Your eating habits are about 80 percent responsible for your weight. Period. Imagine how much weight you would lose if you were stranded on an island with no food for four days. Even without exercising, you'd probably lose at least 10 pounds.

Now imagine how much exercise you would have to do in your regular life to lose 10 pounds. Losing 10 pounds without changing your eating habits would require you to burn 36,000 more calories than you consume. Eating normally, a 150-pound person would have to run about 360 miles to run off 10 pounds.

So which seems more difficult to you — eating a bit less each day or running off tons of extra calories? Carefully selecting what you put in your mouth simply requires less effort than exercise.

Blasting Belly Fat

The reason you're hearing about weight loss instead of abdominal exercise is because if your belly is not flat, it's covered with a layer of fat. Whether your layer is large or small, the formula for getting rid of it is still the same. Getting rid of a larger layer just takes longer.

Burn more calories than you consume and eventually your body will become lean and free of excessive body fat. This formula will also cause your hips, thighs, chest, arms, and neck to become leaner as well. The title of the book doesn't brag about this fact, but if you adhere to the recipes and advice included, your entire body will become leaner.

This Is Not a Diet

That's where these recipes come in. This book does not condone dieting. No way; no how. Diets are temporary measures that usually lead to temporary results. This book provides you with a well-rounded, nutritious variety of low- calorie, low-fat, and high-fiber recipes to turn to throughout each day. Choosing these recipes will ensure that you not only eat healthfully but that you are physically satisfied by a smaller amount of calories.