Product Description: Fitness guru Michaels, a fitness and life coach who has appeared on NBC's The Biggest Loser, brings her tough-love style to the pages of her first offering. For those familiar with Loser, Michael's no-excuses approach here may seem less intimidating than it does to those meeting her on television. She writes with an edge, warning readers that they cannot make excuses, they will work hard and they will suffer setbacks, but they will also change their lives for the better. Her "3-S" (Self, Science and Sweat) plan covers the mental and physical, and Michaels dedicates equal sections of the book to each.

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Collins; Reprint edition (October 30, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060845473
• ISBN-13: 978-0060845476
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.1 x 0.8 inches
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• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #644 in Books

Winning by Losing: Drop the Weight, Change Your Life (Paperback)

Product Description: "The Body Esteem program is revolutionary. I can say this because I have been in the weight loss business for over twenty years. In counseling my clients I found that the majority of them had emotional triggers that were not being addressed and resolved. I believe the missing element that is necessary to make weight loss successful and permanent is a deep fundamental insight into the hidden motivations behind overeating. Body Esteem will help you discover and overcome the roadblocks to your success."

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Luma Publication; Pap/Com edition (November 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0979350905
• ISBN-13: 978-0979350900
• Product Dimensions: 10.3 x 8 x 0.7 inches
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Body Esteem: Weight Loss Through Self-Discovery (includes 2 Audio CDs) (Paperback)

Product Description: Emotional eating is by far the most common cause of weight gain. As you'll learn in Shrink Yourself, all the diets, exercise regimens, and surgical procedures in the world will not free you from this vicious cycle. Why? Because they don't address your reasons for overeating.

Shrink Yourself, a supportive, unique, and ground-breaking guide written by a world-renowned therapist who has helped thousands of people lose weight and keep it off, gets to the heart of the problem. Shrink Yourself gives you the equivalent of eight expensive sessions with the best weight-loss therapist in the world for the price of a single book.

• Conquering the feeling phobia
• Waking up from the food trance
• Challenging your self-doubts
• Defeating your defeatism
• Creating real safety
• Dealing positively with anger
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• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Wiley (April 14, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0470275375
• ISBN-13: 978-0470275375
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #23,377 in Books

Shrink Yourself: Break Free from Emotional Eating Forever (Paperback)

Product Description: The traditional emphasis on diet and exercise fails to address the underlying psychological causes of overeating, argues this engaging self-help book. Instead of eating to satisfy physical hunger, we indulge in "emotional eating" to make up for low self-esteem, to distract ourselves from unpleasant moods (anger and frustration make us crave crunchy, chewy foods, while loneliness and depression demand creamy comfort foods) or to act out and defuse suppressed feelings. Spangle, a registered nurse and weight-loss counselor, recommends a number of techniques, including writing projects, hugging exercises and positive-thinking mantras to help overeaters unearth and deal with their food-related emotions, and gives practical advice on sticking to weight-loss regimens.

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: LifeLine Press (April 25, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895261456
• ISBN-13: 978-0895261458
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.2 inches
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Life Is Hard, Food Is Easy: The 5-Step Plan to Overcome Emotional Eating and Lose Weight on Any Diet (Hardcover)

Product Description: Starred Review. This excellent addition to the literature on women's health and weight loss will help veterans of the dieting roller-coaster overcome hunger, build lean muscle mass, burn fat and maintain energy and mood levels. Developed by the editors of Women's Health magazine, the eight-week program consists of two eating plans, with each of the five-to-six daily meals containing a balance of protein, fat and carbohydrate.

• Hardcover: 352 pages
• Publisher: Rodale Books (December 26, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1594867909
• ISBN-13: 978-1594867903
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 1.5 inches
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Women's Health Perfect Body Diet: The Ultimate Weight Loss and Workout Plan to Drop Stubborn Pounds and Get Fit for Life (Hardcover)