Diet tips for the sensible dieter who wants to succeed – Part 6

You should have a gym regimen in place before you begin a diet. Trying to establish a diet regimen and an exercise regimen at the same time is too demanding. A good exercise plan includes weight training at least twice a week, with a coach at first if possible, while you are still learning a routine, plus walking briskly at least a half hour almost every day. By themselves, these actions won’t do the job, but dieting without them won’t either, certainly not for most women.

The most effective diet to combine with exercise is a modified Atkins-stype diet: heavy on proteins (meat, fish, cheese, eggs, nuts), eaten alone or with fruit; alternating with meals made entirely of carbs (vegetables both raw and cooked) which may also be combined with fruit. Most meals are proteins and only proteins, with all-carb meals staggered in among them every couple of days, an occasional all-veg or all-fruit day, and a very rare protein-carb mixed meal just to throw your metabolism a curve and not let it get too comfortable with any one pattern.

But their are additional rules that make this diet burn fat like crazy, and without which it does not work very well.

1. First, Don’t eat til full, but only til another bite will satisfy. Then *don’t* take that next bite. Stop right there, flat, til your next meal. (Try using Hoodia to restrain appetite over the longer stretches, like from lunch to dinner and from dinner to bedtime). It helps to put your portion for each meal in a bowl or on a plate and then not refill. Never eat directly from the pot or food container. It’s too hard to stop.

2. Drink water all day; you’ll have to just deal with visiting the bathroom often.

3. Favorite vegetable combos are ratatouille, and a light sautee of onions, garlic, carrots and celery, made in big batches and reheated in the microwave in smaller batches for lunch. Use some Accent (if you’re not allergic to it) to bring out the flavor of the vegetables, and liberal dustings of season salt and garlic powder – NOT garlic SALT – which makes vegetable dishes tasty. A frozen package of mixed cauliflower and broccoli, steamed, with a little walnut oil and some garlic and season salt, makes a good lunch. Steamed just til tender, these vegetables are slightly sweet and pleasantly crunchy. Avoid corn: it’s mostly starch.

4. Don’t eat your next meal until AT LEAST two and a half hours have passed since you finished the last one. You’re eating smaller meals so the time gap