About the Author Bob Greene is an exercise physiologist and certified personal trainer specializing in fitness, metabolism, and weight-loss. He has been a guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show. He is also a contributing writer and editor for O The Oprah Magazine, and writes a weekly article on health and fitness for Oprah.com. Greene is the bestselling author of Make the Connection. Product Description WE ALL KNOW THAT LOSING WEIGHT IS THE EASY PART. It?s keeping the weight off that?s hard. In Get with the Program! Bob Greene gives you the keys to losing weight and staying fit for a lifetime. The four-phase plan in Get with the Program! is like having your own personal trainer take you through the psychological, physical, and emotional challenges that are keeping you from weight-loss success. There are no arbitrary deadlines here: you move forward at your own pace, making lifestyle and dietary deadlines and increasing the intensity level of your exercise when it?s right for you to do so. In Phase One, you?ll make the commitment to yourself to Get with the Program, and change the way you think about diet and exercise. Phase Two will show you how to rev up your metabolism using aerobic exercise. In Phase Three you?ll take control of emotional eating, the eating you do to satisfy your emotional, not physical, hunger. You?ll also see the positive results of your efforts. Phase Four is all about building muscle, making sure you?re making the best food choices, and making your new habits of health, activity, and good eating a continuing lifestyle. Get with the Program! is full of anecdotes and stories of women and men who met their personal goals, further helping to inspire you to move on to the next level of health and fitness. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Get with the ProgramGetting Real about Your Weight, Health, and Emotional Well-BeingBy Bob GreeneSimon & Schuster AudioCopyright © 2003Bob GreeneAll right reserved.ISBN: 9780743533430IntroductionCongratulations! Whether you realize it or not, simply by picking up this bookyou have taken the first of what I hope will be many steps, both large andsmall, simple and challenging, toward the most rewarding journey of all ? theroad to reclaiming your physical health, well-being, and happiness.Living the best life possible is everyone's dream, and that includes maintaininga healthy weight; getting in shape; achieving strength, fitness, andself-assurance; and attaining a sense of feeling a whole lot better in general.Those goals are exactly what Get with the Program is all about.This is not a diet book.This is not a fitness book.This is a book about moving ? in the right direction. It's a book about gettingreal about getting back in shape, physically and emotionally, realistically andgradually. It's also a wake-up call and a reminder about many things that youmay have already learned over the years but have, for whatever reason, put onthe back burner for a while or let slide. It's a book about tuning into andtuning up your body day by day and little by little, until, before you know it,your extra weight begins melting away. It's also a book about changing the wayyou think ? not only to help you make intelligent, healthy choices about howbest to nourish and strengthen your body and to nurture your sense of well-beingand self-esteem, but how to help you literally move out of your own way.For as you probably already know, the best reason in the world to move ?perhaps the most difficult exercise of all ? is to learn how to push away theemotional obstacles that have been holding you back from accomplishing yourpersonal goals. We all struggle with that challenge, believe me. The ultimategoal of Get with the Program is to help you get real about the changesyou want to make in your life ? once and for all. Do that at your own pace butwith complete commitment to this program, and I promise that you will soonbecome slimmer, stronger, and brimming wi