The Time Is Now

If you’ve ever started a new diet twice in one month or found yourself in the drive-thru lane on the way home from the gym, this book is for you. The Time Is Now: 7 Ways to Get Off the Diet Roller Coaster and Get On with Your Life delivers what its title promises. The seven main chapters offer proven strategies for achieving lasting weight loss and fitness from someone who has learned the hard way. In The Time Is Now, nationally recognized personal trainer Kathy Laucius offers tools and motivation for getting off the diet roller coaster and establishing a healthy, sustainable lifestyle. The book offers in-depth guidance on proper nutrition and exercise, including practical advice on planning healthy meals, setting realistic goals, overcoming common challenges, and making workouts more effective. It also includes recommendations on the best fitness-related apps and websites, plus a lengthy appendix with tips on hiring a personal trainer, food lists, and sample strength-training and cardio workouts.

“One day soon I’m going to get serious about losing this extra weight. It’s just that right now is not a good time because (insert lame excuse here).” Sound familiar? Kathy Laucius knows all about setting yourself up for failure when it comes to slimming down and getting fit. At age 38, she was an overweight, out-of-shape mom who found herself trapped in a no-win cycle of fad diets and unrealistic workout goals. But then something clicked. As she began to discover a more sustainable path to health and fitness, Kathy transformed her body—and her life. A nationally recognized personal trainer and former National figure competitor, Kathy Laucius now focuses on helping others on their fitness journey. In The Time Is Now, she offers in-depth guidance on proper nutrition and exercise, including practical advice on planning healthy meals, setting realistic goals, and making your workouts more effective. Perhaps more importantly, she delves into the psychological traps and everyday challenges of work and family that can derail your best efforts to lose weight and keep it off. Drawing on her own experiences, Kathy discusses common setbacks and ways to overcome them. The book also includes recommendations on the best fitness-related apps and websites, plus a lengthy appendix with tips on hiring a personal trainer, food lists, and sample strength-training and cardio workouts.

Kathy Laucius is a nationally recognized, ACE and NASM certified personal trainer, as well as a former national NPC figure competitor. After struggling most of her life with poor exercise and eating habits, she made up her mind at the age of 38 to get it right and has been helping others ever since. As the mother of two children, Kathy understands the challenges of balancing family and personal life—a personal life that should include taking care of yourself for the sake of others. She brings this insight and experience to her practice as a fitness trainer, where she specializes in one-on-one strength-training performance, the design and implementation of cardio programs to meet specific goals, and personalized nutritional guidance for her clients. Based in Houston, Texas, she offers personal training, group or corporate training, and online training. She is also available for speaking engagements and general wellness consulting. You can contact her at kathy@thetimeisnowfitness.com or 1-800-308-8137.