Nadia's Little Black Dress Diet, covering 100 recipes from Breakfast through to Dinner - not forgetting those scrumptious puddings - shows you how to make healthy yet succulent dishes to help you slip into your little black number. From quick and tasty recipes for thinner dinners and sinless snacks, Nadia gives her top tips on how to lose the weight - tricks to 'beat the bloat' and survival tips for the party season. And once you're there, Nadia reveals how to look your finest on the day, from which shoes to wear to the correct posture to adopt, everything you need to complement the new you. This is an essential book for anyone wishing to look and feel fabulous in their LBD.

The revolutionary seven-day diet here will help all readers into their "special occasion" attire (note The Dinner Jacket Diet for men). Michael van Straten analyzes popular diets and supplements, and gives recipes-soups, starters, mains (including vegetarian), desserts, snacks and smoothies-to complement each diet.

In the context of rising consumerism and globalization, books on consumption are numerous. These tend to be firmly rooted in particular disciplines, however sociology, anthropology, business or cultural studies and as a result often present a blinkered view. Charged with the mission of unravelling what consumption means and how it operates, the worlds leading experts were flown to a secluded location in Sweden to 'battle it out'. This pioneering book represents the outcome. Ranging from the 'little black dress' to on-line communities, Elusive Consumption challenges our very understanding of consumerism. How successful is the advertising world in manipulating our buying patterns? Does the global marketplace promote cultural homogeneity or heterogeneity? Is the West really more of a 'consumerist civilization' than other countries? Does the advertising of certain products influence a voters choice of political party? How are products associated and marketed to different genders? These controversial topics and many more are discussed. Covering virtually every aspect of the word 'consumerism', Elusive Consumption provides a state-of-the-art view of the highly commercialized society we inhabit today. Some might have it that consumers are unwitting pawns, completely lacking in agency. Others might argue that consumer choices are empowering and subtly shape production. Richard Wilk, Colin Campbell, John F. Sherry, Richard Elliott, Russell Belk, and Daniel Miller who offers the most persuasive argument in this battle royal?

Here is the breakthrough diet plan that has people all across North America eating better, losing weight, and getting healthier. Now you can stop counting calories, avoiding carbs, and feeling deprived. Eat dinner for breakfast and shed pounds! If you’ve been a yo-yo dieter and nothing seems to work, this terrific new diet plan allows you to lose 20, 50, 100 pounds or even more for good, simply by reversing your meals. Dozens of tasty, easy recipes are included.

Nadia's Little Black Dress Diet, covering 100 recipes from Breakfast through to Dinner - not forgetting those scrumptious puddings - shows you how to make healthy yet succulent dishes to help you slip into your little black number. From quick and tasty recipes for thinner dinners and sinless snacks, Nadia gives her top tips on how to lose the weight - tricks to 'beat the bloat' and survival tips for the party season. And once you're there, Nadia reveals how to look your finest on the day, from which shoes to wear to the correct posture to adopt, everything you need to complement the new you. This is an essential book for anyone wishing to look and feel fabulous in their LBD.

By applying the principles of clean eating to a realistic lifestyle, top journalist and working mom Dari Alexander shows how you can achieve your best body and keep that promise to yourself: to finally look like that gorgeous person you know exists. Changing your mindset and consuming foods closest to their natural state will change the way you feel every day—this back-to-basics, no-nonsense, weight loss and maintenance program will not only make you thinner, it will also increase your energy. Most importantly, it promotes life-long good health. The Quick & Clean Diet is all about whole grains, lean proteins, and good fats. It shuns pre-packaged, heavily processed, refined, and fast foods. It’s not about eating only low-carb, nor about going fat free. It’s about good fats. Expect to eat plenty of chicken, turkey, and fish. You will also get an endless choice of vegetables, and a plethora of spices. Your food will never taste boring, nor will you feel deprived; in fact, expect to eat a lot. Three levels form the basis of the diet—for each of which the book provides delicious recipes. The High Motivation segment is the rapid weight loss phase, a time designed to whip you into shape, kill your cravings, and shrink your stomach. Within about three days, you will feel unstoppable. The Grounding segment is where you continue to lose weight while reintroducing a wider variety of foods. And finally the Stability segment will become your roadmap for eating well for the rest of your life.

We've all been there. Maybe there is a week, maybe only a day or two until the big event. It might be a date with a (very) nice guy from accounting, a class reunion, or a glitzy cocktail party. Yet that Little Black Dress continues to hang in the closet causing untold stress and worry. Author Michael van Straten shows the optimal ways to lose the excess weight no matter how little time you have! Choose from 10-day, 3-day, or 24-hour plans, depending on your deadline (read: level of desperation). Gentle nudging throughout will help shed bad habits as you get more svelte. Also included is the Black Tie Diet for him.