Best weight loss book you have read

I'm currently reading The Mindful Appetite by Susan Albers. It has more to do with how a person eats rather what what a person eats. I've gotten to the point where I would be eating without even thinking about it, considering what to eat, 'evaluating' hunger before eating and actually enjoying the experience of eating. It's not about weight-loss as much as it is about learning to eat in a healthy manner, but it's helping me be thoughtful about the way I'm eating which helps a lot.

I really enjoyed "The Eat Clean Diet" Easy to follow and a lot of simple, good advice

Fit or Fat by Covert Bailey...Oldie, but not out of date.

Here is part of a review on the book...This book is intended for average folks that know they should be getting some exercise but have difficulty getting physical fitness into their daily routine. It's motivating, complete unto itself, and will explain in very clear and easy terms how to get the most physical benefit from your precious exercise time. (This applies to 90% of us.) This book is NOT intended for gym dogs or athletes in training that have already established an intense exercise program. That 10% of the populaton is training at a much higher level and already knows this stuff.

"Eat up, Slim Down" by Prevention Magazine It's explains in plain English how to lose weight, has charts for calorie consumption and has *real* food recipes by real people who have lost and kept weight off (ie "got healthier lifestyles") and or *professionals* who help people to do so.

I liked Michael Pollan's "Food Rules"

2 books on the opposite ends of the diet spectrum:

The China Study
The Art and Science of Low Carb Living

Both are great, and both make great cases for either living a plant based diet lifestyle or a low carb diet lifestyle.

I really like The Abs Diet. It's not gimmicky and it has a bunch of suggestions for really easy, simple recipes and a ton of exercises you can do at home. It's a little more geared toward men, which is probably a good thing. The whole thing is pretty mix and match. Also the first time I was introduced to the idea that cardio is way overrated as far as toning up goes. It's a good read even if you don't really do the plan. I still make myself one of the breakfast sandwiches almost every morning.

I read one of Jillian Michaels' books and it was good, but my god were the recipes redonkulous. Good, but ridiculous. I can't afford to eat lamb, I can't find swordfish and I'm okay with eating a sandwich or leftovers once in a while! I'm glad she went through the effort of finding tasty recipes, but sometimes less is more. Way too much time and money to follow the plan to the letter. It's still worth a read though, there are good ideas in there. I just wouldn't bother trying to do the plan unless you have no job or have a personal chef. I cook from scratch a lot anyway but it was a lot even for me.

Oh yeah and Skinny Bish is the most worthless piece of crap I've ever read. It's really a trick to try to get people to go vegan, which is fine, but there is so much crap in there that is downright incorrect or ignorant.

I really enjoyed Tosca Reno's EATING CLEAN DISCHARGED

My "diet book" is the Beck Diet Solution, Train your brain to think like a thin person" by Judith Beck, PhD.

It is not a specific diet plan--it is a guided workbook on using Cognitive Behavior Therapy to change your behavior and attitudes and approach to dieting and eating. There are a series of activities for the 6 week program I'm well into the 3rd week, but have read through the entire book. I re-read at least one chapter per day. I'm a little stalled on Days 14 and 15, but I'm working on them.

If "Beck" and "Cognitive Behavior Therapy" sound familar to you, it's because her father, Aaron Beck, MD is the create of the "Beck Depression Assessment" and they are co-founders of the Beck Institute. Aaron Beck wrote *the* text for clinicians about CBT.

I can't recommend this book enough--It is helping me make what I think are permanent changes in my behavior--and teaching me how to deal with cravings and temptations.