“The California Wine Country
      Diet by Haven Logan is the
      real deal. It’s a book about
      weight loss and weight
      management that actually
      covers all the bases.”
       —Jim Foster, www.diet-blog.com

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The California Wine Country Diet
by Haven Logan, Ph.D.
published by Quill Driver Books, 2005

Dinner is served!

our seared wild salmon, potatoes with fresh dill, and whole grained mustard vinaigrette are accompanied by steamed asparagus. Chocolate-covered strawberries will be your dessert. You raise your glass of chilled Sauvignon Blanc in a toast with your companion to another magnificent meal on the California Wine Country Diet!

This scene might be taking place at the Benbow Inn where the recipes were created by Chef Marci Bame, in the dining area of your own home, or out on the deck of a friend’s house. You may have chosen to have quite a different dinner. While details will differ for each of us, this scene illustrates the fundamental principals of The California Wine Country Diet: that taking the time to enjoy freshly prepared, tasteful food in a pleasing environment and in the company of friends and family nurtures us both physically and emotionally. This approach to dining demonstrates that a nutritious meal that leads to weight loss does not have to be bland or boring.

A Lifestyle for Life
The California Wine Country Diet is a unique approach to integrating a wide variety of satisfying and nutritious foods into a healthy physical and emotional life while dropping excess pounds and achieving long-term weight management. It emphasizes that a healthy, pleasant, even luxurious culinary life style is not only possible while losing weight and keeping it off, it is essential. Yet this is not a fanciful plan requiring a personal chef and trainer, but a very practical one. This is a program that fits with the reality of modern living. What tourists do not see as they tour the different wine producing regions of California is the everyday life of those living here, which is not so very different from the lives of people in the rest of the country. There are long commutes, traffic jams, families to raise, schedules to keep, job layoffs, and generally too much to do. While you will be encouraged to take time daily for a leisurely eating experience and weekly for special experiences, we know that there are times during the week when it may be necessary to eat on-the-run.

In the California Wine Country Diet wine is not just a footnote, but is an integral part of the daily meal plans for those who choose to include wine in their menus. While sampling recipes from some of California’s most respected chefs, you will also learn how to deal with the complex emotional issues which may have sabotaged your previous weight loss attempts. From being just a way to lose weight, The California Wine Country Diet will easily become a lifestyle you want to embrace.

The Indulgent Approach to Managing Your Weight
It is time to give up the notion that you have to deny yourself the pleasures of food in order to be happy with your weight and body image. Restoring a pleasurable relationship with food is at the heart of the California Wine Country Diet. You will learn how to enjoy the art of “conscious indulgence:” combining “conscious” attention to your nutrition, portions, and physical activity with the pleasures of “indulgence” in the foods and life experiences you love. Conscious indulgence is the key to preventing the rebellion and discouragement that usually results from dieting. Conscious indulgence creates the balance that is essential for long-term weight management.

California Cuisine
You will be introduced to the delicious foods of “California cuisine.” You will also be able to eat any other foods you want, albeit in smaller portions. This program will challenge you to examine your reliance on processed foods and to begin to explore the fresh produce available at local farmers’ markets, organic groceries, and many supermarkets. By embarking on the California Wine Country Diet, not only will you find it much easier to succeed in reaching your goal weight and maintaining it, but you also will be improving your own health and supporting the well-being of our natural environment through your food selections.