Pretty simple diet

No:

1. Sugar, especially refined sugars (sugar alcohols ok, but can give you diarhea

2. CARBS - unless you are running several miles each day, kill them all off. Especially enriched (white) breads such as hamburger buns.

Sugars are the worst culprits for rapid & sustained weight gain. But the thing that people miss is that carbs turn directly into SUGARS which, if not used immediately, are processed into fat. Avoid carbs at all costs.

3. Pizza. C'mon, you knew this. Possibly the worst food ever invented. Throw away your Papa John's & Pizza Hut coupons. No more Digiornos when you dont feel like cooking.

3B. CHEESE - the worst food ever. Designed to sustain life by providing rdidiculous amounts of energy in small blocks for hard working farmers & laborers back when getting a full meal everyday was unlikely. Do you think your lazy ass needs to eat food this rich? Cholestoral - check, Fat - check, high calories - check. This stuff is terrible for you.

4. Alcohol. Why? Because, among other things, beer tends to be a high carb beverage and ALCOHOL is processed instead of carbs in your bloodstream - so the carbs turn to fat when you drink.

5. LOW FAT foods at the grocery store. Every damn thing I see there marked low fat is LOADED with sugar, which completely defeats the purpose.

6. Fried foods - duh. Plus most of them are coated in bread crumbs (carbs) soaked in saturated fats (bad bad bad)

Try to eat leaner cuts of meat, but still eat healthy portions. Turkey & chicken over fatty cuts of beef. Turkey is actually pretty damn good for you. It's very healthy (low fat & cholesterol). It's mostly water & proteins.

Do:

1. Eat Breakfast. Otherwise, your metabolism wont start that day and everything you eat later turns to sludge around you waist.

2. Eat whole grain breads when you do eat bread or cereal to get 3-5 grams of DIETARY FIBER each day. This stuff is VERY good for you and almost no one gets their daily requirement more than once/year.

I'd suggest Fiber One for breakfast. It has a very bland taste and a kind of weird texture, but Ive taught myself to like it, and it's freaking wonderful for you. For variety I eat Total (no sugar!) & stuff like that. I can taste the sugar in my milk now that I dont have a bucket of it on teh cereal. Fruit is ok for breakfast too, but remember it has lots of fast-acting sugars - so eat limited amounts.

3. Drink buckets of water each day. My advice - a water bottle to reuse & frequent trips to the water cooler for refills. This aint rocket science - water helps you metabolize that crap you ate for lunch & yes you do piss a bunch of the worst stuff out.

4. Workout - cmon. You knew this too. Try to burn about 400 calories/125 fat calories at least 3 or 4 times a week. You'll be surprised at the results. I strongly recommend low impact machines like eliptical trainers and recumbent bikes that will display your workout numbers and help you feel like youve achieved your goals.

5. George Foreman's grill is your friend. It really does work, even though it's a bitch to clean. Make sure you buy the lean cuts to cook on it anyway.

It's OK (if you cholesterol is in the sub 200 range) to eat:

NON-SATURATED FAT - in limited doses. My cholesterol is 135. My Lipids/Tyglicerides are like 400. So I have healthy cholestorol but my blood type is rocky road cause of the fats in it. Suprisingly, it's still ok for me to eat a couple slices of crispy (more fat cooked off!) bacon or eggs a few mornings/week. Sausage is still a no-no.

Diet Drinks are ok too - but try to get the non-caffeinated versions. And limited doses too. This is my failing. I dont drink often and I never smoke anymore, but colas are my vice. I feel much healthier if I dont ingest all that caffeine & I sleep better which helps on every level of your fitness "quest". It's a night and day tyoe difference for me with/without caffeine. This, of course, pertains to coffee too.

If it makes anyone feel better, I lost 17 pounds in the last 2.5 months eating this way. I still eat a lot of crap that I shouldnt, but workouts help me balance that out. If I really applied myself I could lose the last 10 pounds I wanna lose & get down to exactly 180.

And FYI - if you're gonna eat fast food, do it the smart way. At Wendy's get the chicken sandwich (I recommend spicy), eat only half the bun & NO MAYO. No fries either. You'd be surprised how healthy that sandwich is if you eat it that way (it's the healthiest sandiwch on the market). Skip the dressing on a salad, etc.

I hope this helps. Im a big believer in this system working because I had a friend go from 340 lbs (he's 6'5) to 228 using it. It's a lifestyle change that most people can actually stick to, which is important, cause it reverses itself pretty quickly if you stop following it.

 

good... I see Hot Dogs are still ok...

 

thanks... good information.

 

I purdy much stuck to this diet when I first lost most of my weight. It sucks at first but after 2 weeks you get adjusted and used to it and it becomes a habit. You feel like shit if you eat something your not supposed to.

 

Thanks.

In all sincerity - this diet works. My buddy's sister is some Johns Hopkins type chick and she forced him onto this diet after grad school cause he was getting to be a "fat ass". I have no idea what her credentials are, but Ive seen the results. And I spit all that out without looking at a cheat sheet, so it isnt hard to learn, remember or follow.

 

on this diet what is the average time before you start to see results? any clue?

 

It took me about 3 weeks - and it was really subtle, but it felt really damn good. I put on my suit pants one morning, and then my belt. My belt slid a whole notch over from the worn spot.

I still remember the high I was on that day (afterwards). And the feeling builds on itself. I read somewhere that it affects the levels of serotonin & dopamine & such in your brain - which gives you that euphoric feeling after you workout. In other words, it gets to be a rush cause it's guiltless.

 

I remember that feeling, can't wait till I feel it again

 

That is pretty much how I lost my first 7 lbs in about 4 to 5 weeks. Now the first week I didn't lose any weight, but felt like I did since I didn't eat as much bread or the fried foods like I did before. It's healthy and eating some potatoes and pastas was a big plus for me, that way I didn't starve from cutting carbs out all together.

I mainly check my foods for cholesterol since that was my main goal to start with to lower.

Was still able to bake fries with cajun spices so that always took away the french fry craving(fried) and have peanut butter which is about the only item I have with a decent amount of fat.

 

Anything to avoid actual exercise.