Sample Chapters

Why invest your time and money into this book and CD-ROM?

Because this one book will transform your library of conflicting and disjointed books and collection of information sound bytes on diet and exercise into a unified and cohesive body of knowledge.

This is not some “30 Days to Ultimate Fat Loss,” over-hyped quick-fix with a fast fizzle. This book and program will challenge you on many different levels, but as with all great challenges that cause you to dig in, dig deep, and dig hard, you will come away with a new understanding of yourself, and the world you live in, and gain the skills to meet the challenges that face you.

The cornerstone of the book is the Health and Wellness Portfolio™(HWP™). The tools of the HWP have been used to help people of all shapes, sizes, and fitness levels reach their performance and appearance goals. No matter your goals, whether you are 25 or 75 years old, want to lose 10lbs or 100lbs, add ten yards to your golf drive, or be able to walk 10 blocks, the HWP is a tool that will help you reach your goals more efficiently. The HWP will give you the ability to effectively analyze and organize current and new information into an easy-to-apply plan of action.

This book and CD-ROM are for you if you are interested in:

• Gaining freedom from restrictive diets and domineering gurus.
• Knowing what makes all effective fat loss diets and exercise programs work.
• Developing the tools to build your own customized weight loss solution.
• Using the fitness resources you already have more effectively.
• Learning how to hire a personal trainer and getting more than you paid for.
• Never hitting a plateau again!

Through vivid analogies and down-to-earth language you will learn in empowering ways the scientific principles and laws that regulate your body. Applying this information to your life will result in an astonishing transformation of both body and mind.

Step by step you will:

• Cultivate the winning mindset needed to reach your fitness goals.
• Create and execute long and short-term fitness and wellness goals.
• Maximize your metabolism by learning what makes it go up and down.
• Design a personalized fat loss diet and exercise program around your life and likes.

The Bonus Quick Start CD-ROM makes it easy to access and apply this life changing information with:

• A 60 minute audio quick-start overview that plays in your car.
• An audio coach that guides you through the program.
• A cardio calculator that gives you a personalized 12 week program.
• A body fat calculator that helps you track your progress in your own home.
• A diet calculator that gives you a personalized diet outline.
• And many more empowering resources.

Click here to take charge of your fitness future and learn how to manage your Health and Wellness Portfolio, guru-free!

Medical Professional Reviews:

"I have had the privilege of working with Hank DeGroat in recent months. He is a truly gifted personal trainer. In this book, he imparts a lot of practical wisdom. I would urge you to read it and then read it again and follow his sage advice. I am confident that if we were to do so, many of us will reap notable, tangible and long-lasting benefits."

— Sanjiv Chopra, M.D., Faculty Dean for Continuing Education, Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School

Tired of fad diets, celebrity endorsed exercise gadgets, magic fat melting pills and worthless weight loss patches all of which whittle your wallet not your waistline? Then grab a copy of “Not Another Guru: Your Easy-to-Understand Guide to the Diet and Exercise Game.” The book is packed with scientifically sound, easy to understand nutrition, exercise and health advise that will have you looking and feeling fitter and thinner. Plus you’ll be empowered to change your lifestyle so you can enjoy your new physique for life. You’ll learn the best ways to workout and eat right to change your body composition and have access to dozens of tools and tips that will help you track your progress and stay motivated. So turn off those info mils and pick up a copy of "Not Another Guru." It’s like having your own personal trainer, nutritionist and coach designing a personalized wellness program that will help you lose weight and enhance your health permanently.

— Ellen Albertson, M.S., R.D., LDN, CPT, Licensed Nutritionist/Certified Personal Trainer

Sample Chapters:

• Table of Contents and Introduction: See an out-line of the big picture.
• Chapter 1 – HWP: Invest in Yourself: Learn about the role of the Health and Wellness Portfolio™ in helping you organize your fitness information and goals. And begin to explore the problems and mindsets that may be keeping you from reaching your goals.
• Chapter 3 – Understanding the Body Composition Game: The excerpt from this chapter introduce you to the players in the body composition game, who they are and what they can do for you.
• Chapter 5 – Principles and Guidelines: Be introduced to Benny Bean and the first of 8 powerful scientific principles in this excerpt from this exciting chapter.
• Chapter 6 – Diet: Becoming Food Savvy: Are you a rational or reactionary food eater? How much protein do you need and are high protein diets good for you? This excerpt explores what type of eater you are and the great protein debate.
• Chapter 9 – Cardiovascular Training: Is there really a “Fat Burning Zone?” This is the first of many cardio questions you will find answered in this information packed chapter.