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Bob Greene is an American exercise physiologist and personal trainer who specializes in weight loss and metabolism. (Not to be confused with the infamous journalist Bob Greene) Greene earned a master's degree in exercise physiology from the University of Arizona has written 10 books on weight loss, dieting and health. Two of his books were co-authored by a marginal celebrity you may have heard, namely Oprah Winfrey. He is also a member of the American College of Sports Medicine and the American Council on Exercise. How effective is his Best Life Diet plan, now available as a bestselling hardcover book, in helping consumers to lose weight?

Greene's dieting philosophy is for the dieter to comprehensively examine their entire life. He stresses that lifestyle changes if they are to be longterm must come from within a person, not from external programs, diets or specific exercises. Greene suggests that losing weight involves a personal commitment to one's self, focusing on diet and exercise equally. The progression may be slower than many get-thin-quick formulas advertise, but it does help the individual to take control of their own life, which in the long run can keep the weight off for good.

The program initially focuses on exercises designed to help raise your metabolism, which gives you more motivation in eating healthy. As Greene points out, once you begin to look better and feel better internally, the overwhelming desire to "poison" your body with poor nutrition decreases. The program then concentrates on eating, explaining that it's not necessarily calorie counting to beware of but "emotional eating". Greene's diet program has earned many admirers because of its "phase" structure, which encourages people to change their life in phases, not immediately and drastically upon finishing the book. The common sense and realistic discussion of weight loss separates Bob Greene's program from many of the calorie-counting plans and diet pill alternatives out there.

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