“No diet is the definitive diet, including ours.”

Emphasize the notion of contract. Every diet has two contracts:

a) to lose weight, and;

b) to stabilize and maintain your weight.

For there to be results, there must be a contract. And it takes two to reach that contract: you and me!

As a rule, people meet the weight-loss contract, because they come and see me to lose weight; however, they often forget about the second contract. Once the emergency is over and they’ve taken off the pounds, they’ll turn to other priorities.

Remember, a diet is not a vaccine against a weight problem!!!

Everyone knows that poor eating habits result in weight gain. However, proper eating habits do not necessarily result in weight loss.

Every time you want to lose weight, you’re always told the same thing.

Eat less, eat better or exercise.

Which do you think is the right solution?

(Wait for an answer.)

Our answer: None of the above!!!!!!

Exercising is the best way to stabilize your weight, but if you want to lose a pound of fat, you’ll have to run the equivalent of a marathon!

Eating less is all about quantity. Obviously, you won’t lose weight if you eat more, although some people can eat what they want and not gain an ounce. But then again, “others will look at a pastry and gain a pound”. So, there’s more to weight loss than just quantity. Weight loss is above all a metabolism problem related to your hormonal and genetic make-up.

To really understand this better, join us for a Mini Seminar on Ideal Protein this weekend in Sunny South Florida visit the Youthful Aging Center online for the schedule of events.

Right now, the trend is all about eating well.  And “well” means more balanced, does it not?

No, balance is when things are static.  For example, a balanced business is a business that neither makes nor loses money.  So, if I put you on a balanced diet, within the strict sense of the word, you’ll eat well and you won’t gain weight, but you won’t lose any either.

The second goal focuses on a balanced diet.

In order to lose something, you must eliminate something.  Eliminating is not balance; it’s intentional imbalance.  Elimination or imbalance can only be acceptable if:

          1) there’s no danger, and;

          2) there’s a beginning and an end.

According to you, what must be eliminated in order to lose weight?

(Wait for an answer.)

In order to lose weight, you must eliminate sugars and fats.

There are two types of sugars: fast sugars and slow sugars.

Which sugar should you eliminate?

(Wait for an answer.)

Both!

If I want to lose weight, I must eliminate foods that cause weight gain (fast sugars and fats).  By avoiding those foods, I’ll no longer gain weight.  However, the absence of weight gain is not the equivalent of losing weight.

I must also eliminate foods that prevent me from losing weight.

For example, an apple is not fattening, but it can prevent you from losing weight; a slice of bread is not fattening, but it can prevent you from losing weight. Why? Because your body burns sugars before it burns fats. If your body burned fats before it burned sugars, you wouldn’t need to consult me, because you’d already be losing weight. For the body, fast and slow sugars are its current account, while fat is its savings account. Money can be withdrawn from a current account or a savings account, but it is not spent in the same way.

Losing weight means living off your savings

So you see it’s not about eating less, eating well or exercising.

If you eliminate sugars and fats, your body will use up its fat and muscle. When you put some pounds back on, you’ll generally regain fat but not muscle. And that’s the problem. Muscles burn calories. And if you have less muscle, you’ll burn fewer calories and store more fat. You’ll need to eat protein to prevent muscle loss. That’s why I suggest a protein diet. I said a protein diet and not a hyperprotein diet. I never use the term hyper protein.

“Hyper” means too much. Hypertension means high blood pressure. Hypercholesterolemia means there’s an excessive amount of cholesterol in the blood. Just because I drink a glass of wine doesn’t mean I’m an alcoholic. So, just because I eat protein doesn’t necessarily mean that I’m on a hyper protein diet. This is important, because “hyper” is an aggressive notion for the body.

Too much is like not enough!

Your protein intake will be just enough and no more.

The following is often said about protein diets: “Yes, but if I go off the diet, I’ll put back on all the pounds I just lost!” Do you know of a diet after which there is no weight gain?

There is no such diet. A diet is not a vaccine against a weight problem. A firefighter’s job is to extinguish fires. You wouldn’t ask him to rebuild your house.

As long as you don’t realize that every pound has a story, you’ll run the risk of putting back on the pounds you lost.

     A woman has two histories.

A hormonal history: puberty, birth-control pills, pregnancy and menopause, and a life history. As a rule, pounds are put on during times of displeasure, not during times of pleasure. It’s like a communicating vessel. When pleasure and morale are at a high, weight is at a low. When pleasure is at a low, weight is at a high. Pleasure plays a major role in a diet. There can be no lasting balance in your life without pleasure.

As soon as you bring up the protein diet, there’s always a false debate. There are three food groups: carbohydrates, fats and proteins.

If I want to lose fat, it would be logical for me to eliminate fats (lipids). So, we’re left with two food groups: carbohydrates and proteins. If I eliminate the fast and slow sugars we talked about earlier, I’m left with proteins. Now, if I eliminate proteins, I’ll be on a hunger strike. So you see it’s a false debate.

The protein diet is not a dangerous diet for the simple reason that protein is not an active ingredient. Taking protein is not the same as taking medication. Protein is simply a dietary supplement.

Why the protein diet rather than another diet?

Firstly, because it helps to retain muscle mass. Remember, muscles burn calories.

Secondly, and most importantly:

Because it’s now known that whatever the reasons for weight gain, there’s always a common denominator: insulin dysfunction and pancreatic dysfunction. Explanation: Insulin is a hormone made by the pancreas when you eat fast or slow sugars.

Insulin has two roles in the body:

1) Insulin decreases the blood sugar level (glycaemia); and;

2) Insulin promotes fat storage. It converts the sugar and fat we eat into fat that is stored in cells.

If an individual does not have a weight problem and eats sugar, their pancreas will produce exactly the right amount of insulin needed to bring their blood sugar to a normal level and no fat is stored.

However, if an overweight individual eats sugar, their pancreas will produce more insulin than necessary.

Consequences:

1) Insulin will cause that individual’s blood sugar level to fall too low. He or she will tend to be ’hypoglycaemic’ and crave more sugar.

2) At the same time, the excess insulin will make that individual gain weight because, as was mentioned earlier, insulin is the hormone that causes weight gain.

Their pancreas is functioning like an overheated motor.

When a motor overheats, it must be shut off so that it can cool off and then restarted so that it’ll be more efficient.

I suggest that you do exactly the same thing with your pancreas. If you give your pancreas a break, it’ll recover and your body will be able to regenerate.

Why packets?

Because, weight loss is unnatural.

Example: If a woman who weighed 120 pounds in her youth, gains 60 pounds for one reason or another, she’ll weigh 180 pounds. Although that’s unfortunate, it happens often.

And if she were to lose 60 pounds, she’d weigh 60 pounds!!! That’s not unfortunate; that’s abnormal and serious.

This example shows that weight loss is so unnatural that nature did not provide foods for weight loss. We eat to stock fat, not to draw on it.

When you eat 100 grams of meat, your protein intake is only about 15 grams and not 100 grams. A 100 gram piece of meat contains 65 grams of water, connective tissue and saturated fats and 15 grams of protein. Your body will assimilate only about 10 to 12 grams of the 15 grams of protein.

That’s why I recommend these protein packets. Each packet contains about 20 grams of protein. Since this is high biological value protein, your body will assimilate almost all of it. A packet of protein contains about 90 to 100 calories. If you wanted to get the same amount of protein from meat, you’d have to eat about 300 calories worth of meat.

Packets are the best way to get a maximum amount of protein with a minimum amount of calories.