Essential Reading to Fight Fat: Free eBooks

While on your quest to beat the bulge, you may want to pick up some reading material to learn more about losing weight the healthy way. Purchasing books can start to get expensive, though, especially if you’ve recently invested in a gym membership, new running shoes, or exercise equipment. Here are 10 totally free e-books you can download instead:

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1. Keeping Fit All the Way: How to Obtain and Maintain Health, Strength and Efficiency
Written by Walter Camp, this ebook reflects upon the high percentage of people in America who make resolutions to stay fit as they age, but the low percentage of people who actually do so. It is available for free from Many Books.

2. The Wellness & Nutrition Landslide
If you’re looking for healthy recipes and information on nutritional choices that you should be making, check out this ebook, available from Linkerton Publishing.

3. Insider Secrets for a Lean Body
Author Mike Geary is a certified personal trainer, and in this ebook, he shares with readers the best strategies for getting results from your workouts. You can get it for free from Abs Facts.

4. Diet and Health with Key to the Calories
This ebook, written by Lulu Hunt Peters, may be nearly 100 years old, but it is a great starting point for those who want to learn more about what calories are and what they have to do with your weight. You can download it from Project Gutenberg.

5. No Animal Food
You don’t have to cut out animal products to lose weight, but most people don’t eat nearly enough vegetables, fruits, and healthy grains. This ebook, by Rupert H. Wheldon, is filled with recipes to help make it easier to incorporate non-animal foods into your diet. Project Gutenburg also has this book online for free.

6. The Science Inside: Obesity
This ebook, although short, is a great resource for people who are struggling with obesity. It covers topics like health problems that come from being obese, how to create a good exercise program, and what foods to include in your diet. It’s available for free from The Healthy People Library Project.

7. Weight Lifting Complete: Your Guide to Getting Started
Weight lifting is an important part to getting healthy, but it isn’t as easy to learn compared to cardio workouts. Weight-Lifting-Complete.com has a great guide for beginners, which you can download from their website (opens a pdf).

8. 5 Most Effective Abdominal Exercises
Belly bulge is the hardest weight to lose for many people. The Proven Program has compiled a short list of the best exercise for your abs, regardless of your skill level. You can find a free copy at their website (opens a pdf).

9. Big Fat Lies
Not everything you read or hear involving weight loss is true. Big Fat Lies is an ebook that explores fact and fiction in this industry. It’s available for free from Truly Huge.

10. Eat Right, Live Right: The Mediterranean Way
Most dieters know that Mediterranean cuisine and lifestyle is generally very healthy. This ebook is a guide for beginners who want to lose weight and feel healthier using the ideals of the Mediterranean lifestyle. Mediterranean Meals has it available for free.

Allison Boyer is a freelance writer and covers topics such as ultrasound technician schools and medical careers, health care topics, and more.