Fast Metabolism Diet What Is It And Does It Work.
One of the most popular New Year’s Resolutions is to go on a diet and lose weight, which is a good healthy way to start the New Year. But we live in a world today where every time we turn around a new diet is popping up.
Time after time I have written about new diets that come across as the savior to all overweight people that have been trying to lose weight for years but have failed. I recently read about a diet called The Fast Metabolism Diet, which again according to its creator is the only sure way to lose weight.
The diet’s inventor, nutritionist, and wellness consultant Haylie Pomroy, claims you can eat three full meals a day plus two snacks, and lose up to 20 pounds in 28 days.
How It Works
The Fast Metabolism Diet has three phases, each of which has its own focus and distinct food lists. The phases rotate each week, and then repeat three times for four weeks in total:
- Phase 1 (days one and two) is to “unwind stress and calm the adrenals.”
- Phase 2 (days three and four) is to “unlock stored fat and build muscle.”
- Phase 3 (days five, six, and seven) is to “unleash the burn,” and focuses on your hormones, heart, and “heat.”
The idea, Pomroy says, is to provide your body with the variety it needs in order to obtain all your necessary nutrients. “You need complex carbohydrates, natural sugars, protein, fat, and even salt to maintain normal body chemistry,” she says, adding that you may need high levels of these elements, especially if you’ve been eating a poor diet for a long time. However, she says, you shouldn’t include everything you need at once, which is the idea behind the different phases. Shifting between the phases allows the systems and organs targeted in each phase to rest and restore in turn, she says.
Phase 1: What to Eat
Phase 1 is the high-glycemic, moderate protein, low-fat phase. It includes carbohydrate-rich foods such as brown rice and quinoa, fruits that are high in natural sugars, and low-fat, moderate-protein foods.
What to Eat
- Brown rice
- Brown rice pasta
- Quinoa
- Oatmeal
- Mangoes
- Apples
- Figs
- Oranges
- Lean beef
- Turkey
- Lentils
What Not to Eat
- Foods with refined sugar
- Wheat
- Corn
- Juice
- Dried fruit
- High-fat meats
- Milk-based products, including cheese
Phase 1 includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner, plus fruit snacks. Breakfast consists of grain and fruit, lunch includes a grain, a protein, a vegetable, and a fruit, and dinner features a grain, a vegetable, and a protein. This routine, according to Pomroy, teaches your body to use food as energy instead of storing it as fat.
Exercise in Phase 1 should include at least one day of vigorous cardio. Pomroy recommends running, working out on an elliptical trainer, or an upbeat aerobics class.
Phase 2: What to Eat
Phase 2 is the very high-protein, high-vegetable, low-carbohydrate, and low-fat phase of the Fast Metabolism Diet. It features high-nutrient cruciferous vegetables and lots of lean protein.
What to Eat
- Leafy greens such as kale, collards, and mustard greens
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Onions
- Asparagus
- Lean beef
- White meat poultry
- Buffalo/bison
- Low-fat fish
- Egg whites
What Not to Eat
- Fruit or fruit juice
- Grains (including corn and wheat)
- Refined sugar
- High-fat meat
- Milk-based products, including cheese
Like Phase 1, Phase 2 includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner, plus two snacks. However, the emphasis is on foods that will build muscle, as opposed to relatively high-carb fruits and grains. Breakfast features lean protein and a vegetable, lunch is another protein and vegetable, and dinner is protein and more vegetables. Both snacks are lean protein, such as buffalo jerky or a few slices of deli chicken.
Exercise in Phase 2 should include at least one day of strength training, with a focus on lifting heavy weights with low reps.
Phase 3: What to Eat
Phase 3 is the high healthy-fat, moderate carbohydrate, moderate protein, low-glycemic fruit phase. It includes foods that are high in healthy fats, such as avocados and coconuts, lots of berries, some grains, and little meat.
What to Eat
- Nuts, seeds, and nut butter
- Avocados
- Coconuts
- Olives
- Salmon
- Berries
- Asparagus
- Beans
- Cauliflower
- Quinoa
- Seaweed
- Beef and chicken liver
What Not to Eat
- Oranges
- Peaches
- Mangoes
- Beef
- Poultry
- Corn and wheat
- Refined sugar
- Milk-based products, including cheese
Phase 3 includes breakfast with fruit, a fat/protein food, a grain, and a vegetable. Lunch features a fat/protein source, a vegetable, and a fruit, and dinner has a fat/protein source, a vegetable, and a grain/starch. Both snacks include a healthy fat plus a vegetable.
Exercise in Phase 3 should include at least one day of stress-reducing activity such as yoga or a massage.
Recommended Timing
It’s important to the diet’s success to follow the food and exercise timetable outlined in the three phases blueprint precisely, since, according to Pomroy, each phase helps your body recover from the last phase and prepare for the next phase.
Once you’ve gone through one week and all three phases, you can repeat the diet as many times as you wish until you obtain the results you want.
Critics say that the weight loss that’s possible on the diet seems to result from calorie restriction, not from the complicated schedule of different foods.
I have always said that we are all different and there is no one size fits all diets, you have to find one that you can live with and stick with it.
Remember losing the weight is the first step after that comes the hard part, maintaining your weight. I lost 50 pounds 9 years ago and I have been 175 pounds ever since.
If your New Year Resolution is to lose weight, good luck and stick with it.
2 Responses
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