Bikini Bootcamp or Chill

Bikini Bootcamp: Two Weeks to Your Ultimate Beach Body

Author: Melissa Perlman

Get in shape for beach season! This super-slimming, body-sculpting makeover takes off ten pounds and gets you bikini-ready—in just two weeks.

Bikini Boot Camp creators Melissa Perlman and Erica Gragg know that the secret to losing weight and getting fit is not another diet or endless hours at the gym. Instead, it’s a highly targeted exercise plan combined with healthy, delicious, all-natural foods that jump-start your metabolism and melt away the pounds. At the elite Amansala Eco-Chic Resort and Spa in Mexico, their Bikini Boot Camp program has become the destination of choice for celebrities and women everywhere who want to change their bodies and their lives. Now, this book gives you everything you need to recreate the Bikini Boot Camp experience at home—from the signature workouts to the low-cal, Latin-flavored dishes—and achieve the same incredible results.

Capturing the spirit of the spa and Mexico’s sunny shores, each day of Bikini Boot Camp provides you with:

A total-body workout that combines walking, circuit training, core strengthening, and yoga to target trouble spots and sculpt you head to toe
Energy-enhancing meal plans with slimming, easy-to-follow recipes—a mouthwatering mix of Mexican, Yucatán, and Asian cuisines—straight out of Amansala’s kitchen and available here for the first time
Mindfulness exercises to relax and restore you, and to help you stay focused on your fitness goals
Do-it-yourself spa treats, from easy facials to herbal baths With more than 75 mix-and-match recipes, and a lifestyle plan to keep you going after the firsttwo weeks are up, Bikini Boot Camp is the fastest way to whip your body into shape—and have fun doing it! So don’t panic now that summer is here. No matter how long you’ve been putting it off, this book gives you everything you need to achieve a bikini body all year round.

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Chill: Stress-Reducing Techniques for a More Balanced, Peaceful You

Author: Deborah Reber

Your day starts at 6am and ends at midnight--if you're lucky.
You keep up with all two hundred of your friends on Facebook.
You practically invented the word "multitasking."
Sound familiar?  You're not alone.  You are part of the most overscheduled, overprogrammed, and overwhelmed generation on the planet.  And CHILL can help you manage it all!  It's just a matter of having the right frame of mind.  So relax, take a deep breath...and chill.

KLIATT

This book takes teenagers through a plan, a good simple system to reduce stress and to basically chill, hence the title. My copy looks quite colorful since I tabbed all the pages I wanted to use with my teenage reading group, and there are just so many good ideas. There are techniques, anecdotes and the beloved quizzes to help readers manage their days. Every problem is taken seriously, and the author gives realistic, simple management tools for teenagers. There is a great section on seeing the entire picture and putting the stress levels into perspective. Chill ends with pertinent information on exercising and nutrition. Everyone will enjoy taking the quizzes and reducing their blood pressure levels. Reviewer: Sherri Forgash Ginsberg

School Library Journal

Gr 8 Up- This book has just the right combination of smart wit, know-it-all bravado, and advice from a pseudo big sister. The pages speed by, moving from topic to topic: time management, support systems, self-help therapy, exercise, nutrition, and more. Advice is free-flowing, complete with examples, exercises, and quizzes on such topics as which workout style fits your personality. While Reber does not dwell on some of the more serious issues her audience faces, she does mention anorexia, cutting, and serious depression, advising readers to seek professional help. Although much of this information can be found in a number of other sources, the presentation is appropriate and friendly. The text is broken up with simple line drawings, almost exclusively of white girls. Nevertheless, this helpful resource will appeal to a wide variety of young women.-Wendy Smith-D'Arezzo, Loyola College, Baltimore, MD

Table of Contents:

Introduction     1
What Is Stress?     6
Time-out: Stress Through the Years     12
What's Eating You?     13
Taking Action
Time Management     28
Time-out: College Admissions Survival Guide     45
Organization     50
Speaking Up and Saying No     67
Time-out: Gotta Work? Finding Balance When You Have a Job     82
Looking Out
Creating a Support System     86
Time-out: The Friendship Survival Guide     101
Getting Perspective     107
Time-out: More Than Stress? When It's Time to Get Professional Help     121
Looking In
DIY Therapy     126
Journaling     141
Time-out: Five-Minute Stress Busters     151
Zoning Out and Tuning In     152
Time-out: Going Zen     165
Getting Physical
Exercise     170
Nutrition     184
Epilogue     196