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  Payback Time

  by Carl Deuker

  Through the eyes of a distinctly non-athletic protagonist—a fat high school journalist named Mitch—veteran sports novelist Deuker reveals the surprising truth behind a mysterious football player named Angel.  When Angel shows up Lincoln High, he seems to have no past—or at least not one he is willing to discuss.  Though Mitch gets a glimpse of Angel's incredible talent off the field, Angel rarely allows himself to... (more)
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  Mindless Eating

  Why We Eat More Than We Think

  by Brian Wansink

  In this illuminating and groundbreaking new book, food psychologist Brian Wansink shows why you may not realize how much you’re eating, what you’re eating–or why you’re even eating at all. • Does food with a brand name really taste better? • Do you hate brussels sprouts because your mother did? • Does the size of your plate determine how hungry you feel? • How much would you eat if your soup bowl secretly... (more)
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  He Loves Lucy

  by Susan Donovan

  Marketing exec Lucy Cunningham is thrilled when her firm lands The Palm Club account. The campaign concept for Miami's hottest fitness club was Lucy's idea: take one fitness-challenged woman, put her in front of TV cameras, and into the hands of the club's top personal trainer, Theo Redmond. And there's a big cash reward for each pound shed. It seems like a brilliant idea-until Lucy gets picked to be the guinea... (more)
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  Winning by Losing: Drop the Weight, Change Your Life

  by Jillian Michaels

  Few things in life are simple and straightforward, and losing weight is no different—it's not easy, and anyone who says otherwise is trying to pull a fast one. Winning by Losing is a comprehensive, inspirational, and real solution to your weight problems. Taking a triple-threat approach, Biggest Loser trainer Jillian Michaels identifies and illuminates the three keys to health and lasting weight loss so that you... (more)
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  The Incredible Shrinking Critic: 75 Pounds and Counting: My Excellent Adventure in Weight Loss

  by Jami Bernard

  Jami Bernard was fat and now she's not. In this riotously funny, intensely personal book she tells us how she did it. After trying countless diets and workout routines, she stopped dieting: She began enjoying food and life in a rational, healthy way and finally lost the weight. No foods were demonized, no fads embraced. As Jami discovered, lasting weight loss is about strategy not willpower. She charted her... (more)
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  Keeping the Moon

  by Sarah Dessen

  Also published as Last Chance, Keeping the Moon is the story of fifteen-year-old Colie is spending the summer with her eccentric Aunt Mira while her mother travels. Formerly chubby and still insecure, Colie has built a shell around herself.It is Sarah Dessen's third novel and was first published in 1999.
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  Lose Those Last 10 Pounds: The 28-Day Foolproof Plan to a Healthy Body

  by Denise Austin

  Fight those last 10 pounds and WIN! America’s most popular fitness guru presents a sure-fire weight-loss program guaranteed to get results–in just twenty-eight days. As everyone knows, the last 10 pounds are always the hardest ones to lose. Now award-winning fitness expert Denise Austin offers a fat-blasting, foolproof 28-day program that shows you how to jump-start your metabolism, develop healthy eating and... (more)
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  Squashed

  by Joan Bauer

  While Ellie tries to get her potentially prize-winning pumpkin to put on two hundred more pounds, she struggles with her own weight, using her sense of humor to get through the struggles of life.
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  Huge

  by Sasha Paley

  April and Wil couldn't be more different, but both of them are spending the summer at Wellness Canyon — otherwise known as fat camp. April knows that if she could just drop a little weight, she would be popular like she's always wanted. She's saved up for months to afford Wellness Canyon, which is more like a posh spa than a sleepaway camp. While April can't wait to jump into all the activities, Wil can't wait to... (more)
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  Treating obesity

  by Liz Sonneborn

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  Ravenous

  A Food Lover's Journey from Obsession to Freedom

  by Dayna Macy

  What should I eat? How much should I eat? What does it mean to be nourished? How can I, a food lover and lifelong overeater, learn to be satisfied?   These are the questions Dayna Macy asks in her debut memoir, Ravenous. Like many of us, Macy has had a complicated relationship with food. In order to transform this relationship, Macy embarks on a year-long journey to uncover the origins of her food... (more)
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  Fat Free Forever: Lose the Weight and Keep It Off

  Fat Free Forever: Lose the Weight and Keep It Off ********************************** We are pleased to offer thousands of books for the Kindle, including thousands of hard-to-find literature and classic fiction books. Click on our Editor Name (eBook-Ventures) next to the book title above to view all of the titles that are currently available. **********************************
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  Forgive To Win!

  by Walter E. Jacobson M.D.

  Most of us don't get what we want in our lives, not because of bad luck but because we keep unconsciously sabotaging ourselves and attracting negative outcomes. Forgive To Win! provides spiritual techniques and cognitive tools that build self-esteem and end the self-loathing that causes the self-sabotage, thus paving the way for health, happiness, lasting relationships, prosperity, and success.
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  Just did it!

  by Mitch Webber

  Having tried just about every diet since the invention of elasticated trousers, joined every fitness club within strolling distance of the pub, and spent a small country’s GDP on personal trainers, Mitch Webber was somewhat disappointed to find himself fifty years old and technically obese. With no desire to transform his physique into that of Connan the Barbiturate and without wanting to become a food-bore (one... (more)
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  The Body Restoration Plan (authors) Dr. Paula Baillie-Hamilton (2002) published by Shaklee [Paperback]

  by Dr. Paula Baillie-Hamilton Authors