Shape Your Life: 4 Weeks to a Better Body and a Better Life By Barbara Harris, Angela Hynes (Hard Cover)

With nearly five million people reading each issue, Shape is the #1 magazine for todays health-conscious women. Its mission and ever-present philosophy is: Being fit means more than having thin thighs and well-defined abs. Fit means living a balanced life. In "Shape Your Life", Barbara Harris, pinpoints the seven goals Shape considers the benchmarks of total fitness: Workouts, Diet, Spirituality, Rest, Emotions, Body Image, and Work. And provides a custom-designed, four-week, personal transformation program that all women can use to make over their lives forever. Loaded with photographs and results-producing programs for each element of fitness, Shape Your Life overflows with expert advice and inspirational wisdom on: 1.Your Workout: details programs ranging from The Ultra- Efficient Cardio Workout to the Fit-in-20-Minutes Workout; from The Body-Confident Workout to The Mind-Body Makeover. 2.Your Diet: unveils The Shape Food Pyramid and Shape Pyramid Meal plan, healthy kitchen makeovers, shopping guides, and more. 3.Your Spirituality: offers soul-nourishing yoga and meditation exercises and steps to becoming more connected with others and with the natural world. 4.Your Rest: explains the health benefits of taking a rest now and thenCbreaks, vacations, naps, and sleepCwith tips, techniques, and mini-retreats for getting more healthful rest. 5.Your Emotions: reveals how to survive modern life with your sanity intact, reduce stress, identify triggers that cause anxiety, and balance your emotions. 6.Your Body Image: provides the keys to building a positive view of your body at any size or shape, as well as special confidence-boosting workouts. 7.Your Work: explores how to make your work, however you define it (corporate manager, self-employed businesswoman, stay-at-home mom), more productive and personally satisfying.

About the Author
Barbara Harris has served as Shape's editor-in-chief since 1987. She is a widely recognized expert on health, fitness, and wellness, and has appeared on Oprah, the Today show, CNN, MSNBC, Access Hollywood, and Entertainment Tonight. Barbara created and leads Shape's always-filled-to-capacity Body Positive workshops at Canyon Ranch Spa, held twice a year in Tucson, Arizona; and Lenox, Massachusetts. She also teaches the Body Positive principles at the Omega Institute.

Hardcover: 352 pages, Dimensions (in inches): 0.96 x 9.38 x 6.34
Publisher: Hay House; (December 2002)
ISBN: 1401901581
Author: Barbara Harris, Angela Hynes
Shape Your Life: 4 Weeks to a Better Body and a Better Life