Don’t let the title of this book put you off, it’s not a diet book. I typically don’t read diet books because diets are pointless.... we all know thatDon’t let the title of this book put you off, it’s not a diet book. I typically don’t read diet books because diets are pointless.... we all know that.
More precisely (as pointed out in the book), all diets work at first and then one plateaus and then the weight comes back. On top of that, now you’ve lowered your metabolism because you pissed off your body, because it was perfectly happy at the weight it was, so it increased your hunger and lowered your metabolism to get back to it’s happy place and then some. Now you do the whole diet game once again....reduce calories, reduce carbs, reduce, reduce, reduce and so, your metabolism is reduced once again. Fun fact: your metabolism never really recovers. So each time you do this to your body, it’s even harder to lose weight the next time.....and you’re hungrier. That explains why out diet and exercise obsessed culture is still fat.
Then you feel like a big fat failure. And now your depressed, so you eat comfort food to make yourself feel better. The cycle is endless.
What can you do?
Read the book for the full story (it’s well worth the read), but what makes you fat is insulin. Weight gain is hormonal. We eat too often and when you do that, your insulin level remains too high all the time. When your insulin is too high, you become insulin resistant and that’s bad. Grazing, eating six or more small meals a day is horrible for you. Snacking is horrible for you. Eat your meals and be done with it. Leave at least 14 hours between your last meal of the day to when you break your fast the next day.
Of course, eating healthy and avoiding the evil processed foods are important.
"THERE ARE FIVE basic steps in weight loss: Reduce your consumption of added sugars. Reduced your consumption of refined grains. Moderate your protein intake. Increase your consumption of natural fats. Increase your consumption of fiber and vinegar."
Also, you have to fast to bring your insulin levels back in line. Not consuming calories for a day every so often won’t kill you. I’ve done before and I’m still here.... typing this.
This book is an easy read and makes complete sense. Basically, in the end, we all knew what to do... it’s not all that complicated. It may not always be easy, but it’s complicated. I highly recommend it....more
The recommended amount of servings of fruits and vegetables a person is supposed to get is 5 to 10 a day and I was not even close to that. So I decideThe recommended amount of servings of fruits and vegetables a person is supposed to get is 5 to 10 a day and I was not even close to that. So I decided to get a juicer to help me get there, and I needed some recipes and information about juicing. I got a few samples sent to my kindle and picked this book to purchase first.
It has many recipes, both for fruit and veg, and so far those I've tried have been very good.......except for the one vegetable recipe I tried.
It was truly terrible! Now I'm sure not all people will feel this way, by all means try the vegetables......but sweet baby Jesus, for me, it was awful. I love properly cooked veggies, well most of them, but I have never been a fan of raw veggies except for the lettuce family. I guess I shouldn't be surprised I didn't like a bunch of ground up and squeezed out raw veg all mixed up together.
My reaction went something like this.....
First sip: Hey, that's not that bad. Second sip: Meh, it isn't knocking my socks off. Third sip: Oh God, yuck......I'll keep going if it kills me. Fourth: I am not going much further.... Fifth: Okay, that's it I quit!
If any of you out you have done this juicing thing and have any recipes for me to try that you think I might find palatable.....please pass it along. In the mean time, I will stick to the fruit juices until I hear back from you. ...more
Back in March I met up with a couple of good friends, Kevin and Kristie (Kristie, I have known for almost 30 years) at a restaurant called The B Spot.Back in March I met up with a couple of good friends, Kevin and Kristie (Kristie, I have known for almost 30 years) at a restaurant called The B Spot. Fantastic! Check out the menu....
During dinner Kristie mentioned that they had just finished this cleanse from this book, Clean, for the second time. They explained, in short, what it was. You eliminate certain foods from your diet, stuff that can cause inflammation and allergic reactions. Then during a three week period you have a liquid meal in the morning, a smoothie, a full lunch (of stuff you can eat) and a liquid meal for dinner (juice, or a soup). That's it.
Easy right? I didn't think I would be able to do it. It sounded perfectly awful. No caffeine (what, no coffee?). No alcohol, that's right, you heard me. I had friends "LOL" me when they heard I was going to attempt it.
Thanks guys.
But I decided that I was going to read the book and try this cleanse. Sure I might fail on the second day, but I had never tried anything like this before and I thought "what could it hurt?"
I surprised myself! I did three days of the elimination diet first (eating normally, but only the foods you can eat on the cleanse), and then I made it right through to the very end and it wasn't a struggle at all. I don't know how it happened.
I noticed a lot of changes for the better.
I lost weight. 7 lbs on the first three days of the elimination diet alone. 15 lbs in all.
My blood pressure normalized....it ran a bit high.
My moods balanced. I have a bit of an anxiety/depression issue, that went away. Huh.
I gained energy and was able to wake up easier.
Lots of good things. Now that I'm done, I'm sticking with the smoothies in the morning, cause they are yummy. No processed or fast food, because I don't want it.
Some things that I noticed when I brought back foods that were off limits. Coffee, it didn't taste good and I didn't finish it. I noticed that later in the day I was feeling anxiety for no good reason. Huh.
Sugar... I ran into a friend who works at the Starbucks at Kroger, she was raving about things that were on Starbucks secret menu (I didn't know they had one, I guess because it's a secret) and insisted on making something for me that was supposed to taste like a Werther's candy. Not to be rude, I took it, tasted it and it felt like someone punched me in the face. Terrible!! Too damn sweet. I said it was fantastic (lied) and threw the rest out as soon as I could.
I'm sure I would have liked it just fine before doing this cleanse. That's how much sugar we are eating, so much we don't even notice anymore. I had read in Salt, Sugar, Fat that big food would test kids by adding sugar to cereal until they said it was too sweet, and the formula they would use would be the one directly before "too sweet". And they would do this test every so often, and the sweet tolerance would steadily increase over time. So, I'm staying away from the sugar.
Alcohol? Not a problem, so I'll keep it, until I do this again in a year.....
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I just finished re-reading this in preservation to do a second cleanse starting on Monday. After all the crap I (as everyone tends to) ate over the holidays, I'm actually looking forward to it. Is that weird?
A thought crossed my mind as I re-read Clean, I realized I haven't had a major cold or any other illness since I did this cleanse back in April (and working with the public, I would get sick often).
Huh.
I don't know if the two things have anything to do with each other but I find it to be interesting....more
Stephanie *Eff your feelings*
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