A revolutionary plan for fighting the Toxic Stress that makes you fat ... Renowned clinician and scientist Dr. Pamela Peeke goes beyond diet and exercise with a program that encompasses a woman's whole life and tells you how to evolve from a diet POW (prisoner of weight) and a victim of Toxic Stress to a physically and mentally powerful, stress-resilient woman.

Using the three templates (stress-resilient nutrition, stress-resilient physical activity, and stress-resilient regrouping), women can tailor this accessible program -- based on the best of science -- to their individual needs. Once you've identified your stress profile (are you a Stress Overeater or Stress Undereater?), you'll soon be able to put stress eating behind you for good. You'll learn what to eat and, equally as important, when to eat by navigating the afternoon CortiZone, the hours of highest vulnerability to stress eating. You'll discover how to incorporate stress-neutralizing exercise into your daily routine and that to remove weight you have to lift weight. Put it all together and become stress-resilient for life through the fine art of regrouping after life stressors inhibit self-care. Together, the three templates will break the stress-fat cycle that has thickened your over-forty waistline.

Like her patients who have shed pounds and pounds of Toxic Weight under her clinical guidance, the forty million women heading into their forties and beyond can tailor Dr. Peeke's revolutionary program to their individual needs and burn this toxic, stress-induced weight for good.

Dr. Peeke provides us with the evidence explaining the stress-fat connection, and she presents an easy, enjoyable program to resist stress eating and achieve mind and body fitness for life.