diet

This is a diet/health book.  I saw the author on Oprah and it looked interesting.  The book does have a ton of interesting facts, such as you save over 200 calories by eating a Big Mac over a Whopper with Cheese, that it is almost always less calories to get mashed potatoes and gravy than fries, that an egg mcmuffin is less calories and better for  you than the bagel and crème cheese.

I've gained too much weight over the last 2 years--almost 50 pounds--and I really want it to come off.  This diet appeals to me because it originated as a heart-healthy diet that had the side effect of weight loss, and my family history is really bad with heart attacks, strokes, and a personal diagnosis of hypertension last year at age 30.  So far it's going very well with 5 pounds lost, and lik