The "I" Diet: Use Your Instincts to Lose Weight--and Keep It Off--Without Feeling Hungry »

Betty Kelly Sargent is the co-author of Beautiful Bones without Hormones (with Leon Root, M.D.), What Every Daughter Wants Her Mother to Know and What Every Daughter Wants Her Father to Know.

Susan B. Roberts, Ph.D., a professor of nutrition and a professor of psychiatry at Tufts University, is an internationally recognized expert on nutrition and obesity who has appeared on The Today Show, ABC News, NPR and CNN. She is the author of Feeding Your Child for Lifelong Health, as well as nearly 200 research articles published in scientific journals including The New England Journal of Medicine, Lancet, and JAMA. Dr. Roberts lives with her husband and daughter outside Boston.

The "I" Diet is a breakthrough: A diet based on impeccable research. A diet where the dieter never goes hungry or feels deprived. A diet that's completely healthy for you, grounded in the metabolic, genetic and psychological workings of the human body. A diet that shows how the hardwired food instincts that once ensured our survival are now driving too many on the road to obesity—and how we can turn those same instincts into an engine for permanent, healthy weight loss. And a fat-burning marvel of a diet that helped the men and women pictured on the cover and inside the book lose 30 pounds on average in a few short months. Start the "I" Diet and be amazed.

Part I: The Big Picture Chapter 1: Our five basic food instincts: The key to permanent weight control Chapter 2: Hunger: The need to feel full Chapter 3: Availability: Just because it’s there Chapter 4: Calorie density: Too good to resist Chapter 5: Familiarity: Cravings and triggers Chapter 6: Variety: Too many choices Chapter 7: The five food instincts: A crib sheet

Part II: The Program Chapter 8: Ready, set, go: Stepping toward success - For now and forever Chapter 9: Stage I: The two-week “Getting Started” diet Chapter 10: Stage II: The six-week “Keeping it Going” diet Chapter 11: Stage III: Your personal maintenance plan A Final Word

Part III: The Recipes Breakfasts Soups Sandwiches and wraps Salads Main Dishes Cooked Vegetables Desserts Drinks A Celebration Dinner for Eight Bonus Recipes

Appendices
Appendix A: Body Mass Index (BMI) Table Appendix B: Typical daily calorie requirements before and after weight loss Appendix C: Nutrient content of common foods Appendix D: Portion sizes of 100-calorie free choices Appendix E: Savvy shopper supermarket directory Appendix F: Weight-healthy meal suggestions for Stage III Appendix G: Emergency Meals Appendix H: Restaurant survival guide Appendix I: Sample food diary

Selected Scientific References General Index Recipe Index Acknowledgements