Wake Up! You're Probably Never Going to Look Like That: How to be Happier, Healthier and Imperfectly Fit

Atypical fitness guru Michelle Pearl has a message for all those who have suffered with ongoing weight problems: "You are not weak, losing weight has nothing to do with willpower, and you really can be happier, healthier and imperfectly fit." In Wake Up! Pearl shares how she lost over 100 pounds twice in her life, and kept those pounds off the second time around. Through humorous anecdotes, backed by extensive research, Wake Up! offers powerful advice on how to lose weight and keep it off and how to deal with the difficult side effects of a lowered metabolism. Pearl also meticulously dissects the erroneous messages and ill-conceived recommended weight loss methods that we have been bombarded with throughout our lives and offers optimistic encouragement to have realistic body expectations to increase your perception of your own success. In the second edition of this well-received book, Pearl introduces The Pearl Principle(TM); 10 steps that anyone who has suffered with an ongoing weight problem can follow to lose weight and become healthier and more fit. The foreword for the second edition was written by Kai Hibbard, the 3rd season runner-up contestant on NBC's The Biggest Loser who is now publicly speaking out about the dangerous and unrealistic weight loss tactics and messages disseminated by the show.