The “Cost” of Eating Healthy

January 30, 2011 By Leave a Comment

[ Note: This article was written by fitness and nutrition author Jon Benson. I have his permission to share it with you. ]

One of the biggest myths out there is the myth that eating healthy costs too much.

Just the opposite… and I’ll prove it to you in three ways.

#1: Cash

Here’s some sample figures courtesy of my friend Scott Tousignant’s fitness blog…

2 medium size sweet potatoes $1 or… small fries from a fast food joint

2 red peppers $1 or… a can of pop

Bowl of oatmeal with fruit & protein powder $2 or… large bag of chips

6 Chicken Breasts $10 or… a sub combo from a fast food joint

18 eggs $3.50 or… a burger from a fast food joint

2 salmon fillets $15 or… large pizza

Loaded chicken salad (homemade) $3 or… bag of cookies

Large bag of oatmeal $3.50 or… 4 chocolate bars

Not much of a comparison, it is?

Yet the foods on the left would feed a family of two or more for 4-7 days… the foods on the right? 2-3 days if you live through it.

Tips to make the most expensive part of eating healthy — the cost of quality meats — go further include…

1. Use tofu fillers in chicken and beef recipes. Even if you hate tofu, you can barely taste the difference when combined properly.

2. Buy your meats in bulk online. You can find less expensive grass-fed beef and naturally-raised chicken and have it delivered to you if you live near a large city. If not, check the local farmers.

3. Eat meat only 3-4 times per week and use black beans with rice or inexpensive tuna for your other days. I eat tuna cooked in a skillet with lots of veggies and some olive oil almost every night and I LOVE the taste!

My book The Every Other Day Diet has over 40 pages of recipes in it to help you eat healthy and cheap… and you can still eat out and consume your favorite foods several times per week.

#2: Your Health

Do we ‘really’ need to talk about buy new (usually larger) clothes every year or two? Or about the health care costs associated with being even 20 pounds over your ideal weight, let alone more? How about the time you miss from work with excessive colds?

Eating healthy and taking care of your body adds years to your life… and for the record, the years eating poorly takes away from your life, on average, costs each American over 80,000 in medical expenses.

Want to add that to your food budget?

#3: The Big Picture

Anyone who has been fit knows the joy it brings… the freedom you feel from wearing whatever you want… the productivity you see from increased energy… the pace at which you move during the day.

Not only are these gifts priceless, but they are also massive cash-savers. Your productivity alone can add thousands to your bottom line each year, well off-setting any costs associated with eating quality food.

The Bottom Line…

Like any good accountant would suggest, you need to look at your ROI (return on investment) if nothing else.

What does investing in a better body, greater health, and vibrant energy do for your life? How can that actually translate into more income AND less expense?

You will be surprised.

Remember:
Don’t Quit. Get Fit!

P.S. If you want some tips on getting started with shedding that excess weight… go here for a short video… and prepare to take some notes! …

it’s freee….

Weight Loss Tips

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How to Lose Fat & Be Inspired on Vacation

August 2, 2010 By 1 Comment

HOW TO LOSE FAT ON VACATION

Hey. Just got back from a great 2 week vacation with the family. It was just what the doctored and more! Everything was great – the weather, the food, the people, the entertainment, the hotel, the sports facilities…. Just about everything. There is nothing I can really complain about (I don’t like whining anyway).

Typically going away with three young children can be fraught at the best of times, but the facilities and the care for the children at our hotel made it a memorable stay.

I’ve decided to split this post into 3 sections because there’s a lot that I wanted to share with you about my vacation. The first (and that’s what this blog is all about) is how I managed to lose 5lbs whilst on holiday! Yep that’s right. No BS – I managed to lose 5 lbs; returning from holiday leaner with a great tan… that’s not bad for the confidence! I’ll share with you how I lost fat on holiday and how you can too without sacrificing great food and compromising your enjoyment of the holiday in any way.

WHO’S YOUR ROLE MODEL?

In the second and third posts, I want to tell you about two very special people that we met whilst on vacation. For anonymity reasons I won’t disclose their real names – lets call them Andrew and Dave. Both of these people inspired and motivated me – but for very different reasons. They very quickly became role models – people that I aspire to be. Having a mentor or role model in your life is important. It is very easy to maintain the status quo – but that doesn’t help you grow as a person. Having a role model or model can help stretch, motivate and guide you. More on Andrew and Dave over the next few days.

Now let’s find out how I managed to lose 5lbs fat on vacation…

I didn’t have a plan to lose 5 lbs. Instead I set off with a plan to maintain my weight by not succumbing to masses of junk food and copious amounts of alcohol. Not easy when we were on an all-inclusive holiday!

HOW TO LOSE FAT… ON VACATION

So here are my secrets on how to lose fat on vacation:

  1. Make sure you spend time implementing great habits before setting off on vacation. You can’t just expect to turn up at the beach, decide to suddenly start eating healthily and exercising daily.
  2. Eat breakfast every single day. If there’s one thing I swear by is having oatmeal with low fat milk every morning. It’s great for slowly releasing energy throughout the morning without ever feeling hungry before lunchtime.
  3. Eat plenty of salads, vegetables and lean proteins (chicken and fish). Food portions whilst on holiday are notoriously huge. My tip here is to use a smaller-sized plate which will naturally limit the portion size. Avoid the starters, the side plates of bread, and the dessert tray.
  4. Once a week have a real cheat day. Enjoy eating whatever you want from lunchtime onwards. Don’t make yourself feel uncomfortable through overeating though – instead just enjoy some of the foods that aren’t typical of a healthy fat loss regime.
  5. Limit your alcohol consumption. There are many deleterious effects of consuming alcohol (I won’t go into them here). Instead drink plenty of water and then drink some more (water). I abstained from alcohol for most days and then had a few beers on a few special evenings (including a late night out with the boys until 3:00am after the World Cup Final).
  6. Make sure your holiday is an active one. If you spend most of your time lazing around in the sun doing nothing apart from soaking up the rays, lethargy sets in…. When this happens, it negatively impacts on eating habits with the end result being to eat more junk food.
  7. Hit the gym (if there is one) or do a bodyweight resistance workout in your hotel room. This again is about creating a good habit – for me and Julie it became a daily ritual for 30 minutes every morning. I introduced her to the wonders of metabolic resistance training (high intensity resistance training). She became a quick convert into the benefits!
  8. Have a game of squash or tennis or volleyball if the hotel facilities allow. Be careful though… make sure your body is ready for any ‘new sporting activity. Can’t use me as an example here – during my second game of squash I managed to partially tear my hamstring… putting me out of action for a few days. Note – my last game of squash was about 15 years ago at university.

Here’s another thing that I find on vacation. Even though it’s about spending great quality time with the family, I find vacations a great opportunity to have great self time – this means time to reflect, time to plan and time to feel good away from the day-to-day pressures of ‘the job’! Self-time for me is healthy time. Being healthy makes me feel and look great as well as clearing out all the garbage in my head.

So there you go. Not too complicated. Not too painful. We had a memorable holiday doing things we had never done before, enjoying the company of each of other and new friends….. and I still managed to lose 5lbs of fat.

NEED SOME PERSONAL ATTENTION?

Want to know more about how to lose fat fast. Why not grab one of my vacant coaching spots… it may just transform your life. Click on the link below to find out more…

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You Can Burn Fat Fast! Dave G

P.S. I’ll leave my watersport adventures of windsurfing and sailing for another day – I’m not a natural at either of them.

P.P.S. Look out for Parts ’2′ and ’3′ of “How to Lose Fat & Be Inspired on Vacation”. I’ll be introducing you to two guys that made a real difference to me and make a real difference to those that are around them.
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Eat THIS before your workouts

June 28, 2010 By 2 Comments

[ Note: This article was written by fitness and nutrition author Jon Benson. I have his permission to share it with you. ]

Here’s a Short-cut Link:

Click Here  ==>  My Favorite Foods Dietplan  <==  Click Here

One of the most common questions I get asked is:

“What should I eat before my workouts if I want to get rid of bodyfat?”

The answer?

NOTHING.

I’ve been saying this for almost a decade now… and research is catching up with the idea.

It’s nice to be right. : )

Several studies now confirm that exercising while your body is low on food may be a good way to trim excess fat.

European researchers found that cyclists who trained without eating burned significantly more fat than their counterparts who ate. Now, this is important: Cycling requires a LOT of energy. Far more energy than you need to get rid of bodyfat.

Working out with weights and doing moderate to intense (but short) cardio will take care of 99% of your needs when it comes to fatburning.

But with weights, and espeically with the cyclists that were tested, performance may be an issue.

In fact the members of the group of cyclists that didn’t eat performed worse on the intensive training. Still, they burned a higher proportion of fat to carbohydrates than the group that ate. (Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, the journal of the American College of Sports Medicine.)

Why? Simple. Your body’s blood sugar is lowest in the morning prior to eating. When you train, moderately or with intensity, most of your fuel comes from your bodyfat and NOT ingested carbs. Isn’t that cool?

Which would you rather burn… bodyfat or carbs?

Yeah, me too. : )

About performance: I have found that my performance only suffers slightly when fasting and training for the first few weeks. After that my performance increases. The body starts to burn its own bodfyat far more efficiently so I find I have PLENTY of energy.

This was not a lone study on fasting and training. In a 2008 study, Hespel and colleagues tested the effects on men who did endurance training without eating versus those who ate. In the athletes who hadn’t eaten, the researchers found a spike in the amount of proteins needed to process fat, meaning their bodies had been primed through fasting to get rid of more bodyfat.

So, now you know the answer to the old question: “What should I eat before training?”

Nothing… or as little as possible.

In my next email I’ll tell you what to eat AFTER your workouts to REALLY jack your fatburning through the roof…

… and no, it’s not “nothing”. It’s something special. ; )

P.S. If you want the best diet possible to turn your body into a fat-burning machine along with my personal workout plan for fasting cardio… and a plan that works in your favorite foods too … then look no further than this:

Click Here ==>  My Favorite Foods Dietplan  <==  Click Here

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Fat Loss Nutrition on the Road

April 27, 2010 By 4 Comments

Hey there!

Fat Loss Nutrition on the road is something I’ve struggled with for many years. Whether out socialising with friends or away on business, eating in a restaurant can be tough on the waistline.

The temptations to break the discipline can be tremendous!

It needn’t be all bad, however. With some simple steps, discipline and by making some polite requests to the waiter, you can still enjoy most of the benefits of a meal out without having to feel guilty.

  1. Don’t be Dictated to by the Menu. Have some confidence in yourself by customising your menu order. If your meal comes with a fatty source – ask to have it without. Instead of fries – ask for a baked potato. If they don’t comply (and why wouldn’t they?), simply walk out of the restaurant and remember not to go there again. Who’s the customer?  Is there anything wrong with “no sauces”, “extra vegetables”, “steamed instead of boiled”, “extra egg whites”? Just remember to say please and thank you.
  2. Skip on the Appetiser. How often do you have an appetiser at home? I don’t know about  you, but I never do. So what’s so different when you are out having fun? Do you really need one? If you need anything to graze on whilst your friends are consuming their chicken wings, have a sauce-free salad.
  3. “Undress” your Food. This is crucial. I know it’s easy to order that chicken sandwich with mayonnaise. Instead, just ask them to hold off it and have some mustard instead. This will significantly reduce your calorie intake.   Better still, ask for the sauce to be brought to you on a side dish. Then it’s up to you as to how much you should
  4. Ask for Steamed Vegetables. Raw vegetables are the most nutritious – period. Unfortunately, cooking destroys much of the nutritional content. Whilst eating out, ask the waiter to steam your vegetables instead of boiling them. Did you know that boiling your veggies removes up to 75% of the nutrient value?  Considering vegetables are not cheap, this is a horrible way to throw your money down the toilet.
  5. Eat Slowly. By eating slowly, it will ensure that you don’t over eat because it takes about 20 minutes for your brain to register that you’re full.  If you eat fast or even gulp your food down, then you can eat beyond the point of fullness. This leads to unhealthy weight gain (as well as indigestion!). Whether you want to pack on muscle or lose fat fast, enjoy your food and eat s-l-o-w-l-y.
  6. Grilled or Baked? Do your best to order you food grilled, steamed or baked. Grilling and baking food removes the fat as the cooking takes place. Avoid any kind of frying or deep-frying of your food – this adds so many unwanted extra fat calories.
  7. “No Thank You!” You need to get into the habit of saying this when the waiter brings along the basket of bread before your meal. I know it’s difficult to say “NO” to anything that’s free, but have him take it away to avoid the temptation. Remember that nothing in life is “free.”  Your over-fat belly will “pay” for it later!
  8. Avoid Dinner after 6pm. This is a little controversial. By booking early, it means that you’re not going to bed late with food in the stomach. I am sure that you have heard the theory that eating late causes weight gain. Even if you don’t believe this, I’m a firm believer that going to bed on a full stomach causes disturbed sleeping patterns.
  9. Pass on the Salt. Yes, your body need some salt to maintain optimum cellular activity.  You’ll get more in your diet than necessary, however, without even trying.  Two slices of bread, for example, supply more than your daily requirement for salt. Too much salt can cause a whole raft of health problems including heart and kidney diseases – not least it can cause water retention and a bloating appearance.
  10. Ask for the Fruit Bowl Instead of the Dessert Menu! You know what the dessert menu will look like – full of delicious calorie dense cakes, pastries and other goodies. Not great for your fat loss nutrition plan. So the best response is to ask for the fruit bowl instead. If you really need anything after your main meal, ask for an apple or some strawberries. You’ll feel better for it!
  11. Save the Alcohol for Special Occasions. Alcohol can be so overpriced in restaurants. Not only that, but it also costs your waistline 7 calories for every gram (vs. 4 for proteins and carbs). If your goal is to get fat-free then be prepared to cut back on your alcohol. Limit your intake to just one drink of red wine if required (at least there is some nutritional content here). Another problem with alcohol is that it very quickly impairs your judgement – making you likely to order more deep-fried foods, extra bread and dessert.

So there you have it – 11 Simple Fat Loss Nutrition steps on the road. As you can see they are not impossible. All you need is some discipline along the way.

Does anyone have any other suggestions? If so, please don’t forget to add a comment to this post!

Live Well

Dave G

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1-Minute Fat Loss Tip for this Week

April 11, 2010 By 12 Comments

Note: This article was written by fitness and nutrition author Jon Benson. I have his permission to share it with you.

Got a minute? That’s all I need to share my first of many video-based 1-minute fat loss tips.

Go here for the first of many….

==>  How To Eat Your Favorite Foods And Drop Bodyfat <==

My new design is something to see too. I have my weekly live 1-minute video, tons of new features… even a “diet quiz” if you care to test your fat loss knowledge.

Plus my main presentation: “1 Fat Loss Tip To A Flat Belly!”

Just don’t laugh at my ballcap/unshaven look in the video… I wanted this to be super-casual, but I may have taken it a bit too far… ; )

Oh… speaking of a flat belly… I’d like to give you yet another reason to eat and workout the way I suggest in “Every Other Day Diet” and “7 Minute Body”…

I had to go to the hospital last week. No worries… I’m fine… just a bit of a scare. Definitely enough to wake you up from walking through life like it will never end! But fortunately for me, only a scare.

Anyway, the doctors in the hospital were amazed when they looked at my heart and lungs (they had to make sure I did not have any infection… and I didn’t.)

“Most 46-year-olds do not have these around their heart,” the doctor said as he showed me the pictures they took. You could see all these vessels around the heart and branching off the main arteries.

“Peripheral vessels… they were formed by your exercise program. Well-done! These help keep your heart strong and healthy.”

Every doc that listened to my heart said, “Wow… strong heart!” Indeed… resistance training makes it so.

Before I left, after the scare went away, I asked the doctor his opinion on my dietary plan. “Well, obviously you are very lean and in fantastic shape for a man of any age.”

Thanks doc, but I wasn’t fishing for a compliment!  Since this was a heart doctor I was curious as to his thoughts.

“If you had heart disease, or if you want to prevent it, this is the exact dietary plan I would recommend.”

While I expected to hear this, it was still music to my ears.

So, my higher-than-normal dietary fat and protein, lower-carb, and relatively frequent “fun food” dietplan is “ideal” to combat heart disease according to the good doc. And according to my family doctor.

Nice to know. Read more about my plan here…

==>  How To Eat Your Favorite Foods And Drop Bodyfat <==

Remember: A good dietplan and exercise is not always sufficient to keep you disease-freee… but I love what the doctor told me.  “People who exercise and eat like you LIVE through it and recover much faster.”

Fortunately I didn’t have a nasty virus to recover from… but if I did, I know my condition would have helped me do just that.

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Why We REALLY Overeat

February 13, 2010 By 1 Comment

[ Note: This article was written by fitness and nutrition author Jon Benson. I have his permission to share it with you. ]

Fair warning … this one is a rant. It’s probably a bit long, but take the time to read it.I have some things to get off my chest … and a lot of people reading this will find it refreshing. We have a problem in this country… hell, this world… with people overeating.

Obviously overeating is one of the primary reasons people are struggling with bellyfat and excess bodyweight in general. The solution to this problem is not “don’t eat so much”, although that is the end goal.

The solution is to really, REALLY understand how your body uses fuel and how to create a dietplan that allows you to take advantage of it. First, my rant.

You want to know why 99% of the people who fail to see results from my dietplans… or any dietplan for that matter… REALLY fail? They do not understand how smart and powerful their bodies really are.

Look… no dietplan on earth will allow you to eat whatever you want every day. That’s fatloss suicide. No pills will cure this. No surgery. Only this will cure it:

Use your body’s own internal appetite mechanisms to your advantage. I receive hundreds of emails every day from people who see results from my Every Other Day Dietplan. But I won’t lie to you:  I also get emails from people who do not.

Welcome to the real world, right?  Some people succeed, others do not. It’s the same story no matter what your goals may be. But in fatloss, the difference between success and failure, at least in the case of my readers, is NOT the dietplan… it’s the need to fully appreciate how and why it works.

Let me explain…

I have abs… and I’m lean… and because I love to lift weights I also carry a lot of muscle… but the real power behind this picture is what you do NOT see:

  • You do not see what I ate the night before;  half a pizza.
  • You do not see how obese I was ten years ago… yes, 70lbs over-fat with a belly that looked like I swallowed a basketball.
  • You do not see how I set my body up to receive this pizza and actually get leaner after eating it.

In case you think I’m on some magical dietplan or taking some fatburning-stimulants… wrong. I just woke up 5 years ago after studying nutrition for 15 years and finally put 2 and 2 together. So, here are the facts.

My EODD Plan is built around a simple concept:  Eat your favorite foods “frequently” and still drop the bodyweight you want. And it works… not because it’s a gimmick, but because it uses the science of metabolism, natural hormonal manipulation, and psychology to prepare your body to eat more calories.

Now those calories could easily come from, say, three yams… but I prefer pizza. ; )

If you’ve tried EODD with success, you know what I’m talking about. If not… then read on. First, EODD never promises you that you can eat however MUCH you want every other day (or in my case, since I’m athlete, every three days)… no, no, NO!

It’s whatever you want… not however MUCH you want. That is the sole reason a small fraction of my readers are not seeing the results they want. Now, here’s the beauty of it all:

After about 3 weeks following my System of eating, you simply cannot overeat… well, you can, but you’d have to force-feed yourself in order to pull it off.

You’ve been feeding yourself frequently for the day or two before your favorite food meals. The higher protein and very low starch content of the nutrition plan (with plenty of veggies) ensures that your body’s metabolism stays elevated. BUT… and this is crucial… the amount of food consumed on these days before is not that much.

I’m never starving… I eat too frequently for that, plus the foods on my Plan curb your appetite. But I am not eating anywhere near my maintenance level of calories. I do not count calories (nor should you)… I just follow the System, which does the calorie-counting for me. Plus I know my body really well after all these years.

So, after days of eating enough to keep my metabolism relatively high, and right BEFORE it starts to slow down (your metabolism slows when you do not eat enough, bringing fatloss to a rapid halt) I hit the body with a lot of calories.

BUT… at the right time, and never at certain times.

And, please read this:  I do not eat “however much” I want on my feed meals… I eat WHATEVER I want in reasonable portions. I don’t have to fight to not overeat, even when it’s pizza or burgers (my two favorite cheat meals.) Why? Because my body is set up to want more food, but also trained not to eat too much food at one sitting.

This is because I’ve been “grazing” — eating small, frequent meals the days before my feed day. And the body learns to adapt… quickly.

The brain is actually re-trained to signal the stomach that you’ve had enough food… yes, even when it’s dessert, or pizza, or whatever your favorite food may be.

So here’s the deal:  Yes, you can lose all the bellyfat and bodyfat you want eating like this… but like anything else that works, you have to follow a few simple rules.

The result is a dietplan where you never feel trapped. You always know that tomorrow, or possibly the day after, you can have whatever food you want. Just in reasonable amounts.

If you ask me, this is the perfect trade-off. No starvation, super-healthy eating at least 4 days a week, and you get to eat your cake as well (literally if you want.)

It’s not magic — it’s science, and a bit of work on your part. Yes, work. Nothing happens with effort. But put some effort into this System and boy… there’s not a better dietplan on the face of the earth.

Click the URL below and watch my full presentation on how and why this works…

Now, one more thing:  I do take a few supplements to help the process along. I have a video on the Member’s Only page that explains what I take and why.

The good news:  Not one of these supplements are stimulants or dangerous. In fact they’re all very healthy nutrients the body needs.

In conclusion, I like to think of The Every Other Day Dietplan as “The Thinking Person’s Dietplan.” Anyone who considers every angle of what it takes to shed bodyfat:  Food you enjoy, freedom, a plan that’s easy to follow, and flexibility will recognize this right away as the ideal approach.

But, like all ideal approaches, it requires you to re-think the way you eat.

You eat for fuel… period.  But you CAN (and should) eat for pleasure too. As long as you keep FUEL as the main reason you are eating in the forefront of your mind, your body (and mind) will follow. Your body will adapt and begin to use both healthy and “not-so-healthy” foods as fuel.

Fuel to power your workouts, help you burnoff that bellyfat and bodyweight you don’t want, and empower your sense of control.

Especially now, with the holidays upon us, “food as fuel first; food as pleasure second” should be carved into your dinner table. Because, let’s face it:  When all that holiday overeating is over with, you will be left with a bigger belly, feeling sluggish, and just one more step away from the body you desire.

My alternative offers the best of both worlds. You just have to be willing to re-think some things and give your body a few weeks to re-learn what it already knows –

When to signal you that you’re full, and way before you overeat. And, believe it or not, you can (and should) do this by eating your favorite foods each and every week.

That’s the only way to keep your MIND satisfied and happy. And your mind is the key to your body’s success.

Thanks for reading.

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Eat Fast Food & Drop Bodyfat!

February 2, 2010 By 8 Comments

Hi

Believe it or not you can get lean by eating fast food. I know, it sounds crazy… but in a few weeks I’m going to prove it to the world with the release of my newest mini e-book “Fast Food Fitness: How I Dropped 40lbs Eating Fast Food Every Day.”

Do you think I’m joking?  I’m not. Of course there’s a WAY to eat fast food and drop the pounds. You can’t just eat like everyone else does. That’s common sense. And believe me, there are more healthy ways to drop the pounds than eating fast food… for sure. But the way I figure it: Would you rather be healthier and lean or unhealthy and overfat?

Silly question… so consider “Fast Food Fitness” a path to the lesser of two evils… and one that actually got me to 10% bodyfat (that’s pretty lean!) a few years ago. Here’s how it started:

I simply hate to cook!  I have since solved that problem… I hired a part-time chef (it’s cheaper than it sounds)… but until two years ago I was eating out every single meal… I mean EVERY MEAL.

Most of the time… not all of the time, but most of the time… these meals were fast food joints like burger joints and even fried chicken places. But I had to keep my physique, so … what to do? Well… you’ll have to wait. At least a few weeks.

If you want the book for half-price, you have to own a copy of “Every Other Day Dietplan”… everyone who owns a copy before “Fast Food Fitness” hits the Internet will get half-off. So go here if you don’t have EODD yet …

click—–>  My Favorite Foods Fatloss-Plan

Here’s 3 of my top 25 fast-food diet-tips… just these 3 will take you 1/3 of the way there…

First, use my Half-n-Half Principle. Order whatever you are going to order and then have the person behind the counter cut the order exactly in HALF. Half to go… half to eat there. Eat half now…. then the other half 3-4 hours later. Believe it or not you will store less bodyfat and even increase your metabolism eating like this.

Simple trick… give it a shot. Second, ditch all the starch. That means buns, bread and anything made of flour. BUT here’s the “still tastes good” trick I use. I keep ONE of the pieces of bread from, say, my hamburger. Then I “pick” at it while I enjoy the meat and either a small diet soda or tea. Eat no more than 5 “picks” at the bread… about half a slice. You still get the exact taste of a burger with none of the stuff that makes most people over-fat.

Third, for you chicken lovers, split your order between fried and baked chicken. KFC has excellent baked chicken… try it. Then strip most of the skin off the fried chicken. Not all… most. You still get the taste, but with far fewer bad food-stuffs and calories…. make sense? Enjoy the tips… but remember, the healthiest (and tastiest) way to eat is still my Every Other Day Dietplan, which works in your favorite foods each week….

click—–>  My Favorite Foods Fatloss-Plan

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