THREE-PACK HARDCOVER PRINT BOOK COLLECTION (Eat Like A Bear! Jump Start + Ridiculously Big Salad + Ridiculously Big Skillet) + Merch (U.S. Orders Only) FREE SHIPPING
THREE-PACK HARDCOVER PRINT BOOK COLLECTION (Eat Like A Bear! Jump Start + Ridiculously Big Salad + Ridiculously Big Skillet) + Merch (U.S. Orders Only) FREE SHIPPING
The Eat Like a Bear 3-Pack
This is a 3-pack of the three print books at Eat Like A Bear!
- Eat Like A Bear! Jump Start: The Three-Day Challenge Unpacked
- Half My Size with The Ridiculously Big Salad
- Half My Size with The Ridiculously Big Skillet
With Bonuses
1. The Video Series "What I Wish I Knew"
2. Each of these three books delivered as digital downloadable PDF files.
3. A fun collection of merch.
Each of these bonuses is described below.
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Currently, the physical books are only available to U.S. residents.
Our print books are non-refundable and only replaced for damage. If you are looking for our 7-day return guarantee, find the digital-only version of this product (here).
Read more about the Jump Start book here.
Read more about The Ridiculously Big Salad options here.
Read more about The Ridiculously Big Skillet options here.
The Video Bonus Collection
Read all about the 3-pack below, but you're going to jump right into the short video series, "What I Wish I'd Known..."
These are videos from ME, seven years in, reflecting back on 49 years of obesity and 6 years of trimness.
I deliver these videos in our Den member area, along with graphics and video transcripts.
See more below...
The Downloadable PDF Bonus
I'm also going to give you access to the digital PDF versions of these books while I'm at it.
I don't play or fool around back here...
It's time to crush this thing...
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BOOK 1: The Eat Like a Bear! Jump Start, Print Version
The Jump Start book teaches the fundamentals of the approach to eating that is driving the success you are seeing in the Eat Like a Bear! community, turning up the success of the website’s “Three-Day Challenge.” It is packed with stories of real people who have adapted the Eat Like a Bear! framework to meet their own goals, stories to inspire you to achieve your goals.
The hardcover and digital versions of the book include the same text. If you currently own the digital version, you certainly can just print it on your home printer (although the print version is certainly extra-beautiful).
The book is packed with inspiration and the psychology to get you started on a path that has been life-changing for many people.
Table of Contents: The Eat Like a Bear Jump Start
Get a preview of the book in this short video, including the Table of Contents.
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BOOK 2: The Ridiculously Big Salad
The "Ridiculously Big Salad" Makes the News!
When I was on NBC news affiliate KGET, news anchor Maddie Jannsen was pretty amazed by the ridiculously big size of the bowl I use to eat The Ridiculously Big Salad.
The Ridiculously Big Salad Nearly Broke the U.S. Post Office
For our first batch of 10,000 books we actually had to fulfill the orders out of our own house. We were lucky to have property big enough to house eleven pallets of books, but we are so remote that we absolutely busted the seams of the tiny little post office. Our main limiting factor was sourcing thousands of priority mail envelopes during a postal supply shortage. (A team of rural postmasters banded together to help us with that.) The secondary factor was what we call "Angela's car." Angela is the rural mail carrier who somehow fit 220 books a day in the compact car you see in the photo below.
Sandy the retired postmaster is now completely retired, but famous in this little postal region among the rural postal network. Angela keeps hauling mail. The book you will receive today is shipped by a family-owned business in St. George, Utah.
The quaint story captivated thousands and landed in the magazine of U.S. Postal Employees, Link.
The Ridiculously Big Salad is its own framework
The Ridiculously Big Salad has an actual, specific framework, a key point that blew my mind since I was really just flying blind all of those months, grinding out the weight loss from 2017 into 2018. I had no intention whatsoever to be here in 2020 writing a book about it all, or leading a mini-revolution among the women on Facebook and YouTube. Heck, I just wanted to be able to walk across my house without limping and to hike with my sons in the forest near our home in California's Giant Sequoia National Monument. My desperation was deep and my goals were basic.
However, for over a year in the early days of the community, I had gotten feedback that people want more specific details about the salad. From that feedback, I holed up in my kitchen weighing and measuring things like I never do (and hope not to have to do all that often) and realizing, by golly, this salad thing really is an actual framework.
I lay the framework out in this book.
The cooking strategies could save a huge amount of time and fuss
More so, there is a specific way I prepare the salads using very basic bulk cooking strategies, to ensure that I always have a 10-minute salad at my disposal every single day that tastes different from yesterday's salad.
The book is laid out according to these bulk cooking strategies: Each week you will bulk cook one or two protein items. You will eat some this week and freeze some. I instruct you how to do so.
Do I need this book if I know how to make salads?
When I started to work on this book, I said to people, "Anyone who knows how to make a salad does not need this book."
I gave an earlier draft to a few core Bear members, all of whom know how to cook and make salads. One of them had been stalled and frustrated. She's an excellent cook. I noticed that despite her skills, reading the book prompted her to implement the strategy with new gusto and she's already down a few pounds as a result.
Maybe sometimes it's not really about the recipe, but about the motivation and inspiration. The book describes why the framework works and why you should try it.
What's in the book?
- Why, What, & How. Learn the underlying framework of The Ridiculously Big Salad itself.
- The Greens. How much. Which greens.
- The Protein on Top. How much. Bulk-cooking strategy and instructions/recipes. Recipes include chicken breasts, ground beef, ground pork, ground turkey, beef roast, pork roast, steak strips, bacon, salmon, boiled eggs, shrimp, scallops, and tuna.
- The Dressings. Recipes for classic vinaigrette, Dijon vinaigrette, Ranch, coleslaw, Cesar, Italian, creamy Italian, poppy seed, honey mustard, Asian peanut, Asian teriyaki, tartar sauce dressing, blue cheese, Big Mac "special sauce," cilantro vinaigrette, green goddess.
- Your 6-Week Meal Plan. Each week includes salad plan with shopping lists.
BOOK 3: The Ridiculously Big Skillet
Because Not Everyone Wants A Salad ...
I was coaching a friend on all of this. She said to me frankly: "Sorry, but I'm tired of salads, and I need something else."
"Why don't you just eat it cooked?" I responded.
She was dumbfounded because, as I mentioned, my own "salad lady" reputation had proceeded me.
The fact is that the Ridiculously Big Salad book had been such a big hit that people thought that was all I ate.
However, from January 2020, when I launched the Three-Day Challenge in the Eat Like a Bear! community, I taught an approach to cooked meals that followed the exact same eating framework of the salad, but the meals were simply cooked instead of raw.
So my point is that this book, too, just like the Ridiculously Big Salad book, is born out of the social proof of this way of eating, from our Eat Like a Bear! community, a community of mostly women over 50 who have always struggled with their weight.
(Already anticipating the question: But what if I am younger and/or have less to lose? Will this still work for me? The older ladies of Eat Like a Bear! jump up and down and say: "Yes! Get started!" ... and some also say, "Do you really think it's harder for you, being young and with less weight to lose? Why are you waiting?")
And Yet, Don't Focus on the Recipes ...
There are over 60 recipes in this collection, and they have driven MASSIVE success. However, our most successful community members are leveraging the benefits of the recipes in a specific psychological context. The whole "not recipe" section of the book – the psychology of implementation – is worth far more than the recipes and is an extremely unique and effective approach to weight loss.
When you do pick up the book, avoid the temptation to skip to the recipes.
Read the whole book.
Take note of these things:
(1) The Framework: The recipes are based on a framework that has proven to be highly effective for weight loss. Having recipes will help you do that, but the recipes are not an end in themselves.
(2) The Embarrassingly Simple Cooking Methods: The recipes come with some cooking approaches that "compete with the drive-thru" in terms of your time spent. These are not gourmet recipes. In fact, the recipes would embarrass legitimate chefs. I do know how to cook and know a lot of gourmet cooking methods, which is why it took me about two years to get over myself and write this book (and make the companion digital course). It's the way most of us cook when no one is watching, and it's a good back-pocket strategy for the long game. (I do always ask: "Who needs to be a gourmet when you can be trim?")
I take a deep dive into both elements and strongly emphasize why simplicity matters in a discussion of weight loss psychology that you likely have not heard outside of the Eat Like a Bear! community, with analyses that come from my social science/social choice background and training.
Satisfied Customers (from the digital Skillets book)
Here are some posts from buyers in our community.
The Fun Merch!
Here's a sneak peek into what you're about to get!
AND The Bonus Videos: What I Wish I Had Known
Upon purchase, you will receive an email helping you access our Den member area and this exclusive video series: What I Wish I Had Known
These are my very best wisdom bombs, seven years in, tackling the weight loss AND weight maintenance through major devastating life events. You're going to want to check out these videos.
This is what that video space looks like:
Each bonus video comes with a graphic:
Video transcripts are included for a quick read:
The Digital Book Bonuses
You will find the digital collection in the Den member area with your bonus videos. The space looks like this:
Yes, you get all that!!!
That's plenty!
Let's crush this.
Amanda
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Three-Pack Ordering Frequently Asked Questions
Q: Can I get these books somewhere else?-
Q: What are your shipping options?A: We ship with FedEx Express to the 50 United States and the District of Columbia but offer USPS Priority Mail for shipments to post office boxes, US territories, and overseas US armed forces.
- Q: Do you ship internationally?
- A: We do not ship internationally at this time, but it is high on our to-do list.
- Q: When will I receive the books?
- A: FedEx Express shipments should arrive within 2-4 business days. USPS Priority Mail shipments should take 2-7 business days to arrive. A shipping confirmation with a tracking number will be emailed to you when your order has shipped.
- Q: Can I return the books?
- A: If the book does not meet the description on this page, please do ask for a refund. Otherwise, we limit requests to replacements for damages in shipping. Email support@eatlikeabear.com with concerns.
- Q: Your digital products have a 7-day return policy, why don't you accept returns on this book?
- A: We can offer a generous return policy for our digital items because they are digital. If you are concerned about the quality of this product, I direct you to the digital products. Take advantage of their return policy should they not meet their claims.
- Q: Can I expect the same weight loss results as the many success cases I am seeing?
- A: The Eat Like a Bear! community has a high success rate, but the cases you are seeing are those who have dialed in on the framework, usually with above-average zeal. They are not the typical case in our community. Your own results may vary.
- Q: How can I be as awesome as Amanda in the lounge chair overlooking that beach?
- A: You already are! Go be awesome!
Yes, these are THOSE books
The sale of the Ridiculously Big Salad nearly broke the post office and made the magazine of the US Postal Service employees.
The sale of the Ridiculously Big Skillet made a splash of its own.