Hidup sehat adalah dambaan semua orang. Menikmati hidup sehat tak terlepas dari tubuh yang sehat, bugar, dan ramping. Bayangkan penderitaan ini ketika kita membuang muka melihat seseorang menikmati makanan penutup yang menerbitkan air liur; kita mengutuk gen warisan leluhur yang menyebabkan metabolisme tubuh lamban; atau kita menjalani kelaparan yang menyakitkan daripada harus berolahraga yang melelahkan dan membosankan.
Meskipun memenangi perang melawan kegemukan bukanlah perkara sepele, kita bisa menjalani pola makan dan melakukan olahraga sebagai perjalanan menyenangkan dan bermakna bila disikapi dengan pola pikir dan motivasi yang benar. Chicken Soup for The Dieter`s Soul adalah penawar yang tepat untuk mengatasi keengganan saat melakukan diet dan menjalankan olahraga. Buku ini sarat dengan aneka kisah jenaka yang memacu semangat dan menimbulkan inspirasi tentang bagaimana orang lain menemukan sisi diet dan olahraga yang lebih ringan dan menyenangkan, sekaligus lebih sehat.
Entah kita sedang menjalani suatu diet yang menyebabkan berat badan selalu turun-naik atau sekadar ingin menurunkan beberapa kilogram saja, Chicken Soup for The Dieter`s Soul akan membawa kita melangkah nyawan melalui semua rintangan.
Jack Canfield is an American motivational speaker and author. He is best known as the co-creator of the "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series, which currently has over 124 titles and 100 million copies in print in over 47 languages. According to USA Today, Canfield and his writing partner, Mark Victor Hansen, were the top-selling authors in the United States in 1997.
Canfield received a BA in Chinese History from Harvard University and a Masters from University of Massachusetts. He has worked as a teacher, a workshop facilitator, and a psychotherapist.
Canfield is the founder of "Self Esteem Seminars" in Santa Barbara, and "The Foundation for Self Esteem" in Culver City, California. The stated mission of Self Esteem Seminars is to train entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders and employees to achieve their personal and professional goals. The focus of The Foundation for Self Esteem is to train social workers, welfare recipients and human resource professionals.
In 1990,he shared with author Mark Victor Hansen his idea for the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. After three years, the two had compiled sixty-eight stories.
Canfield has appeared on numerous television shows, including Good Morning America, 20/20, Eye to Eye, CNN's Talk Back Live, PBS, The Oprah Winfrey Show, The Montel Williams Show, Larry King Live and the BBC.
Canfield's most recent book, The Success Principles (2005), shares 64 principles that he claims can make people more successful. In 2006, he appeared in the DVD, "The Secret," and shared his insights on the Law of Attraction and tips for achieving success in personal and professional life.
Jack Canfield was born on August 19, 1944, in Fort Worth, TX. He is the son of Elmer and Ellen (a homemaker; maiden name, Taylor). He attended high school at Linsly Military Institute, Wheeling, WV, 1962. He went to college at Harvard University, B.A., 1966; University of Massachusetts at Amherst, M.Ed., 1973. Canfield married Judith Ohlbaum in 1971 (divorced, November 1976); he married Georgia Lee Noble on September 9, 1978 (divorced, December 1999); he married Inga Marie Mahoney on July 4, 2001; children: (first marriage) Oran, David, Kyle, Dania; (second marriage) Christopher Noble. He is a Democrat and a Christian, and his hobbies include tennis, travel, skiing, running, billiards, reading, and guitar.
Some of the stories are encouraging, and some may have been experienced in your own life. This is a good one to read one day and pick up on a down day of a dieter's path and journey, to help them along the way! Very inspirational!
I have had this book for quite a while. I decided to read it now... As an affirmation to the changes in my life since I took control of my body! It has been five years since I changed my eating habits, exercise, and well-being!
It's a good read. Everyone needs to go through diet at least once in their life, to learn more about his/her own body, to feel empowered, and to achieve something that he/she would be proud of.