Five Two for a New You: The Fast Formula for a Happier, Healthier Life - Softcover

Menzies, Janet

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1782432183 ISBN 13: 9781782432180

Verlag: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd, 2014

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The principles outlined in the bestselling The FastDiet are applied to all areas of life, for a moderate, sustainable approach to change

Sometimes life can feel like a balancing act, but now here's a method to put your life in balance. This ratio program is based on a diet of five days of consuming what one wants, with two days of restricted caloric intake. It's a system that can teach you how to improve your figure and fitness but also how to make your relationships less stressful and even how to put the life back into your working life. This guide teaches readers to use the 5:2 method to help organize your child care, your social media, and your extracurricular activities. You can also use the regime to beat the signs of aging and bring some relaxation into even the most frantic everyday life.

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Janet Menzies has written widely on health, diet and lifestyle, both as a journalist on the Daily Mail and Daily Express and as an author and freelance journalist. She is a member of the Guild of Health Writers.

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Five Two for a New You

The Fast Formula for a Happier, Healthier Life

By Janet Menzies

Michael O'Mara Books Limited

Copyright © 2013 Michael O'Mara Books Limited
All rights reserved.

ISBN: 978-1-78243-218-0

Contents

Part One: Introducing Your New Five:Two Life, 
What Five:Two Can Do For You, 
Five:Two The Golden Balance, 
Which Five:Two Plan for You?, 
Meet the Testers, 
Setting Your Five:Two Goals, 
Part Two: The Five:Two Plans, 
The Five:Two Fitness Plan, 
The Five:Two Work/Life Balance Plan, 
The Five:Two Relationships Plan, 
The Five:Two Beat the Years Plan, 
The Five:Two Partying and Social Media Plan, 
The Five:Two Parenting Plan, 
The Five:Two Well-Being Plan, 
Part Three: Your Five:Two Tool Kit, 
Introducing the Tools You Need, 
Part Four: Hot Off the Press, 
How Did Everyone Get on?, 
Five:Two Benefits, 
Useful Websites, 
Index, 

CHAPTER 1

PART ONE Introducing Your New Five:Two Life

What Five:Two Can Do For You

Sometimes your life feels like a balancing act. Now here's a method to put your life in balance. Five:Two For a New You can teach you how to improve your figure and fitness, how to make your relationships less stressful, and even how to put the life back into your working life. You will learn methods to help organize many different aspects of life so that you can achieve the goals you want. You can use the regime to beat the signs of ageing and bring some relaxation into even the most frantic schedule.

We all know that balance is important, but modern life can make it impossible to keep that balance. Twenty-four/seven social media, advertising pressure, work demands, and constant juggling, all mean that we lose sight of the simple basics to enjoy life. This book gives you the techniques to get back in control, without having to give up the things you enjoy. Once you get used to the method, you can apply it to anything in your life that you want to regain control of. Instead of all-or-nothing rules that can't be kept, you will learn the arts of balance and compromise that will last you for ever.

Five:Two turns 'I ought to' into 'I want to' Two of great is worth Five of OK

Five:Two makes 'I should' into 'I will'

Wonky wheels?

If your life is out of balance it's like trying to get the supermarket shop done when you've grabbed a trolley with a wonky wheel. You know what happens – the thing has a mind of its own and you keep crashing into the shelf stacks. It's a huge struggle to get it going straight, and then that wonky wheel keeps dragging it off-course. And as you get more stuff in the trolley the problem gets worse and worse. By the time you're back out in the car park, you're shattered from trying to push against that wonky wheel all the time. The whole thing is exhausting.

It's just the same if your life has a 'wonky wheel'. You think you're back on track for a while, but then more stuff is going on in your life – just like your supermarket trolley getting fuller – and pretty soon the wonky wheel underneath is pulling you back off-course again. Like trying to go up and down the aisles, even day-to-day life becomes a huge struggle when things are out of balance.

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Get your trolley back on track

But the original idea of supermarket trolleys was to make shopping easier. When you happen to pick a brand-new trolley with smooth wheels, you whisk round the aisles in no time. Even when you have a really big weekly shop and there are loads of things in your trolley, the wheels are running so well that you've soon got all the bags in the boot of the car with a minimum of effort. It will be just the same when you learn the techniques in this book. No more wonky wheels – every day will be a new trolley day. Even if your life is really busy – just like a very full supermarket trolley – you will be able to keep all those different things in balance, so that you can cope comfortably without feeling you are being dragged in different directions.

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The balanced life

Just imagine waking up in the morning with a sense that you are looking forward to the day, even if you know you've got a really busy time ahead of you. You may have a dozen different things that need to be done, but with these balance methods, you are going to be equal to all of them. It will put an end to that feeling that things are getting out of hand, because if things are in balance, they can't get on top of you.

All the different formulas are here to help you with a load of different problems you may be worried about. The formulas act like recipes, giving you a step-by-step approach to solving your anxieties. It's all about finding the right solution for your particular issue.

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Waking up to a new you

You will be amazed at the change in your life once you have started using the new formulas. Remember the difference when you swap that wonky trolley for a new one? Without the strain of pushing the wonky trolley, suddenly you will find you have mounds more energy. Things that seemed almost impossibly difficult will feel quite achievable.

When I made this programme a regular, permanent part of my life, I couldn't believe how different I felt about things. The first thing I noticed was how much less physically tired I was. This surprised me because I didn't think that my issues were physical ones. But the stress of being out of balance all the time was actually having a physical impact on fatigue and lost sleep. Some friends said I actually looked like I had grown an inch! I think this was because I really did feel like a wonky trolley, all twisted out of shape with worry. When I fixed that wonky wheel, it felt like I was able to stand up taller – it had genuinely taken a weight off my shoulders.

I noticed more changes. After I had been using this method for a while, and had got the hang of how to apply it in different situations, I began to feel a really unusual thing. Problems – even quite stressful ones – hardly worried me at all. It really was an out-of-the-ordinary feeling. If a difficult situation, or even a real crisis, blew up at home, or about work, or with family and friends, I began to react in a way that was much more calm and confident. I would say to myself: 'Hmm, this is a tricky one, but this technique will have the answer. If I just give myself a while to work out how I can apply it, I will find a solution.'

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Feeling positive – permanently

Then gradually, this more positive attitude towards life issues developed into being my normal mindset. As a writer, I suppose I'm naturally a creative person, and I think what must have happened with the help of this method was that a lot of my energy was freed up to use towards the fun, creative, happy aspects of life, rather than being wasted on worrying about all those out-of-balance issues. I found my enjoyment of life sky-rocketed. Even the most simple of things became really noticeable pleasures. Taking time to home-cook a lovely meal. Sitting down for an hour with a good book. Walking the dogs. I know they are only little things, but I suddenly found I was enjoying them as much as a foreign holiday. I began to look forward to every day – even the ones that were going to be hectic or difficult.

And the very odd thing is that nothing factual has actually changed in my life at all. I haven't...

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1782432183
• ISBN 13: 9781782432180
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 223
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