The Good Enough Diet: Where Near Enough is Good Enough to Lose Weight

About the authors vii

Acknowledgements ix

Introduction: Is near enough good enough to lose weight? xi

1 New world, new rules 1

Part I: Good enough diet

2 Proactive eating 7

3 The main ingredient 15

4 Variety 23

5 Comfort food 31

6 Is low-fat food making you fat? 39

7 Think before you drink 47

Part II: Good enough exercise

8 Productive exercise 57

9 Your exercise profile 65

10 The best exercise 75

11 Anytime is the right time 87

12 Have fun with it 97

13 Dress for success 105

Part III: Good enough mindset

14 Positive mindset 115

15 It’s okay to be fat 123

16 Exercise and the third space 129

17 It’s okay to be hungry 135

Part IV: Good enough mythbusting

18 Demystifying myths 145

19 Food combining 151

20 Feel free to have three 157

21 A fast game’s a good game 163

Part V: Good enough in real life

22 Health in a hurry 171

23 Travelling success 185

24 Fit families 199

Endnote 207

Appendix A: Non-starchy vegetables and fruits and free flavourings 209

Appendix B: Drinks and their kilojoule content 211

Appendix C: Example meal plans 217

Appendix D: The hotel room workout 225

Appendix E: Metric to imperial conversion chart 229

Index 231