It didn't stop me from slowly gaining back half the weight I wrote about in my book: The Losing Attitude for Dieters. Gaining weight is really insidious; A few ounces a week doesn't really show until the next thing you know, you have gained twenty pounds!
I had to break the cycle, do something drastic. The only problem is that I have been posting on many different weight-loss blogs that the only way to lose weight is slowly; 1-1.5 pounds per week. Well, when did I ever listen to myself anyway?
I remember watching Michael Phelps in the Olympics and saw that he trained for six hours a day and ate 15,000 calories per day. I really wanted to be Michael Phelps; at least the eating part.
But what if I could burn off every calorie I ate in a week. How much weight could I really lose?
Day 1:
The first day of a diet is always exciting. If you've done it right, you have anticipated this day and you are truly motivated. I visited Florida for Christmas break and I couldn't wait to get back to start my diet - what a loser, right!
I started the day off with a cup of a honey nut cereal (110 calories) and 40 minutes doing some strength training and stretching (-200 calories).
For lunch I had blue cheese bacon wedge (140 calories) and 1.5 hours of basketball (-1200 calories)
1/4 head lettuce
1 T blue cheese crumbles
1 T dressing
1 piece bacon
For dinner I had half a chicken breast with a little ricotta cheese and tomato sauce sprinkled with parmesan cheese (204 calories).
You can see that on my first day, I ate 454 calories and burned off 1400 calories for a net loss of 946 calories. A great start for my zero calorie diet.I should know more about the motivation of dieting than anyone - right? Didn't I write the book!
I remember watching Michael Phelps in the Olympics and saw that he trained for six hours a day and ate 15,000 calories per day. I really wanted to be Michael Phelps; at least the eating part.
But what if I could burn off every calorie I ate in a week. How much weight could I really lose?
Day 1:
The first day of a diet is always exciting. If you've done it right, you have anticipated this day and you are truly motivated. I visited Florida for Christmas break and I couldn't wait to get back to start my diet - what a loser, right!
I started the day off with a cup of a honey nut cereal (110 calories) and 40 minutes doing some strength training and stretching (-200 calories).
For lunch I had blue cheese bacon wedge (140 calories) and 1.5 hours of basketball (-1200 calories)
1/4 head lettuce
1 T blue cheese crumbles
1 T dressing
1 piece bacon
For dinner I had half a chicken breast with a little ricotta cheese and tomato sauce sprinkled with parmesan cheese (204 calories).
You can see that on my first day, I ate 454 calories and burned off 1400 calories for a net loss of 946 calories. A great start for my zero calorie diet.I should know more about the motivation of dieting than anyone - right? Didn't I write the book!
Professor Tom Laurie
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