2010

If you don’t significantly limit your carbohydrate intake, the bet is you’re not going to lose weight or keep weight you’ve lost off. The good news is that you don’t have to limit your carbohydrate intake every day, every other day will work for weight loss, if you also significantly limit your calories on your […]

If you are one of those people who absolutely, positively cannot stop eating carbohydrates, a special carb-addict version of Every Other Day Dieting will work for you. One day you eat protein and fat, and other day you eat carbs. On your protein and fat day, limit your calories to 1200-1500. The easy way to […]

Most patients have a weight problem because of only 2-3 foods. I’m not kidding. Most of your excess calories are coming from very limited sources. The most common disaster foods (the big 14) are cheese, nuts, ice cream, potato chips, crackers, cookies, bread, candy, pie, cake, salad dressing, pop, coffee drinks, juice. If you stop […]

If you’re going to keep your calories under 1500 day, and you just won’t follow a low carbohydrate diet, the 100 calorie rule helps alot. A piece of fruit is 100 calories – an apple, an orange, a whole grapfruit, a handful of grapes or cherries, etc. 2 cups of vegetables (except peas, potatoes or […]

The problem with a no flour – no sugar diet (not eating anything white) is that it works for maintenance, but it doesn’t work for weight loss. You can take in way too many calories and carbohydrates eating sweet potatoes and brown rice and winter squash. Not to mention liquid calories (oils, butter, milk, sugar-free […]

Because fat contains 9 calories per gram (there are about 28 grams in an ounce), compared to 4 calories per gram for protein, and 4 calories per gram for carbohydrate – another trick to (at least) maintain weight over the holidays is to work on limiting your fat intake. This means living on fish and […]

The latest craze of diet books saying “eliminate 500 calories a day and lose 1 pound a week” – just doesn’t work. If you do the math, it sounds good on paper. There are 3500 calories in 1 pound, so if you eat 500 calories a day less than what you need, at least in […]

A trick that can help you get through the holidays without weight gain is diet drinks. Nestle makes a 20 calorie fat free hot chocolate. Swiss Miss makes a 25 calorie hot chocolate. Alpine makes a 15 calorie hot spiced apple cider. Popsicle makes 10 calorie sugar-free popsicles, 20 calorie sugar-free creamsicles, and 35 calorie […]

It’s always easier to eat nothing than to eat a little. Always go as long as you can without eating, because as soon as you start to eat, eating will make you hungrier. Very low calorie, sugar-free mints and candy help some patients lose weight, by prolonging your “not eating”. Jols are Licorette are sugar-free […]

Think fat storage not calories, if you want to minimize weight gain over the holidays. Carbohydrates make your body store fat. The more carbohydrates you eat, the more fat you are going to store. The two worst carbohydrates you can eat are fruit and alcohol, because they store twice as much fat. Your body makes […]