The Parisian diet : how to reach your right weight and stay there / Jean-Michel Cohen ; [translated from the French by Anne McDowall ; text adaptation, Margit Feury Ragland ; recipe adaption, Helen Woodhall]
Striving to be thin : against all odds -- Why it's so hard to lose weight -- Calculate your right weight : set your goal -- Before you get started : diet guidelines -- Kitchen essentials -- The café phase -- The bistro phase -- The gourmet phase -- Dining out -- Cravings and other stumbling blocks -- Bon Appétit!
Identifies reasons why most weight-loss diets fail while outlining a three-step plan for achieving an ideal weight, providing recipes, tips, and checklists for shopping, balancing personal behaviors, and incorporating substitutions