Make sure you are drinking at least a gallon (128 ounces) of non-caloric fluid a day. Water is best, but your body really can’t tell the difference between water, ice tea, Diet Coke, coffee – all non-caloric fluids are alike and do the same thing. They keep you hydrated and flush out the fat you […]
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Think in terms of 500 calories, if you want to lose weight. Try to eat in 500 calorie portions. You can eat 500 calories – once, twice or three times a day. If your 500 calories is just protein and fat, you’ll lose twice as fast as if your 500 calories contains carbohydrate. After a […]
Maintenance reminders. Remember the caloric killers are hard cheese, cream cheese, nuts, mayonnaise, butter, margarine, oil and liquid calories (including ice cream). Remember that you cannot eat 3000 calories of carbohydrate-free food and lose weight. Remember to drink your gallon (128 ounces) of non-caloric fluid every day.
Maintenance is an entirely different skill-set from losing weight. Maintenance is actually harder, because you have to know more. Barbecue sauce is a caloric nightmare for maintenance. It’s mostly brown sugar and it’s easy to eat 400 calories of barbecue sauce on chicken or ribs or hamburgers. Instead of barbecue sauce, use a barbecue rub. […]
The real secret to maintaining weight you have lost is damage control on the days you freely feed and are off protein and veggies. Be very careful of liquid calories. Starbucks and Barnes and Noble sell way too many 600- 800 calorie drinks. If you can at all tolerate them, always order the lite versions. […]
There are lots of calorie-saving tricks you can do to help you maintain lost weight. None of these strategies are designed for weight loss. Losing weight is an entirely different matter than maintaining. Substitute 20 calorie Eggbeaters for 80 calorie eggs. Substitute 50 calorie Best Kosher 97% fat free hot dogs for 300 calorie dinner […]
Maintaining weight loss is very different from losing weight. To lose weight, you have to starve on 500-1500 calories a day, and eliminate carbohydrates. To maintain weight loss, you have to limit caloric damage on your days off. The best maintenance program is to live on protein and veggies Monday through Friday, and take the […]
Losing weight really is all about portion control, and with prepackaged food and fast food, it can be really easy. I cannot stress enough the importance of limiting your carbohydrate intake in addition to limitng your calories. You will lose twice as fast on 1500 calories of protein and fat, compared to 1500 calories of […]
If you can figure out how to eat 1000-1500 calories of protein and fat every day, without out carbohydrate, you can lose weight. The easiest way to do this is with fast food hamburgers or roast beef or grilled chicken, which are generally 200 calories per burger or filet or slices of beef, without the […]
Portion control is the best way I know to lose weight eating real food. Figure out what dead animals you like to eat, find a portion controlled source, and you can lose weight mor e easily than you have in the past. If you want to be lazy, fast food works. The average fast food […]