Main description:

"At once smart, stylish, sensible, and sexy,
The Manhattan Diet is French Women Don′t Get Fat meets Sex and the City."


Fred Pescatore, MD, author of the bestselling
The Hamptons Diet

"There are many reasons to love The Manhattan Diet. It′s full of great advice, tips, insights, and recipes and it isn′t your typical weight–loss plan! I laughed while reading about Eileen and her friends. This is the kind of diet that makes healthy living interesting and fun."
Jessica Hecht, actress

"Lurved it! I lost five pounds just reading it!"
E. Jean Carroll, advice columnist, Elle magazine

The stylish and fabulous way to lose weight

What if you could indulge in every type of cuisine, sneak in junk food, and eat out more often than seems possible, yet somehow keep a fit figure? Manhattan women do, and now you can, too. Filled with the eating secrets and weight–loss success stories of real New York women including celebrities like Sarah Jessica Parker and Tina Fey plus a twenty–eight–day eating plan and recipes from famous New York based chefs including Mario Batali and Eric Ripert, The Manhattan Diet gives you everything you need to live and lose weight the way Manhattan women do.

Back cover:

"At once smart, stylish, sensible, and sexy,
The Manhattan Diet is French Women Don′t Get Fat meets Sex and the City."


Fred Pescatore, MD, author of the bestselling
The Hamptons Diet

"There are many reasons to love The Manhattan Diet. It′s full of great advice, tips, insights, and recipes and it isn′t your typical weight–loss plan! I laughed while reading about Eileen and her friends. This is the kind of diet that makes healthy living interesting and fun."
Jessica Hecht, actress

"Lurved it! I lost five pounds just reading it!"
E. Jean Carroll, advice columnist, Elle magazine

The stylish and fabulous way to lose weight

What if you could indulge in every type of cuisine, sneak in junk food, and eat out more often than seems possible, yet somehow keep a fit figure? Manhattan women do, and now you can, too. Filled with the eating secrets and weight–loss success stories of real New York women including celebrities like Sarah Jessica Parker and Tina Fey plus a twenty–eight–day eating plan and recipes from famous New York based chefs including Mario Batali and Eric Ripert, The Manhattan Diet gives you everything you need to live and lose weight the way Manhattan women do.

Contents:

Acknowledgments v

Introduction 1

1. Forget the French: How We Act 5

2. A Manhattan State of Mind: How We Think 13

3. Dark Chocolate, Almonds, and Discipline: How We Eat 34

4. Grocery Love: How We Shop 59

5. Walk the Walk, Talk the Talk: How We Exercise 78

6. The Manhattan Diet Weight–Loss Plan: How We Got This Way 95

7. White Truffle Risotto and Other Dilemmas: How We Order in Restaurants 142

8. Okay, We Cheat: How We Break the Rules 157

9. Expert Handling: How We Get Help 172

10. Confident in the Kitchen: How We Cook 183

11. A Spoonful at a Time: The Manhattan Diet Recipes 200

Sources 257

Index 261