If you are somewhat care about your figure then this diet works for you.

[happyaloneo5]

I'm posting this for all because this really works. So, why not give it a try, try 1 to 3 cycles and you will see the pleasent result.

*breakfast,lunch and dinner beverage : coffee or black tea only
* cup size- regular drinking cup/ water cup

PS:
1.With the diet you can lose around 10 pounds just within 3 days (4.5 kilograms)
2.Three days one cycle and not interruptible, eat normal food at the fourth day then continue to use the diet till you are satisfied.
3.There is a chemical reaction in diet, so don't change the food menu except adding salt or pepper.
4.If the food is not available around you, you can probably check out the site at http://www.mendosa.com/gi.htm for other low GI food instead. Don't not eat too much even though they are low GI foods.

Actual performance-
I'm 5.64 feet tall, was 174 pounds. After 2 cycles with the diet, I am now 167 pounds.
I guess I may try another cycle till 165 pounds and do some workout regularly.

[happyaloneo5]

I'm posting this for all because this really works. So, why not give it a try, try 1 to 3 cycles and you will see the pleasent result.

*breakfast,lunch and dinner beverage : coffee or black tea only
* cup size- regular drinking cup/ water cup

PS:
1.With the diet you can lose around 10 pounds just within 3 days (4.5 kilograms)
2.Three days one cycle and not interruptible, eat normal food at the fourth day then continue to use the diet till you are satisfied.
3.There is a chemical reaction in diet, so don't change the food menu except adding salt or pepper.
4.If the food is not available around you, you can probably check out the site at http://www.mendosa.com/gi.htm for other low GI food instead. Don't not eat too much even though they are low GI foods.

Actual performance-
I'm 5.64 feet tall, was 174 pounds. After 2 cycles with the diet, I am now 167 pounds.
I guess I may try another cycle till 165 pounds and do some workout regularly.

[nacktman]

Happyaloneo5, Were you aware it takes 10 calories per pound per day to maintain the human body. In your case at the start of your diet you needed 1740 calories now would would need 1670 to maintain you current body mass.

This is a little publicized bit of information, the "diet industry" would send their assassians after me if they knew I blabbed.

It does not matter to the body how it gets it's calories as long as it gets them. Getting the type of calories that make the body function at the most effecient manner possible is the key to health and well-being.

Thusly losing weight is a simple task, one just has to take in the proper type of calories in quantities to allow the body to use it's stored energy (fat) to make up the total calories it needs to function properly each day and over time the body adjusts to less weight by requiring fewer calories.

The "difficulties" in doing this are: 1) the intake of too few calories in an effort to jumpstart the process which throws the body into starvation mode where it actually turns more of the calories taken in into fat for storage to stave off starvation resulting in weight gain when the calorie intake is increased again. 2) the initial loss of up to 15 pounds in the first days of a diet are not pounds from the body mass, they are lost from the digestive track, it is the slow decrease of ounces over weeks that is the body mass weight coming off and many seeing the initial loss are excited and continue until the true weight loss begins and it is much to slow for them and they give up. 3) the body fights to maintain the weight it is "programmed" to and it takes time to "reprogram" it. Only after the body has time to adjust itself to the "new" weight will it go out of starvation mode, if one continues dieting the body will fight to maintain it's programming at the "new" weight and the cycle will continue as such until the healthy weight for the body is achieved (which BTW may or may not be the desired weight).

Any way the meals sound good...though I would go for Salmon over Tuna.

Diets don't work. Sooner or later you go back to eating like you used to.

The only thing that works is making permanent changes in what you eat.

[puffledud]

There was an article in the Washington Post, a week or so ago, about a health science professor at BYU (I think) that after years of trying diets that didn't work decided to just eat anything. As long as he only ate when hungry he found that he actually lost weight. The key was to learn that food is no substitute for boredom, sadness, lonliness, etc... He has a web site that discusses his approach:
http://www.intuitiveeating.com

Bon apetite.

Dave

[Bob S.]

Losing 10 pounds of weight in three days without under the direct care of a physician or nutritionist is dangerous. Would you think it healthy to gain 10 pounds in that little time?

As nacktman mentioned, the loss of weight is not the kind that will make one healthier.

And as cyndiann mentioned, the only real diet is the kind you can stick with for the rest of your life. All others are fads and are doomed to fail if you fall off the wagon.

Eat less, exercise more, if necessary, contact a nutritionist and join a gym. If losing weight was easy, the diet industry wouldn't be so lucrative and people wouldn't be so overweight.

Bob S.

[Naturist Mark]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Losing 10 pounds of weight in three days without under the direct care of a physician or nutritionist is dangerous. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>


It is also impossible. That amount of weight loss in such a short period of time can only be due to dehydration - not fat.

A pound of fat is equivalent to about 3600 kcalories. That means you would have to create a deficit of 12,000 kcalories per day to acheive a weight loss of 10 pounds in 3 days that isn't just lost water. To do that you would need to increase your metabolic rate by at least 500% (assuming you normally get by on a slightly above average 2500 kcal/day). That is pretty much constant exercise throughout your waking hours - and at that level it wouldn't matter if you cut your intake a little bit as the above diet suggests - diet would be an insignificant factor.

Perhaps you can lose 10 pounds of body fat in 3 days if you run three to four marathons each of those days. But if you are physically able to do that and survive, you don't need to lose any weight, you are already one of the healthiest people on the planet.

Hmmmm... that gives me an idea for the ultimate guaranteed no-diet diet. The Marathon weight loss plan - you lose almost 1 pound of fat for every marathon you run. NO PROBLEM!

OK, a bit more seriously, this plan utilizes low Glycemic Index foods in order to induce a very inefficient fuel cycle in the body. You literally waste calories on this diet. This is the same thing that the Atkins diet and other low-carb style diets do, it just uses a slightly different method of achieving it. Inducing benign dietary ketosis does work, and it is not dangerous. It is most comfortable style of dieting I have experienced because it does not induce hunger or a starvation response in the body. But... it cannot produce a sufficient calorie deficit to produce 10 pound fat losses in 3 days - unless you are also running multiple marathons.

Any claims of real weight loss (not the result of dehydration) in excess of 2 pounds per week are bunk. Period. Case closed.

-Mark

[Hooked]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Naturist Mark:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Losing 10 pounds of weight in three days without under the direct care of a physician or nutritionist is dangerous. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>


It is also impossible. That amount of weight loss in such a short period of time can only be due to dehydration - not fat.

[snip]

Any claims of real weight loss (not the result of dehydration) in excess of 2 pounds per week are bunk. Period. Case closed.

-Mark </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Just a side note, not arguing any of your points (I'd be foolish to enter into a debate with you of all people). I lost 16 lbs in 10 days and it was not dehydration, however, it also wasn't want you'd call "real weight loss" either. I say it wasn't dehydration because I was drinking the whole time. It was the "Lemonade Cleanse" which is not a weight loss thing anyway, it's a detox fast. So if you are not eating anything but lemon juice cocktail for 10 days, of course there will be weight loss. I know it's a controversial thing to do and I'm not suggesting it for everyone or even anyone but I did it and I'm glad I did for more than just physical reasons. After going off the cleanse, I fulfilled a long term goal of mine of becoming 100% vegan. Originally, I gained back about 4 lbs but then began losing weight again for another appx 10-12 lbs loss. I've never been way over weight but at this point in my life, I did need to shed a few pounds so it was a good thing for me. I agree with Cyndianne in that it's really no use to do a specific diet if you have a lot of weight to lose. You should try to eat healthy all the time and for life. Not just until you reach your weight loss goal. Weight loss and looking better naked is fine but good health is really what it should be about. Also, I hear people all the time getting either excited or dismayed by a small change in their weight, sometimes as small as 2 or 3 lbs and I always thought that was stupid because I personally fluxuate about 5 lbs in any direction all the time even if I weigh myself at the same time of day and all that. I think small changes in your weight are normal and not usually an indication of a great success or failure. It's much more important to listen to your body instead of reading the numbers on that scale (which may be broken)

[Rabid_Clam]

Am not sure this diet is viable. Is not the volume of food you eat but the kinds of food. One needs basic input for survival and that can be met very easily but if you are heavy then an adjustment on what kinds of food you eat.

Obviously the high fat foods are to be avoided. You do need some of that but the gross amount you intake will need to be adjusted.

Using that philosophy and adjering to it when weight is lost and then maintaining that diet one will get it off and keep it off.

Am not a fan of these diet schemens. Just a fan of diet adjustment.

[Naturist Mark]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Just a side note, not arguing any of your points (I'd be foolish to enter into a debate with you of all people). I lost 16 lbs in 10 days and it was not dehydration, however, it also wasn't want you'd call "real weight loss" either. I say it wasn't dehydration because I was drinking the whole time. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>


It was dehydration. Even though you were drinking large quantities of liquid, the diuretic effect of the "detoxifying fast" resulted in your losing more water than you were ingesting.

If you took in no calories at all, and maintained normal activity levels you might have lost 3 or 4 pounds that were not water, but the remainder was all water loss. You will notice almost all of the 16 pounds returning within a couple of days after returning to normal eating.

-Mark

[happyaloneo5]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by nacktman:
"
This is a little publicized bit of information, the "diet industry" would send their assassians after me if they knew I blabbed. "

Where did you learn about this? ( :

[happyaloneo5]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Cyndiannaked:
Diets don't work. Sooner or later you go back to eating like you used to.

The only thing that works is making permanent changes in what you eat. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Totally!
So, I have gave up my bad habit - I used to eat snacks then go to bed. Becuase I know it makes me sleepy and easy to sleep, very bad habit.
Second- I do change what I eat, I eat low GI goods now, so I am still 167 pounds (after around one month) , although no one thinks I need to lose weight. But I have some fat around belly. http://clothesfreeforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif I am wondering how much snacks I had ate before bedtime through years. http://clothesfreeforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_biggrin.gif However, I need to lose some more pounds, so I may try the diets two more cycles plus do some power walking or swim hours at a time for burning FAT. http://clothesfreeforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[happyaloneo5]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">http://www.intuitiveeating.com

Bon apetite.

Dave </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Very interesting site, I might try. But have you ever tried? http://clothesfreeforums.com/groupee_common/emoticons/icon_wink.gif

[Fresh Air]

My diet is a little more simple. I think eating should be the opposite of spending money. We don't just throw money away on anything, we think about things and spend it wisely.

Food shouldn't be tossed in out mouths. We should actively think about what we are putting into ourselves and consider whether it is worth it. Except for occasional pleasure, we shouldn't eat anything that we wouldn't give an athlete training for the olympics.

Lots of food has a perfect balance of nutrients, lots of food has too much nutrients, and lots of foods lack nutrients. We want the biggest bang for out bucks and if we're not training for the olympics, then we shouldn't think we can eat like we are. Exercise is the nemesis of intake.

I think the diet given is an excellent, nutrient packed diet (except for the ice cream). But any other nutrient rich diet could substitute also. It is just often difficult to come up with one.