Joy's Life Diet: Four Steps to Thin Forever

by Joy Bauer

Book Overview

In Your Inner Skinny, Joy Bauer of The Life Diet fame, presents your "Four Steps to Thin Forever." Forget low-carb, no-carb, low-pleasure, high-misery diets, the Today show's nutrition and health expert has a better, proven weight-loss plan that can be tailored to individual needs. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Cooking with Joy and host of TV's "The Joy Bauer Fit Club" gives you all "the skinny" in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061665746
• ISBN13: 9780061665745
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.4" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Diet, health

It is wonderfull!!!!!!!!!!! It's very easy to understand and follow. Es maravilloso!!!!!!!!!!!!! Es muy facil de entender y seguir,

From someone who REALLY knows! "Joy's Life Diet" works! Sensible & Thorough !! A+++

Hi There Y'all :-) I have been Over 215 pounds when I was pregnant with my first child (up from 115 pounds!) & as low as 103 pounds after my first four children....., I am 51 years old, 5'5" & weigh about 115 pounds,a VERY toned size 4, + or - a bit, & have seven children ages 10 to 32, ( & have had 5 miscarriages on top of that!)......my poor body has been through the wringer!! I give you all this info, not to shock you, but to let you know that there is hope in maintaining & returning (IF you have one!) to a size & fitness level you actually will feel GREAT about!! ..........let me tell you as I am the self proclaimed "Queen" of dieting & Diet books! This book is GREAT! It is not only "do-able", but complete in that it gives you easy, basic recipes (no need to buy ANOTHER recipe book from the author like sooo many others make you, can we say "Ka-Ching $$$" & incremental increases in adding foods once you get stabilized with what you are doing , along with exercise tips & actual inspiring histories from men, women, couples from various backgrounds & weights.......... I got this for a friend who wanted to know HOW to do what I have done, & while I've "tweaked" her Diet for myself, as I know what gets me my BEST results, it is a fantastic start to a new you! It's like walking, 1 step at a time, & before you know it walking gets easier & easier, it is so exciting to do things EASILY that were once so difficult! She also gives you the info you need to "alter" your choices for meals, like for breakfast, instead of 1 egg, you could have 4 egg whites, 3 slices of turkey bacon, 1/2 cup 1% cottage cheese, 1 cup skim milk or plain nonfat yogurt,6 ounces nonfat flavored yogurt not over 100 calories I have tried myriads of Diets from Zone to Cabbage soup etc....but they all deal basically with the losing of the weight through altered eating styles, then you try , Try, TRY...(BIG sigh!) to keep the weight off by figuring out how to eat what you like in different portions or days etc ... & it inevitably all returns ( & usually a bit more!) One thing she will tell you is that once you lose the weight, you cannot return to eating the amounts of calories you used to, unless you want exercise like CAH-RAZ-EEE! Your new weight will be MUCH less, requiring much less calories!! I know it isn't rocket science, but there you have it in a nutshell!!! IF you are a person that LOVES to chew & chew & chew or feel STUFFED once in a while (or all the time) find some foods that will give you that CRUNCH or chewiness you crave without the calories, whether it be a MOUNTAIN of salad or slices of cucumbers & veggies sprinkled with your fav lo-cal topping, or beef jerky or jello or no calorie liquids all day long to keep that tummy topped off! LOL Whatever it takes for YOU! But there is a solution, you just need to stay with it & once you get there & KNOW HOW to stay there, wild horses can't drag you away!

Great gift for the New Year

My girlfriend has decided that she wants a sensible, easy diet for the New Year, and is bringing me along for the ride. In addition to getting us a gym membership, I bought her this book and so far she loves it. Major bonus points for me! She's bought several diet books before but she has never been able to stick with them because they are so complicated, restrictive, and expensive to follow. This book, on the other hand, is so straightforward, easy, and fits in seamlessly with our lifestyle. No need to purchase weird ingredients - it uses mostly stuff we already have or would normally buy. We've already made several of the recipes from Step 1 and she really loves the grilled chicken parmesan and the vanilla pumpkin pudding. I'm not the type to post opinions on here, but this has brought so much goodwill into our house, that I thought I should mention what a great gift this is for wives / girlfriends / moms, etc. Perfect for those who have made New Years resolutions to start a more healthy lifestyle.

5-star New Year's resolution

Hi, I am a member of the Joy Fit Club and was on the Today Show in October. I have lost over 175 pounds but was stuck on a plateau for over two years. Joy challenged me to use her LIFE Diet to bust the last 25 pounds off of me. I used her LIFE Diet and it is wonderful. The book is filled with great recipes and best off all it works. I am finally in a size 8. Thanks Joy! Be good to yourself in the New Year and get her new book and take it to heart as you start living a healthier life for you and your loved ones.

Great Diet

Joy's LIFE diet is the best diet ever. I will never do another diet ever again after doing this, there will be no need! This really works and it is easy too.