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If you have 30-plus pounds to lose, Jorge Cruise--fitness trainer to millions via his Web site, media appearances, and best-selling 8 Minutes in the Morning--promises success with this 28-day program. First, stop sabotaging yourself: (1) "Accept yourself whatever your size" and (2) "Eliminate emotional eating by healing your hungry heart." Aim for a healthy, realistic weight. "Some people are at their best and healthiest weight at size 12, 16, or 24," he writes. Cruise describes how to stop using food to numb pain--instead, seek out nurturing friendships to overcome emotional eating. He echoes the "8 minute" theme of his first book, emphasizing emotional success as well as exercising and eating right. His system of "Cruise Moves"--an easy, 8-minute, muscle-strengthening program--is less vigorous than in his earlier book and is easier on knees and backs, and it requires no equipment. The "Cruise Down Plate" eating plan is a simple way to eat proper portions of nutritious foods without counting calories or eliminating favorites. This motivational, practical book looks slick--full-color on glossy paper--and is a workbook for getting started. Cruise's style is chatty and personal, with anecdotes and photos of people who lost 30 to 75 pounds and are happy with their bodies. Recommended for people willing to change their attitudes as well as their weight. --Joan Price
Book Description
Lose weight the Jorge Cruise way!
Each morning for 4 weeks, you'll roll out of bed, review Jorge Cruise's motivational messages, complete just two revolutionary and effective strength-training Cruise Moves™ designed for your body size, and that's it! No equipment. No aerobics. No gym memberships. No strained back or knees. No hassles.
Learn about Jorge's all-new eating system that includes every one of your favorite foods--not one is off-limits! Never starve or deprive yourself again. You'll eat healthier foods and fewer calories automatically--without hunger. How can you lose weight by eating two entire plates of food and topping it off with chocolate? Jorge shows you how with his unique Cruise Down Plate™ approach to eating. You can follow his plan anywhere and enjoy it for life.
By putting Jorge's client-proven motivational component into daily practice, you will eliminate emotional hunger and self-sabotaging behavior forever. Weight loss has never been easier!
Each morning for 4 weeks, you'll roll out of bed, review Jorge Cruise's motivational messages, complete just two revolutionary and effective strength-training Cruise Moves™ designed for your body size, and that's it! No equipment. No aerobics. No gym memberships. No strained back or knees. No hassles.
Learn about Jorge's all-new eating system that includes every one of your favorite foods--not one is off-limits! Never starve or deprive yourself again. You'll eat healthier foods and fewer calories automatically--without hunger. How can you lose weight by eating two entire plates of food and topping it off with chocolate? Jorge shows you how with his unique Cruise Down Plate™ approach to eating. You can follow his plan anywhere and enjoy it for life.
By putting Jorge's client-proven motivational component into daily practice, you will eliminate emotional hunger and self-sabotaging behavior forever. Weight loss has never been easier!
From the Back Cover
8 Minutes in the MORNING® for Real Shapes Real Sizes
"Jorge Cruise is the new weight-loss wizard for busy people! His plan will help you shed 2 pounds each week, eliminate emotional eating, and burn the fat in just 8 minutes. I highly recommend him!" --Mark Victor Hansen
Cocreator, #1 New York Times best-selling series Chicken Soup for the Soul® and Coauthor, The One Minute Millionaire
"8 Minutes in the Morning for Real Shapes, Real Sizes is an absolute must-read for anyone seeking to be healthier, happier, and more fit." --First for Women magazine
Get the power to lose 30 pounds or more in just 8 minutes a day!
Best-selling weight-loss expert Jorge Cruise is back with an even simpler way to lose weight and keep it off--in just 8 minutes a day. He's discovered the key that unlocks your deepest motivation to take off the pounds and reach your natural, healthy body weight.
What's Jorge's secret to losing 30 pounds or more? Based on the latest science and feedback from thousands of his online clients, Jorge's new-and-improved program requires no calorie counting, no sweating, and no deprivation dieting. Before learning his easiest ever fat-burning, muscle-building 8-Minute Cruise Moves™, you'll discover how to overcome your emotional over-eating. You'll stop sabotaging yourself and start shedding up to 2 pounds each week.
Best of all, Jorge's tailored this new program for people just like you--people with more than 30 pounds to lose. This book is for real people who eat real food portions, who lead busy lives, and who want to lose a realistic amount of weight.
So get ready to get healthy and feel great about yourself in just 8 minutes a day!
You'll love it!
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"I now have a new life."
Karen Kraeszig (lost 70 pounds!)
"I can tire my kids out, instead of getting tired out."
Sean Halpin (lost 73 pounds!)
"Jorge Cruise is the new weight-loss wizard for busy people! His plan will help you shed 2 pounds each week, eliminate emotional eating, and burn the fat in just 8 minutes. I highly recommend him!" --Mark Victor Hansen
Cocreator, #1 New York Times best-selling series Chicken Soup for the Soul® and Coauthor, The One Minute Millionaire
"8 Minutes in the Morning for Real Shapes, Real Sizes is an absolute must-read for anyone seeking to be healthier, happier, and more fit." --First for Women magazine
Get the power to lose 30 pounds or more in just 8 minutes a day!
Best-selling weight-loss expert Jorge Cruise is back with an even simpler way to lose weight and keep it off--in just 8 minutes a day. He's discovered the key that unlocks your deepest motivation to take off the pounds and reach your natural, healthy body weight.
What's Jorge's secret to losing 30 pounds or more? Based on the latest science and feedback from thousands of his online clients, Jorge's new-and-improved program requires no calorie counting, no sweating, and no deprivation dieting. Before learning his easiest ever fat-burning, muscle-building 8-Minute Cruise Moves™, you'll discover how to overcome your emotional over-eating. You'll stop sabotaging yourself and start shedding up to 2 pounds each week.
Best of all, Jorge's tailored this new program for people just like you--people with more than 30 pounds to lose. This book is for real people who eat real food portions, who lead busy lives, and who want to lose a realistic amount of weight.
So get ready to get healthy and feel great about yourself in just 8 minutes a day!
You'll love it!
d
"I now have a new life."
Karen Kraeszig (lost 70 pounds!)
"I can tire my kids out, instead of getting tired out."
Sean Halpin (lost 73 pounds!)
About the Author
New York Times best-selling author Jorge Cruise (pronounced HOR-hay) is the name in weight loss for busy people. Further, more than 11 million people read his monthly weight-loss column in Prevention magazine. Jorge has been featured in the New York Times, USA Today, People, Woman's World, First for Women, Self, Shape, Cosmopolitan, and Fit and has appeared on Oprah, CNN, Good Morning America, Extra, Dateline, Show de Cristina, and Lifetime Television.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Excerpted from 8 Minutes in the Morning for Real Shapes, Real Sizes by Jorge Cruise. Copyright © 2003. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Introduction
I've struggled with extra weight for as long as I can remember. I've tried just about every weight-loss plan, including pills, shots, and various types of exercise equipment. Regardless of the method, I almost always lost weight. But without fail, I always gained it back (and then some).
Before Jorge's 8 Minutes in the Morning for Real Shapes, Real Sizes plan, I thought I was too busy to eat breakfast. I survived on fast food. I always got it "supersized." Everything in my closet was black, fit loosely, and had elastic banding. I used clothing to hide my body.
Food provided instant gratification. I used it as a stress reliever. Many times when I was unhappy, I'd eat to make myself feel better. But then I'd feel sad because I knew I would only get heavier, so I'd eat some more and say, "What the heck. It doesn't matter anyway."
It all changed one day when I discovered Jorge Cruise's weight-loss program. At first, I didn't completely believe that I could lose weight while exercising only 8 minutes a day. However, with my busy schedule, I knew that 8 minutes was all I had. I decided to give it a try.
I saw and felt a difference within 2 weeks. Prior to starting on this life-changing journey, I frequently got headaches, felt sluggish, lacked energy and focus. Shortly after starting Jorge's program, my headaches stopped, my energy increased, and my cravings went away.
In 9 months, I lost 70 pounds, averaging 2 pounds a week. Since then, I've maintained my weight loss and have felt wonderful. I have lots of energy. I used to run from anyone who had a camera, but now I ask people to take my picture. I love the view I see when I catch my reflection in a mirror. I now have a new life. I feel and look different. I've changed my hair color and am looking forward to finding a significant other.
Why did Jorge's program work when so many others had failed? Well, it zeroed in on the source of my problem. Jorge taught me to break my addiction to food by establishing a loving and lsupporting network of close friends.
Jorge suggests that we have several support groups. We should have an accountability coach, a group of e-mail buddies, and several phone buddies. This support system not only helped me stay focused, it also helped to fill a void in my heart, the void that I had tried to fill with food.
No other program has ever given me this. No other program helps you deal with the source of the problem--the reason for overeating.
I'm just an ordinary person, just like you. There's nothing special about me. It only takes 8 minutes a day and a bit of planning in order to make the biggest change you'll ever experience. You say, "Not me?" I say, "Yes, you." Believe me, if I can do this program, you can do it, too!
--Karen Kraeszig
Introduction
I've struggled with extra weight for as long as I can remember. I've tried just about every weight-loss plan, including pills, shots, and various types of exercise equipment. Regardless of the method, I almost always lost weight. But without fail, I always gained it back (and then some).
Before Jorge's 8 Minutes in the Morning for Real Shapes, Real Sizes plan, I thought I was too busy to eat breakfast. I survived on fast food. I always got it "supersized." Everything in my closet was black, fit loosely, and had elastic banding. I used clothing to hide my body.
Food provided instant gratification. I used it as a stress reliever. Many times when I was unhappy, I'd eat to make myself feel better. But then I'd feel sad because I knew I would only get heavier, so I'd eat some more and say, "What the heck. It doesn't matter anyway."
It all changed one day when I discovered Jorge Cruise's weight-loss program. At first, I didn't completely believe that I could lose weight while exercising only 8 minutes a day. However, with my busy schedule, I knew that 8 minutes was all I had. I decided to give it a try.
I saw and felt a difference within 2 weeks. Prior to starting on this life-changing journey, I frequently got headaches, felt sluggish, lacked energy and focus. Shortly after starting Jorge's program, my headaches stopped, my energy increased, and my cravings went away.
In 9 months, I lost 70 pounds, averaging 2 pounds a week. Since then, I've maintained my weight loss and have felt wonderful. I have lots of energy. I used to run from anyone who had a camera, but now I ask people to take my picture. I love the view I see when I catch my reflection in a mirror. I now have a new life. I feel and look different. I've changed my hair color and am looking forward to finding a significant other.
Why did Jorge's program work when so many others had failed? Well, it zeroed in on the source of my problem. Jorge taught me to break my addiction to food by establishing a loving and lsupporting network of close friends.
Jorge suggests that we have several support groups. We should have an accountability coach, a group of e-mail buddies, and several phone buddies. This support system not only helped me stay focused, it also helped to fill a void in my heart, the void that I had tried to fill with food.
No other program has ever given me this. No other program helps you deal with the source of the problem--the reason for overeating.
I'm just an ordinary person, just like you. There's nothing special about me. It only takes 8 minutes a day and a bit of planning in order to make the biggest change you'll ever experience. You say, "Not me?" I say, "Yes, you." Believe me, if I can do this program, you can do it, too!
--Karen Kraeszig
