Of Bears and Weight Loss: How to Manage Triggers, Lose Weight, and Enjoy Getting Fit

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Psychologist, stand-up comedian, and best-selling author Dr. Brian King reveals the techniques he used to lose one hundred pounds, and provides guidance and humor to make your weight loss journey a healthy, sustainable, and even enjoyable one.

Dr. Brian King studied neuroscience and psychology before touring the world as a stand-up comedian and public speaker. Yet despite giving lifeguidance to others, hewas carrying an extra one hundred pounds, taking up too much space in airplane seats and keeping the opposite sex at bay.

When Dr. Brian committed to change, he embraced his understanding of human behavior and mindsets to reframe his approach to a healthy lifestyle. Now having lost most of the weight, he uses his signature combination of humor and neuroscience to delve deep into mindfulness, stress, habits, willpower, diet, exercise, and much more to guide readers in losing weight and keeping it off.

This highly anticipated follow-up to Dr. Brians renowned stressmanagement guide,TheArt of Taking It Easy,is equally destined to help readers worldwide live better, longer, more active livesand make your skinny jeans your everyday ones. Dr. Brian's unique, encouraging guidance brims with colorful anecdotes, personal stories, and scientific evidence, and is complemented by wisdom from a wealth ofother expertsin varioushealth fields as well as comedywho have alsotriumphed in their weight loss journeys.

Whether you are lookingto shed those final five, the COVID fifteen, or the weight of anotheradult,Of Bears and Weight Lossofferslife-changing tips and instructions that will have you embracing changewith humor and the power to finally see your goals through to completion.

Inside youll find:
- A comprehensive guide to developing the right mindset.
- Anunderstanding of how factors such as poor sleep or impulse control could be sabotaging your goals.
- Guidance on how toknow what diet andexercise program is right for you.
- The motivation to change andinstructions on how to sustain a healthylifestyle.
- Revelations on why diets fail and how to embrace sustainable change without going hungry or spending all night in the gym.
- Support for balancing weight loss goals with busy lifestyles, work, parenting, and social commitments.
- Awealth of humor,deep belly laughs, andscientifically-sound, evidence-based know-how.

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Praise for The Art of Taking It Easy:

King's particular approach is original and refreshing. He combines a winning balance of accessible science, engaging stories, and comic relief to drive home a compelling message. Shelf Awareness

Psychologist and comedian King (The Laughing Cure) explores the science behind stress in this witty, informed guide. The author uses a bevy of running jokes and punch lines to enliven technical explanations for how and why people experience stress. His metaphors of coming across a bear in the wild as well as being stuck in traffic are also used to great effect to explain a variety of stress responses, such as perceiving a threat and feelings of powerlessness. Reframing thoughts plays a large role in Kings advice: Stress is simply a reaction to a perception of threat...being able to consciously redirect choices made by other areas of the brain is the key to living a less stressful existence. He also provides breathing exercises, plans for maintaining physical health, and useful advice for setting attainable goals. An interview with a former paratrooper and a harrowing story centered on his brothers van breaking down while traveling provide particularly helpful examples of how ones mindset can make all the difference in a highly stressful situation. Kings enjoyable guide to living with less stress will be of help to any anxious reader. Publishers Weekly

Author Bio

Dr. Brian Kingtrained as a neuroscientist and psychologist and for more than a decade has traveled the world as a comedian and public speaker. By day he conducts seminars, presented nationwide and attended by thousands of people each year, on positive psychology, the health benefits of humor, stress management, and healthy living. By night he entertains audiences in comedy clubs. Dr. Brian began performing stand-up comedy in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2009, and since then he has performed hundreds of shows around the world. He has a bachelors degree from the University of Texas, a masters degree from the University of New Orleans, and a PhD from Bowling Green State University. He is the author ofThe Art of Taking It Easy(Apollo Publishers) andThe Laughing Cure. Dr. Brian hails from New York City, but is regularly on the road with his wife and young daughter or at their homes in Montreal, Canada, or Dallas,Texas.