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Informationen zum Autor Jay Cooper with Kathryn Lance Klappentext The director of the Body Code Wellness Program for the Green Valley Spa invites readers to say goodbye to "one-size-fits-all" diet plans and to embark on a food and fitness program custom-made for their genetic type. Leseprobe CHAPTER ONE: THE JAY WAY Hi, I'm Jay Cooper, Wellness Director of the Green Valley Spa in St. George, Utah. For more than twenty years I've helped thousands of clients unlock the secrets of their Body Code. This unique genetic programming, which is different for each individual, determines our general body build and dictates the best food and exercise plans for each of us. Now, I'd like to help you discover your own Body Code. Whether you want to lose weight, find more energy, or simply become more healthy, I invite you to join the thousands who have improved their lives through understanding the Body Code. At Green Valley Spa, clients arrive from all over the world. They're stressed out, overweight, underexercised, and overfed. Some are recovering from their umpteenth diet, or worn-out from doing too much of the wrong kind of "no pain, no gain" exercise. Many have low energy and wonder if they'll even be able to make it through the week. After a few days on our program, most have turned completely around, feeling relaxed, energetic, and losing weight. Some feel better than they've felt in decades. They're not counting calories or fat grams. For the first time in their lives these clients are eating the foods that are right for their metabolism. They're performing the type and amount of exercise that keeps their fat thermostat low and their energy level high. Our clients are working with their bodies instead of following a one-size-fits-all diet and exercise plan that is supposed to work for every human but simply does not. The bottom line is that some approaches work for some people and not for others. I know you've observed this yourself. Some people, no matter how they eat, stay slim. Others, no matter which diet and exercise regimen they follow, always battle to keep their weight down. I understand this reality very well, because I am one of the latter types. Although I've been medium-sized since 1979, I was born and raised fat. In my family, my mom served good old American food. You know, the stuff that sticks to your ribs: meat, potatoes, gravy, heavy sauces. My father and brothers all thrived on this diet, but my mom and I kept battling weight and getting fatter. I remember looking at my bony younger brother and wondering how it could be that we'd eat the same things, day after day, and yet I kept gaining while he remained so thin. By the time I was a sophomore in college, I was up to 242 pounds -- and I'm only five feet nine inches tall. By then I was also an accomplished couch potato. From time to time, I'd try to diet or just cut down on eating, but it never worked. I made feeble attempts to exercise. I even tried out for the wrestling team, until the other boys laughed at me and dubbed me "fat boy." Luckily for my self-esteem and sanity, I was interested in music and theater and was able to get roles that fit my physique, such as Snoopy in Charlie Brown, and Tevye, the portly milkman, in Fiddler on the Roof. Later in my sophomore year, I had the good fortune to badly twist my ankle. I say good fortune because that mishap may have saved -- and certainly changed -- my life. It sent me to a doctor, who discovered that my blood pressure and resting heart rate were very high for my age. After the exam, he skillfully used shock therapy by sternly asking me, "Jay, how are you going to spend these last ten years of your life?" It worked. I was petrified. What did he mean, the last ten years? I was still a kid. But deep inside I knew he was right. I knew it was time I grew up and faced that my eating ...