The fitness guru and author of the best-sellingMake the Connectionintroduces a four-part, step-by-step program--of diet, exercise, positive reinforcement, lifestyle change, and behavior modification--to help readers lose weight, get into shape, and live a happier, healthier, more satisfying life. 150,000 first printing. $150,000 ad/promo.Bookswagon.com ReviewLose weight, get in shape, understand your emotions, and feel good about yourself. These are the interrelated goals ofGet with the Program by Bob Greene, best known as Oprah's personal trainer and coauthor ofMake the Connection. Using this book is like having a personal coach working with you on emotional and behavioral changes as well as diet and exercise. Greene realizes that if you've had trouble losing weight, you need to understand your attitudes and obstacles before any diet or exercise program will work. So phase one of the program is a self-examination regarding changing your life, including written exercises to help you understand your emotions. Phase two adds aerobic exercise, without changing your diet, to rev up your metabolism. Phase three focuses on the emotional connection to eating habits, including identifying emotional eating triggers and working to overcome them. Phase four adds strength training and dietary changes. Get with the Program is conveniently spiral-bound, so it's easy to fill in the written exercises and view instructions and photos of the physical exercises. It?s highly recommended for people who have had trouble losing weight and are serious about getting in shape--physically and emotionally. --Joan PriceFrom BooklistGreene, best known as Oprah's personal trainer and the author of the best-sellingMake the Connection (1996), offers another inspirational self-help guide. The requisite philosophy anchoring most contemporary diet books remains in place here--the need to first change one's thinking about weight, diet, and exercise and then change behavior--but the hook this time is Greene's four-phase plan: make a commitment to exercise and diet; change emotional eating habits and raise metabolic rates; add strength and aerobic exercise; incorporate new habits into a more positive lifestyle. If that all sounds pretty familiar, despite the "four-phase" rhetoric, it is. On the other hand, Greene is a well-known name, and he does deliver practical advice along with a heavy dose of personal stories. A good part of the text is devoted to fill-in-the-blank worksheets, but librarians don't need to worry too much about patrons defacing this book: Who wants to write down such personal information as weight and dress size? The book's many photos were not available for review, but it's a safe bet they will include shots of Greene with some celebrities. Bottom line: the Oprah connection guarantees demand.Ilene CooperCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reservedAbout the AuthorBob Greene is an exercise physiologist and certified personal trainer specializing in fitness, metabolism, and weight loss. He is a frequent guest onThe Oprah Show. He is also the current health and fitness expert for Oprah's Lifestyle Makeover team, is a contributing writer and editor forO magazine, and writes a weekly article on health and fitness for Oprah Online. Greene is the bestselling author ofMake the Connection.