Fat to Muscle diet

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Registered: 03-31-2003
Fat to Muscle diet
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Wed, 09-29-2004 - 9:56am
This book was written in 1987 as a response to the ridiculous fad diets that came out in the late 70s early 80s. It was written before fat-free sour cream was invented, ha ha! (They suggest using plain fat free yogurt on potatoes.) The authors are Victoria Zak, Cris Carlin, M.S., R.D. and Peter Vash, M.D., M.P.H.

Essentially it's a common-sense guide to healthy eating and losing weight by raising your metabolism and increasing muscle mass. Boiled down to one sentence, it's "Eat less fat and exercise more".

What I like about it are the recipes. The first two weeks are called "Burn 1", and consist of what are called 'hotplates': Breakfast is 1 serving starch, 1 serving fruit, 1 serving dairy. Lunch is 1 serving protein, 1 serving starch, 2 servings vegetables, 1 serving fruit, 1/2 serving dairy. Dinner is 1 serving protein, 2 servings starch, 2 servings vegetables, 1 serving fruit, 1/2 serving dairy. DH and I have actually not been able to finish dinner every night - we're too full! The second two weeks are called "Burn 2", and start adding a little bit of fat and red meat back in, and increasing the exercise.

The only time I get hungry is between breakfast and lunch, but that's probably because I eat breakfast at 6am, and don't eat lunch until noon. I'm going to take part of my lunch and make it a mid-morning snack.

For example, today I had 1C of cereal (homemade granola), 1 C of skim milk, and one small banana. Lunch today is a bean soup, roll, large salad, and dessert is a cup of fat free vanilla yogurt and 1/2C of fresh strawberries. Dinner tonight will be Turkey Scallopini, 1 baked potatoe with dollop of fat free sour cream, 1/2C broccoli spears with lemon, a sliced tomato, and apple cobbler. Recipes for the Bean Soup, Herb salad dressing, Turkey Scallopini and apple cobbler are in the book.

There's also a calendar to follow. Today is *Eat Hotplates, *Exercise, *drink 8 glasses of liquid, and *read "Emergency Thermic Boosters", a short chapter in the book.

Lee Ann

www.werenotafraid.com

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Wed, 09-29-2004 - 2:12pm
Thanks for the explanation of the plan. Sounds like a very common sense approach and similar to what WW was back then with picking from food groups.

Good luck with it.

Grace