Love Me Slender
How Smart Couples Team Up to Lose Weight, Exercise More, and Stay Healthy Together
Benjamin R. Karney, PhD ; Thomas N. Bradbury, PhD
- Based
- on
- cutting-edge
- research
- with
- more
- than
- 1,000
- married
- couples,
- this
- “revolutionary
- book”
- (Harville
- Hendrix,
- PhD,
- coauthor
- of
- Making
- Marriage
- Simple)
- shows
- you
- how
- to
- bolster
- your
- resolve
- by
- strengthening
- your
- relationship,
- offering
- a
- fresh
- approach
- to
- weight
- loss
- that
- will
- turn
- your
- spouse
- from
- diet
- saboteur
- into
- your
- most
- loyal
- health
- ally.First
- comes
- love,
- then
- comes
- marriage…then
- comes
- a
- larger
- pant
- size?
- Many
- couples
- find
- themselves
- gaining
- weight
- as
- they
- settle
- into
- a
- relationship,
- but
- some
- couples
- manage
- to
- buck
- this
- trend.
- They
- exercise
- (together
- or
- separately),
- they
- support
- each
- other’s
- healthy
- eating
- habits,
- and
- their
- relationships
- are
- stronger
- as
- a
- result.
- What
- are
- their
- secrets?It
- turns
- out
- that
- many
- of
- us
- are
- ignoring
- the
- most
- powerful
- tool
- we
- have
- to
- help
- us
- get
- healthier
- and
- stay
- healthier—our
- spouse
- or
- significant
- other.
- For
- more
- than
- twenty
- years,
- Drs.
- Thomas
- Bradbury
- and
- Benjamin
- Karney,
- codirectors
- of
- the
- Relationship
- Institute
- at
- UCLA,
- have
- been
- studying
- how
- couples
- communicate
- around
- these
- issues,
- witnessing
- firsthand
- how
- partners
- can
- help
- (and
- hinder)
- one
- another’s
- progress
- toward
- better
- health.
- In
- Love
- Me
- Slender,
- they
- identify
- the
- specific
- principles
- that
- successful
- couples
- use
- in
- their
- quest
- to
- improve
- their
- health.Love
- Me
- Slender
- offers
- new
- solutions
- based
- on
- a
- remarkable
- insight:
- The
- powerful
- connection
- we
- share
- with
- our
- mate
- can
- influence
- what
- we
- eat,
- how
- much
- we
- exercise,
- how
- well
- we
- age,
- and
- ultimately
- how
- long
- we
- live.
- Strengthening
- this
- connection,
- and
- using
- it
- to
- influence
- our
- daily
- habits,
- holds
- the
- key
- to
- better
- health.Featuring
- self-assessments
- and
- case
- studies
- from
- real
- couples
- working
- to
- stay
- healthy
- together,
- Love
- Me
- Slender
- is
- an
- eye-opening,
- uplifting
- guide
- to
- changing
- the
- dynamic
- of
- your
- relationship
- and
- improving
- your
- health—and
- the
- health
- of
- those
- you
- love most.
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