The carbohydrate is the one that often confuses people.
Every vegetable contains carbohydrates.
Every grain contains carbohydrates.
Meat does not contain carbohydrates.
Most vegetables contain smaller amounts of carbs than do starchy
vegetables (peas, corn, potatoes) or grains (rice, bread).
Most people are familiar with the fact that fat has so many
calories. The only nutrient
that is different from those mentioned above is alcohol.
Every gram of alcohol has 7 calories, which means about 100
calories for an ounce of hard liquor, (so be careful!!).
The Journal
is not just for the person who wants to lose weight, but is well
suited for the person who is striving to live a healthy lifestyle that
includes not only good nutrition, but getting the right amount of
exercise, taking all medications, and drinking all the water that is
necessary to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
No matter what diet a
person chooses, be it on this list or otherwise, they all advise that you
drink at least 8 8oz. glasses of water (or decaffeinated beverages) each
day. The Journal is the only
book that easily allows you to keep track of that.
A Healthy Lifestyle:
We
would be remiss if not listing this as a lifestyle or "diet"
choice. Many physicians,
Registered Dieticians, and others in the business of fitness believe that
this means following the food pyramid and eating the recommended required
amounts of each group (2 3oz. servings of protein, 3-5 servings of fruit,
4-7 servings of vegetables, 2 servings of dairy and 5 – 10 servings of
starchy carbs (depending on your size), making sure that they eat
whole-grains rather than processed grains, and keeping sugary foods to a
minimum in their diet.
The
Journal makes it easy to log all foods eaten, but more than that it
provides a blank pyramid that keeps you aware of the portions you are
consuming of the various food groups.
And, of course, it is a reminder to take all medications and
vitamins prescribed for you. You
can record your exercise, water intake, and add up your calories.
At weeks end, you really get a good look at how you’ve done. It
makes you aware of areas to pay attention to next week.
To help you out to a good start, we’ve provided a grocery list to
make sure you are well armed for the week ahead!!
How
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HealthWorks 2000
Weight-Control Program (info)
The
Zone Diet (info) (HealthWorks 2000
Diet Recommendation)
The Zone Diet is primarily a health diet,
although it is also effective for weight loss. The idea is to keep your
blood sugar and hormone levels as even as possible, by balancing what you
eat in each meal. The result is a number of health benefits, especially in
the areas of diabetes (demonstrated by a clinical study) and heart disease
(Sears started the research due to the high mortality in his own family
tree), but also in other areas like allergies, joint pain, headaches,
stomach acid, and many others, all of which are aggravated by our modern
unnatural eating habits.
Unlike almost all other eating plans,
this diet is based on an investigation of how food affects our bodies'
mechanisms, and the result is simply better functioning.
Susan Somers' Eat Great, Lose Weight
(info)
Suzanne
Somers diet offers choices of meal plans, menus and recipes.
This diet advocates "food combining".
In other words, if you choose to have pasta at a meal (a starchy
carbohydrate), then you combine that with as many vegetables as you care
to (no oil can be used in preparing the meal).
However, if you choose to consume meat at a meal, then you combine
the meat with fats and the non-starchy vegetables (no grains or starchy
vegetables). Fruits are
usually eaten by themselves as in-between meal snacks.
The
Journal
would be of great help in sorting out and keeping a close look at
just how you're combining your food groups.
There is a space next to each meal and snack entry to enter the
kind of meal it was, and or the calories.
The weekly evaluation is perfect for comparing your weight loss
with how strictly you stuck to the guide lines of this diet!
We then provide you with a grocery list.
This is great for thinking through what you need to buy to help you
stick to this lifestyle. You can’t eat sugar, so you may want to take
some time to think of non-sugar, whole wheat snacks.
Fruit and whole wheat pretzel work well, but once in the grocery
store you may forget this if you don’t have a well planned list!!
How
To Order Journal For Success
Weight Watchers
(info)
This
very popular weight loss program has given points to foods.
So, you count points rather than calories which can be much easier
for most people. The program
allocates a certain amount of points per day which allows them to enjoy
any food that is a favorite (even the usual no-nos), but in a portion size
that is allotted a specific amount of points.
The points are calculated using the amount of calories, grams of
fat, and grams of fiber. You
can earn extra points by exercising, using a slide rule which combines
time and intensity to arrive at the amount of bonus points you will earn!
The
Journal
will be an integral part of this diet by providing a special place for you
to keep track of your points eaten, your water consumed, and your exercise
points earned on a daily basis. The weekly evaluation is perfect for comparing your weight
loss with how strictly you stuck to the guide lines of this diet!
There is also a place to record your measurements.
This can be a great tool to watch how your body changes! We then
provide you with a grocery list. This
is great for thinking through what you need to buy to help you stick to
this lifestyle.
Sugar Busters
(info)
The
author of this diet took a look at sugar in our diets and believes that it
is the main cause of not only weight gain, but the cravings that cause us
to eat too much of the wrong foods. Sugar
Busters looks at the level of insulin in the blood which the author says
increases the likelihood of food being stored as fat.
Foods to be avoided would be white bread, pasta and other low-fiber
and starchy carbohydrates (such as potatoes).
The
Journal
would be very helpful in tracking your carb intake not only by
listing the food eaten during the day, but by using the blank pyramid to
keep track of how many servings. The weekly evaluation is perfect for
comparing your weight loss with how strictly you stuck to the guide lines
of this diet! There is also a
place to record your measurements. This
can be a great tool to watch how your body changes! We then provide you
with a grocery list. This is
great for thinking through what you need to buy to help you stick to this
lifestyle. You can’t eat sugar, so you may want to take some time to
think of non-sugar, whole wheat snacks.
Fruit and whole wheat pretzel work well, but once in the grocery
store you may forget this if you don’t have a well planned list!!
How
To Order Journal For Success
Richard Simmons
(info)
Richard
Simmons' diet plans offers a variety of choices along with emphasizing at
least 7 servings of vegetables per day and 2 servings of dairy foods.
He provides a guide for choosing the right calorie level for you
and how to alter your intake as you lose weight as well as maintaining
your weight loss. Exercise is an important part of his weight loss system,
which he does in a fun way!
What
better way to help maintain your weight loss than with the Journal.
The
journal provides you with a food pyramid to mark of your servings of all
of the food groups as you consume them.
You can record your exercise, water intake, and add up your
calories. At weeks end, you
really get a good look at how you’ve done. It makes you aware of areas
to pay attention to next week. To
help you out to a good start, we’ve provided a grocery list to make sure
you are well armed for the week ahead!!
Pritikin Diet
(info)
Nathan
Pritikin developed the Pritikin Diet Program based on his own experience
so that he could help other people who had had similar medical problems.
The program is designed not only to help people lose weight, but
more so to restore them to optimal being. It is almost completely
vegetarian and encourages the consumption of large amounts of whole grains
and vegetables. It is high in
fiber and low in all types of fat. The
diet advocates six or seven small meals per day and excludes nearly all
processed grains as well as sources of animal protein.
Users of this diet are required to walk for at least 45 minutes
each day
The
Journal would be an
excellent tool to monitor the required exercise as well as all of the
vegetables and whole grains. You can record your exercise, water intake,
and add up your calories. At
weeks end, you really get a good look at how you’ve done. It makes you
aware of areas to pay attention to next week. To help you out to a good start, we’ve provided a grocery
list to make sure you are well armed for the week ahead!!
How
To Order Journal For Success
Fat Burners or Chitosan
(info)
There
are several of these fat blockers on the market. Most are derived from skeletons of shrimp, crabs and lobster.
It is the ingredient in the brand names Slim Down Solution, Lipoban,
Chitosol, Puralin and others. Chitosan
causes weight loss by binding fats in the stomach and preventing them from
being digested and absorbed, thus helping you to lose weight.
Most of these diet supplements also advocate a lower calorie diet
to achieve the desired results.
The
Journal
can help by monitoring the diet during the day as well as monitoring the
taking of the supplements. You could check off next to each meal the
amount of tablets you took. At
weeks end in the review section, you can see if you are obtaining the
weight loss you want with the amount of pills that you are taking.
Atkins New Diet Revolution
(info)
Robert
Atkins wrote this diet many years ago.
He has reintroduced it as the New Diet Revolution. You may eat as
much protein and fat as you like, but only a minimal amount of carbs,
including vegetables and fruit. By
eating low carbs your body reaches a condition called Ketosis (a high
level of ketoses in the blood) which can suppress hunger. In this newer version he adds some vegetables after
you've been on the diet for a period of time.
The
Journal
would benefit this diet by helping you to consciously
limit your carb intake. There
should be no marks in your starches part of the food pyramid.
If there are, you can see in the weekly reviews if you do in fact
loose more weight in the weeks that you stick more closely to the diet.
Blood Type (info)
Peter
Adamo has determined that your blood type dictates what foods you should
be eating for weight loss as well as optimal health.
Type A should be vegetarians and avoid meat and dairy products.
Type O should eat lots of animal protein, but small amounts of
carbs. Of course, there are
diets for AB and B as well.
The
Journal
is a must for this diet. It
can be very confusing determining what foods are appropriate for your
particular blood type, and listing them on a daily basis can keep anyone
on track. The grocery list is also incredibly helpful to take with you to
the store.
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