Losing weight can be a challenge, and crash dieting can leave you discouraged. It's time to become empowered with information, and take back your power over food! Hever places the responsibility for healthy eating and practical food preparation squarely in your hands, and makes it clear that creating a healthy body and a healthy future is to choose to create and receive the gift of healthy, plant-based eating. The process of losing weight is not entertaining, sexy, or pleasurable-- there is no magic pill or regimen. You need to face your relationship with food, accomplish a shift in your food choices, and change yourself. -- adapted from back cover, Foreword, and Introduction.