2013

Diet Formula should have at least 15 grams of protein per serving, and no more than 100 calories. Diet Bars should have at least 15 grams of protein per serving, and no more than 150-200 calories. Diet Cookies should have at least 15 grams of protein per serving, and no more than 150 calories. Diet […]

You need a structure to limit your calories to 500-1000 a day. Lean Cuisine or Healthy Choice or Healthy Steamers work. 330 calorie frozen ground sirloin burgers from Costco work. 250 calorie chicken salads from McDonald’s work. 230 calorie small chilis from Wendy’s work. If you can count to 1000, you can lose weight. Create […]

Mouth hunger is real. You may be surprised how much better you do onn a diet of pudding or jello (maximum 100 calories per serving, minimum 15 grams of protein) or bars (maximum 150 calories, minimum 15 grams of protein) compared to a formula diet. It can even help to mix your formula with ice […]

It’s important to drink at least 2 bouillon cubes in water (4 is better) every day that you are on on a 500-600 calorie diet, to prevent sodium depletion and muscle cramping. You can get cramps in places you didn’t imagine could cramp – your thumb, rib cage, chin, jaw, soles of your feet, calves, […]

The concept of “the diet never changes” is an interesting one for maintenance. When you lose weight on a high protein, low calorie, low carbohydrate diet – you are usually eating 500-1000 calories a day. Most of your calories come from the protein your body needs to prevent muscle break down. If you continue to […]

One of the advantages of losing weight on Bars or Formula or Jello or Pudding or Cookies – is that maintenance can be super-easy. After you’ve lost weight and it’s time to maintain, you can stay on the diet you lost weight on. Keep eating Pudding or Jello or Bars or Formula or Cookies every […]

If you can find a way to build-in portion control, you can lose weight. 2 Diet Bars (150 calories per bar, at least 15 grams of protein) twice a day works. 2 Formula (100 calories per drink, at least 15 grams of protein) twice a day works. 2 Diet Jello (80 calories per serving, at […]

Predigested liquid protein diets became the rage in 1976, when Robert Linn, an osteopath, wrote the national best seller The Last Chance Diet. Predigested liquid protein is still used for weight loss under medical supervision. The most common forms are individual liquid packets that are added to a bottle of water, and ready to eat […]

If you can’t control your cravings, you probably are not going to be able to stay on your diet. The problem is that you can’t really control your cravings. Your carbohydrate cravings are automatic, something that happens to you, in response to internal (biochemical and autonomic) and external (sights and smells) stimuli. Cinnabum and Snickers […]

You can make your own diet shake. The rule is 15 grams of protein per serving, and no more than 100 calories. You can blend cottage cheese, ice cubes, artificial sweetener (Equal, Splenda, SweetnLow, Truvia) and vanilla extract or sugar-free Hershey’s or Walden Farms chocolate syrup. You can blend flavored Greek yogurt, ice cubes and […]