This book shows you that you can lose weight the healthy way and keep it off for good. Losing weight the healthy way STARTS with eating clean, it starts with you providing your body all the nutrients it needs to function at its best - therefore, this book does NOT promote exclusionary diets (i.e. no 'carbs'); what it DOES do is it advocates balanced, healthy eating. You get to eat from all 5 food groups, so your body is nourished, you have a lot of energy, and you won't put the weight back on as is usually the case with exclusionary diets. This book covers all of your nutritional requirements and provides you with: - a 21-day meal plan, consisting of three meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) and two snacks a day, - information about the five food groups as well as fats and iron, - information about serving sizes, - information on keeping properly hydrated, - information on food safety, - information on how to lose weight the healthy way and how to keep it off, - cooking tips and recipes.