Book 1 = Beat the Bulge
This is an 182 page book which contains the theory behind the program and the instructions on how to follow the program over the ten weeks.

Book 2 = Beat the Bulge Honesty Book
This is a spiral bound, 314 page booklet in which you record your energy intake and expenditure over the 10 weeks of the program. It also contains your own personal energy counter and guide plan for your future good health.

You require both books for the program unless you are doing it as a family or in a group with others. In this instance you may only require one theory and instruction book. Each person participating in the program needs his or her own Honesty book.

Total cost for the program is $50.00 or the equivalent in your local currency.
Beat the Bulge - theory and instruction $20.00
Beat the Bulge - Honesty Book $30.00

For more information, please vist www.beatthebulge.co.za

This weekly planner is the perfect way to make small changes that can add up to a major lifestyle change by the end of the 52 weeks. This planner gives weekly steps that build on each other to achieve this needed lifestyle change. Helpful hints are included to help the individual achieve the weekly goal.

The planner is also a functional business tool that can be used to write down important meetings, appointments, dates and notes. Its convenient size makes it simple to bring the planner anywhere, in a purse or briefcase. This program is beneficial in that it can be started at any time of the year as the months and dates are left open for the user to fill in the appropriate information.

A small book stressing the importance of the part Diet does play in causing most arthritic pains. It also deals with certain points gained from experience which ought to be useful both to doctors and patients, for example, how to treat Shingles, early, and have no pain. Though many of the recommendations are perhaps old-fashioned, they are still in use because they have been found to be useful. That after all is the benefit of experience.

"What the ignorant and most doctors and nurses to know know it that there is an optimum position for burping. Babies should always be burped on the right shoulder which allows the gas to escape. On the left shoulder the infant will vomit."

"Beaver Fever" is well known in the Canadian Rockies. And, again in the Himalayas . Those clear mountain streams are not, as supposed, filled with pure water but are Nature's lavatory.

Brittle, Dry Nails: These are always improved by painting them daily or, when possible, with Almond Oil.

Stones in the Kidney may be removed usually by eating that White Radish (Saphanus Rativus L.) called Moolie, or DAIKON in Japan. Taken three times a day as a soup, steamed or raw in a salad the stones will appear within a few days. (Depending of course on how big and how long they have been there!) For this purpose it is mentioned also in Nicholas Culpeper's Herbal of 1653.

"The conventional wisdom has been conventionally misleading and unwise to follow," says Azok. "A life of obesity is closer for most of us than we dare think." The time to change is now, the time for America to change is now, the time for YOU to change is NOW!

Living Lean Today is written in tandem with the production of LivingLeanToday.com, operated by a fat-reduction group providing realistic technical knowledge. The group maintains dieting the conventional way is frustrating and time-consuming. Fat reduction needs to be seen as enjoyable and a daily chance to enjoy one's self.

Over 70% of people beginning diets will fail. Of the remainder, over 70% will fail over the long haul. The question is: why? Azok points out that dieters fail because the short-term foundation of their plans are flawed. "How can you succeed in the long term if the short term is unsound?"

Living Lean Today details Azok's stunning loss of 130lbs. of hurtful, hindering weight. His success was found by concentrating on personal motivation, maturity, knowledge and specific targeted action, and importantly following a long-term plan. If YOU take up these same methods, Azok believes the same results will hold true.

Beware the creeping growth of fat, America - there is no better time to change our lives than now, and Living Lean Today will help you through.

This book is about our riveting secrets, and our journey through ourselves. It is the application of quantum psychology into the human drama. The result takes us into the twenty-second century and a whole new self-choosing to live differently in every domain. In a divinely human experience: new thoughts, a new way of relating and feeling, and new attitudes, and beliefs makes all dreams real experiences.

It includes a story of our origins as well as the mechanics of soul that are intended to help us understand ourselves. This is the map of the ancient wisdom and what was once the secret applications of the spiritual truths that now must become common place to overcome death in the physical body. The root is always love. This book is a profound in depth analysis of what that word means at every possible level. There is also a guide for a deeper understanding of our children and the new teachings they are bringing to Earth at this time.

Yet, even now, we are challenged to find the same God that all great ones before us found within them, and even go beyond them. If one follows the whole book, the progression of the steps into their enlightenment, will outline the next era in understanding teaching/healing. The story will be read to our children and we will practice it on ourselves.

Artwork by Maia Christianne Nartoomid "www.mysticalstreams.com" And "www.spiritheart.org"

Super-sized No More: Total Health and Fitness from TIP to TIP is an inspirational, self-help book designed as a guide for individuals dealing with weight and health issues. Central to its theme is the obesity epidemic raging across the United States and other countries. The statistics tell the story. The physical, mental, psychological, economic and social consequences of obesity are wreaking havoc in many communities. The TIPS outlined in this book are meant to motivate individuals to think and act towards behavior modification that will help them achieve their health and fitness goals. The individual is encouraged first to analyze or assess his or her situation, then make a commitment, have a plan and engage in those behaviors and activities that will help alleviate the situation; not to procrastinate, make excuses, or give up along the way; to love themselves and take pride in their ultimate achievement of better health and fitness.

Americans are bombarded with so many rationales and diets that many among us reflect a confusion of choices that has little to do with the actual experience of food effects on our bodies. We can become so busy gathering knowledge that we have no energy or motivation to see the relationship between our food choices and our general well being.

This book neither promotes nor pans any existing diets. Instead, readers will find it useful as a guide to help decide which foods and manners of eating are best for them. The Tao of Eating reflects a way of living in harmony with all that we call life; it does not describe the process. Rather, it mirrors the philosophy of the Tao Te Ching: that living is deepened and informed by our turning inward and tapping into stillness as a source of clarity. The chapters are intended to be used as daily readings (or occasional readings.) They are not meant to be read all at once but, rather, assimilated and integrated over time and in harmony with the reader's needs.

The content was derived through comparison of 14 translations of the Tao Te Ching,by Lao Tzu, and through the use of supportive Taoist literature, all of which is listed in the bibliography. Since I do not read Chinese, and because each translator views the Tao from an individual's perspective, I used these several translations to gain a sense of the original content of each chapter.

The Tao is notably paradoxical; it speaks through the metaphor of water, which, while soft and apparently passive, can effortlessly wear away or break stone. Water enters a stagnant pool as readily as it does a flowing stream. Guided by Tao, no challenge is too great; all chaos can be transformed and harmonized. This approach applies to eating as well, and it serves to simplify and clarify the complexities and confusion inherent in America's foods and diets.

Americans are bombarded with so many rationales and diets that many among us reflect a confusion of choices that has little to do with the actual experience of food effects on our bodies. We can become so busy gathering knowledge that we have no energy or motivation to see the relationship between our food choices and our general well being.

This book neither promotes nor pans any existing diets. Instead, readers will find it useful as a guide to help decide which foods and manners of eating are best for them. The Tao of Eating reflects a way of living in harmony with all that we call life; it does not describe the process. Rather, it mirrors the philosophy of the Tao Te Ching: that living is deepened and informed by our turning inward and tapping into stillness as a source of clarity. The chapters are intended to be used as daily readings (or occasional readings.) They are not meant to be read all at once but, rather, assimilated and integrated over time and in harmony with the reader's needs.

The content was derived through comparison of 14 translations of the Tao Te Ching,by Lao Tzu, and through the use of supportive Taoist literature, all of which is listed in the bibliography. Since I do not read Chinese, and because each translator views the Tao from an individual's perspective, I used these several translations to gain a sense of the original content of each chapter.

The Tao is notably paradoxical; it speaks through the metaphor of water, which, while soft and apparently passive, can effortlessly wear away or break stone. Water enters a stagnant pool as readily as it does a flowing stream. Guided by Tao, no challenge is too great; all chaos can be transformed and harmonized. This approach applies to eating as well, and it serves to simplify and clarify the complexities and confusion inherent in America's foods and diets.

How I Live with Diabetes and Cook Meals for One describes how the author copes with diabetes and provides a recommended regimen for maintaining his low blood sugar levels. It also provides sample recipes that can be prepared for single servings.

Imagine a life filled with the daily consumption of brownies, chocolate chip cookies, and potato chips, a life in which you can eat these and other favorite foods on a daily basis. Imagine a life without dieting and deprivation. Imagine all of this and BEING THIN, NOT FAT!

It can happen and has happened for those successful with the “Fight Fire” program.

The following are important components of the program. Although some are utilized to some degree by other programs, the focus intensity, the specific techniques, and the integration of these components is novel.

• You must eat your favorite foods.
• You must not feel deprived.
• You must not rely on willpower.
• You must see every change as permanent.
• You must not lose weight too quickly.
• You must become educated about weight control so you can develop your own programs.

The program is:

Supported by initial research that indicates a better success rate than is true for typical programs—33% of those who initially reported losing weight reported maintaining an average 20-pound weight loss for 3 year (typical success rate at 3 years is 5-10%) Comprehensive—includes psychological and physiological variables as well as nutritional information Educational about reasons we gain weight, why most diets fail, and what changes are needed for weight loss Focused on changing thinking, behavior, and environment to achieve stable weight loss.

The program is not:

A quick cure Gimmicky Highly structured and restrictive

The popular press has lots of information, some of it contradictory, on what's actually healthy to eat. This book identifies scientific facts and nutritional myths and provides research evidence as to why some myths should not be the cornerstone of nutritional advice. It explains how some food fictions arose, their basis in flawed and incomplete research studies and what's wrong with these studies by examining the basics-the basic biochemical processes in the body, how food fuels those processes, and how those processes fit together.

You'll learn for example, how cholesterol is a life-sustaining substance that has been unfairly implicated in heart disease. You'll understand why trans fat is unhealthy based on some of the author's research beginning in the 1950's and why he thinks the government should ban trans fats and industry change the way it makes them. You'll also learn why his family has always eaten butter.

How the body uses food to make what we need to keep going is an incredible, almost magical, process. We hope in reading this book, you'll not only learn what is healthy to eat, but also why it is healthy to do so. Of course when we end with practical advice on what's really best to eat, you'll understand why as well!