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Weekend Reading: Master Your Metabolism by Jillian Michaels
The key to mastering your metabolism, according to the new book by Jillian Michaels? Hormones! But not in the way you normally think of hormones.
Weekend Reading: The Daily Fix by Alexa L. Fishback
Alexa L. Fishback is my kind of nutritionist: one who understands that nutrition isn't always easy for young working women on the go. Her book The Daily Fix: Your Guide to Healthy Habits For Good Nutrition, released last week, acknowledges that work happy hours can tempt us from working out and that lunch meetings are a necessary but often unhealthy obligation.
Weekend Reading: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
Reading about running inspires me to lace up my sneakers and hit the pavement. However, when I am curled around a book late at night in my PJs, a run isn't really a viable option. Setting my alarm, putting my running clothes out, and planning my route for the following morning — these are things I can do at 11 p.m.
Weekend Reading: 50/50 by Dean Karnazes
You might know Dean Karnazes as the Ultra Marathon Man. In fact that is the url to his fancy website. Not only can this man run, run and run, he also writes entertaining and motivating books.
Weekend Reading: Chalked Up by Jennifer Sey
With the Summer games less than a week away and gymnastics on the top of my list of sports to watch, I was looking forward to reading Chalked Up by 1986 US Gymnastic Champion Jennifer Sey. Her memoir of the US gymnastic scene in the 80s is truly a page turner. This coming of age story is as much about the sport as Sey's overachieving, fiercely competitive personality.
Weekend Reading: Hungry Girl Recipes
Of course I eat healthy because I know it's good for me and helps me maintain my weight, but that doesn't mean I don't crave French fries, brownies, and other sweet and fattening foods. To keep my taste buds satisfied, I just found a unique recipe book that has low calories and low fat ideas for some of your favorite dishes. Hungry Girl: Recipes ($13) contains recipes with cute names like Eggs Bene-Chick (183 calories), Ooey Gooey Chili Cheese Nachos (216 calories), Big Bopper Burger Stopper (202 calories), and Dreamy Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge (65 calories).
Weekend Reading: In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan
I have a new food bible. It is not written by a chef, a nutritionist or a dietitian, but a journalist. The irony of dispensing nutritional advice as a journalist is not lost on the author of In Defense of Food ($21), Michael Pollan.
Weekend Reading: The 8 Colors of Fitness
You may be doing the wrong type of exercise, according to The 8 Colors of Fitness ($20.99). The author, Suzanne Brue, believes that your personality affects how you think and feel about exercise. So if you know your likes and dislikes, you'll be able to choose sports or types of workouts that are right for who you are.
Weekend Reading: Skinny B*tch In the Kitch
You know how much I enjoyed reading Skinny Bitch, so I was happy to see that these spunky authors came out with a cookbook called Skinny Bitch In the Kitch ($13.45).
The first book gave us pointers on how not to eat crap so we can start looking fabulous, and now this book is showing us how to make foods that are good for us as well as being filling and oh-so tasty. These authors understand your cravings.
Weekend Reading: Ten Years Thinner
If you search hard enough, you can find a diet/exercise book that tells you what you want to hear. I have found this to be true for both gardening and child rearing, and now I know it to be true in the quest for a healthier, fitter, thinner body.
The contrast between Ten Years Thinner ($26) and The Thrive Diet is a case in point.
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