JANUARY 1 2009
AMERICANWAY 33
L I F E S T Y L E
and how it burns the food that I eat,” he
says.
By early fall, theQueens,NewYork, resi-
denthadsurpassedhis175-poundgoal, car-
rying just 167pounds onhis five-foot-eight
frame. His waist size has plummeted from
48 to 32 inches, and he has a new number
fixed inhis lineof sight: 150pounds.
Metabolic
Reading
Material
Want to learnmore about bet-
ter fitness and othermetabolic
contributors? Take a peek in-
side these books:
BreakThroughYour Set Point:
How toFinallyLose theWeightYou
Want andKeep ItOff
byGeorge
Blackburn, PhD,MD (Collins Living,
$25)
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TheComplete Idiot’sGuide to
BoostingYourMetabolism
by Jo-
seph LeeKlapper,MD (AlphaBooks,
$19)
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MoveYourself: TheCooper Clinic
Medical Director’sGuide toAll the
HealingBenefits of Exercise (Even
aLittle!)
byTeddMitchell,MD; Tim
Church, PhD,MD; andMartinZucker
(Wiley, $25)
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Spark: TheRevolutionaryNewSci-
ence of Exerciseand theBrain
by
John J. Ratey,MD (Little, Brown and
Company, $25)
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TheUltimateMetabolismDiet: Eat
Right forYourMetabolicType
by
Scott Rigden,MD (Hunter HousePub-
lishers, $15)
CHARLOTTEHUFF,
awriter based inFortWorth, Texas, isa regu-
lar
AmericanWay
contributor.
The last of the
great independents.
The owner/operators
who give not only fine
beef but their hearts
aswell.
The Independent Retail
Cattleman’s Association
557Mt. Pleasant Road
Kingston Springs, TN 37082
Visit:
St. ElmoSteakHouse
INDIANAPOLIS, IN ..................317.635.0636
Proprietors:
SteveHuse&CraigHuse
III Forks
DALLAS, TX .............................972.267.1776
Proprietor:
Chris Vogeli
AUSTIN, TX................................. 512.474.1776
Proprietors:
CurtisOsmond&JaimeGutierrez
Manny’s
MINNEAPOLIS,MN...................612.339.9900
Proprietors:
Phil Roberts, PeterMihajlov
&KevinKuester
Grill 225
CHARLESTON, SC ..................843.266.4222
Proprietor:
NickPalassis
ExecutiveChef:
DemetreCastanas
McKendrick’s SteakHouse
ATLANTA, GA .........................770.512.8888
Proprietors:
Claudia&DougMcKendrick,
RickCrowe
Malone’s
LEXINGTON, KY......................859.335.6500
Proprietors:
BrianMcCarty &BruceDrake
MetropolitanGrill
SEATTLE, WA ..........................206.624.3287
Proprietor:
RonCohn
Gene&Georgetti
CHICAGO, IL ...........................312.527.3718
Proprietors:
Tony &MarionDurpetti
Rainwater’s onKettner
SANDIEGO, CA ......................619.233.5757
Proprietors:
Laurel &PaddyRainwater
