The Eat-Clean Diet Stripped: Peel Off Those Last 10 Pounds! - Softcover

Tosca Reno is an internationally known nutritionist, weight-loss specialist, fitness trainer, motivational speaker, and bestselling author. Her Eat-Clean Diet book series has sold more than two million copies. She tours 250 days out of every year, speaks approximately ten times per month all across North America, and appears at book and health events, bookstore signings, and school events several times a year.

Who’s Thinking of Losing Weight?
 
In North America, 67 percent of our population is overweight, and according to the World Health Organization (WHO), obesity has reached epidemic numbers. Apparently millions, if not billions, of us around the world are thinking of losing weight, whether 10 pounds or 110 pounds. Few are exempt from this problem. The population of overweight children is larger than ever, not only in North America, where the number of overweight children has doubled since 1980, but also worldwide, where the WHO estimates that 17.6 million children under the age of five are overweight. In America alone, 200 million individuals are overweight or obese.
 
People struggle with those last 10 for many reasons.
 
Stepping away from statistics for a moment, let’s consider why you might be interested in shedding those annoying last 10 pounds. Throughout your life will be moments when you want to look your best. You may simply decide on a haircut and a new dress, or you might look in the mirror and realize your waistline needs trimming. Frowning, you look at the calendar and realize you have only 28 days until your wedding day, your son’s bar mitzvah or your beach vacation. I’ve certainly found myself in a similar situation.
 
People struggle with those last 10 for many reasons. Perhaps you have already lost a considerable amount of weight but have hit a plateau. Somehow those final pounds are clinging furiously to your midsection. Or maybe you must lose weight to prepare for an operation. Doctors often postpone surgery until their patient reaches a size that decreases the risks. I know of a gentleman who had to undergo prostate surgery and was told to lose 10 pounds before the doc would even consider it. The poor fellow had to endure his embarrassing symptoms for another few weeks before he could get relief.
 
Hundreds of people, from the bride-to-be to the newly single, are looking for a surefire method to drop 10 pounds in a hurry. The good news is that you can—and will—do it. Remember when the tabloids reported that Jessica Simpson lost 10 pounds in two weeks? That was probably an exaggeration to sell magazines and let’s be serious, 10 pounds in two weeks? I don’t think so! I think she just had bad styling advice when she wore those mom jeans on stage, but even celebrities sometimes need to strip off excess weight fast. If I were a celeb attending the Oscars, I would definitely be thinking of ways to tighten up in time for the big event. A few pounds can make the difference between boring and fantastic, the latter landing you in the pages of InStyle magazine strutting your hottest Oscar look ... hey, a girl can dream!
 
So There You Are and Here We Go!
 
Let this be the start of stripping away those final 10 pounds forever. Take heart that The Eat-Clean Diet Stripped will serve as your no-fail guide to get the job done. Loads of people are in the same boat looking for just this kind of help. Relying on the Eat-Clean Diet Principles along with some secrets I have learned from those in the business of shaping razor-sharp physiques plus a few more tips and tricks, you will soon lose those last few for good!
 
I can guarantee you will experience success because I already know how well The Eat-Clean Diet works not just for me, but for hundreds of thousands of others. I lost the weight that had been clinging to me 10 years ago by following the Eat-Clean Diet Principles and learning to train with weights, as have many others, according to the success stories that pour in daily. People who discover the Eat-Clean Diet lifestyle transform their lives from sick and sedentary to robust and raring to go. We know Eating Clean works.
 
Loads of people are in the same boat looking for just this kind of help.
 
It still amazes me that life can be changed so profoundly—either for better or worse—just by making food choices. I love that I look and feel better now than I did in my 30s. I feel as if I am harboring a guilty secret from others because I don’t look or feel tired or aging even though I am in my 50s.
 
I have no desire to look like a She-Man. I love being a woman and I intend to keep it that way.
 
Physique Athletes: Our Teachers
 
I am going to share the secrets of physique athletes with you. These are the people who taught me everything I know about Clean food, weight training and shedding the last 10 pounds fast. I’m going to give you so many tricks and tips from the industry, you may not be prepared for the wonderful changes about to take place!
 
Who are physique athletes? When you flip open a copy of Shape, Women’s Health or Oxygen magazine, the women you see are physique athletes. When you attend a fitness, figure or bikini contest, the competitors are physique athletes. Even women who compete in bodybuilding are considered physique athletes. I am also a physique athlete since I have competed several times in bodybuilding, figure and bikini competitions. Many envy these women who have not a pound of excess fat, have tight waistlines and look confident, happy and radiant.
 
Rachel McLish has inspired me the most with her long, lean and fluid muscular lines. When I began to transform my physique I would often look at pictures of Rachel McLish to keep myself inspired. I have no desire to look like a She-Man. I love being a woman and I intend to keep it that way, and Rachel’s body looked like the one I wanted to have. The physiques of Monica Brant and Jamie Eason also inspire me because these are examples of women who labor at shaping a stellar, muscular yet beautiful body. They are beautiful and shapely through the efforts of their own hard work.
 
It was my preparation for physique competitions that taught me much of what I know and do today to help people Clean up their eating and training lifestyles. The preparation for each contest is grueling, long, lonely and challenging, but this is where I learned so many of the slimming tricks I will be sharing with you in this book. When your career depends on owning a lean and noteworthy physique, you had better know how to keep it tight and toned. I don’t think anyone but a physique athlete could provide such sound and effective advice. Think about it—a physique athlete has to get up on stage wearing little more than a teeny-tiny swimsuit, strut her stuff and then let the judges and everyone else in the audience analyze her goods. There is no more intense scrutiny than this. A contestant will have used every trick she knows to get herself lean and tight to prepare for this moment. Now you are going to learn these tricks too.