Total Body Transformation: Lose Weight Fast-and Keep It Off Forever!

by Michelle Bridges

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Get ready for a Total Body Transformation!
 
Meet Michelle Bridges, the straight-talking star trainer of Australia’s The Biggest Loser and founder of Australia’s #1 online weight-loss program. With her 12-Week Body Transformation, Michelle has inspired her countrymen and women to lose more than two million pounds.
 
Now, in Total Body Transformation, she shares her unique exercise, nutrition, and mindset program, which will give you the power to transform your body in just 90 days. Her To help you lose weight rapidly and keep it off for good. Join the hundreds of thousands of people who have already discovered the magic of her method and get the skinny on
 
Michelle combines nutrition know-how with delicious, easy-to-make recipes and sensible meal plans—even pasta!—that minimize calories and maximize your eating pleasure. Enjoy Homemade Muesli with Yogurt, Salmon Steak with Arugula and Asparagus, Penne with Feta and Lemon, and more—along with healthy snacks to eat throughout the day.
 
The rubber meets the road with Michelle’s series of killer workouts devised for quick and dramatic results. You’ll learn isolation and toning exercises that build muscle and burn fat, plus ways to sleep your way to a healthier you.
 
Michelle turns conventional thinking about weight loss on its head. People don’t struggle emotionally because they’re overweight, they become overweight because they are fighting emotional battles. Changing your body starts by changing your mind, and Michelle’s mindset lessons and unique techniques for resetting behavior help you lose weight fast and keep it off.
 
Along the way, Michelle debunks common diet myths (you cannot spot-reduce fat!), helps you ditch bad habits (like denial and negative self-talk), and steers you toward setting goals and being consistent. What you lose in weight, you can gain in better moods, improved health, and thriving self-confidence. Combine the science of fast weight loss with life-changing psychology to give your body the total transformation you have always wanted.

Praise for Total Body Transformation
 
“[Bridges] may help you defeat your excuses about exercise (‘Don’t start bargaining with yourself,’ she writes), help you set goals (specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, time-based), and cut negative self-talk. . . . The stunning before-and-after pics of her clients might motivate you.” — Newsday

Genres: Health, Nonfiction, Fitness

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Michelle is a well known Personal Trainer from the Australian Biggest Loser programme. For her colleague's work go here: Shannan Ponton

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I won this through the goodreads giveaway. It was very helpful indeed! There are so many transformation stories that are inspiring. She guides us through the process of getting healthy and fit with helpful tips. She explains how and why, all while motivating you to be a better you. She also goes through all of the excuses people use to not work out and eat healthy and gives them tips on how to get around that. The pictures are of the exersizes are extremely helpful. She explains what is in our food, what to eat and not to eat, foods that speed up our metabolism, when to eat. She gives us a list of food we should have in our pantry so when we go shopping we know exactly what we need. She explains ways we can be more active with everything we do. All in all the is a wonderful guide, that if you follow i believe you will get amazing results. I have read it through first, have not applied any of the steps yet. I will update my review as soon as I do. I am confident that by the end of this journey I will feel good and look good. I do know one thing, I feel motivated and ready to go!!

[Sherrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was fortunate to win a copy of Total Body Transformation through the Goodreads Giveaways Program. As a forty something year old woman who has struggled with my weight on recent years this book is invaluable. Michelle Bridges is a tough talking fitness guru who uses tough love to influence her clients. Likewise, her book offers a no nonsense approach to losing the weight and keeping it off. Using this simple and non gimmicky approach to getting toned I feel you will be motivated to work hard and keep the pounds off. This book shows you cardio and strength training exercises to build muscle and burn fat. The exercises are shown with step by step pictures and instructions. In addition, there are also recipes and shopping lists. This book offers all the tools you need to fight against weight gain. I'm looking forward to trying the twelve week plan and becoming more fit. A must read for those who have struggled to keep weight off in the past. 4 stars!

[Ashley · Rating 3 out of 5]

I received this from the First Reads Giveaway.

There were some great points in the book about fitness and nutrition. There were also some that were outdated - fat is automatically stored as fat, for example. She actually contradicted herself on that one later. In fact, the book was full of contradictions. Another example is that she talks about stopping negative self-talk and not allowing negativity around you, but she also insults the reader.

The exercises are nice and the recipes look good. If you can get past her attitude, I can see this program really turning your health around. It's pretty simple - eat whole foods in portions that keep your calories low and exercise using both cardio and strength training.

[Jennifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

first and foremost i would like to thank goodreads first reads and the author for the opportunity to win this book.while i am not finished with this book i am very pleased with the way this was presented to me and that i am hoping i am able to become healthy and energenic.
i like the sections on do the math,your exersices,the 12-week new you routine and finally the chapter on cooking with the wonderful recipies,wich i have made a few of them already.i am looking foreward in the continue reading and learning everything i need to help myself.
it also has on the back of the book a journal to help you succeed.
Again thanks for this chance to read and give this review.

[Anisa Laksmono · Rating 3 out of 5]

It is a good book because it has pictures of different exercises and it also incorporate healthy eating. However, there are some parts that I disagree with this book because I know that Yoga and meditation is very important and it DOES contribute to weight loss.