Slimming with Pete

Product Description Slimming is a multimillion pound business founded on failure. 95 out of every 100 people who go on a diet will regain the weight they lost and more. Yet Pete Cohen has a remarkable 80% success rate with his revolutionary twelveweek weightcontrol programme. Petes approach is not about counting calories or living by someone elses set of rules; it is, quite simply, about helping people to get to know themselves better and build their new shape around the person they really are. Unless your body fits you, its going to wear out prematurely. If you get back to your own blueprint, weightloss is likely to be permanent. Many diet books are written by people who have a weight problem. All they teach us is how to become even more obsessed with food than we already are. We are made to decommission our bodys natural weightregulation system, reinforcing a selfdestructive pattern that is eating up our lives. Petes programme is founded on the principle that everyone has the skills and ability needed to become the shape they really want to be. What he teaches us is how to listen to our own bodies and become our own person. Petes attitude to life is one of infectious enthusiasm. Pete loves to eat, exercise, and work with people. If you ask him how he regulates his pleasures hell tell you, If you enjoy lots of things, you havent got time for any of them to get out of control. Review By the end of this book, you will be in danger of having changed your eating habits, taken up regular exercise and discovered you are a pretty wonderful person! Amanda Ursell, The Sunday Times Magazine, 1999 About the Author Pete Cohen has worked in the Health and Fitness industry for twelve years as a sports psychologist, personal trainer and lecturer in sports science and nutrition, and is well known for his work with teams and individuals. He is currently working as sports psychologist and motivator to Kent County Cricket Club and the British Blind Cricket Team as well as with a member of wellknown athletes. Judith Verity has twentyeight years of varied experience as a probation officer, counsellor, trainer, businesswoman and writer. In the 1980s she ran her own training and office management company, before concentrationg on teaching and publishing her ideas. Judith has a particular interest in dieting problems and has worked with many people suffering from eating disorders. Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. This book is about the people I work with and the methods I use to help them out of the dieting trap. I know that dieting is a huge and partly hidden problem. Ive met people who have spent thirty years of their lives dieting, and more. And they still havent lost weight. Ive met bright, beautiful people like Lisa who were putting more effort into watching their weight than living their lives. Some of them were even risking their health in the process. Then there are people like Mo, who get caught up in the image process almost accidentally, only to find it invades their privacy and grows like a parasite out of control. And so many others squeeze a hectic working schedule or a demanding family into a day with too few hours, leaving no time or energy for keeping fit and enjoying sensual pleasures to the full, eating being just one of those. As a health and fitness professional and nutritionist, I know how to look after my body. As a person, I want to have fun. Ive learned that the key to being the shape you want is putting those two together. And I know that the one sure way to gain weight and give yourself pain and grief at the same time is to focus on your personal larder. If, while youre doing this, you happen to be relying on a diet as well, then youre really in a mess. A diet, a set of rules, a routine, a regime, a calorie counter and a can of artificial milk shake isnt going to help you. Its going to make you feel more out of control. And thats