From Junk Food to Joy Food ─ All the Foods You Love to Eat...only Better

Think weight loss has to mean saying farewell to all your fattening favorites? French toast? Bacon cheeseburgers? Buffalo wings? What about grilled cheese sandwiches and fettuccine Alfredo? Or pumpkin pie, brownies, and chocolate ice cream? It seems absurd—even unfair—that you should have to drop these from your diet just to drop a few pounds. Well, hang onto your fork . . .

New York Times best-selling author and Today show nutritionist Joy Bauer has transformed your favorite foods from junky to joyful. Using smart substitutions and innovative combinations, Joy shows you how to preserve taste while cutting calories, fat, sugar, and carbs, so you can enjoy trimmed-down, more nutrient-packed versions of the foods you love. Instead of feeling bloated, heavy, and lethargic, you’ll feel lighter, energized, and healthy.

With more than 115 recipes covering breakfast to dessert—plus everything in between—From Junk Food to Joy Food will show you that you don’t have to sacrifice taste to eat well. These slimmer spins will have you chowing down with your spirits up!

Joy Bauer is one of the nation’s leading health authorities and the nutrition and health expert for NBC’s Today show. She is the host of the Today show’s popular series “Joy Fit Club” and “From Junk Food to Joy Food.” Her food line, Nourish Snacks, has a mission of providing grab-and-go treats that taste as good as they are good for you.?Joy is a #1 New York Times best-selling author, a monthly columnist for Woman’s Day magazine, the women’s health expert for About.com, and the creator of JoyBauer.com. She lives with her husband, Ian, her three kids, Jesse, Cole, and Ayden Jane, and her dog, Gatsby. Visit www.joybauer.com.