Drop Dead Healthy: One Man's Humble Quest for Bodily Perfection

I'm With Fatty: Losing Fifty Pounds in Fifty Miserable Weeks

Edward Ugel

One man’s humorous and heartfelt journey through his year-long attempt to regain his health and change his life. Lovers of narrative nonfiction will relish this contagiously readable book that looks back at Ugel’s complicated history with food, obesity, and the ruinous effects this lifelong relationship has had on him. Filled with humor, ultimately this is a book about the private hell of being

Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir

Jennette Fulda · 300 pages

The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl

Shauna Reid · 400 pages

A hilarious and heartwarming tale of a real-life superhero who battled the bulge and won.In January 2001 Shauna Reid was twenty-three years old and twenty-five stone. Determined to turn her life around, she created the hugely successful weblog The Amazing Adventures of Dietgirl and, hiding behind her Lycra-clad roly-poly alter-ego, her transformation from couch potato to svelte goddess began. Toda

Fitness Confidential

Vinnie Tortorich · 244 pages

"For decades, Vinnie Tortorich has been Hollywood's go-to guy for celebrities and athletes looking to get fit fast. Now, in this hilarious, R-rated memoir, Hollywood's most outrageous personal trainer exposes the fitness world while getting you into shape."--Page 4 of cover

The 4-Hour Body: An Uncommon Guide to Rapid Fat-Loss, Incredible Sex, and Becoming Superhuman

Timothy Ferriss · 589 pages

The 4-Hour Body is the result of an obsessive quest, spanning more than a decade, to hack the human body. It contains the collective wisdom of hundreds of elite athletes, dozens of MDs, and thousands of hours of jaw-dropping personal experimentation. From Olympic training centers to black-market laboratories, from Silicon Valley to South Africa, Tim Ferriss, the #1 New York Times bestselling autho

Believe It, Be It: How Being the Biggest Loser Won Me Back My Life

Ali Vincent · 176 pages

Younger Next Year for Women: Live Strong, Fit, and Sexy-Until You're 80 and Beyond

Chris Crowley, Henry S. Lodge, Gail Sheehy · 383 pages

If you're a woman preparing for the 30 years following menopause, it is possible for you to eliminate 70 percent of the decay and 50 percent of the injuries and illness associated with aging. And if that sounds too incredible to believe, you need this book.

The New Primal Blueprint: Reprogram Your Genes for Effortless Weight Loss, Vibrant Health, and Boundless Energy

Mark Sisson · 553 pages

A comprehensive guide to promoting optimal gene expression and longevity, honoring the evolutionary health model through 10 diet, exercise and lifestyle laws.

Fit2Fat2Fit: The Unexpected Lessons from Gaining and Losing 75 lbs on Purpose

Drew Manning, Brad Pierce · 249 pages

Drawing from the lessons and insights of his breakout website, Fit2Fat2Fit.com, personal trainer Drew Manning delivers the story of his quest to go from fit to fat to fit again in one year in order to better understand the weight-loss struggles of his clients and the online community. Drew embarked on this journey to prove to clients, website followers, and people across the country that it is pos

Eat and Run: My Unlikely Journey to Ultramarathon Greatness

Scott Jurek, Steve Friedman

The Fast Diet: The Simple Secret of Intermittent Fasting: Lose Weight, Stay Healthy, Live Longer

Michael Mosley, Mimi Spencer · 218 pages

Is it possible to eat what you like, most of the time, and get thinner and healthier as you do it? Simple answer: yes. You just have to restrict your calorie intake for two non-consecutive days each week (500 calories for women, 600 for men). This book brings together the results of recent revolutionary research to create a dietary programme that anyone can incorporate into their normal working li

The Spark: The 28-Day Breakthrough Plan for Losing Weight, Getting Fit, and Transforming Your Life

Chris Downie

Jumpstart to Skinny: The Simple 3-Week Plan for Supercharged Weight Loss

Bob Harper, Greg Critser

Reshaping It All: Motivation for Physical and Spiritual Fitness

Candace Cameron Bure, Darlene Schacht · 266 pages

"Millions first met Candace Cameron Bure when she costarred on the hit television series Full House. Today, she is that rare Hollywood working mom who maintains a normal life--no trainer, no nanny, no chef--and is outspoken about her Christian faith and how it has helped overcome certain obstacles...like a serious struggle with food. More than a biography, Reshaping It All is a motivational tool p

The Body Book: Feed, Move, Understand and Love Your Amazing Body

Cameron Diaz · 280 pages

Cameron Diaz shares her formula for becoming happier, healthier, and stronger in this positive, essential guide that is grounded in science and inspired by personal experience. Throughout her career, Cameron Diaz has been a role model for millions of women. By her own candid admission, though, this fit, glamorous, but down to earth star was not always health conscious. Learning about the inseparab

Serve To Win: The 14-Day Gluten-free Plan for Physical and Mental Excellence

Novak Djokovic · 192 pages

In 2011, the author had what has been called the greatest single season ever by a professional tennis player. He won ten titles, three Grand Slams and 43 consecutive matches. This book recounts how he survived the bombing of Belgrade, rising from a war-torn childhood to the top tier of his sport.

Slim for Life: My Insider Secrets to Simple, Fast, and Lasting Weight Loss

Jillian Michaels · 288 pages

ABS Diet for Women

David Zinczenko, Ted Spiker · 384 pages

The Game On! Diet: Kick Your Friend's Butt While Shrinking Your Own

Krista Vernoff, A.Z. Ferguson

Make The Connection: 10 Steps To A Better Body And A Better Life

Bob Greene, Oprah Winfrey · 208 pages

It Starts with Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways

Dallas Hartwig, Melissa Hartwig · 320 pages

You, on a Diet: The Owner's Manual for Waist Management

Michael F. Roizen, Mehmet C. Oz · 384 pages

The Daniel Plan: 40 Days to a Healthier Life

Rick Warren, Daniel G. Amen, Mark Hyman · 349 pages

God designed our bodies to be healthy, providing everything we need to thrive and live abundantly. And with assistance from medical and fitness experts, Pastor Rick Warren and thousands of people from his congregation at Saddleback Church started a journey to transform their lives. The result: 15,000 people lost over 260,000 pounds in the first year. But the changes in people's lives went far b

Eat Move Sleep: How Small Choices Lead to Big Changes

Tom Rath · 256 pages

Author Tom Rath argues from personal experience and wide reading that health improves when eating, moving and sleeping are considered as interacting elements which must work together, rather than be treated in isolation.