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| Are You Ready!: To Take Charge, Lose Weight, Get in Shape, and Change Your Life Forever | 
 enlarge | Author: Bob Harper
Publisher: Broadway
Category: Book
List Price: $22.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  24 reviews
Sales Rank: 12086
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.1
ISBN: 0767928679
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.25
EAN: 9780767928670
ASIN: 0767928679
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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Condition: Brand New, Never Read, Mint Condition.
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Product Description
The world-renowned fitness coach on the hit TV show The Biggest Loser presents his winning approach to lasting weight loss by showing how to get at the root of your overeating problem, followed by a nutritionally savvy diet and unique exercise plan.
On The Biggest Loser, Bob Harper gives contestants the practical tools and psychological insights they need to get into the best shape of their lives. The key to his success is the emotional connection he makes with each participant, and he brings that same spirit to Are You Ready!
Harper starts with a four-step strategy for getting at the root of negative thought patterns and destructive behaviors, replacing both with a clear way to build self-worth and confidence. With these tools in place, people are empowered to make real, lasting changes in their lives. In an easy-to-follow eating plan, he provides lists of foods that are nutrient-dense and naturally low in calories, more than twenty sample menus, and tips on eating on the run, in restaurants, and on vacation. His fitness plan is geared to making exercise an integral part of daily life with workouts (ranging from 20 to 60 minutes) based on training techniques that tone and strengthen, burn calories, and reshape the body.
Woven throughout Are You Ready! are true-life success stories that will keep readers engaged and motivated; bulleted tips, tools, and coping strategies; and sidebars debunking common myths about food and fitness. Whether your goal is losing ten pounds or a hundred, you will find Harper’s message inspiring and his methods a proven path to finally achieving your dream of weight loss and fitness.
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Great for beginners April 8, 2008
44 out of 45 found this review helpful
I read this book, cover to cover, in 2 days and really enjoyed it. I think it is the perfect book for anyone who has a lot of weight to lose or for someone who is relatively new to working out. The book has a huge section of strength training exercises, which is great-especially for someone who is new to the weight room or concept of training with weights. I also enjoyed the food lists and recipe ideas.
I'm not sure how helpful this book is to someone who is already accustomed to working out and knows a lot about nutrition, but it a GREAT book for anyone in the beginner, intermediate range. I love how Bob combines mind and soul to make the weight loss a true, life-changing event.
A nice change for fitness/diet books May 27, 2008
32 out of 32 found this review helpful
First off, if you've every seen the show, then you know how Bob talks. This book seemed to ring with his voice on every page. It really does feel like you get a bit of Bob with you when reading this book.
What makes this book different from many other fitness/diet books is Bob deals with the emotional-mental side of things. He tries to get at the root of why we do what we do to ourselves and how to overcome that. For most people where emotions and food share a common thread, this helps you identify that thread and break it!
WHAT'S INSIDE:
Chapter 1 - Are you Really Ready? Step One = he deals with your baggage and fears that are keeping you fat
Chapter 2 - Accept Where You Are and Forgive: Step Two = You learn to reconnect with your body and forgive yourself for what you've done to it
Chapter 3 - Love Yourself: Step Three = Building confidence and setting goals then staying positive
Chapter 4 - Change Your Internal Tape Recorder, Change Yourself: Step Four = This is where he deals with emotional eating, mental hunger vs. physical hunger and provides a proactive formula
Chapter 5 - It's an Eating Plan, Not a Diet = he explains a bit about foods and their relationship to weight loss. He then provides a great food list and then seven(7) options for a quick breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks
Chapter 6 - Your Food Journal = Yes you need to start counting calories. You can photocopy the pages in this chapter to get you going with your own journal.
Chapter 7 - Stress Busters = How to deal with dinning/eating out while on your plan; shopping strategies and then staying on course with your eating while in the real world
Chapter 8 - Getting Started: Phase One = Introduction to exercise, including why monitor your heart rate. Also levels of exertion defined, basic equipment needed then his words on Cardio workouts
Chapter 9 - My Master List = With over 65 exercises described and with most pictures of Bob performing the steps to the exercise. Though black & white, the photos are clear and easy to see what he describes the exercise performing
Chapter 10 - The Workout = Three options for a week's worth of working out or you could look at it as 3 weeks of workouts. The options get progressively tougher. As someone like myself who is already fairly fit, Option 1 was too easy but Option 3 was a very good challenge.
OVERALL:
I liked this book, though the workout Bob puts together in the Biggest Loser book that came out first was a lot tougher (5 minutes of walking lunges and 7 minutes of crunches. Ack!).
This is a nice comprehensive book that hits the holistic experience of eating and working out and the challenges we go through starting and continuing a healthy process.
This book is a good addition to anyone's library.
 Great Book to get your life Back on track April 21, 2008
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Bob really does a good job with this book. Well written and easy to understand. He has alot of good themes to follow to change your life forever. I have read alot of Bob Greene's Books(Oprah's trainer) and he and Bob have alot in common on their approach. Each as some different ideas but all in all both are great reads. I will recommend this book to my friends. Good job Bob!
SELF WORTH - TRANSFORM INSIDE AND OUT! April 25, 2008
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
Bob Harper's book is about achieving lasting weight loss using his diet, exercise plan, and advice on self worth. He believes someone whose self worth may be damaged needs to find at least one thing they like about themselves. There is an emotional component to weight loss and Bob focuses on that as well as the more practical issues. The book digs into and tries to change negative thinking and behaviors into a constructive self worth and confidence-building plan that prepares you to make the external diet and exercise changes you need.
The diet plan provides lists of low cal, nutrient-dense foods, menu and recipe ideas, and ideas for eating well in restaurants. The exercise program has daily workouts ranging from 20 to 60 minutes. The exercise section includes a thorough presentation of strength training accompanied by pictures. The book incorporates inspiring testimonials and ideas on how to stay the course.
The book is clearly written as it takes you through a transformation from the inside out that is designed to change your life and body. You can sense the sincere tone of the author. Debra Lawrence, author of THE 3:00 PM SECRET: Live Slim and Strong, Live Your Dreams
Charming Presentation of the Same Old Same Old May 1, 2008
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
I'm a huge fan of The Biggest Loser. I cry when the contestants lose weight. Bob Harper is a great guy - the perfect counterpoint to Jillian Michaels drill sargeant persona. He appears to be kind, gentle, understanding, yet able to influence huge weight losses from the shows participants. I couldn't wait to get this CD and actually get a dose of the whole "Change Your Life" package. The truth is, there's really nothing new here. Bob tells us that we must get our insides together in order to be successful at changing our outsides; that we need to eat healthy foods and exercise at least 5 days a week. He tells us that if we screw up, we don't beat ourselves up. All this is delivered in Bob's charming, encouraging style. There is an enhancement to the CD that allows you to read his food list, sample menus & all of his prescribed exercises (or download the PDF version & print it out). I think that if you ordered the CD you will still want to get the book. There's too much information on supplements, exercise plans and implementation stages. I suspect that the book may have more details. My 4 star rating has nothing to do with what I think of Bob Harper. However, if you've been dieting/exercising for any length of time, you've probably already got this.
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