New & Novel: Wellness

We're already most of the way through January - how are those New Year's resolutions going? We're on the fence about resolutions. If they help you, great; if they make you feel bad for not being able to fulfill your goals, that's not so great. So, we'd like to gently open up a discussion about new wellness books. Not diet and exercise, not even health and fitness, but wellness. There are some books on our list that include diet and exercise, but we've tried not to make them the be-all and end-all of the discussion, because we want you to be healthy, not (necessarily) skinny; we want you to feel like a life change is within reach, but can include baby steps to get there, and should involve your mind as much as your body. How'd we do? Let us know in the comments!

Eat Fat, Get Thin: Why the Fat We Eat Is the Key to Sustained Weight Loss and Vibrant Health by  Mark Hyman, MD

Forever Painless: End Chronic Pain and Reclaim Your Life in 30 Minutes a Day by Miranda Esmonde-White 

Change Your Brain, Change Your life: The Breakthrough Program For Conquering Anxiety, Depression, Obsessiveness, Lack of Focus, Anger, and Memory Problems by Daniel G. Amen, M.D. 

But I Could Never Go Vegan!: 125 Recipes That Prove You Can Live Without Cheese, It's Not All Rabbit Food, and Your Friends Will Still Come Over For Dinner by Kristy Turner 

The Bulletproof Diet: Lose Up To a Pound a Day, Reclaim Your Energy and Focus, and Upgrade Your Life by Dave Asprey

Zero Sugar Diet: Eat Carbs, Crush Cravings, and Drop Up to 14 Pounds in 14 Days! by David Zinczenko

The Nalini Method: Transform Your Mind and Body - 7 Workouts for 7 Moods by Rupa Mehta

Retox: Yoga, Food, Attitude - Healthy Solutions For Real Life by Lauren Imparato

Aim True: Love Your Body, Eat Without Fear, Nourish Your Spirit, Discover True Balance! by Kathryn Budig 

Bowl: Vegetarian Recipes For Ramen, Pho, Bibimbap, Dumplings, and Other One-Dish Meals by Lukas Volger 

Deliciously Ella Every Day: Quick and Easy Recipes For Gluten-Free Snacks, Packed Lunches and Simple Meals by Ella Woodward

The Prime: Prepare and Repair Your Body For Spontaneous Weight Loss by Kulreet Chaudhary, MD; with Eve Adamson

The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night At a Time by Arianna Huffington 

Eat Dirt: Why Leaky Gut May Be the Root Cause of Your Health Problems and 5 Surprising Steps to Cure It by Dr. Josh Axe 

A Mind of Your Own: The Truth About Depression and How Women Can Heal Their Bodies to Reclaim Their Lives; Featuring a 30-Day Plan For Transformation by Kelly Brogan, MD, with Kristin Loberg 

Wellth: How I Learned to Build a Life, Not a Résumé by Jason Wachob, founder and CEO of mindbodygreen 

The Ketogenic Cookbook: Nutritious Low-Carb, High-Fat Paleo Meals to Heal Your Body by Jimmy Moore and Maria Emmerich 

The Secret Life of Fat: The Science Behind the Body's Least Understood Organ and What It Means For You by Sylvia Tara, PhD.  

Urban Monk: Eastern Wisdom and Modern Hacks That Will Help You Find Peace, Happiness, and... Success in Today's World by Pedram Shojai  

Bone Deep Broth: Healing Recipes With Bone Broth by Taylor Chen & Lya Mojica 

Strong Is the New Beautiful: Embrace Your Natural Beauty, Eat Clean, and Harness Your Power by Lindsey Vonn and Sarah Toland

Don't Let Anything Dull Your Sparkle: How to Break Free of Negativity and Drama by Doreen Virtue [eBook]

 

New Year, New You: Diet & Fitness

My New Year's Resolution List usually starts with the desire to lose between ten and three thousand pounds.
~Nia Vardalos

The New Year rings in, and the average person's resolutions tend to include getting in better shape, whether that means losing weight or working out or some combination of the two.. Well, there are a lot of diet and fitness books out there, and here at abcreads we can't claim any grand nutritional or exercise knowledge apart from "eat right and exercise" and "don't start a new exercise program without checking with your doctor" as recommendations.  However, here are some of the newest items from the library catalog for your perusal!

Diet

Shred: The Revolutionary Diet - 6 Weeks, 4 Inches, 2 Sizes by Ian K. Smith

Fabulous Raw Food: Detox, Lose Weight, and Feel Great in Just Three Weeks by Erica Palmcrantz Aziz

The Belly Melt Diet: The 6-Week Plan to Harness Your Body's Natural Rhythms to Lose Weight for Good! by Bridget Doherty

Six Weeks to Skinny Jeans: Blast Fat, Firm Your Butt, and Lose Two Jean Sizes by Amy Cotta

Chubster: A Hipster's Guide to Losing Weight While Staying Cool by Martin Cizmar

Life is Your Best Medicine: A Woman's Guide to Health, Healing, and Wholeness at Every Age by Tieraona Low Dog

Paleoista: Gain Energy, Get Lean and Feel Fabulous with the Diet You Were Born to Eat by Nell Stephenson

The Diet Detective's All American Diet: Lose Weight with the Foods You Already Love to Eat from Your Favorite Supermarket and Restaurant Choices by Charles Platkin

Hungry for Change: Ditch the Diets, Conquer the Cravings, and Eat Your Way to Lifelong Health  by James Colquhoun

Try also a subject search under "Weight Loss" or "Nutrition" for more titles.

Exercise

The Physique 57 Solution: The Groundbreaking 2-Week Plan for a Lean, Beautiful Body by Tanya Becker and Jennifer Maanavi

The First 20 minutes: Surprising Science Reveals How We Can Exercise Better, Train Smarter, Live Longer by Gretchen Reynolds

Get a Bangin' Body: The City Gym Boys' Ultimate Body Weight Workout for Men & Women by Charles LaSalle and Peter Richmond

Tone Every Inch: The Fastest Way to Sculpt Your Belly, Butt & Thighs by Natalie Gingerich Mackenzie with the editors of Prevention magazine

Witness to Fitness: Pumped Up, Powered Up, All Things Are Possible by Donna Richardson Joyner

You Are Your Own Gym: The Bible of Bodyweight Exercises by Mark Lauren with Joshua Clark

Tracy Anderson's 30 Day Method: The Weight-Loss Kick-Start tTat Makes Perfection Possible by Tracy Anderson


For more items, try a subject search under "Physical fitness" or "Exercise".  Looking for workout videos?  Try the same searches, but instead of viewing the entire collection, use the drop-down menu to limit to DVDs!  Or try a keyword search by exercise type, such as "yoga" or "marathon" for a variety of items related to those topics.