Healthy Habits, Healthy Weights

A Practical Guide to Weight Management

You’ve been struggling with your weight for years. You’ve gained and lost dozens of pounds, but every pound you lose creeps back and you find yourself anxiously avoiding that bathroom scale.

Will it ever end? It can. You’re off to a good start by reading this booklet. Here, you’ll find strategies to help you keep the weight off for good. Winning the battle of the bulge for the long term means finding an eating and exercise plan you can live with forever — one that satisfies your nutritional needs and provides the energy you need for active living, while pleasing your palate.

Constructing such a plan is easier than ever as this booklet is packed with credible information, tips and recipes to make healthy eating happy eating. Here, registered dietitian, author, and nutrition counsellor Rosie Schwartz shares expert advice and the scientific evidence to back it up. Plus, you’ll benefit from her vast experience with clients who have lost weight and kept it off.

You may find this booklet is just the foundation you need to get started. We hope you use it time and time again, turning to it as a trusted guide when life throws you a curve and you find the weight creeping up again.

Each year, approximately 74,000 Canadians die of heart disease and stroke. And 80% of Canadians have at least one risk factor for heart disease or stroke. We can win the battle against this potentially fatal disease by modifying our lifestyles — starting with weight. That’s why the Heart and Stroke Foundation is so pleased to provide you with this useful source book.

If you’re ready, so are we.

Download it now (PDF, 5 MB).

Call 1-888-HSF-INFO (1-888-473-4636) for a free copy of this publication or to find health information from the Heart and Stroke Foundation on lifestyle, stroke and heart disease, or how you can offer support in your community.

Last reviewed September 2009.