Full-Filled: The 6-Week Weight-Loss Plan for Changing Your Relationship with Food—and Your Life—from the Inside Out

Stephens, a diet and weight-loss coach whose weight-loss podcast tops the category on iTunes, teams up with writer Rose to present her program in book form. Formerly a compulsive eater, Stephens offers an unusual weight-loss plan that spends “very little time talking about what you should or should not put in your mouth.” To lose weight, dieters must eat less than what they burn, but rather than a detailed food and exercise plan, Stephens opts for viewing the process as a “spiritual practice.” According to Stephens, successful weight loss is “an inside job,” and long-term maintenance plans and motivation must come first. (Most diets have it “backward,” and as a result 95% of dieters gain weight back within one year, the author claims). She guides readers to examine why they overeat, to view their setbacks not as failures but as feedback, and to use such self-correcting tools as working out, meditating, sleeping, and hydrating to get back on board after a slipup. Stephens shows how to identify trigger foods and situations, and encourages readers to track hunger levels and identify patterns. This user-friendly six-week program approaches weight loss as a journey with side trips and ups and downs; the goal is to arrive at a slim and healthy outcome. (Dec.)