- Weight Control
-
Life is Hard, Food is Easy
The 5-step plan to overcome emotional eating and lose weight on any diet. Linda Spangle, RN, M.A.
Eat More, Weigh Less
A life choice program for losing weight safely while eating abundantly. Dean Ornish, M.D.
It’s Your Move
A motivational physical activity guide for people who need to move more. Robert Sweetgall and Robert E. Neeves, Ph.D.
The Food Lovers Fat Loss System
An accelerated plan to eat more and weigh less. Provida Life Sciences
Walk Yourself Thin
A guide on how to “walk yourself thin” by making small changes in your everyday lifestyle. David A Rives
Peel Off the Pounds As Easy As 1-2-3!
A weight loss plan that makes losing weight easy – pick the plan that’s perfect for you. Prevention Health Books for Women
Dr. Bob Arnot’s Revolutionary Weight Control Program
Drop pounds, feel great, and never go hungry again! Robert Arnot, M.D.
Flip the Switch
Proven strategies to fuel your metabolism and burn fat 24 hours a day. Robert K. Cooper, Ph.D.
Reprogramming Your Mind to be Thin (CD)
A 2-disc series including a Quickstart program and the Automatic Fat Loss Program. Phase 1 of The SMART Technique
Reprogramming Your Responses to Food and Exercise (CD)
A 2-disc series including Subconscious Motivation and Accelerated Reprogramming techniques. Phase 2 of The SMART Technique
The SMART Technique for Staying Lean for Life (CD)
A 2-disc series including Living Lean and Making it Foolproof. Phase 3 of The SMART Technique
The SMART Technique Automatic Fat Loss Program: Accelerator Program (CD)
Designed to work along with the cds of three phases of The SMART Technique – will accelerate the program. Provida Life Sciences
In Case of Cravings/Surviving Parties (CD)
A 2-disc series, to promote healthy eating, and to help overcome inevitable emergency situations like irresistible cravings and parties, holidays and special occasions. The SMART Technique
Size-A-Week Slimdown (CD)
Lose a whole dress or pant size in just one week…every week. Provida Life Sciences
Weight Watchers: Turn Around, Week 1
Weight Watchers
Includes essentials for successful weight loss through health nutrition, effective calorie control, livability and more. Also includes "Action Sheets" developed to keep you on track.
Dining Out Companion
Weight Watchers
POINTS values for foods served at 57 popular chain restaurants and for menu items at your favorite local restaurant.
Complete Food Companion
Weight Watchers
POINTS values for more than 14,000 foods.
The Doctor’s Pocket Calorie, Fat and Carbohydrate Counter
A pocket-size guide with calorie, fat and carbohydrate counter. Also includes diet guides and counters. Allan Borushek, Dietitian
Weight Watcher Starter Kit - contains 4 booklets:
·Meals 101 recipes
·Three Month Journal
·Complete Food Companion
·Dining Out companion
100 Days of Weight Loss
author: Linda Spangle, RN, MA
Using concepts from her nationally acclaimed book Life is Hard, Food is Easy, weight loss expert Linda Spangle offers simple mini lessons that will keep you committed to your diet program for a minimum of 100 days…that’s enough time to learn a new set of skills and completely change your weight loss pattern forever. Especially effective for yo-yo dieters.
You Don’t Have to Be Thin to Win
Author: Judy Molnar
A journey of sorts, explaining how the author went from a 330 pound sedentary woman to a fit fitness coach. Molnar designs and presents her program for losing weight and getting fit for people, like herself, who have struggled and failed to succeed in a fitness/weight loss program. She takes on the role of your own personal “chub club coach”….very inspiring book with great information on accepting who you are and making you better!
Perfect Weight
Author: Jordan Rubin
A wonderful, easy to follow plan to help you burn unhealthy fat, experience incredible energy, cleanse built-up toxins from your body, and learn steps for simple sustainability to take weight off our planet! Includes a daily log of “how to” from exercise to meditation about weight loss to actual recipes to help you reach your perfect weight .
Sugar Busters: Cut Sugar to Trim Fat
Author: Steward, Bethea, Andrews, & Balart
Provides proven, scientific facts to help you break the sugar habit and lose weight permanently.
Eat Right for Your Type
Author: D’Adamo & Whitney
The Individualized diet solution to staying healthy, living longer, and achieving your ideal weight.
What’s Your Diet Type?
Author: Heather K. Jones, R.D
Use the power of your personality to discover your best way to lose weight.
- Health/Well Being
-
Planning for Wellness
A guidebook for achieving optimal health. Donald B. Ardell, Ph.D. and Mark J. Tager, M.D.
Take the Wellness Road
Includes social, spiritual, emotional, nutritional, intellectual, environmental, and physical ways to improve your health and fitness. Donald Alsbro, Ed.D., CHES
Guide to Self-Care
Answers for everyday health problems. Mayo Clinic
Health at Home
Your complete guide to symptoms, solutions and self-care. Don R. Powell, PhD., and the American Institute for Preventative Medicine
Remarkable Recovery
What extraordinary healings tell us about getting well and staying well. Caryle Hirshberg and Marc Ian Barasch
The Best of Health
275 questions you’ve always wanted to ask your doctor are answered. Marvin M. Lipman, M.D. and Consumer Reports on Health
100 Simple Secrets of Healthy People
100 simple secrets of healthy people. David Niven, Ph.D.
Yoga Remedies for Everyday Ailments
Teaches yoga postures for eight common health problems: headache, eyestrain, cold/flu, wrist strain, insomnia, back pain, stress and depression. The editors of Yoga Journal
It’s Your Move
A motivational physical activity guide for people who need to move more. Robert Sweetgall and Robert E. Neeves, Ph.D.
Quit Smart
An up-to-date, scientific and smart guide book full of ways to quit smoking. Dr. Robert Shipley and Dr. Jed Rose
22 Ways to a Healthier Heart
Practical programs for guarding and improving your health. Earl L. Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
How to Take the High out of Blood Pressure
A program aimed to help change behaviors that are unhealthful. American Heart Association.
Stress Management
Managing change and stress through self-care. Dr. Ben Bissell
Visualizations for Healing, Dr. Karen Wolfe (CD)
Humor Works with Izzy Gesell (DVD and VHS)
The Humor Works video course sets the tone for building an optimal learning environment. It helps people understand the power of an active sense of humor. This humor course-three sessions on one videotape includes a leader manual, and reproducible participant worksheets for each session. The follow-up activities stimulate discussion through experiential learning.
Don’t Get Mad, Get Funny!
Author: Leigh Anne Jasheway
A light hearted approach to stress management by an author who teaches people how to manage life’s little stresses by choosing to respond with humor instead of anger….an excellent resource for people helping people manage stress in their lives.
Sacred Circles
Author: Robin Deen Carnes and Sally Craig
A guide to creating women’s spirituality groups….shows us how we can use a group concept to explore our relationship to the sacred, and honor the divine in everyday life. The authors use their own experiences as well as those of many others to show how and why groups work. Women longing for a powerful and supportive feminine community in which to thrive spiritually will find vital wisdom here.
Your Body is Your Subconscious Mind (CD)
Author: Candance Pert, PhD
Using the idea of cell physiology as a strong basis for health and healing, Dr. Pert explores through three CDs just how biochemicals in our bodies flow and distribute information to every cell in the body simultaneously, unlocking the secret of how emotions literally transform our bodies and create our own health. An amazing look at total wellness and the future of medicine.
To Feel Go(o)d, The Science & Spirit of Bliss (CD)
Author: Candace Pert, PhD
A wonderful perspective on bliss; Dr. Pert explains how feeling good and feeling God are one in the same. A fearless exploration of the meeting of science and spirit…Dr. Pert examines how we are biologically “hardwired for bliss” and all we need to do is tap into our body’s unlimited natural capacity for living in joy and connecting to the divine.
AARP: Caring for those you care about (Resource notebook)
A helpful, informative notebook dealing with the elderly and their care….topics covered are caregiving, your home, housing options, transportation, legal/insurance, and end of life.
Inner Peace for Busy People
Author: Joan Borysenko, PhD
52 simple strategies for transforming your life
The Hidden Messages in Water
Author: Masaru Emoto
The author has discovered that molecules of water are affected by our thoughts, words, and feelings. Read about how this relates to the world around us.
Meditations for Relaxation and Stress Reduction (CD)
Author: Joan Borysenko, PhD
The author leads you through two empowering meditations: Breath of Life, Breath of Love and Stretching and Relaxation.
Create the Body Your Soul Desire (CD)
Author: Dr. Karen Wolfe, MBBS and Deborah Kern, PH.D.
Transform your self-limiting beliefs into thoughts that empower you.
- Nutrition/Healthy Eating
-
Keep the Beat
Heart healthy recipes. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
Life is Hard, Food is Easy
The 5-step plan to overcome emotional eating and lose weight on any diet. Linda Spangle, RN, M.A.
Trans Fats: The Hidden Killer in Our Food
A reference for identifying and avoiding trans fats – the dangerous ingredient in partially hydrogenated vegetable oils. Judith Shaws, M.A.
Fundamentals of Body Water and Electrolytes
A review of the basic terminology and fundamentals of body water and electrolytes, created to help you gain a better understanding.
Lower Cholesterol without Drugs
A practical guide to using diet and supplements for health cholesterol levels. Roger Mason
Harriet Roth’s Fat Counter
Provides guidelines for identifying and reducing fat in your diet – without giving up the pleasure of delicious dining. Harriet Roth
Reprogramming Your Responses to Food and Exercise (CD)
A 2-disc series including Subconscious Motivation and Accelerated Reprogramming techniques. Phase 2 of The SMART Technique
In Case of Cravings/Surviving Parties (CD)
A 2-disc series, to promote healthy eating, and to help to overcome inevitable emergency situations like irresistible craving and parties, holidays and special occasions. The SMART Technique
Eating Right For Cancer Survival, The Cancer Project (DVD)
Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock (DVD)
Quit Digging Your Grave with a Knife and Fork
Author: Mike Huckabee
No matter which diet plan you choose, there are some common mistakes almost all dieters make. This book, written by long time governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee, examines the twelve things he learned to stop doing in order to lose weight. Having struggled with diet plans for years, Mike addresses the frustrations of losing and regaining the weight, and then offers hope for those people who have the same frustrations. Mike’s final success in losing and maintaining a healthy weight brings much validity to this book.
Linda McCartney’s Home Cooking (book)
A wonderfully appealing vegetarian cookbook, offering more than 200 easy, clear, and delicious recipes for a meatless and healthful cuisine.
Dining with the Duchess (book)
Using the Weight Watcher’s revolutionary “points” food system, Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York presents over 125 easy to prepare, guilt free, mouthwatering recipes that follow that “points” system to allow for healthy weight loss.
Joan Lunden’s Healthy Cooking (book)
An interesting “cookbook” with not only good, low fat recipes (over 100 of them) to use while losing weight, but testimonials and explanations of weight loss journeys as well.
The Abs Diet: Ultimate Nutrition Handbook (book)
Author: David Zinczenko
A very informative resource on the kind of good nutrition you should get when you are trying to improve your body’s fitness level. This handbook feeds you nutritional information to go along with The Abs Diet….a fun read…includes tips and tricks and trivia about food, lists of 100 best foods in the world, and the 20 foods that are so bad, you should actually ban them completely!
Eat This, Not That! (book)
Author: David Zinczenko
A small paper back guide to help you burn fat and build the body you want; not by eating less, but by making smarter choices. With this simple illustrated guide to thousands of foods,along with the nutrition secrets that lead to fast and permanent weight loss, you’ll make the smartest choice every time!
Eat Out, Eat Right (book)
Author: Hope S. Warshaw
A small paper back guide to healthier restaurant eating.
The Stop & Go Fast Food Nutrition Guide (book)
Author: Steven Aldana, PhD
A guide to that shows you how to navigate the fast food maze and identify fast foods that are actually good for you.
Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More than We Think (book)
Author: Brian Wansink, PhD
The author uses fun and fiendishly clever experiments to reveal the hidden dynamics behind our dietary habits.
Life is Hard, Food is Easy (book)
Author: Linda Spangle, RN, MA
The author reveals how you can cope with your feelings of frustrations, boredom, or loneliness, and offers her proven program to stop your emotions from interfering with your eating habits and sabotaging your weight loss efforts.
- Fitness
-
Fundamentals of Body Water and Electrolytes
A review of the basic terminology and fundamentals of body water and electrolytes, created to help you gain a better understanding.
Yoga Remedies for Everyday Ailments
Teaches yoga postures for eight common health problems; headache, eyestrain, cold/flu, wrist strain, insomnia, back pain, stress and depression. The editors of Yoga Journal
It’s Your Move
A motivational physical activity guide for people who need to move more. Robert Sweetgall and Robert E. Neeves, Ph.D.
Walk Yourself Thin
A guide on how to “walk yourself thin” by making small changes in your everyday lifestyle. David A. Rives
Survival of the F.I.T.T.E.S.T.
Binder including all materials used as a participant in awareness program.
Banish Your Belly! (VHS)
Fast and Easy 15 minute workout. Prevention Fitness
Raquel – Total Beauty and Fitness (VHS)
A program designed to develop concentration, coordination, and balance while building strength, muscle tone, and flexibility. Raquel Welch
Pilates (VHS)
Two, 20 minute sessions of a mat workout based on the work of J.H. Pilates plus yoga. Denise Austin
Lifersize – For Mom’s To Be (VHS)
A fun, low-impact pregnancy workout. Kim Camp
Qi Gon; Chi Kung (DVD)
Qi Gon; Chi Kung. Dr. Roger Jamke, DMD – Doctor of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine
Dance it Off! Express Workout (DVD)
4 fun routines to burn fat and tone muscles. Prevention Fitness Systems with Jennifer Galardi
Reprogramming Your Responses to Food and Exercise (CD)
A 2-disc series including a Quickstart program and the Automatic Fat Loss program. Phase 1 of The SMART Technique
Sports Hoop
New generation hoops for workout fitness. Slim your waist and legs, fast and easy. Play 10 minutes only, twice a day. Trim your waist 2 inches monthly ‘till fit. Sports Hoop, INC.
The NIA Technique expressive , personalized focused dance arts (DVD)
Cardio Hip Hop Workout (DVD)
Cardio Hip Hop Workout uses specially designed combinations that are fun and easy to master. Each routine begins with a dance “life line”, which is one simple move you can always go back to should you ever lose your way. As the workout progresses, more moves are added to this “life line” and the intensity of the workout increases. The DVD is broken down into 3 ten minute sessions. A quick but effective workout.
Make The Connection…Ten Steps to a Better Body
By: Oprah Winfrey and Bob Greene
A very honest and helpful book to guide the reader to understanding the connection between living a healthy lifestyle and feeling better ….the illustrations are excellent and the information is empowering…a must read for anyone who wants to establish a healthy lifestyle as THE lifestyle for the rest of their life. Very inspiring and informative.
Aqua Dynamics: Water Exercises are the New Way to Stay in Shape
By: National Spa and Pool Institute
A booklet that takes you through a variety of exercises that can be done in water.
Chi Walking
By: Danny Dreyer and Katherine Dreyer
A revolutionary program that blends the health benefits of walking with the core principles of T’ai Chi to deliver maximum physical, mental, and spiritual fitness.
- Personal Development
-
Wellness: A Bargain for Life, A Resource for Higher Education
The complete guide to creating an effective wellness program in higher education institutions. College and University Personnel Association.
Planning for Wellness
A guidebook for achieving optimal health. Donald B. Ardell, Ph.D. and Mark J. Tager. M.D.
Design of Workplace Health Promotion Programs
Includes the definition of health promotion, structuring the design process, steps in the design process, and program evaluation. Michael P. O’Donnell, M.B.A., M.P.H.
LIVESTRONG Survivorship Notebook
A resource for cancer survivors that provides education, support, and hope. Lance Armstrong
Take the Wellness Road
Includes social, spiritual, emotional, nutritional, intellectual, environmental, and physical ways to improve your health and fitness. Donald Alsbro, Ed.D., CHES
Heart Track Cardiac Rehabilitation Patient Resource Guide
A resource book to help assist you and your family in the recovery from heart disease. Alamance Regional Medical Center
S.W.E.A.T. Students and Staff Wanting Evaluation and Training
Training manual.
Fundamentals of Body Water and Electrolytes
A review of the basic terminology and fundamentals of body water and electrolytes, created to help you gain a better understanding.
Alamance County Community Resource Directory
Directory for agencies that provide services for health, social, recreational, educational, welfare, public assistance, support and civic activities in Alamance County.
401(k) – Take Charge of Your Future
A unique and comprehensive guide created to help employees better manage their 401(k) plans. Eric Schurenberg
Instant Rapport
Learn to take command of your business and personal life, communicate better, win clients and attract persons of the opposite sex, have influence over others, overcome social anxiety – and more. Michael Brooks
Let Me Tell You a Story
Life lessons from unexpected places and unlikely people. Tony Campolo
Quit Smart
An up-to-date, scientific and smart guide book full of ways to quit smoking. Dr. Robert Shipley and Dr. Jed Rose
Simple Pledges
Building blocks for healthy living. Speaking of Women’s Health
United Healthcare Directory of Physicians and Healthcare Professionals in North Carolina A Guide to Physical Examination
Intended to present a fairly comprehensive approach to examining patients. Barbara Bates, M.D.
Healthy, Wealthy and Wise
A fundamental how-to guide for worksite health promotion managers and planners in any company of any size. Wellness Councils of America.
Southern College Health Association, 1999 Annual Conference
Binder including topics spoken about at conference.
Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers
To be used in conjunction with course that teaches how to respond and recognize life-threatening emergencies. American Heart Association
Basic Life Support Instructor’s Manual
Includes topics such as; instructor enrichment, instructor’s manuals and an appendixes full of useful information. American Heart Association
CPR for Family and Friends
A basic guide to CPR. American Heart Association
For Your Protection: The OSHA Regulations on Bloodborne Pathogens
OSHA
The Portable Caregiver: 8 Essential Guidebooks for Elder Care
A binder with eight (8) guidebooks within, each offering guidance along the trail of becoming a caregiver. Mary Trabert, M.B.A., C.S.A., and Deborah Morris, M.S., C.S.A.
Humor Works with Izzy Gesell (DVD and VHS)
The Humor Works video course sets the tone for building an optimal learning environment. It helps people understand the power of an active sense of humor. This humor course-three sessions on one videotape includes a leader manual, and reproducible participant worksheets for each session. The follow-up activities stimulate discussion through experiential learning.
Creating Workplace Community : Motivation
An easy to understand book to help you motivate the people you work with….offers solutions, ideas, and philosophies for motivating ourselves and others. Various authors address issues such as values, communication, time management, goal setting, coaching, empowerment, leadership, engagement, stress management, perception, mentoring, and the environment.
Creating Mandalas
Author: Susanne F. Fincher
A practical and inspiring guide to creating the circular drawings known as mandalas. The author introduces the history and ritual use of mandalas in cultures all over the world; offers guidance in choosing art materials, techniques and colors for the creation of personal mandalas; and discusses the symbolism of colors, numbers, shapes, and motifs such as birds and flowers.
Don’t Get Mad, Get Funny!
Author: Leigh Anne Jasheway
A light hearted approach to stress management by an author who teaches people how to manage life’s little stresses by choosing to respond with humor instead of anger….an excellent resource for people helping people manage stress in their lives.
Chocolate for a Woman’s Spirit
Author: Kay Allenbaugh
A very inspirational and entertaining look at real life stories and how they enrich our lives, just like chocolate does! Allenbaugh presents 77 stories that will inspire, delight and empower the reader…it’s a refreshing look at how women tap into their intuition, overcome old fears and discover the courage to start over….full of good energy !
Story Power: Talking with Teens in Turbulent Times
Author: John W. Alston III
Surviving Fights with your Brothers and Sisters
Author: Joy Wilt
Tales of a Shaman’s Apprentice
Author: Mark J. Plotkin, Ph.D.
An Ethnobotanist searches for new medicines in the Amazon rainforest.
- Smoking Cessation
-
Quit Smart
An up-to-date, scientific and smart guide book full of ways to quit smoking. Dr. Robert Shipley and Dr. Jed Rose
