From Fat to Fit

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Table of Contents

Foreword: What's at Stake?

Part 1: The Accidental Journalist

     Week 1: Just Undo It!

     Week 2: Starting to Change

     Week 3: Eating to Live, Not Living to Eat

     Week 4: Giving Birth to the New Me

     Week 5: Counting the Cost

     Week 6: Running the Gauntlet—Feasting in France

     Week 7: Why Don't French Women Get Fat?

     Week 8: The Lull before the Storm

     Week 9: Everything Changes

     Week 10: You Gotta Have Friends

     Week 11: What Does It Take?

     Week 12: The More I Lose, the More of "Me" There Is

     Week 13: Entering the Home Stretch

     Week 14: On the Road Again

     Week 15: Nothing Tastes as Good as Being Thinner Feels

     Week 16: From Shame to Joy

 

Part 2: Learning as I Go—Continuing the Journey

     Am I Crazy Enough to Think I Can Change the World?

     Suffering First-Degree Burns While Carrying the Torch of Fitness

     Wrestling with Devils

     Relearning the Three Rs

     A Matter of Life and Death

     Pride Goeth before a Fall

     When the Apple Is Ripe

 

Part 3: From a Private to a Public Matter

     The Nevada County Meltdown Takes Shape

     Week 1: Riding the Tiger

     Week 2: Achieving Our Personal Best

     Week 3: The Circle Keeps Expanding

     Week 4: Beaming Our Message Beyond

     Week 5: From Fat City to Tiny Town

     Week 6: The Tail Wags the Dog

     Week 7: A Lid for Every Pot

     Week 8: The Best Is Yet to Come!

     Getting off the Tiger and onto a Bigger One

 

Part 4: Proliferating Weapons of Mass Reduction

     Up Close and Personal: Getting Fit Together

     Take the Leap: Seven Steps to Personal Fitness

     Run with the Big Dogs! Seven Steps to Community Fitness

     What Have You Got to Lose? What Have You Got to Gain?

 

Appendices

     Appendix A: Fifty-six Discoveries about Eating and Cooking

     Appendix B: Web Site Resources

 

Index

Acknowledgments

About the Author