Can you shed
30 pounds in 30 days?
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Balance the composition of your breakfast food in such a way that equal amounts of calories come from protein food (meat, eggs) and carb foods (fruit, vegetable).
You have probably wondered how eating fewer "carbs" might help you lose weight or keep your current weight while maintaining a vigorous lifestyle. It is quite safe to try out this "Carbs-to-Scale Diet" with equal calories from protein and carbohydrates.
Breakfast is a good time for a fresh start. To start our test we need to define our expectations for a good outcome. The Carbs-to-Scale Diet should
You can evaluate your experience with the "Carbs-to-Scale Diet" using this list. You may add your personal important corner stones to this list. Here is an example for such personalized test: It is very tempting to stop at those little huts and "grab a bite". How easy was it to drive by without giving in to temptation?
If you use the eSCALE Lifestyle Diary you will get used to evaluating the emotions and pitfalls and take note of ways to either ignore or avoid temptation (without becoming a health food fanatic.)
Well now, what is it? Should you ignore or avoid temptation?
That depends entirely on you. The best choice for you is the strategy that works for you. The "one-method-fits-all approach" will work for a small group of people only. (These are the people who write the "testimonials"!)
Few people will get up early and prepare an elaborate breakfast meal. Convenient choices for protein foods at breakfast time are eggs, cold cuts, chicken, turkey, ham, bacon or similar meat products. It is a good idea to have an assortment of such goodies. That makes it easier to avoid a lot of fat or cholesterol. Even skinny people can have clogged arteries.
How much protein?
Let's say you wanted to get really meticulous and play it by exact numbers. To do that you will need a "food content counter", also called calorie counter. You can find food content tables and suggestions for balanced meals in Heller's and Heller's little booklet "The Carbohydrate Addict's Diet"
Which food content counter you prefer depends on the types of food you eat. There are several little food calorie guides (all under US$8.00), which can give you very good data about the composition of natural foods or prepackaged foods.
For your convenience, here you can search Walmart and Amazon.com for the food content counter that is right for you:
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You will have noticed already. This web site is not for the person who demands a counselor for every turn.
"You must make up a definitive plan that can be followed to the letter and exactly tell what must be done, when and how." So I was told. I won't listen. There is no single plan that works for everyone. I know that you are serious and have gained quite a bit of experience in life.
It is your life. How could I know how you could best enjoy it?
Enjoyment of food plus the joy of achievement are indeed very important ingredients of a successful lifestyle. That makes it necessary for you to be in charge.
The more unique your lifestyle, the better it will serve you and others around you.
Even without knowing the exact number of calories from protein or carbohydrate in every piece of food you will have some idea how much of each to eat to create the right balance for you. Start with approximately equal numbers of calories from protein and from carbs.
I repeat the list of criteria, which we have set above:
A diet that contains about equal numbers of calories from protein and from carbohydrates
You can tell the carbohydrate rich nature of potatoes or pancakes, and you can taste the sugar in fruits or fruit juices. (Whole fruits work better.)
The idea here is that you eye-ball both types of food sources, protein and carbohydrates. Then you measure the effect of this diet by its effect on you. Use the criteria above and add a few on your own.
Consider keeping record with the eSCALE Lifestyle Diary. It is simple, it tolerates gaps in record keeping, it creates focus on the essential lifestyle decisions, and it works!
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