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STARTED THE DIET AND HAD TO STOP BEFORE FINISHING THE 28 DAYS his diet will always be here for you, and healthy, metabolism-enhancing eating at any time can promote healing and health in your body. Believe me, I understand that life happens. I had a client that was with me for three years and didn’t lose a single pound. The mochas, sudden business trips, divorce, deaths in her family, caring for an elderly parent and just life were enough to pull her off the program again and again. I was impressed we were able to keep her from gaining and keep her diabetes in line. Then one day the stars aligned and she did four straight months of the Fast Metabolism Diet. She lost 65 pounds. I am patient and ready when you are! I’ve got a full 28 days to give you. These are my survival strategies when real life happens and gets in the way of our “perfect” health plan. I know I said that you were mine for only 28 days, but I want you to know the door is always open and the same principles of healing a...

Meal Plans: The meal map will be your guide for keeping track of your day Some clients want a meal map to follow, period. That’s why I provide you with an ideal meal map of suggested foods in the next four chapters, for each of the upcoming four weeks of the Fast Metabolism Diet. For many clients, however, a more personalized approach sometimes works better, so I’ve provided this section for those who’d like to fill out their own maps for the next four weeks. The meal map will be your guide for keeping track of your day, like when you get up, what phase it is, and what you will be eating. Your personalized meal map will allow you to fill in the foods  you love to eat, while still staying within each phase. Use the phase-specific food lists from the last chapter or refer to the Master Food Lists at the back of the book to decide what you want ahead of time. Then, when your week begins, you’ll have everything you’ll need, and you’ll know exactly what to eat—and you can be assured it ...

 How much do you want to weigh? I’m asking you, not telling you, because you already know  It’s a number that is completely unique and individual to you. It’s the weight that makes you happy, and it has nothing to do with the weight that will make someone else happy. I’ve had clients who weighed 250 pounds, and they knew they would be happy and comfortable at 180 pounds. Other clients feel best at 150 pounds, or 130 pounds. Your goal is to be able to feel and eat like a “normal person.” No chart can tell you what that means for you. I never recommend going by weight charts or the BMI. I hate the BMI! I just can’t bring myself to recommend it to my clients. I’m not going to put any weight charts in this book because chronic dieters already have a number in their heads. When you reach it, you might decide to set a new goal. But for now, decide what you want to weigh, and write that number here. My current goal weight is IF YOU HAVE 20 POUNDS OR FEWER TO LOSE: Go by the basic por...

Healthy Recipes: meats must be nitrate-free Nitrates are substances that are typically added to cured meat products—like bacon, turkey bacon, sausages, jerky, and packaged deli meats (including the stuff behind the meat counter)—to impede bacterial growth, so the food doesn’t spoil as quickly. Because nitrates do this by slowing down the breakdown of fat in the meat, they also slow down the breakdown of fat in the body, just when we’re trying to do the opposite: melt the fat faster. Instead, eat meat that is cured and preserved naturally, with foods like celery juice and sea salt. These are perfectly safe and easy to find. Most supermarkets and all natural foods stores carry them, and several major food brands now make them, too. If you aren’t sure about a product, look at the ingredients label for words like “nitrate-free” and “naturally cured,” or ask the butcher if the meat is preserved with nitrates. Local organic meat producers also often have nitrate-free options. Just remember t...