A. Orca's Book Store
Main Floor - last update 9/13/98
Weight & nutrition, body image, exercise & stress reduction
Weight Loss, Weight Control, Nutrition
The Ten Habits of Naturally Slim People, Jill H. Podjasek, Jennifer Carney |
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ISBN: 0809229536 Publisher: NTC Contem Pub. Date: April 1998 |
| Synopsis Offering dieters the keys to reaching and maintaining an optimal body weight, "The Ten Habits of Naturally Slim People" presents proven methods for meeting the body's physical needs while developing life-enhancing attitudes. |
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Eat Right 4 Your Type: Staying Healthy, Living Longer, Achieving Your Ideal Weight, Peter J. D'Adamo,Catherine Whitney |
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| Synopsis Ever wonder why one diet works for one person, but not for another? After decades of research, Dr. Peter D'Adamo has discovered the role one's blood type plays in determining which foods are best for an individual's diet. "Eat Right 4 Your Type" teaches readers how to optimize their types to achieve the greatest state of health and well-being. A. Orca's comments: I found this book interesting, although the research isn't all that solid. I didn't like what it said people with my bloodtype needed to eat, so I never really gave it a try. It failed my personal test for me-ability. From The Publisher: Dr. D'Adamo has spent the past fifteen years researching the connections among blood type, food, and disease, and his research is built on thirty years of work done by his father. Now Dr. D'Adamo offers a total resource for health, an individualized plan that's right for your blood type. In "Eat Right 4 Your Type" he shows which foods, spices, teas, and condiments help someone of your blood type maintain optimal health and ideal weight; which vitamins and supplements to emphasize or avoid; which medications function best in your system; whether your stress goes to your muscles or your nervous system; whether your stress is relieved better through aerobics or meditation; whether you should walk, swim or play tennis or golf as your mode of exercise; how knowing your blood type can help you avoid many common viruses and infections; how knowing your blood type can help you fight back against life-threatening diseases; and how to slow down the aging process by avoiding factors specific to your blood type that cause rapid cell deterioration. |
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Losing Weight for Good: Developing Your Personal Plan of Action, Lawrence J. Cheskin |
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ISBN: 0801854997 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Pub. Date: March 1997 Format: Hardcover, 264pp. |
| Synopsis: Now, for the first time, the advantages of an expertly designed Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center plan are available to those who want to lose weight on their own. Losing Weight for Good helps readers assess their own specific reasons for weight gain. Armed with this knowledge, they can design their own step-by-step program based on the individualized approach that has been so successful at Johns Hopkins. |
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Outsmarting the Female Fat Cell: The First Weight-Control Program Designed Specifically for Women, Debra Waterhouse |
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ISBN: 0446601292 Publisher: Warner Books, Inc. Pub. Date: March 1994 Available in hardback or paperback
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| Synopsis: A revolutionary breakthrough in the weight-loss battle, developed by super nutritionist Debra Waterhouse. Shocking new evidence reveals that women's fat cells are different from men's and dieting actually makes women's fat cells multiply. Debra's special 3-month OFF program (Outsmart Female Fat) helps women shrink those troublesome fat cells. |
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Cliff Sheats' Lean Bodies |
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ISBN: 0446670308 Publisher: Warner Books, Inc. Pub. Date: December 1994 Format: Paperback, 329 pages |
| Synopsis The author of The Lean Bodies Cookbook puts an end once and for all to the insanity of low-calorie and starvation diets--with a scientifically-proven, healthy eating program on which anyone can eat up to 3,500 calories a day and still lose weight. Includes 100 recipes for five meals a day, shopping advice and a list of restaurants that participate in the program. Link takes you to a search page that includes additional titles in the series. |
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Intuitive Eating: A Recovery Book for the Chronic Dieter , Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch |
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ISBN: 0312957211 Publisher: Tor Books Pub. Date: January 1996 Format: Paperback |
| Synopsis A recovery book for chronic dieters--a whole new way of eating and making peace with food. This book focuses on nurturing your body rather than on the biology of starvation, and encourages natural weight loss, helping you find the weight you were meant to be. |
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Jumpstart Your Metabolism: How to Lose Weight by Changing the Way You Breathe, Pam Grout |
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ISBN: 0684843463 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: January 1998 Format: , Paperback, 192pp.
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| Synopsis: Bringing a breath of fresh air to the fitness and diet market, this expanded version of a highly successful self-published book presents an amazingly effective program for burning excess fat, losing weight, and feeling revitalized with every breath you take. |
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Feeling Light: The Holistic Solution to Permanent Weight Loss & Wellness, Shoshana Katzman, Wendy Shankin-Cohen, Melinda M. Marshall |
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ISBN: 0380799510,
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| Synopsis The revolutionary concept behind "Feeling Light" is that it aims to heal dieters from the inside out, restoring the internal imbalance of vital energies that cause excess body weight. The program includes cleansing fasts, breathing and meditation, herbal therapy, tai chi, acupressure and acupuncture, as well as a healthy eating plan. Leans towards vegetarianism in eating plan. Somewhat "New Age." |
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Be A Loser: A Complete Face Lift, Tummy Tuck and Total Body Lift in 15 Minutes a Day ,Greer Childers, Barbarta E. Katz, Bobbi Katz |
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ISBN: 0812929993 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: April 1998 Format: Hardcover, 188 pages
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| Synopsis A high-energy, deep-breathing program for weight loss, body firming, and toning, "Be a Loser!" features the BodyFlex method developed through the workshops of Greer Childers, whose bestselling video tapes are sold via the Home Shopping Network and QVC. 40 color illustrations. 20 photos. A. Orca's Comments: This is a quick read, and a persuasive arguements. It makes the mistake (in one of the later chapters) of claiming anyone can lose inches and sizes if they follow the plan, which focusses on exercises with deep breathing techniques. I had an awful time just trying to follow the deep breathing exercises, though they sounded easy enough. Try getting it from the library before investing in it. |
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Exceed the Feed Limit!: Out of the Fat Lane into a Healthier Life without Diets or Deprivation, Vicki Park |
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Exceed the Feed Limit No cover image. |
ISBN: 0964273314 Publisher: Pepper Tree Pub. Date: February 1997 Format: Paperback, 256 pages |
| Synopsis From 315 pounds to model thin--without dieting! Vicki Park shares quick and easy low-fat recipes for 200 family favorites that let her lose 180 pounds. She has been able to maintain that loss for more than seven years, while also helping her husband and daughter drop an additional 170 pounds. The book includes lots of tips and motivating anecdotes. "Exceed the Feed Limit!" will soon become a television movie under the Francey Productions banner. |
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When You Eat at the Refrigerator, Pull up a Chair, Geneen Roth, Anne Lamott |
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ISBN: 0786863951 Publisher: Hyperion Pub. Date: April 1998 Format hardcover, 240 pp |
| Synposis In her latest book, the bestselling author of "When Food Is Love" and "Why Weight?" tackles the secret ways we sabotage ourselves every day and shows how to break the vicious cycle that keeps us feeling fat, ugly, and miserable. |
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Why Weight?: A Guide to Ending Compulsive Eating, Geneen Roth |
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ISBN: 0452262542 Publisher: NAL/Dutton Pub. Date: June 1989 Format paperback |
| Synopsis After Feeding the Hungry Heart and Breaking Free from Compulsive Eating, Roth offers a workbook that will enable readers to explore for themselves the issues that lead to compulsive eating. |
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| Seven Secrets of Slim People , Vicki Hansen and Shawn Goodman |
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ISBN: 1561703966 Publisher: Hay House, Inc. Pub. Date: July 1997 Format: Hardcover, 303 pages
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Size Acceptance, Body Image Focus
Live Large: Ideas, Affirmations, and Actions for Sane Living in a Larger Body, Cheri K. Erdman |
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ISBN: 0062513451 Publisher: HarperCollins, Inc. Pub. Date: December 1996 Format: Paperback |
| From Publisher's Weekly: Cheri Erdman (Nothing to Lose: Sane Living in a Larger Body) offers emotional support to large women with Live Large! Ideas, Affirmations, and Actions for Sane Living in a Larger Body, a collection of 140 meditations promoting a positive image and a celebration of one's size. Each page begins with a "Big Idea" (for empowerment) then "Fleshes It Out" (with an affirmation) and a "Size-Wise Action" (a specific task). Erdman, a psychotherapist, offers support and encouragement for women struggling to find a way to live with the bodies they have. |
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True Beauty: Positive Attitudes & Practical Tips for Women of Size, Emme, Daniel Paisner |
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ISBN: 0399142045 Publisher: Putnam Pub Pub. Date: December 1996 |
| Synopsis: The number one plus size model in the world shares the inspirational story of how she came to accept her size--even view it as an asset--claiming health andhappiness along the way. In a tone as upbeat as her message, Emme shares her experience and hope with conviction and inspiration. True Beauty is a landmark book for women wrestling with issues of body image and self esteem. |
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Well Rounded: Eight Steps for Changing Your Life...not Your Size, Catherine Lippincott |
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0671545086 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: December 1996
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| Synopsis Well Rounded offers readers a concrete program for self-acceptance and self-love. It provides a method for women of size to improve the quality of their lives with no-nonsense facts about their special lifestyle needs, a step-by-step method of self-assessment, a beauty and fashion workbook, and uplifting reminders for women everywhere to live their life to the fullest each and every day. From The Publisher: In Well Rounded, Lippincott, a successful plus-size model, devises eight steps to follow to become happy with life in a large body. From accepting and enjoying your size (step 1), through getting to know your body (3) and assessing your body's strengths and weaknesses (4) to a discussion of movement and exercise (8), her advice is both practical and esteem-building. Each step includes a toolbox of activities to perform. This book will appeal to those who want an outline or guide explaining how to achieve their goal..-Elizabeth Caulfield Felt, Washington State Univ. Lib., Pullman |
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Hunger Pains, Mary Bray Pipher |
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ISBN:
0345413938 Publisher: Ballantine Books, Incorporated Pub. Date: January 1997 |
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Publisher: We live in an appearance-obsessed culture. Fashion ads, magazine covers, TV shows, and movies idealize a body type that is impossible for most real women to achieve. In this comforting, liberating book, Dr. Mary Pipher, bestselling author of Reviving Ophelia, offers advice, counsel, and practical solutions for understanding our needs, our fears, and our many hungers. She shows us how we can at last learn to live at peace with the natural differences in our bodies and appetites. The rates of anorexia, bulimia, and depression for women are the highest they have ever been, and begin at ever younger ages. Dr. Pipher reveals how society encourages our misery and prevents us from accepting our looks. Indeed, for many women the humiliation of overweight or obesity is a wound that never heals. Dr. Pipher reminds us that accepting our bodies the way they are is the greatest gift we can give ourselves. |
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Healing Mind, Healthy Woman, Alice D. Domar Henry Dreher |
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From The Publisher: An esteemed Harvard Medical School doctor who has developed relaxation methods designed to reduce stress and heal the body now applies those techniques to the seven health issues that most commonly affect women: PMS, infertility, difficult pregnancies, menopause, eating disorders, breast and gynecological cancers, and endometriosis/pelvic pain. Dr. Domar has created an integrated program of mainstream therapies combined with mind-body relaxation techniques that works far better than either approach alone. Whether used to help women conceive, reduce both the physical and psychological symptoms of PMS, cut down on menopausal hot flashes, or improve self-esteem, Dr. Domar's methods are proven effective, and are now available to all women who want to use their minds to heal their bodies. |
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Tai Chi for Beginners: 10 Minutes to Health & Fitness, Claire Hooton |
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ISBN: 0399522077 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: May 1996 |
| Synopsis The most user-friendly T'ai-Chi instruction book available, this simple, illustrated guide to the world's most perfect (and spiritual) form of exercise demonstrates the first 20 movements of T'ai Chi's popular Yang style. Each exercise is described in beautiful and easy-to-follow language and is accompanied by clear photos and captions. From The Publisher: First developed in China almost a thousand years ago, Tai Chi Chuan has helped millions discover superior posture, increased concentration, and profound relaxation. A form of the martial arts, it is designed to help release the body's natural energy flow and is considered one of the world's most perfect forms of exercise. In Tai Chi for Beginners, noted instructor Claire Hooton demonstrates the first twenty movements of Tai Chi's popular Yang style. Each step is described in clear language and illustrated with easy-to-follow photographs showing both front and back poses. Once mastered, these basic movements can be performed in just ten minutes, while providing all of Tai Chi's amazing benefits. A noted expert on Tai Chi for twenty-five years, Claire Hooton has put her proven skill to work in Tai Chi for Beginners, the most easy to use Tai Chi instruction book available today. |
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Step-by-Step TAI CHI: The Natural Way to Strength & Health, Lam Kam Chuen Lam Kam Chuen |
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ISBN:
0671892479 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Trade Pub. Date: September 1994
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| Synopsis Like massage and yoga, the practice of Tai Chi enhances health and fitness and helps to reduce stress. This easy-to-use manual takes readers through four levels of techniques. Detailed drawings and clear text describe the progression from gentle fundamental movements to advanced exercises. |
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Essence of TAI CHI, Waysun Liao |
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ISBN: 1570620393 Publisher: Shambhala Pubns., Inc Pub. Date: March 1995 |
| Synopsis This beautiful minature edition offers an accessible introduction to the philosophy and practice of Asia's most popular exercise and martial art. |
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TAI CHI Made Easy: Step-by-Step Guide to Health & Relaxation, Robert Parry |
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ISBN: 1882606256 Publisher: Peoples Me Pub. Date: May 1997 Paperback |
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From the Publisher: This ancient Chinese system of exercise for body and mind is fast becoming recognized as an ideal way to deal with the pressures of modern living. Tai Chi Made Easy provides practical instruction on how to learn and perform the most popular style of tai chi - the short yang form. This graceful sequence is broken down into a structured learning program of eight lessons, each of which includes easy-to-follow, step-by-step photographs and clear instructions for every movement featured. The fundamental principles of tai chi - how and why it works - are also explored, along with specific advice on how to get the most out of practicing tai chi. |
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