July 10, 2006 – Linda Spangle

Author: 100 Days of Weight Loss; Life is Hard Food is Easy

www.100dayschallenge.com
www.foodiseasy.com

Linda Spangle, RN, MA is recognized nationally as a leading authority on emotional eating and other psychological issues of weight management. Author of the award-winning Life is Hard, Food is Easy, Linda is the owner of Weight Loss for Life, a healthy lifestyles coaching and training program located in Denver, Colorado.

A registered nurse with a master's degree in health education, Linda Spangle is a skilled teacher, counselor and writer. Over the past 20 years, Linda has provided counseling services for more than 2000 clients and taught several thousand people in her workshops and seminars. In addition to being interviewed by hundreds of radio shows, newspapers and magazines, Linda has been a guest on numerous TV shows including Fox News, Lifetime TV, The O'Reilly Factor, and National Media for Health.

July 17, 2006 – Evelyn Tribole

Author: Intuitive Eating; Eating on the Run

www.evelyntribole.com
www.intuitiveeating.org

Evelyn Tribole, MS, RD is an award-winning registered dietitian, with a nutrition counseling practice specializing in eating disorders, in Irvine, California. She has written six books including the million-copy bestseller Healthy Homestyle Cooking, Stealth Health, Intuitive Eating (co-author), More Healthy Homestyle Cooking, Healthy Homestyle Desserts and Eating on the Run (in press for a 3rd edition). She is currently the nutritionist for LifetimeTV.com and was contributing editor for Shape magazine where her monthly column, Recipe Makeovers, appeared for 11 years.

Achievements and honors include, receiving the American Dietetic Association’s Award for Excellence in Private Practice in 1995. Many national magazines have rated her as one of the best nutritionists in the country including: Self, Harper’s Bazaar, and Redbook magazine. Tribole also qualified for the Olympic Trials in the first ever women’s marathon in 1984.

Evelyn was the nutrition expert for Good Morning America from 1994-’95 and was a national spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association for 6 years. She is often sought by the media for her nutritional expertise and has appeared on hundreds of radio, television and print interviews, including: CNN, Today Show, MSNBC, Fox News, USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, Associated Press, Prevention, Chicago Tribune, Variety, and People magazine.

July 24, 2006 – Lucy Beale

Author: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Glycemic Index Weight; BeThin in Body, Mind & Spirit CDs

www.lucybeale.com

Lucy Beale is a wellness coach on Body, Mind & Wellness and a weight-loss expert. She teaches effective and streamlined methods to enhance personal power and productivity by increasing energy and stamina, reducing stress levels, and maintaining optimal health.

Lucy is author of six current books on wellness: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Glycemic Index Weight Loss, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Better Skin,The Complete Idiot's Guide to Weight Loss, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Healthy Weight, including two cookbooks, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Low-Carb Meals and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Terrific Diabetic Meals.

Articles on Lucy and her work have appeared in Time, The Salt Lake Tribune, The Denver Post, Business Ethics Magazine, Yoga Journal, The Rocky Mountain News, The Boulder Camera, The Fairbanks Miner, and The New York Times. She has appeared on many radio and television shows, including CNN and The Geraldo Show. 

July 31, 2006 - Dr. Karin Kratina

Author: Professional book, Moving Away From Diets: Healing Eating Problems and Exercise Resistance

http://www.nourishingconnections.com/moving_away_diets2.htm

Dr. Karin Kratina is a noted international speaker, author and nutrition therapist whose passion has been to help those struggling with eating and weight issues. Twenty-three years of experience and an unusual education, including degrees in nutrition, exercise physiology, gender studies and symbolic anthropology, solidified Dr. Kratina's belief that diets cause more problems than they solve. As a result, she has been highly influential in developing an entirely new approach to dealing with these issues.

Dr. Kratina is in private practice in Gainesville, is the Nutrition Coordinator for the Eating Disorders Program at the University of Florida, and consultant to Greem Mountain at Fox Run. She is on the Advisory Board for several organizations, including the National Eating Disorders Association and is the author of several books, numerous book chapters and articles. The second edition of her professional book, Moving Away From Diets: Healing Eating Problems and Exercise Resistance, was released in 2003. In 1999, she received the prestigious Excellence in Practice Award in Disordered Eating/Obesity from the American Dietetic Association.