Fat to Firm at Any Age: Weight Loss Strategies for Women Who Want to Slim Down, Shape Up & Get Rid of Annoying Bulges at 30, 40 & Beyond

by Alisa Bauman, Sari Harrar, Prevention Magazine

Book Overview

A five-part program covers emotional issues, an eating plan, workout routines, fashion tips, and recipes. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0875964125
• ISBN13: 9780875964126
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Rodale Books
• Length: 474 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.8" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

It's all here.

All you need is to act upon it. It's not so much that the material is new but the presentation is easy and the table of contents is set up with a great breakdown so the reader can access the information easily without wading through more than a body may want to read. Not that it is not all important but sometimes you may just need more info on a particular part of your plan. Each chapter in the table of contents has a sentence or two telling you exactly what you will find there. The sections are broken down with subtitles to add to that ease. They couldn't make it easier.I found this book very inspirational, as well as helpful. It is a book to guide you and get you on track, most important of all it will help you to stay there. Kelsana 12/10/01

Excellent Introductory Book

It is a bit too soon for me to report enviable weight loss or the establishment of new, taut muscles. But I am convinced that by following the reasonable and practical tips and strategies in Fat To Firm, I shall reach my goals in time. And that is what is so refreshing about this book: it is not at all gimmicky, promising the sun, moon and stars, not to mention a Claudia Schiffer body. This book is an excellent antidote to all those unrealistic, often impossible, weight-loss programs and fad diets. In truth, it appears that most books out there could be called faddish. Not so this book.If you are just beginning a weight-loss and fitness program, or would like to, but still don't have the confidence and courage, this is a good book to begin with. There are numerous inspiring stories--from real women, who demonstrate that goals CAN be met if one is consistent, determined, and flexible. There are good introductions to various forms of exercise, which would help someone who isn't quite sure where or how to begin, what exercise would suit best. There are many many tips on how to incorporate more activity into one's daily routines, in addition to regular exercise. My favorite: doing squats or calf raises while doing the dishes or cutting vegetables.My one disappointment was that there was not more assistance in the actual planning of meals or menus (in addition to a somewhat small list of recipes). However, this deficiency could be supplemented with an additional book or two--including a more thorough cookbook--but one must be prepared to do some serious searching to avoid fads or nutritionally unsound eating plans.I would recommend this book to the woman who is just beginning, or wants to begin, a new, more healthful lifestyle, a combination of better eating habits and more physical activity. This book is a good, encouraging accessory to a more healthful life.

Guide to Diet and Exercise the Healthy Way

I thought this was a wonderful book. It is tailored especially for women. It explains that one of the reasons we gain weight as we age is because we become more and more sedentary and lose muscle mass. If we do a moderate weight program, we can at least stop the loss of muscle and maybe make up for what we lost.I am down 11 pounds since June. I walk/run for 30 minutes a day as many days as I can. I try to work in a weight regime at least two times a week.I highly recommend this book as the last word on fitness!

This book taught me how to eat well and feel good about it.

I've tried and failed at many diets as most people have. This book truly taught me how to eat well by the author's unique structure of the book. The various chapters give you affirmations, testimonials, quotes, research, exercises, even recipes. Many times I felt I had read similar information in previous sections of the book and I had! I think that is important. Repetition is the best learning tool. The more you read it, the better you retain it. By the time I finished reading this book, I was no longer scared about dieting. I began using the information I had learned, occasionally returning to the book to confirm something I was unsure of. I have even tried several of the recipes which proved to be very tasty! Next thing I knew, I was no longer ON A DIET ... I had changed my lifestyle completely.That's mainly what I want to say about this book. It changes your life, which is what we ALL need to become healthy eaters. A healthy eater is a healthy person. The weight loss is just the natural benefit that comes with it.By the way, I lost 20 lbs. in 6 months. My exercise program consists of walking 1.5 miles and doing 100 stomach crunches a day.