THE PRAYFIT DIET

The exercise physiologist, speaker, and bestselling author, whose clients have included LL Cool J, Mario Lopez, and Tyler Perry, offers readers nourishment for their faith as well as their bodies in this simple yet powerful health and weight-loss program.

The PrayFit Diet offers more than 80 million evangelical Christians in the US something that they desperately want and need, but haven’t yet been able to find: an easy-to-follow, delicious meal plan that harnesses the power of their faith to help them get healthy and lose weight. PrayFit is the fastest growing faith-and-fitness brand on the market, and the balanced program detailed in these pages is one that Jimmy Peña has been successfully using with his friends, clients, and faithful following for years. The results—for celebrities as well as for the tens of thousands of people he reaches in churches and faith organizations each year—have been nothing short of spectacular. In The Prayfit Diet, Peña details his philosophy and program, offering a thirty-three-day plan that supplies dramatic results and true inspiration to get healthier and lose weight, not just for health’s sake, but for Heaven’s. Peña’s premise that the Bible encourages us to eat things “in balance” is supported by today’s cutting-edge research: Maintaining a thirty-three percent balance between all three macronutrients—protein, carbohydrates, and fat—will not only help you gain energy and lose weight, but also avoid inflammation, improve cholesterol readings and blood pressure, and promote healthy blood-sugar levels. Peña’s plan assures that anyone can regain their health and lose up to twenty pounds in thirty-three days—and achieve and sustain his or her ideal bodyweight for years to come. Peña makes it simple with perfectly proportioned meals, ideal snack options, healthy swaps, and plenty of biblically based motivation for healthy living that will inspire you for the rest of your life.

Jimmy Peña, MS, is the founder of PrayFit and one of the most published training experts in the nation, with articles on newsstands each month since 1999. He is also the coauthor of the New York Times bestseller Extra Lean with Mario Lopez. Eric Velazquez, NSCA-CPT, is the cofounder and vice president of PrayFit and a veteran sports, health, and fitness writer. Dana Angelo White, MS, RD, ATC, is a registered dietician, certified athletic trainer, and nutrition and fitness consultant.