The Best Life Diet by Bob Greene

Author:Bob Greene
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2008-07-15T00:00:00+00:00

Judging Your Success

The main goals of Phase Two are to help you understand and gauge your hunger and get your portions down to size, and in doing so, consistently drop a significant number of pounds. A sign that you’ve made the changeover successfully is that you are losing steadily at a rate of about 1 to 2 pounds a week. At the end of four weeks, though, you have to make a decision about what to do next. Here are some guidelines to help you.

IF YOU’VE MET YOUR GOAL WEIGHT

This is the best of all possible worlds. Move on to Phase Three, where you can continue making dietary changes that will help you maintain your weight loss, improve your health, and give you a road map to a lifetime of nutritious eating.

IF YOU ARE 20 POUNDS OR LESS FROM YOUR GOAL WEIGHT AND ARE STILL CONSISTENTLY DROPPING POUNDS

You have a couple of options. You can stay in Phase Two until you reach your goal or you can move on to Phase Three right now. Doing so will allow you to take immediate advantage of new dietary changes that are going to benefit your health greatly, while maintaining all your Phase One and Phase Two goals will help you continue to peel off pounds.

IF YOU STILL HAVE MORE THAN 20 POUNDS TO LOSE AND ARE STILL CONSISTENTLY DROPPING POUNDS

Just keep doing what you’re doing. Stay in Phase Two—it’s working!

IF YOU ARE 20 POUNDS OR MORE FROM YOUR GOAL WEIGHT AND HAVE STOPPED DROPPING POUNDS

I want you to make sure that you are fulfilling all of the Phase One and Phase Two objectives. If you are and you’re still not losing weight, one of the first things you should do is evaluate your workout routine. Have you really reached the highest level of fitness that’s possible for you? This question applies both to quantity and quality. For instance, maybe you could add another day to your routine or a few extra minutes to each session. Another key factor is intensity. Are your workouts as challenging as they can be? If not, try pushing yourself a little harder, still staying within your physical abilities and taking into account any health limitations.

If you find that you’re doing all that you can on the exercise front, then take a look at your diet. Maybe you’ve let up a little and some extra calories have slipped back into your diet? Have you been inconsistent or maybe even cheated a bit? Keeping a food diary for a week can help you get a good picture of what’s really going on. Then, you can try to make some adjustments, such as slightly cutting your calories, to get your weight loss moving again.

If you have addressed these areas and given your body some time to adjust and naturally work through a plateau, then you may want to ask yourself if your weight-loss goal is realistic in the first place. Take into account your genetics, your body type, and your lifestyle, and assess how much you can reasonably lose.

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