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Date Posted: 13:06:58 08/28/03 Thu
OK...I have finally found a revolutionary, yet so practical answer! I have wasted more than 6 months, barely making any progess in my weightloss. Had I known about this eating plan back then I would have been to my goal long ago. I didn't want to post about it till I had put it to a substantial test. But I have been at it for two weeks now and I have lost 7 1/2 lbs in those two weeks. That is as much as I have lost from April through mid August.
I have had no cravings on this plan. I feel good, and energized and really healthy.
I found out about this plan from an article in First magazine. It is on the news stands now. It is the Sept. 1st issue that is supposed to be on the stands till Sept 9th. The front cover is blue. The artcle calls it the Metabolisim boosting plan. That is what caught my eye since I have known for years that my metabolisim was horribly slow. (when I began getting sick and started gaining weight 7 years ago was after following a fat-FREE plan when I was taking ballet 6 days a week that were an hour and a 1/2 long each, and lifting weights and running a treadmill!!)
I started the 3-week program given in the article. But then a few days into it I bought the book that the article was based on. It is Phillip Goglia's "Turn up the Heat" available in pretty much any book store or on-line. He has a website at http://www.turnuptheheat.com
When I started reading the book (if you print off everything on his website that is free you will be printing off the first few chapters of his book) I realized that he was the most logical voice I had listened to about weightloss and metabolisim in my entire life (and let me tell you I have read a lot on the subject over many decades!! The premise of the book and the plan is that most of us have hurt out metabolisims by restrciting our calories and thus forcing our bodies into starvation modes. Our metabolisims respond by getting cooler and cooler and less and less efficient. This is why no matter how much I restricted myself and upped my excercise I couldn't lose weight after my initial success during the first 7 months. My progess got slower and slower, I excercised more and ate less....and my body kept doing all it could to hoard fat, and hang onto what fat I had, desperately trying to keep me from what it interpretted as starving myself! This makes total sense given how I gained weight in the first place and what I have been doing to try to keep my weightloss going this past half a year. I have known that other people can eat a lot more and not gain weight...I just believed the hype about our metabolisims slowing after 40. Goglia says this does not have to be the case. He says that the reason so many people's metabolisms slow as they age is from years of restricting the foods and calories our bodies need to function efficiently! So how many people never diet? How many people avoid fats and have cut back on protein? The USDA, having revised it's food pyramid to have carbs listed as the source we should be deriving most of our calories from has only hurt the majority of the population! According to Goglia this is why Diabetes is on the rise along with obesity. He writes that the majority of the population cannot handle that amount of carbs. The majority of the population needs mostly protein, healthy fats and non-starchy carbs such as green veggies!! If you are a person who craves sweets and starchy carbs, then you are likely in that majority who does not metabolize those things well and is sensitive to them...producing an addictive reaction as well as multiple health problems, obesity included.
Well...I read the whole book and I will keep re-reading it. he has a lot of charts and formulas that you will need a calculator for. I think if I had not read the article first I wouldn't have made it all the way through the book. I would have thought it was too complicated. Reading the article first was a huge advantage. Try to get this issue of First Magazine while it is still on the stands. If for some reason you can't find it or miss it, then get the book anyways and jump to his quick-start plan. It is the same plan as in the magazine. Even if you get the article, still get and read the book. You do not have to do all the calculations that are in the book. You will have to at some point do a few of them. But you can use the 3 week quick start without doing them...and then by the end of the 3 weeks you will be so psyched by the weight you've lost you will be motivated to do the calculations in the book and begin the 12 week (or longer) program and understand maintinence so that you will never again have to be overweight!!
The interesting thing is that for most of us (68% of the population) the old weightwatcher's plan is pretty much the way we should be eating. That original (back 35+ years ago!!) called for high protein from lean protein sources, recommended fish 5X a week, had a list of veggies (the non-starch, low sugar ones) that were "unlimited" and only allowed adult women 2 "bread" or starch exchanges a day. It allowed some free foods like 4 oz. tomatoe juice, fat-free bullion, limited fat free dairy, and some condiments just like Goglia's plan does. Very Interesting.
Here is what I can tell you the article doesn't say that you should know:
*how to tell which metabolic type you are
*that you should drink 1 oz. of water for every lb you weigh per day. (more if you are excercizing)
*that Goglia limits you to 1/2 cup of skim milk per day, not a cup, like the article says.
*that some of the free foods on the articles list have some limits.
*that some of the amounts of the items on the exchange list in the article are different than they are in the book. (for example, a number of the types of fish are 2 oz. = 1 oz, such as shrimp or tuna, and the book calls a whole grapefruit 1 fruit exchange, and 2 small peaches are 1 fruit exchange)
*what to do long-term for maintenence
*what and how much excercise to do
Here are some cons to the plan:
*getting used to drinking that much water, and having to pee all the time. (However, after a week or so your body will adjust and it will feel normal and fine)
*the amount of food preparation (however, planning and cooking some things ahead makes it about the same as other diets)
*you have got to eat on a schedule. You can't go hours and hours without eating (or drinking your water). Again, carefull planning and carrying a little cold pack with you will ensure you can stay with it. I traveled 6 and 1/2 hours to NH by car and had to eat on the way, and make pit stops. I packed my food and watched for pit stops. It was very do-able.
*Goglia wants you to eat fish every supper-time. In his book, however, he says you can substitute skinless chicken breast, but not red meat or pork during quick start.)
Here are some big pros to the plan:
*You ARE going to lose weight
*You are not going to lose muscle
*You are going to help, not hurt your metabolism
*Staying with the plan means you will be able to eat MORE food as you increase your metabolic efficiency!
*you will increase your energy level and feeling of well-being and good health
*you will be saving yourself from the potential of developing many diseases and health problems
*you are not ever going to have to wonder how to eat again
*I HAVE HAD NO CRAVINGS ON THIS PLAN!! (I sat at the table with everyone eating barbeque and fresh corn and deserts to die for and fresh bread passed in front of me...and while I remember those things tasting good it was not hard to stick with my foods. I went to a buffet at the company picnic and it was the same. Those situations usually would have been my downfall.)
*You will lose fat from even the most stubborn areas since your body will finally not feel desperate to hold onto it!
*your skin will be clearer since you are not eating unhealthy fats and processed sugars.
OK, so, wondering what to eat to start right away?
*Start by drinking 1 oz of water for every lb you weigh now, every day. measure it out, get started before breakfast every day with about 2 big glasses (slowly).
*eat the equivalent of 150 calories or less of single-ingredient starchy carbs and 1 fruit for breakfast.
*try to eliminate all multi-ingredient carbs such as breads. If you can't try to at least choose whole grain. Less yeast is better, such as a pita. Try to get to all single ingredient carbs such as potatoe, corn, beans, cereals/grains or brown rice by the second week.
*have another fruit mid-morning
*have 4 oz skinless white-meat chicken, about 100 calories or less of a starchy carb, and 1 serving (40 calories or less) non-starchy veggies for your lunch.
* have 1 fruit for mid-afternoon
* have 4 oz fish (if eating shrimp or tuna make it 8 oz. Subtitute 4 oz. chicken if you can't eat fish), 3 servings (40 cal or less each) non-starchy veggies for supper.
* have another piece of fruit either with supper or early eve.
That's week 1 of the quick start in a nutshell. Goglia says drinking all the water is more important than eating the right food. I did both. I lost 4 1/2 lbs the first week. I did no excercise. He doesn't encourage you to at first. I am about to enter my third week...it is a fruitless week. I love fruit. Wish me luck!
love and encouragement,
Dreemy
PS: my grand total for all my weightloss to date is now 67 lbs.
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