Fit Happens: Strategies for Living a Healthier, Happier, Fitter Life

by Joanie Greggains

A noted fitness expert presents simple, time-saving, but innovative ways to lose weight and enhance health, all of which can be incorporated into the fast-paced modern lifestyle. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0375500367
• ISBN13: 9780375500367
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: Villard Books
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.5" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Add this book to your home library

After reading a copy of Fit Happens from our local library, I had to purchase a copy for my home library. I had been looking for a book that presented overall fitness and nutrional information--not diet hype--and found it. Fit Happens presents a great balance of detailed information with tables and bulleted lists that make looking up information convenient. Information summarized in tables ranges from causes and remedies for such symptoms as heartburn and insomnia to calories burned during specific exercises and every day routines like vacuuming. The only drawback to this book was the presentation of exercises. There weren't very many and no pictures to demonstrate. She should have considered other reference books or videos for exercises. As far as nutritional information and the real reasons why we should exercise, this book is tops!

Great Millenium Starter

As an "old" fan of the Joanie Greggans video exercise tapes of the 80's I wondered if this book would give some new insights into the old question, "How can I be better all the way around - physically, mentally and emotionally?" She does a great job of putting common sense information in front of us in such a way that everyone can deal with it in a realistic manner. It was a great pick-me-up to know I was actually doing some ok things but it gave some wonderful insight on ways I could improve in areas of eating, exercising, and destressing. Believe it or not, it even had some great exercises to strengthen muscles to improve your sex life - way to go Joannie!

A bargain at twice the price--this book is a must have!

This is a great book! It is full of factual information, grounded in real science and loaded with common sense. If you are fed up with the search for the "magic bullet" and ready to get serious about fitness this book is for you! This is NOT another best selling author promoting the latest fad. I was impressed with Ms. Greggains straightforward no nonsense approach to her topic and her honesty. While I was disappointed to learn that there really is no "magic" I was inspired by the authors belief in the power of good information to help people transform themselves. This book does the job quite nicely!

Start the new century with a new attitude!

Fit Happens is wonderful: bright, positive, informative, and even funny in spots! One look at Greggains, and you know she knows what she's talking about. If you're tired of diets and fitness programs that make no scientific sense and never work in the long run, this book is for you. Greggains is a voice of reason and common sense. And an inspiration!