Every January of a new year, you will see many new diet books launched. In 2010, The Mayo Clinic Diet: Eat Well, Enjoy Life, Lose Weight by the Weight Loss experts at Mayo Clinic (the world’s largest and most famous group medical practice is properly titled Mayo Clinic, not The Mayo Clinic) stands out from the crowd.

The appealing factor about The Mayo Clinic Diet is that it relies on the essentials of weight loss, not radical changes that would be difficult to follow. You can follow the rule about sticking to the perimeter of the supermarket for your food, skipping the overly processed stuff in the middle of the store.

In addition, the food pyramid of The Mayo Clinic Diet is based on vegetables and fruits at the wide bottom, with carbohydrates next, followed by protein/dairy, fats and finally sweets (the smallest point of the pyramid).

This includes exercise and the Mayo folks, led by their diet expert Donald Hensrud, M.D., are smart about this aspect, too: They say the best exercise is what you can do. If you like walking, fine, walk a lot, park the vehicle far from the store and walk when you’re shopping. Skip the elevator at work and take the stairs, etc. Gardening and housework are good forms of exercise, too, they say. Ride your bicycle or get an exercise bike and use it when the weather discourages you from taking to the road.

The authors use common objects like baseballs, tennis balls, dice and playing cards to help you measure your portions. Thus, it helps to clear your confusion between portions and servings. The reason that you are gaining weight and eating too much is simply that your portions are too big.

Furthermore, the authors highly suggest that you stay away from restaurants — all restaurants, not just fast-food places. The reason: you can’t tell what goes into your entrees at a restaurant and most people tend to eat too much of the wrong kind of food if they want to lose weight.

Interestingly, the book DOES provide a guide to healthy entrees at a variety of ethnic restaurants, including Mexican, French, Chinese, Japanese and Italian.

The book’s Part One, “Lose It,” includes a two-week intro program designed to result in six to 10 pounds of weight loss, provided readers take up five new habits, including eating breakfast and upping their intake of whole grains, while quitting five old habits, like eating in front of the TV.

Part Two, “Live It,” modifies those techniques to sustain one to two pounds of weight loss a week. Part three helps readers with immediate and long-term challenges like behavior modification and stress, as well as meal planning and eating out.

The lavishly illustrated book gives you the last diet you’ll ever need — a diet that helps you accomplish real and lasting weight-loss. It talks about what motivates us… find what will give you an ongoing, burning desire to succeed.

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