The Shift

"Gary Foster is the mastermind behind WW's innovative, effective, and practical approach to removing mental obstacles in our path to true wellness. I've seen first hand how changing the way I think has been the single greatest factor in helping me achieve my goals, and Gary is sharing all his most powerful, tested techniques for creating habits that serve us in The Shift. Get your highlighter ready and dig in!"
--Daphne Oz, award-winning television host and bestselling author of The Happy Cook

"Shifting your mindset toward successful and lasting weight loss is easier than ever now that Dr. Foster has distilled the complexity of behavioral science into practical, easy-to-understand and bite-sized action steps for a healthier and happier life."
--Robert Kushner, M.D., Director, Center for Lifestyle Medicine, Northwestern Medicine and author of Six Factors to Fit: Weight Loss that Works for You!

"Gary Foster's The Shift is full of intelligent, incisive information and tools we can all use to achieve any personal goal. But what's best about it--and why I'm keeping it by my bedside to dip into for inspiration--is that Foster gives us all permission to be kind to ourselves. Once we make a shift in how we think about ourselves, anything is possible."
--Annaleigh Ashford, Tony Award-winning actress

"What a remarkable book from one of the world's foremost authorities on weight and wellbeing. With rare kindness and abundant wisdom, Gary Foster helps us see the central roles of self-compassion and mindful planning in achieving success. This book will dramatically shift the way that all of us, including health professionals, approach weight management."
--Thomas A. Wadden, Ph.D., Albert Stunkard Professor in Psychiatry, Center for Weight and Eating Disorders, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

"When you're an obesity scientist, everyone asks for the "secret" to weight loss. There is one, but it's not a diet or exercise plan. Here it is: getting motivated to lose weight is relatively easy; what matters is keeping ourselves motivated to do what it takes to lose weight. In The Shift, Gary Foster brilliantly shows how to change our mindset to build and sustain motivation for lasting weight loss. Foster--a luminary of weight loss research--distills the complexities of mindset science into seven strategies that will help you lose weight and improve your well-being."
--Gary G. Bennett, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience, Global Health & Medicine, Duke University