The Zen of Calories - A Simple Approach To Healthy Weight Loss and Long Life

I have learned over the years that losing weight, or maintaining a healthy weight, is not a mystery. Far from it. I have learned that when you face the problem straight on, it is no longer a problem—in fact, few things are simpler.

This book is about what has worked for me, what continues to work for me, and about what has worked for others when I’ve lent a hand.

I share this with the wish and hope that it will be of some help.

Content:

Weight Loss Basics

#1 — Calories In Calories Out
A Simple Truth
The Body
Basal Metabolism
Weight Loss
Complexities

#2 — An Investment In Health
Importances
Personal Commitment
Change
Investment
Importances Revisited
Regret
Health Matters
Investment Revisited

#3 — Willpower vs. Barrier
A to B
The Mathematics
Willpower
The Barrier
A Helping Hand
Appetite Suppressants

#4 — Hungers
Seeing Clearly
Physical Hunger
Impostors
Unsure = Water
Salad or Fries?
Other Hungers
Silence the Beast

#5 — Measuring Progress
The Goal
The Most Important Goal
Appearance
Health
Waist to Hip Ratio (Apple or Pear)
Body Mass Index (BMI)

#6 — Diet Books
Major U.S. Industry
The Shortest Book
Fad Books
Intention
Honesty
Pudding Proof

#7 — Resources
Help
Weight Loss Sites
Nutritionists
Doctors
Loved Ones
Successful Dieters
Help Revisited

#8 — Health vs. Appearance
Narrow View
Health As A Given
Admiration
Diets
Friends and Health
Deterioration
Happiness
Health vs. Appearance

#9 — Eat to Live
Bait
Live to Eat
Happiness Revisited
A Pact
Pleasure and Taste
Short Term vs. Long Term
Eat to Live

#10 — Metabolism
The Body Revisited
Metabolism — From Food To Energy
Basic needs
Food processing
Physical activity
Metabolism and your weight
First Law of Thermodynamics (1LTD)
Your Calorie Needs
Body Size and Composition
Age
Sex
Burning Calories
Bottom Line

#11 — Basal Metabolic Rate — BMR
Metabolism — From Food To Energy
Catabolism and Anabolism
Basal Metabolic Rate
BMR Measurement
Why Do You Care?
Exercise and BMR
Bottom Line

#12 — Long-Term Weight Loss
A Marathon — Not a Sprint
The Magic Bullet
Fruits and Vegetables
The Very Long Ditch
Weight Not Regained
Some Other Tips
Interim Rewards
Bottom Line

#13 — Boredom
The Middle Third
Change
Isolate What Works
Don’t Change What Works
Tuning What Works

What To Eat —
Not A Cookbook
The Accidental Vegan
Earth Alone

Long Life —
Aging
Exercise
Fasting
Open Air

Two Books —
Eat to Live
In Defense of Food

Final Thoughts —