Find weight loss success with “self-awareness and mental strength for surmounting inevitable obstacles and sustaining change” (Publishers Weekly).
In Mind Over Body, world-champion athlete Nordine Zouareg teaches the same program that has proven wildly successful for his clients at the Miraval Life in Balance Spa, rated the #1 spa by Conde Nast Traveler, the #1 destination spa by Travel and Leisure, and the top spa in America by Zagat. His methods have revealed something astounding: the mental work his clients do before they start their diet and exercise plan is actually just as (if not more) important than the plan itself.
Nordine describes how everyone can find this mental motivation—what he calls our “core desire”—and then master the tools (visualization, meditation, affirmation) to keep on track with weight-loss goals. After readers develop this foundation, they move on to the inspiring nutrition and exercise plan—a simple, effective program developed to help shed weight and keep it off forever. You’ll learn:
The fool-proof method for preparing your mind—and your body—before you dietThirty delicious foods that are the staples of the Mind Over Body eating planWhen to cheat—without blowing your dietHow to get an effective workout in just 24 minutes a dayThe 10 commandments of mindful strength training
“Zouareg’s book discusses an often-missing factor in weight-loss techniques . . . [It] outlines a four-step mental process: Identify your core desire; use the power of intention; make an appropriate action plan; apply your resolve, and make it automatic.” —Tucson Weekly, “Pick of the Week”
Nordine Zouareg, a former Mr. France, Mr. Europe, Mr. World, and Mr. Universe, is the fitness coach at Miraval Life in Balance spa and resort in Tucson, Arizona. A sickly infant not expected to survive his first year, Nordine overcame great personal hardships to become a champion bodybuilder -- and went on to hold four fitness titles simultaneously at the age of twenty-four. Today he shares his unique mental techniques and fitness secrets at Miraval Life in Balance spa and around the world. He lives in Arizona.