12 Day Body Shaping Miracle or Palliative Medicine

12-Day Body Shaping Miracle: Change Your Shape, Transform Problem Areas, and Beat Fat for Good

Author: Michael Thurmond

TV's number one diet and fitness expert, Michael Thurmond has helped thousands of people transform their bodies in just days. Now in this groundbreaking new book, Thurmond presents an easy-to-follow, effective workout program that will help you burn fat quickly and change your shape for the better—forever!

The truth is that all exercise is not created equal and the key is not to train harder, but to train smarter! People often struggle to lose weight because they are not doing the right exercise. Everyone is built differently, so a one-workout-fits-all approach won't make the grade.

In this innovative new program, Thurmond uses his exclusive "blueprinting" system to help you identify your unique body type. He then presents a customized regimen for each of the five types to re-sculpt your trouble areas and get rapid results. You'll also learn how to recharge your metabolism with the proper foods for your body type. Whether you want to lose five pounds or thirty, with 12-Day Body Shaping Miracle you may begin to see results in as little as one workout!

Complete with customized nutrition plans and diet tips, this book will help you:

• Shed fat and increase energy
• Boost your metabolism
• Create more lean muscle
• Lose pounds and inches
• Sculpt your abs and target problem spots
• Understand why women gain weight differently than men.

Discover how to exercise smart with the most effective workout plan for you. Reshape, tone, and strengthen your way to a perfect body in just twelve days.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Time Is Prime: Just Give Me 12 Days!     xi
Slimming and Shaping Your Body     1
The Shape of Things to Come     3
Blueprint Your Body     11
Master the Mind-Body Connection     27
The 12-Day Body Shaping Miracle Workout and Diet     35
How to Reshape Your Body in 12 Days     37
Prepping for the Next 12 Days     51
Figure Fixes: Customizing Your Workout     63
Cardio Meltdown     131
My Figure-Shaping Nutrition Plan     151
Epilogue: Beyond the First 12 Days: Look Better than Ever, Forever     171
Workout and Diet Customizations for Special Medical Conditions     191
Additional Resources     207
Scientific References     209
Index     213

Book about: At Canaans Edge or The Labyrinth of Solitude

Palliative Medicine: Expert Consult: Online and Print

Author: T Declan Walsh

As a palliative medicine physician, you struggle every day to make your patients as comfortable as possible in the face of physically and psychologically devastating circumstances. This new reference equips you with all of today's best international approaches for meeting these complex and multifaceted challenges. In print and online, it brings you the world's most comprehensive, state-of-the-art coverage of your field. You'll find the answers to the most difficult questions you face every day...so you can provide every patient with the relief they need.

• Equips you to provide today's most effective palliation for terminal malignant diseases • end-stage renal, cardiovascular, respiratory, and liver disorders • progressive neurological conditions • and HIV/AIDS.
  
• Covers your complete range of clinical challenges with in-depth discussions of patient evaluation and outcome assessment • ethical issues • communication • cultural and psychosocial issues • research in palliative medicine • principles of drug use • symptom control • nutrition • disease-modifying palliation • rehabilitation • and special interventions.
  
• Helps you implement unparalleled expertise and global best practices with advice from a matchless international author team.
  
• Provides in-depth guidance on meeting the specific needs of pediatric and geriatric patients.
  
• Assists you in skillfully navigating professional issues in palliative medicine such as education and training • administration • and the role of allied health professionals.
  
• Includes just enough pathophysiologyso you can understand the "whys" of effective decision making, as well as the "how tos."
  
• Offers a user-friendly, full-color layout for ease of reference, including color-coded topic areas, mini chapter outlines, decision trees, and treatment algorithms.
  
• Comes with access to the complete contents of the book online, for convenient, rapid consultation from any computer.

Your purchase entitles you to access the web site until the next edition is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. If the next edition is published less than one year after your purchase, you will be entitled to online access for one year from your date of purchase. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloadable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should online access to the web site be discontinued.