Lifestyle changes are usually the hardest to make, but they can offer the greatest rewards. Do you feel like your motivation is rooted in cement at the starting gate of your good intentions? One of the most effective ways to find motivation is to read about other people's success or tips that actually work. Following are five of the hottest selling motivational books to help move you and your family toward a healthier lifestyle.

1. The Lifestyle Fitness Program: A Six Part Plan So Every Mom Can Look, Feel and Live Her Best, by Debi Silber

Many more moms are beginning to understand that a healthy lifestyle is more than just losing weight. Eating healthy, when balanced with an exercise program, is only part of the fitness picture. This book explains why evaluating the inside of your body for a lifestyle change should be the same as the way you view the outside. Stress, emotions, relationships and spiritual needs also need to be balanced for every mom to feel and live her best life.

2. Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork: A 12-Stop Program to End Bad Habits and Begin a Healthy Lifestyle, by Mike Huckabee

Mike Huckabee is a man who has walked-the-lifestyle-change-wa lk when he lost over 100 pounds. He enthusiastically shares his 12 Stop Program to encourage readers to resist destructive habits that sabotage healthy lifestyle goals. This book is a must-read for women who want to help the men in their life accept the truth that their next bag of chips could very well be their last.

3. Chicken Soup to Inspire the Body & Soul: Motivation and Inspiration for Living and Loving a Healthy Lifestyle (Chicken Soup for the Soul), by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Dan Millman, and Diana von Welanetz Wentworth

Like the others in this successful series, this book attempts to inspire readers toward healthy living by reading the successful stories of others. It doesn't claim to be an exercise or diet replacement. Instead, it's a handy companion for people already committed to making healthy changes. Sometimes we just need a little extra motivation and inspiration to reach our goals and this book delivers both.

4. The Forever Young Diet and Lifestyle, by Joan OKeefe and James M. Okeefe

With so many miracle diet books around, this one suggests a commonsense plan. It explains the importance of understanding satiety and eating fresh foods while exploring the importance of the holistic, mind-body approach to a healthy lifestyle. This complete book explains how dietary changes over thousands of years have turned our society on its unhealthy and overweight head.

5. Weight Management for Your Life: Ten Steps to Prepare You for Adopting a Healthy Lifestyle, by Charles Goldman

Confused about weight loss strategies? This book sets the record straight about myths and empowers readers for successful dietary lifestyle changes. Looking for a lifelong approach to weight management? You will find easy action steps to build confidence and that will be inspire you to reach your goals.

Don't stop at just one book, read a couple of them and watch your motivational index soar! You'll be armed with first-hand testimonials that work, proven scientific research from professionals, and learn why our modern diets need an overhaul. If a motivational book will help you and your family finally achieve a healthy lifestyle, isn't it money well spent?

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