Perfect Weight The Natural Way takes a new look at weight management as it shifts the focus from ‘weight loss’ to ‘health gain’. Excess weight is merely a symptom of poor health, of a body out of balance. By following the simple Natural Way guidelines set out in this book, readers will be able to discover that vibrant health is the key to perfect weight.
Chapter One: The Natural Way Lifestyle – A Basic Guide to Vibrant Health and Perfect Weight
The Natural Way lifestyle is based on a handful of extremely simple principles which, when harmonised, result in optimum levels of physical, mental and emotional health. Unimagined levels of vitality and a slim, toned body are its rich rewards.
Chapter Two: Diets Are Big Business
A quick overview of the most popular weight loss approaches doing the rounds, and reasons why they don’t work. The solution is to forget the diets, the pills and the potions and concentrate instead on getting healthy.
Chapter Three: Happy Hormones: The Key to Perfect Weight
The endocrine or hormonal system is wholly responsible for all aspects of weight management, from the speed of the metabolism and balancing the appetite, to controlling fluid levels and developing muscle tone. This chapter looks at how to ensure the health of this intricate system.
Chapter Four: Exploding some Myths
An examination of some popular myths about what makes you fat and what makes you thin.
Chapter Five: Move that Body! Exercise and Weight
Without exercise it is impossible to achieve perfect weight. Many of us make the mistake of thinking that weight loss hinges on balancing calories in (our food intake) and calories out (the energy we use when we exercise). But beyond this, exercise is a powerful weapon in the battle against excess weight because it plays a crucial role in maintaining the health of the endocrine system, the system that controls all aspects of weight management and physical and mental vitality.
Chapter Six: Light up your Life
Did you know that the light in your office or place of work could be making you sick and fat? This chapter examines the importance of regular daily exposure to natural light.
Chapter Seven: Water and Weight Loss
A quick look at the role of water, the ‘forgotten’ nutrient, in out battle against the bulge.
Chapter Eight: Digestion: Part of the Problem?
Digestion plays a significant role in attaining robust health and managing your weight successfully. This chapter goes through the basics of digestion and illustrates why the Natural Way style of eating makes so much sense.
Chapter Nine: Fasting and Cleansing Diets: Madness or Miracle?
Fasting is the quickest and most efficient way for the body to cleanse and repair itself. A short period of supervised fasting, followed by a change to a natural diet, will set you on the road to successful weight management and vibrant health.
Chapter Ten: Balanced Lifestyle, Balanced Weight
There is more to life than weight loss. This chapter examines some simple pointers that will lead you to achieving a balanced life.
Chapter Eleven: Mind Over Platter
This chapter examines the possible reasons for your feelings about food and helps you to get out of the overeating trap.
Chapter Twelve: Childhood Obesity: Preparing Your Child for a Life of Misery
The rise in childhood obesity is a worldwide phenomenon. This chapter provides some practical suggestions for helping the overweight child.
Chapter Thirteen: Getting Started on the Natural Way Lifestyle
Now that you have all this information, what do you do with it? Practical advise on how to incorporate the Natural Way principles into your life.
Chapter Fourteen: Success Stories To Inspire You
The author has been a nutritional counsellor for over 15 years. Here are some of the stories about how the Natural Way changed people’s lives for the better.