| The 90% Positive Diet |
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ItsOnlyMe
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Posted: 10 Jul 2011 04:12 pm |
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(This is not meant to be taken seriously)
The 90% Positive Diet
This is a very simple diet to follow. Anybody can do it, no matter what your current age, weight, obesity level, or activity level is. You simply follow ten easy rules. Nine of them are positive. One is negative. That?óÔé¼Ôäós why it?óÔé¼Ôäós called the 90% positive diet. But I?óÔé¼Ôäóm sure you?óÔé¼Ôäóll agree that 90% is a very high success rate! Focus on the nine positive rules, and don?óÔé¼Ôäót think too much about the one negative rule. Negative thoughts can hinder progress. Keep it positive.
On this diet, you?óÔé¼Ôäóll never feel pangs of hunger again. You?óÔé¼Ôäóll never be embarrassed at restaurants. You don?óÔé¼Ôäót need to read labels at supermarkets. You don?óÔé¼Ôäót need to stand on the scales every day. You don?óÔé¼Ôäót even need to tell people that you?óÔé¼Ôäóre on a diet. You can begin the diet immediately. Just follow the ten simple rules below, and you won?óÔé¼Ôäót need to do anything else.
1. Don?óÔé¼Ôäót ever count calories.
2. Don?óÔé¼Ôäót ever exercise.
3. Eat plenty of cakes, biscuits, chocolate and sweets.
4. High trans-fat foods should be consumed frequently.
5. Smother everything in melted cheese.
6. Go back for seconds, and don?óÔé¼Ôäót forget the pudding.
7. Chips and crisps should be eaten daily.
8. When eating out, don?óÔé¼Ôäót hold back.
9. Drink beer, wine, and spirits often.
10. You won?óÔé¼Ôäót lose any weight.
So there you have the ten simple rules to the 90% positive diet. Nine of them are very positive, and easy to follow. The tenth rule is a little bit negative, but it?óÔé¼Ôäós best not to focus on that. This is a diet you?óÔé¼Ôäóll be able to stick to without feeling the urge to give up.
Give it a go! You?óÔé¼Ôäóll be amazed at how easy it is!
Last edited on 11 Jul 2011 06:01 am by ItsOnlyMe
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PuffsPlus
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Posted: 10 Jul 2011 09:48 pm |
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Re: #4: Fat still has an undeservedly bad rap. The low-fat paradigm of dieting is no longer supported as healthy by current research, especially when fat gets replaced by refined carbs.
Fat satiates, gives good mouthfeel, helps to smooth out sharp flavors. Eating vegetables with added fat helps you to absorb the nutrients in the veggies better. A diet too low in fat will be very unpalatable and difficult to stay on. Other problems can occur on a very low-fat diet: constipation, dry hair, dry nails, and dry skin.
Just say "no" to "low fat"! Just make sure most of the fats you are getting are the good ones. Mono- and polyunsaturated are the best. Replace the saturated fats and refined carbs in your diet with polyunsaturated fat, and your blood lipid levels will probably improve.
Even the great long-standing assertion that eating lots of saturated fat will cause heart disease has been called into question by recent research. Eating lots of saturated fat along with refined carbs and trans fats is most definitely not healthy. But eating saturated fat in the context of also eating lots of whole foods and fruits/veggies a la the French does not appear to be dangerous to heart health, at least for normal, non-diabetic adults.
Not that I'm telling you to load up on saturated fat, however, because research on this topic is still evolving. For example, recent research has shown that eating too much saturated fat is more dangerous to diabetics than non-diabetics, because it raises cholesterol in diabetics much more than non-diabetics.
But some saturated fat, even if you're on a diet, is fine. For example, cheese is fine in moderation. I think the latest Heart Association recommendation regarding consuming sat fat is to eat no more than 15-20 grams of it per day, depending on how many overall calories you eat. That's the guideline I personally stick to.
If you're going to deliberately undereat calories to lose weight, then at least enjoy the food you eat and add some tasty fats to it! Load up on the healthiest ones: omega-3s and monounsaturates. Don't eat too high an omega 6 to omega three ratio. Manage your portion sizes and count your calories. Even if you eat 1200 calories' worth of lard a day (definitely not recommended, btw!), you will still lose weight.
Fat: it's what makes food taste good! 
Last edited on 11 Jul 2011 08:57 am by PuffsPlus
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ItsOnlyMe
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Posted: 11 Jul 2011 06:05 am |
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PuffsPlus wrote: Re: #4: Fat still has an undeservedly bad rap. The low-fat paradigm of dieting is no longer supported as healthy by current research, especially when fat gets replaced by refined carbs.
Hi PuffsPlus,
Thanks for that. I've now changed number 4 in the list to high trans-fat foods rather than just high-fat foods. Last edited on 11 Jul 2011 06:06 am by ItsOnlyMe
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