Think back to the last time you felt good from the moment you opened your eyes in the morning to the minute you closed them to sleep.
This doesn't mean no aches and pains and hassles, but the feeling that life is good, that you can cope, that you have the energy, stamina, and resilience to deal
with whatever the day—or the future—has in store.
You feel content with the way you look. Even your hair looks great. You're on top of the world.
I sincerely hope that you have experienced this at some point in your life. If so, you have an idea of your potential. If not, you have a lot to look forward to.
When your biochemistry and your metabolism are in good working order and your core physiology and emotional health are balanced, your body has a natural optimal
weight and biomass that is self-sustaining and incredibly efficient. You feel energized, clear, and fit. Your mood is great and you easily shake off viruses.
Your appetite is regular, without cravings or binges, and you feel great inside your skin (and your clothes).
You have a sense of lightness that persists no matter how much you actually weigh.
This is the goal of The Core Balance Diet. My weight loss plan is actually a plan to create physical and emotional wellness, from the inside out.
By wellness, I mean feeling great—in body, mind, and spirit. Real, permanent weight loss can only be achieved if you are well. Period.
And being well is the sum of many parts that overlap and interact with one another in a balanced and healthy fashion—or the reverse.
It's a puzzle made up of all the pieces of your own personal history, both physiological and emotional, that make you the person you are.
You may be able to trick your body (and your mind) into losing weight for a little while by starving it or following some fad diet, but until you restore your
Core Balance, the weight will not stay off.
The Core Balance Diet is a program that targets wellness as its goal and weight loss as a happy side effect.
I've written this book to help you achieve it, no matter what the scale says or how you feel right now.
I can say with confidence that you will achieve this goal because I've seen it happen over and over again with my patients. And it will happen for you.
Anyone can benefit from The Core Balance Diet.
Any woman who is struggling to lose weight will find in these pages the solution that—finally!—takes the pounds off and keeps them off.
And there are many ways a woman can benefit from the Core Balance Diet even if excess weight isn't her main complaint.
If you're wondering whether this book will work for you, take a minute to listen to your body, read the following statements, and answer yes or no:
- I'm unhappy with the way I look or feel.
- I'm on a diet and not losing weight.
- I lose weight, only to gain it back.
- I can't lose my pregnancy (or menopausal) weight.
- I often have strong food cravings.
- I often feel sick after I eat and I don't know why.
- I'm prone to colds/flu/viruses/injury.
- All my fat is moving to my middle.
- I feel forgetful and foggy most of the time.
- I'm having a lot of health issues or chronic pain.
- Being overweight is normal in my family.
- I'm exhausted, irritable, and/or miserable most of the time.
If you answered yes to any of the above, The Core Balance Diet will help you.
And the first thing we are going to do together is congratulate you for being honest about the way you really feel.
The women I see in my practice put on a brave face a lot of the time, as we all do so that we can do what needs to be done.
We power through our days and ignore what our bodies are desperately trying to tell us.
The cost of this performance is high, and all too often it comes out of our long-term health and our daily sense of well-being.
So many accomplished, apparently cheerful and confident women sit in my office and fall apart after they do what you've just done—answer these questions honestly.
They crumble under the relief of finally being able to confess that they feel anxious, ill, fat, hormonal, depressed, exhausted, fuzzy, aching, angry, or all
of the above most of the time! But I know—and my patients at Women to Women quickly learn—that you don't have to feel that way anymore.
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Marcelle Pick
Marcelle co-founded Women to Women in 1983 with a vision to change the way in which women's healthcare is delivered.
In her practice, Marcelle undertakes a holistic approach that not only treats illness, but also helps women make choices in their lives to prevent disease.
Marcelle earned a BS in Nursing from the University of New Hampshire School of Nursing, a BA in Psychology from the University of New Hampshire, and her
MS in Nursing from Boston College–Harvard Medical School.
She is certified as an OB/GYN Nurse Practitioner and a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, and is a member of the American Nurses Association,
American Nurse Practitioner Association, and American Holistic Nurses Association.
Marcelle has served as Medical Advisor to Healthy Living Magazine, lectured on a variety of topics—including "Alternative Strategies to Healing"
and "Body Image"—and appears regularly on television to discuss women's health.
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