The coauthor of the bestselling YOU: The Owner’s Manual series recounts his own inspiring weight-loss journey Two-thirds of American adults are overweight, and Ted Spiker—pear-shaped and 280 pounds at his heaviest—knows their pain. But even after cowriting numerous health and fitness bestsellers, Spiker still couldn’t lose weight. Then he discovered that the battle is equal parts biology and psychology. Once he mastered his mental attitude, Spiker lost eighty pounds and decided to compete in an Ironman. Sharing his newfound knowledge, Spiker tackles all the common problems of nutrition and exercise—and the twelve truths that drive success. Whatever readers’ weight loss goals, Down Size will help them achieve a healthier, leaner, and better body.

Down Size: The 12 Truths for Getting You a Leaner, Healthier, Better Body

Biographies & Memoirs

Spiker, Ted

Professionals & Academics

Penguin Publishing Group

Provides advice, an eating plan, and exercises designed to help people achieve a sustained loss of abdominal fat and live a healthier life.

You: on a Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Roizen, Michael F., M.D.

Oz, Mehmet, M.D.

Wynett, Craig

Special Diet

Thorndike Pr

What to Eat When: A Strategic Plan to Improve Your Health and Life Through Food

NY Times best-selling author Dr. Michael Roizen reveals how the food choices you make each day--and when you make them--can affect your health, your energy, your sex life, your waistline, your attitude, and the way you age. What if eating two cups of blueberries a day could prevent cancer? If drinking a kale-infused smoothie could counteract missing an hour's worth of sleep? When is the right time of day to eat that chocolate chip cookie? And would you actually drink that glass of water if it meant skipping the gym? This revolutionary guide reveals how to use food to enhance our personal and professional lives--and increase longevity to boot. What to Eat When is not a diet book. Instead, acclaimed internist Michael Roizen and preventive medicine specialist Michael Crupain offer readers choices that benefit them the most--whether it's meals to help them look and feel younger or snacks that prevent diseases--based on the science that governs them.

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Roizen, Michael F.

Crupain, Michael

Diets & Weight Loss

National Geographic

NY Times best-selling author Dr. Michael Roizen reveals how the food choices you make each day--and when you make them--can affect your health, your energy, your sex life, your waistline, your attitude, and the way you age. What if eating two cups of blueberries a day could prevent cancer? If drinking a kale-infused smoothie could counteract missing an hour's worth of sleep? When is the right time of day to eat that chocolate chip cookie? And would you actually drink that glass of water if it meant skipping the gym? This revolutionary guide reveals how to use food to enhance our personal and professional lives--and increase longevity to boot. What to Eat When is not a diet book. Instead, acclaimed internist Michael Roizen and preventive medicine specialist Michael Crupain offer readers choices that benefit them the most--whether it's meals to help them look and feel younger or snacks that prevent diseases--based on the science that governs them.

Roizen M.D., Michael F

A New York Times Bestseller TODAY Show financial expert Jean Chatzky and Cleveland Clinic chief wellness officer Dr. Michael Roizen explain the vital connection between health and wealth ― giving readers a plan for both financial independence and biological strength with action steps to get you there.

age-proof: How to Live Longer Without Breaking a Hip, Running Out of Money, or Forgetting Where You Put It - The 8 Secrets (Thorndike Large Print Lifestyles)

Chatzky, Jean

Self-Help

Thorndike Press Large Print

Ted Spiker may be the coauthor of numerous bestselling diet and health books, but the man just can't resist a good burrito. Or a bad burrito. He has also eaten a seventy-six-ounce steak, asserted that his wife's post-pregnancy jeans were the best-fitting pants he ever wore, and was asked by his own childhood doctor if his "feminine shape" embarrassed him at the beach. In Down Size, Ted reveals twelve truths about successful weight loss in areas such as temptation, frustration, nutrition, and inspiration. Combining science, personal stories, expert interviews, and advice, Down Size is an entertaining, field-tested, and research-based look at how men and women can finally find the body they want.

Down Size: 12 Truths for Turning Pants-Splitting Frustration into Pants-Fitting Success

Tantor Audio

Ted Spiker may be the coauthor of numerous bestselling diet and health books, but the man just can't resist a good burrito. Or a bad burrito. He has also eaten a seventy-six-ounce steak, asserted that his wife's post-pregnancy jeans were the best-fitting pants he ever wore, and was asked by his own childhood doctor if his "feminine shape" embarrassed him at the beach.       In Down Size, Ted reveals twelve truths about successful weight loss in areas such as temptation, frustration, nutrition, and inspiration. Combining science, personal stories, expert interviews, and advice, Down Size is an entertaining, field-tested, and research-based look at how men and women can finally find the body they want.

Great-looking abs are more than just a way to support the mirror industry. In fact, strong abs and flat stomachs are the ultimate indicator of overall health-for both men and women. Great abs will help you live longer, sleep better, prevent back pain, and significantly improve your sex life! (And, hey, they don't look half-bad in the mirror, either.) Unfortunately, you could spend years on starvation diets and extreme exercise programs that never unearth those elusive stomach muscles. Or you could spend just six weeks with David Zinczenko, Editor-in-Chief of Men's Health magazine, on THE ABS DIET-an easy and effective program for everyone that is helping thousands of people lose weight, flatten their guts, banish post-pregnancy bellies, and become healthier than they ever thought possible. What's more, once on this revolutionary new diet you'll look and feel better than ever without deprivation dieting, counting calories, measuring foods, worrying about confusing phases-or ever feeling hungry! Sound impossible? Let David Zinczenko prove it to you. As editor-in-chief of the world's most important men's magazine, Zinczenko has devoted his career to helping people improve their lives through the latest and most well-researched health, nutrition, and exercise information available. Now, in the national bestseller THE ABS DIET, Zinczenko reveals his infallible formula that works for both men and women: - The ABS DIET POWER foods: the 12 best foods (all part of an easy-to-remember acronym) that will naturally boost your metabolism so that you can strip away fat, build muscle, and look and feel great for life. (Bonus: Many of the Abs Diet Powerfoods are even-gasp-carbs!) - SIMPLICITY: This low-maintenance program is easy to follow because there are no scales, no phases, no calculus-like formulas to compute, and no recipes that take a culinary degree to make. (One of the secret weapons: Satiating smoothies.) In fact, many of the dozens and dozens of delicious meals you can make take no more than a few minutes to prepare! - INCENTIVE: The plan never leaves you hungry. Instead, it encourages you to eat (a whopping six times a day!), stokes your metabolism, and even lets you cheat now and then. ENERGY: Designed to help you build the lean muscle that and melt away that pesky belly fat, this full-body exercise program can be done at home in only 20 minutes, 3 times a week, with nothing more than a set of dumbbells! - LONGEVITY: An easy-to-remember maintenance plan will help you maintain your flat stomach forever. Thousands of people are on THE ABS DIET, which can help you lose up to 20 pounds in six weeks-all while gaining pounds of muscle!-because it's easy to follow and even easier to stick to. THE ABS DIET also describes some of the stories of people who went on the program and had amazing successes. In those cases, these people ended up changing their waistlines-and their lives. THE ABS DIET is the best, last and only diet and nutrition plan that you will ever need. Read about how low-carb diets are making you fat, about how the food industry is putting secret fat bombs in your favorite foods, and about how you can fight back. You'll find out why 95 percent of all diets fail, and why THE ABS DIET is different. So how about joining on for a six-pack? Yours. - 12 "superfoods" that will change your life. - A simple maintenance plan to keep your abs from disappearing Six weeks to superior strength and sexy symmetry every man-and woman! -lusts after. Men's Health can show you how.

The Abs Diet: The Six-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life

Zinczenko, David

Rodale Books

Ted Spiker may be the coauthor of numerous bestselling diet and health books, but the man just can’t resist a good burrito. Or a bad burrito. (He’s also eaten a 76-ounce steak, asserted that his wife’s post-pregnancy jeans were the best-fitting pants he ever wore, and was asked by his own childhood doctor if his “feminine shape” embarrassed him at the beach.) In Down Size, Ted takes readers on an inspiring, candid, and comical journey, exploring the art and science of weight loss through
his own struggles as a pear-shaped man in a not-so-pear-shaped world, with research about food, exercise, and the psychology of losing weight. He reveals twelve truths about successful weight loss, in areas such as temptation, frustration, nutrition, and inspiration. Some truths:
• Redefine the Definition of Data
• Leave Behind Your Extra Gland
• Think Process, Not Outcome
• Train Shorter, Train Harder 
Combining science, personal stories, expert interviews, and advice, Down Size is an entertaining, field-tested, and research-based look at how men and women can finally find the body they want.

Avery

A unique eating plan for both novice and experienced runners--to help you achieve optimum performance and keep those unwanted pounds off. If you are a serious runner, or are thinking about starting a running or run/walk program to keep fit and help you lose weight, forget about the traditional food pyramid--or today's low-carb diets. As noted dietitian Madelyn H. Fernstrom, Ph.D., C.N.S., explains, the eating plan that best meets the needs of runners at all levels is based on a 50 percent carb, 25 percent protein, 25 percent fat ratio. Here Dr. Fernstrom details a realistic program, individualized for each person's activity level, that will enable runners to maximize their performance while maintaining long-term success at weight control. In Runner's World The Runner's Diet, the reader will discover: o Why the 50-25-25 ratio works best for runners--and even walkers o How to match your eating pattern to your running style o How to make use of a daily food and activity log With the imprimatur of Runner's World, the leading authority in the running field, Runner's World The Runner's Diet by Madelyn H. Fernstrom with Ted Spiker is the first book to recognize that runners cannot depend solely on physical activity to control their weight--and to outline a lifetime weight-loss plan that is best for their special needs.

Runner's World The Runner's Diet: The Ultimate Eating Plan That Will Make Every Runner (and Walker) Leaner, Faster, and Fitter

Fernstrom, Madelyn H.

Editors of Runner's World Maga

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Down Size: The 12 Truths for Getting You a Leaner, Healthier, Better Body

You: on a Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management

What to Eat When: A Strategic Plan to Improve Your Health and Life Through Food

What to Eat When: A Strategic Plan to Improve Your Health and Life Through Food

age-proof: How to Live Longer Without Breaking a Hip, Running Out of Money, or Forgetting Where You Put It - The 8 Secrets (Thorndike Large Print Lifestyles)

Down Size: 12 Truths for Turning Pants-Splitting Frustration into Pants-Fitting Success

Down Size: 12 Truths for Turning Pants-Splitting Frustration into Pants-Fitting Success

The Abs Diet: The Six-Week Plan to Flatten Your Stomach and Keep You Lean for Life

Down Size: 12 Truths for Turning Pants-Splitting Frustration into Pants-Fitting Success

Runner's World The Runner's Diet: The Ultimate Eating Plan That Will Make Every Runner (and Walker) Leaner, Faster, and Fitter