When evaluating a diet, ask yourself this one question:  “Can I follow this diet for the rest of my life?” If the answer is no, then you will eventually stop following the diet and regain all of the weight you lost…what’s the point of going through all of that just to end up back where you started? This book is not a temporary diet; rather, it is an eating plan, a way of life.

Excerpt from Back to Basics

How many times have you followed a fad diet (e.g., Atkins, South Beach, Cabbage Soup, Grapefruit, etc.) or taken a weight loss product (e.g., shakes, pills, or juices), lost weight quickly but eventually got frustrated by the diet's rules and restrictions, gave up, and then regained even more weight than you lost? Why go through all of that over and over again? Stop dieting and just learn to eat better with Back to Basics so you'll not only lose weight, but you'll keep it off.

This book contains practical tips you can incorporate into your everyday life beginning right now and then maintain for life. This book will teach you how to keep from getting frustrated with a healthy diet, which will prevent you from feeling the need to give up.

Back to Basics takes you right back to the basic principles of a healthy diet and healthy weight loss. It will help you cut extra calories as well as meet your body’s nutrient needs.

Did you know that you can eat chocolate every day and still lose weight? It’s true. You don't have to give up all your favorite foods in order to follow a healthy diet and lose weight. In the book, I teach you how to incorporate treats into your everyday diet in moderation.

Let go of the stress of constantly thinking about calories, fat, carbs, pounds, etc. that all the fad diets out there teach you to concentrate on and retrain your mind to think more about your overall health. You should be able to include ALL foods in your diet in moderation.

Excerpt from Back to Basics

Back to Basics includes tips from my own diet, so you know it’s not “do as I say,” but “do as I do.”  It provides a list of easy-to-read, practical tips that you can adopt one-by-one in order to start eating healthier and lose weight.  It’s aimed at the average American who eats average foods, and doesn’t require impossible restrictions or provide short-term fixes.

I have been a yo-yo dieter all my life, losing weight with the latest fad diet, only to regain the weight and even more when I stopped dieting. After 30 years of this insanity, Back to Basics helped me realize that a healthy eating plan would be the key to my weight loss and not a diet. April’s book will teach you how to incorporate each of the major food groups to meet your body’s nutritional needs while cutting unnecessary calories, resulting in natural weight loss and better mental clarity.  The tips shared in the book are not only practical but they are realistic and achievable. As the tips become habits, you’ll find you are not a slave to a diet, but rather to a lifestyle of healthy eating.

J. Greer
Greenwood, IN

This is like no dieting book out there…because it’s NOT a dieting book. It’s just a simple guide with practical tips to help you eat healthier and lose weight the right way. It’s not an academic book that’s full of scientific data (although the information in the book is based on scientific data) and it’s not a gimmick diet with impossibly restrictive guidelines. This book is a down-to-earth guide that will help you learn to make healthier choices and eat in moderation—simple as that.

If you want to lose weight the healthy way and keep it off for life, then YES. If you're tired of constantly counting points, calories, carbs, fat grams, pounds, weighing or measuring every portion, or avoiding your favorite foods, then YES. If you're already at a healthy weight but want to learn how to eat healthier, then YES.

You may be at a point in your life where you’ve tried every fad diet that’s crossed your path in a desperate effort to lose weight or, perhaps this is your first attempt. Wherever you are in your weight loss journey, whether you need to lose five pounds or 500 pounds, the tips in this book can help you.

If you answer YES to any of the following questions, this book will help you from the moment you begin reading it.

• Would you like to start losing up to two pounds of fat per week?
• Are you tired of struggling with impossibly restrictive diets, and are you ready to learn how to eat healthy for life?
• Would you like to learn how to incorporate your favorite foods into your diet and still lose weight?
• Are you serious about improving your health now and in the years to come?
• Would you like to reduce your risk for diseases associated with an unhealthy diet, such as heart disease, stroke, Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and some cancers?
• Do you lead a busy life and find it challenging to consistently eat a healthy diet?

If you’re looking for a quick-fix weight loss remedy or a diet that promises you’ll lose 10 pounds in a week, then this is not the book for you. If improving your health for the rest of your life is what you’re after, then you’ve come to the right place, and this is the resource for you.

My husband and I gained a few pounds over the winter and were looking for a way to lose them without feeling like we were on a restrictive diet.  This book was exactly what I needed.  Back to Basics does a great job of giving you painless ways to cut back and helps you realize that you can eat all things in moderation.  It’s a very easy-to-read, non-condemning book, and I would recommend this book to anyone—including those who want to lose weight as well as those who want to learn how to eat smarter!

M. Parks
Springville, IN

She's a Registered Dietitian (RD), which means she has the formal education to back up her advice. You can trust that the information provided in this book is true and long-lasting. It's not the latest fad that will pass in a few years, but is researched, solid information and is rooted in the recommendations of the American Dietetic Association (ADA), the USDA, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Also, you can be sure that her advice is practical because the tips come from her own diet and help her to maintain a healthy weight.

She has worked as a community dietitian and taught nutrition at a community college. However, she has spent most of her professional career as a Clinical Dietitian in a hospital, educating patients in an outpatient clinic. She has worked personally with many people seeking weight loss and knows the struggles that come with it. She's also a co-owner of the Indiana Weight Loss and Wellness Institute, which seeks to educate individuals through a 12-week seminar series. Back to Basics brings all of that experience to the table in a down-to-earth guide that will change your life!

1. A brief discussion of the basic physiology of weight loss
2. Basic nutrition information
3. A discussion of the sources of calories
4. Tips for increasing physical activity
5. An overview of the Food Pyramid, including the recommended number of servings from each food group and appropriate portion sizes
6. How to design a balanced meal
7. How to calculate your Ideal Body Weight and your Body Mass Index
8. A list of 58 practical tips to help you learn to eat healthier and cut unnecessary calories
9. Advice for how to cut calories when dining out
10. A week’s worth of sample menus
11. A sample meal pattern that will allow you to design your own meals
12. A sample food record evaluation to help you learn how to evaluate your current diet
13. A sample grocery list based on a week’s worth of meals

Back to Basics is packed full of great information, including a list of 58 practical tips that can be incorporated into your everyday life.  Here are some excerpts from the tips section of the book:

Tip 48
Include sweet treats as part of your meal. In order to allow yourself treats in moderation, leave a little room at the end of dinner. This way, you’re not eating the treat to fill you up when you’re hungry, which means you’ll eat less of it. This allows you to taste the treat and satisfy your sweet-tooth without overdoing it.  [cont.]

Tip 6
Limit sugary drinks. If you currently drink four cans of cola or three cans of regular Mountain Dew® per day and switch to diet, you will lose approximately one pound per week just from that one change! [cont.]

In short:  a lot more than you paid for.  Here’s what you can expect:

• If you order the 120 page ebook, you'll get immediate access to Back to Basics; if you order the print version, it will be mailed to you via First-Class USPS mail.
• Highly effective, practical tips that will help you eat healthier and lose weight.
• A week’s worth of sample menus.
• A sample meal pattern that will teach you how to design a balanced meal.
• Tools for calculating your Ideal Body Weight and Body Mass Index.
• A sample grocery list based on a week’s worth of meals.
• Access to my email-based newsletter, which will be chock full of advice for healthier eating.
• Receive future updates to the ebook for FREE (assuming, of course, that you buy the ebook and not the print version).

I wholeheartedly believe in this book and its ability to truly help you lose weight and eat healthier.  As I’ve discussed, it’s not a quick-fix weight loss remedy or a fad diet; rather, it contains proven and practical tips that you can incorporate into everyday life so that you can begin making a change TODAY. If after reading this book you don’t agree with me, just ask for your money back within eight weeks and I’ll provide a full refund. The guarantee is there to eliminate all risk on your part.  There’s no reason you shouldn’t order this book today if you’re serious about losing weight and eating healthier. Note that this offer does not apply to the print version because printing and shipping costs are too high for this to be feasible.

Back to Basics will change the way you look at eating and dieting for the rest of your life, and my 8-week Money Back Guarantee for the ebook removes all risk on your part. When you pay using a major credit card or an online check, the ebook will be delivered immediately as a downloadable PDF.  PDF files can be opened by any computer using Adobe Reader, which is a free program that’s likely already installed on your computer. If it’s not, don’t worry—you can download it for free here.

Back to Basics is being offered at a very low introductory price. Remember, you’ll have access to the ebook within seconds of placing your order, so act now and begin your journey to healthier eating TODAY.  Seriously, what are you waiting for? Order Now!

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