Havey, author of Awaken the Diet Within
and who serves as eDiets.com's "Master Motivator," was once a self-described "290-pound unhappy single mother." Now, she's 130 pounds lighter—weight loss she has maintained for a decade—and is married to her coauthor, a doctor and president of Missouri's Health and Wellness Institute. Havey shares her own breaking point: the time at which she realized "Deprivation is not living without certain foods, but living with them and being deprived of your true health and happiness!" The key to adopting a healthier lifestyle and a healthier life is the recognition and eradication (busting) of vices that are getting in the way of weight loss. The most common ones are soft drinks, fast food and television; the book offers strategies, affirmations and action plans for eradicating the negative influences of these bad habits. The book's centerpiece is a 12-week plan with specific, manageable goals for each step. An exercise plan and healthy recipes round out this straightforward though simplistic plan for lifestyle change. (July)
