the first place

· Discover the secrets of successful maintainers

· Find out to make the Mental Fitness Circle work for you

· Learn to use a Daily Action Plan to help you stay motivated

EAT BETTER

Even when life doesnÕt allow you to eat perfectly, you can always ÒEat Better.Ó

MOVE MORE

Even if you canÕt exercise for an hour every day, you can always ÒMove More.Ó

STRESS LESS

Stress hormones promote weight gain. You can learn new ways to ÒStress Less.Ó

About this title

About the Author:

Cynthia Stamper Graff is president and CEO of Lindora, Inc., which manages one of the largest medical weight control programs in the United States. A nationally recognized expert in the field of weight management, she has been actively involved in the growth and development of Lindora since 1988. Graff, a leader in integrating technology into the treatment of obesity, has been instrumental in developing LindoraÕs atHome, atWork and online version of the Lean for Life program. For three consecutive years, Lindora has been ranked one of the ÒTop 500 Women Owned Businesses in AmericaÓ by Working Woman magazine.

Graff is the author of Lean for Life Phase One:Weight Loss (with Jerry Holderman), Lean for Life Phase Two: Lifetime Solutions, and bodyPRIDE (with Janet Eastman and Mark C. Smith). She is also the founder of the Lean for Life Foundation, a nonprofit organization that promotes obesity research and educational programs, and funds weight control services to selected low-income, morbidly obese men, women, and children.

An Orange County Business Journal Women In Business award winner, Graff is a national Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award nominee. She has been a member of the Young Presidents Organization since 1993 and a member of Adaptive Business Leaders since 1998.

Graff holds a law degree from York University in Toronto. She resides in Newport Beach, California.

Review:

"Staying Lean for Life offers readers an interactive support system, including an internet World Wide Web site, newsletter, and telephone hotline. As a result, readers everywhere are becoming a part of the Lean for Life community and benefiting from inventive new ideas on how to eat smart in ways that are compatible with their busy lifestyles." -- Marshall Stamper, M.D., Founder of Lindora Medical Clinics

"Brimming with the same user-friendly graphics and results-oriented tips that made Lean for Life such a hit, this book offers readers a practical, simple way to maintain their success and continue enjoying the many benefits of Staying Lean for Life." -- Janet Eastman, Los Angeles Times

"This terrific, much-needed book will guide you step-by-step down the road to long term success. It can change your life." -- John P. Foreyt, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Director Behavior Medical Research Center

Losing weight is only the first step. Keeping it off what ultimately matters. -- Donna Smith Maintained 30 pound Lean for Life Weight Loss since 1971

With the Lean for Life program, I know what I need to do to regain controlÑand I do it! -- Melanie Dingle Maintained 40 pound Lean for Life Weight Loss since 1994

About this edition

• Publisher: Griffin Pub Group
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1580000509
• ISBN 13: 9781580000505
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 326