The Women’s Health Diet pot

Inside your body, at this very moment, there’s

a war going on. No, not because of the leftover

Chinese you dug out of the fridge last night and

inhaled.

This is a turf battle on a cellular level, between

the cells that make up muscle and those that

make up fat.

On one side (the good side) is Muscle. (Don’t

freak: Muscle is not trying to make you bulky.)

Think of Muscle as your closest BFF who loans

you her most flattering going-out top because she

knows that the better you look, the more you both

outshine the wannabes, and the more you both get

noticed.

The wannabe, in this case, is Fat. Fat is like that

passive-aggressive frenemy who always says no

even when those pants do make your butt look fat.

Fat hates Muscle, and the feeling is mutual. Fat

wants to get rid of Muscle so it can make room

for more of its energy-sucking, muffin-top making

friends inside your body. Muscle wants to do away

with Fat so it can torch all incoming calories and

keep you looking slim and fab.

You know which side you’re rooting for. But

here’s the problem: In this war, Fat will always

have an unfair advantage. The only way Muscle

can win is with your help.

The Women’s Health Nutrition System will show

you how to win that battle. It will help you build

muscle and burn away fat, while eating the very

best food on the planet and never, ever feeling

hungry. It will make you stronger, leaner, and

healthier than you’ve ever been before. And it will

start to take effect, well, pretty much from your

very first bite.

Ready to dig in?

HOW TO WIN THE WAR ON FAT

As we said above, in the war for your body, fat has

the advantage over muscle. And for that, you can

blame Charles Darwin.

When humans first evolved, starvation and

deprivation were always a threat. So our bodies

learned to store fat in lean times, and to burn

fewer calories when calories weren’t easy to come

by—just like bears preparing for hibernation.

The problem is that today we no longer have to

scratch our way across the savannah, looking for

grub to eat. Now grub to eat surrounds us, stacked

in 18-foot-high shelves at the local discount

store. And yet, strangely, we still put our bodies

in starvation mode more than we might expect.

We skip breakfast to race to our jobs. We work

long days, breaking to eat only when our bellies

rumble. Sometimes, we even go on diets, trying to

earn some sort of karmic merit badge by depriving

ourselves.

But every time you skip a meal or feel a hunger

pang? Your body feels it too, and says, “Uh-oh.

Famine up ahead. Better shuttle some of those

Doritos down into the belly for good measure.”

Literally, every time you feel hungry, you’re telling

your body to store fat. That’s why The Women’s

Health Nutrition System is designed to keep you

eating—a lot. You’ll be stunned to discover just

how much food your body needs to lose weight

and keep it off.

WHY FAT IS MORE THAN JUST UGLY

The first step to winning any contest is learning

to understand your adversary, whether you’re an

attorney in a courtroom or a real housewife of

New Jersey. So, too, in the fight against fat.

The Women’s Health Diet