Working women tend to place the needs of everyone else--families, friends, bosses, colleagues--ahead of their own health, putting themselves at risk by putting themselves last. But what if you had a great defense lawyer arguing in favor of your own well-being? Wouldn't it be easy to stay on a diet if someone continually made the case against high-fat foods and high-risk health habits? In Making the Case for Yourself, Susan Estrich, experienced dieter, brilliant advocate, professor of law, and thin person, will teach you: * How your job skills can keep you on track with diet and exercise

* How a diversified plan of four diets over twenty-one days plays to your strengths and keeps diet boredom at bay

* How to identify your weaknesses and overcome them--just as you do in the rest of your life

* How to construct an inviolable, individually tailored argument that will keep you focused and committed until the results are their own reward