The New Abs Diet Cookbook: Hundreds of Delicious Meals That Automatically Strip Away Belly Fat!

Acknowledgments

There were lots of cooks in the kitchen during the preparation of this

book. But for once that's a good thing, and I'd like to extend my heartfelt

thanks to all those who rolled up their sleeves. In particular:

Maria Rodale and the rest of the Rodale family, whose support,

encouragement, and inspiration are behind every product Rodale Inc.

brings to you.

The entire Men's Health and Women's Health editorial staffs—the

smartest, most innovative, and hardest-working group of writers, editors,

researchers, designers, photo directors, and Web masters in the industry.

Steve Perrine, editor-in-chief of Men's Health Books; George

Karabotsos, design director, and Joe Heroun, whose collective design

handiwork can be seen on the cover; John Lin, who designed the inside

pages; Debbie McHugh, who made sure we made our deadlines; Sophie

Fitzgerald for providing nutrition analysis; and my coauthor, Jeff

Csatari.

A huge thank you to the Rodale books team: Karen Rinaldi, Chris

Krogermeier, Sara Cox, Erin Williams, Brooke Meyers, Jean Rogers,

and Lisa Ternullo; to illustrators L-Dopa and Bradley R. Hughes; and to

food wizards Tara Long, Melissa Reiss, and Diane Simone Vezza, and

photographer Mitch Mandel for their amazing talent for bringing the

recipes to life through the photography in this book.

Special thanks to my brother, Eric, whose relentless teasing drove me to

make fitness a priority in my life.

And to my mother, Janice, whose love and support have made everything

possible.

And last but not least, to everyone who contributed to this book by

sampling our recipes, over and over and over again. The Tums are on me.