Connie Bennett

Former carbs-addicted journalist and bestselling author Connie Bennett (Sugar Shock! and Beyond Sugar Shock) knows firsthand how quickly we can lose our willpower. After eating wholesome, sugar-free, gluten-free foods for more than a decade, she blew her diet big-time and packed on 21 pounds after a heartbreaking year helplessly watching her mother succumb to cancer. Connie felt ashamed. But hitting rock bottom made her determined to discover: Why do millions of people overeat junk foods? What events, conditions, or emotions trigger mindless bingeing? How can you shed unhealthy excess weight while you heal your heart, claim calm, and shed your shame? I Blew My Diet! Now What? is the result of Connie's seven-year quest for answers. This engaging, eye-opening book guides you to: - Discover 21 Reasons You Blew Your Diet - Implement research-backed FEASTS (Fast, Easy, Awesome, Simple, Tested Strategies) to take back your power - Create nutritious, delicious, blood-sugar-balanced, modified ketogenic (KetoMod) meals or snacks - Boost oxytocin (the feel-good hormone) with Connie's fun, science-based Hum-Hug-Rock Relief Process This groundbreaking book--which includes entertaining cartoons by Isabella Bannerman--will help you shift your mindset from powerless to powerful while you create the healthy body you desire and the fulfilling life you deserve. For more information, visit www.connieb.com.

From Connie Bennett, author of the bestseller Sugar Shock --the book that Mehmet Oz said "spills the beans" on the shocking impact of sugar and simple carbohydrates--comes Beyond Sugar Shock, the first book to provide a simple, practical, mind-body-spirit plan to help readers break free of their sugar or carb addiction. For the millions of people who suffer with problems such as low libido, excess weight, overpowering fatigue, and many other unexplained ailments, Beyond Sugar Shock provides a step-by-step, six-week program to gently guide readers to a healthier life. In this friendly, compassionate book, they'll find: - A playful, but serious Sugar Shock Quiz to help readers learn about their personal sugar addiction.- Easy, tried-and-true techniques that Connie used--and that her clients and Sugar Freedom Now participants now use--to successfully quit her sugar habits.- Dozens of easy tips and tactics to stomp out carb cravings.- Simple meal plans, tasty recipes, and a food/lifestyle pyramid that shows readers how to let go of quickie carbs and nonfoods (the Standard American Diet or SAD) and instead enjoy real, wholesome, health-giving nutrition.- Entertaining, interactive "adventurcises" (adventurous exercises) such as "Do Sugary Soul Searching," "Party with the Produce," and "Snatch the E-Z Vitamins."- Affirmations to refresh, rejuvenate, and renew the mind, body, and spirit.- Remarkable success stories with before-and-after photos. In Beyond Sugar Shock, readers will find out that letting go of their sugar or carb addiction is much simpler than it seems--and it can even be fun And once they've addressed their addiction, readers will not only look and feel better, but will also experience an overpowering sensation of joyous freedom and a sweeter, balanced life.

The perfect guide to getting healthy by kicking your sugar habit for good with 20 simple, sugar-free success strategies. There's no sugarcoating it: succumbing to sweets too often could damage your health. But to what extent? Most readers already know that succumbing to sweets too often can lead to obesity and diabetes. What many don't know, however, is that too many "quickie carbs" can bring on a host of other maladies-such as "brain fog," fatigue, mood swings, heart disease, and even cancer-from which millions may be suffering because of their sugar or carbohydrate habits. In this engaging, jargon-free book, Connie Bennett and contributing author Dr. Stephen T. Sinatra bring you the shocking truth, backed by medical studies. With insights from thousands of physicians, nutritionists, researchers, and "sugar sufferers" worldwide, SUGAR SHOCK (TM) will teach you how to kick the sugar habit for good. "Spills the beans on the shocking impact of simple carbohydrates on aging and quality of life--a double whammy for humanity."--Mehmet C. Oz, M. D., host of The Dr. Oz Show