Slim Samurai: Unleash Your Weight-Loss Warrior Within - Softcover

Hamid, Tarek K.A.

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798992756203

Publisher: Metanoia Press, 2025

Synopsis

Most people approach weight loss like a boxing match—seeking to knock out a tough adversary, namely, their own body. But the decisive blow rarely lands. Instead, the fight drags on, and in the end, the body almost always wins.
Enter Ozempic and similar breakthrough drugs—widely recognized as game-changers for weight loss. While they do deliver real, impressive results, a growing reality is setting in: these medications come with risks and don’t guarantee lasting success.
Slim Samurai advocates for a smarter and more sustainable approach—one inspired by Judo’s efficient, strategic—even wily—mindset. Rather than fighting against your body, why not work with it?
Judo teaches how to gain an advantage over a formidable opponent through leverage and redirection of force, rather than opposing it head-on. Slim Samurai applies these principles, introducing minimum-effort, maximum-efficiency strategies grounded in research on metabolism, nutrition, and behavioral psychology to work with our bodies, not against them.
This holistic, “soft and gentle” approach addresses four key areas: what we eat, how we eat, physical activity, and self-control.
Whether you’re looking to maintain weight loss after Ozempic, avoid medications, or find a sustainable path to a healthier weight, Slim Samurai offers a practical, science-backed alternative for lasting health.

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About the Author

Dr. Tarek K.A. Hamid is a Stanford- and MIT-trained expert in system dynamics, with a deep interest in human metabolism and energy regulation. He holds a Master's from Stanford and a PhD from MIT and is a professor of System Sciences at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, CA, where he received the Faculty Performance Award for excellence in research and teaching.With a career spanning four decades, Dr. Hamid has applied systems thinking to a wide range of complex challenges-from NASA's project management practices to economic performance and, more recently, health and obesity. His interest in weight regulation took off in the mid-1990s when he recognized striking parallels between human metabolism and the kinds of feedback-driven systems he had spent years studying. This led him to further studies at Stanford, where he later became an affiliate of the university's Medical Informatics Department.In 2009, he published Thinking in Circles about Obesity (Springer), an academic book exploring the obesity epidemic, which earned a "Highly Commended" distinction from the British Medical Association's Book Awards.A few years later, he led the Systems Inspired Global Obesity Study (SIGOS), an international research effort involving scientists from seven countries. The study uncovered widespread misconceptions about weight gain, weight loss, and how people-both laypersons and healthcare professionals-misjudge obesity risks.

Edition details

• Publisher: Metanoia Press
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798992756203
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 263