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A distillation of all diets
I've been thinking a while on what all the successful dieting
strategies share (and even some of the less desireable ones). I eventually distilled it to 5 guidlines to adopt. So I present to everyone, with no ulterior motives and no bogus web links to questionable diet sites, the EveryDiet diet. FIVE SIMPLE RULES TO LIVE BY AND LOSE WEIGHT I EAT LESS Spread your meals out through the day, from 5 to 6 meals, and eat less calories. Keep portions smaller and only eat single servings (veggies being the exception...see rule 3). Don't forget to reduce the amount of fats you eat, and replace the fats you do with mono- and poly- unsaturated (i.e. they stay liquid at room temperature) II MOVE At least a half hour every day, you should walk briskly to start off with (feel yourself breathing heavier). As you lose weight, you will burn less calories at the same level of exercise, so increase the walks or change the type of exercise. A good goal is to burn between 500 and 1000 calories a day through exercise. III EAT WHOLE GRAINS Eat less white starches such as white bread and potatoes, and other whole grains (just not too much...see rule 1) IV EAT At least half of everything you eat should be vegetables (mind the fats and sugars in the dressings), and have fruit for deserts and snacks. V DON'T EAT TOO LATE Try to eat no later than twelve hours before you wake up. Keep the evening meal low in bread/rice/potatoes and stick to veggies and protein. If you have a before bed snack/desert, avoid sugar, use fruit, and have some protein like yogurt or cottage cheese. The goal is to slowly adopt an additional rule each week, so by week 5, you'll be following all five rules. It's possible it may take longer than a week to adopt a new rule as you maintain the previous rule, so don't worry about taking longer to do so. Also, you do NOT have to adopt the rules in the order listed, you can pick your pattern. For example, you decide rule 5 would be a good rule to adopt in week 1 as you tend to eat late at night, then perhaps rule 3 would be added in week 2. There, no need to buy another dieting book ever again. :-) Gaby A. |
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A distillation of all diets
On Feb 1, 2:29*pm, "G. A." wrote:
I've been thinking a while on what all the successful dieting strategies share (and even some of the less desireable ones). *I eventually distilled it to 5 guidlines to adopt. *So I present to everyone, with no ulterior motives and no bogus web links to questionable diet sites, the EveryDiet diet. FIVE SIMPLE RULES TO LIVE BY AND LOSE WEIGHT There, no need to buy another dieting book ever again. :-) Gaby A. I'd say 1,3,4 are the essentials (and 3 is really a subrule of 4 if you're counting veggies in 4 anyway). 2 is obviously advised, but not really essential. It can be quite illuminating to see large weight loss with just nutritional changes, and really sinks in the concepts. 5 is a common source of argument it seems, but certainly, one should avoid eating immediately before going to rest. I would also add the importance of PLANNING to this list. It seems like so many honest efforts at dieting fail because of a lack of planning. If you decide what you're going to eat for the entire day before you walk out the door in the morning, you'll be less tempted by impulsive decisions that will get you into hot water. All in all, all the bases are covered though. |
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A distillation of all diets
"G. A." wrote:
I've been thinking a while on what all the successful dieting strategies share (and even some of the less desireable ones). *I eventually distilled it to 5 guidlines to adopt. *So I present to everyone, with no ulterior motives and no bogus web links to questionable diet sites, the EveryDiet diet. FIVE SIMPLE RULES TO LIVE BY AND LOSE WEIGHT I ... Don't forget to reduce the amount of fats you eat, Low fat is not the only workable type of plan. A focus on low fat as the only acceptable approach has caused an epidemic of obseity in the west. III EAT WHOLE GRAINS Eat less white starches such as white bread and potatoes, and other whole grains (just not too much...see rule 1) There is no reason to eat grains unless you are so poor you have no choice but to eat cattle fodder. What does it matter that there are studies that compare eating whole grain in comparison to sugar and processed starchy grain where the studies say one is "better" than the other? An honest comparison study would compare grains at all with the real competing food - IV EAT At least half of everything you eat should be vegetables Bingo. Show me a study where they compare Sugar Frosted Flakes with with steel cut oats with brocolli that fails to conclude that brocolli is better for you than any type of grain ... The goal is to slowly adopt an additional rule each week, so by week 5, you'll be following all five rules. *It's possible it may take longer than a week to adopt a new rule as you maintain the previous rule, so don't worry about taking longer to do so. *Also, you do NOT have to adopt the rules in the order listed, you can pick your pattern. *For example, you decide rule 5 would be a good rule to adopt in week 1 as you tend to eat late at night, then perhaps rule 3 would be added in week 2. |
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A distillation of all diets
May I add the following:
VI: Establish Good Eating Habits For consistently good health and healthy weight, it's not enough to simply follow some diet, after which you resume your old eating habits which led you to become overweight in the first place. One must make a lifetime commitment to eating well, and the best way to do that is to make eating well just another habit. Most people can't change their entire way of eating overnight, or even in a month. To accomplish this, make small incremental changes to your diet. Change one thing to begin with, eg resolve to always eat a healthy breakfast, and soon it'll become a habit. Next, resolve to replace your lunch with something healthy, until you form the habit. Eventually all your meals will be healthy, and you won't even need to try. G. A. wrote: I've been thinking a while on what all the successful dieting SNIP -- A 100% free Artificial Intelligence nutritionist for generating unlimited meal plans to suit: Your needs (protein/fat/carbs/calories) Your tastes Your budget Check it out at http://www.aidiets.com |
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hi
i am much consious about health and weight lose thanks to this forum and this is very informative thread. |
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