Do It! or Diet

According to many experts, Americans today suffer a higher rate of obesity than people in any other country on earth! Diet books, programs, health clubs and associations now exceed in number from any other time in history. Still, eight out of ten people feel they are overweight, fat or "need to lose just that extra five pounds." Success stories recommend moderation and exercise, with a "GOOD" diet! If you are lucky enough to gues how much to cut down, can you maintain it withou driving yourself crazy or neurotic? Are you always going to have the time or the health to exercise? What about maintenance? No one teaches maintenance until AFTER you reach your goal! That's too late! It needs to be practiced right from the beginning! Do it! or DIET does! You will learn to maintain your weight loss while you are losing weight!

Eating less than you burn is the root of the problem whether you exercise or not! Calories has always been a nasty word. Too difficult and inflexible for real life! A simple system to teach you the basics of weight control MUST inlcude calories if you want REAL control permanently or you'll waste a lot of painful time guessing! Do it! or DIET is simple, realistic and uses common sense! Do it! or DIET does not provide motivation, but rather, provides a tool being used successfully by truly motivated people. There is no mystery or new diet restriction (such as no sodium, no fat, no carbohydrates, no meat, no flavor, no enjoyment!) Instead, learning 5 main numbers (50, 100, 150, 200, 250) gives you a system to count your food intake visually at anytime and anywhere you choose.

Enjoying food is an important part of living. Long-term use actually helps you develop a healthy attitude toward food. whether you exercise or not, have a lifestyle that includes social drinking, celebrations and restaurants, have lost weight before and never could MAINTAIN, or want to free yourself of all the guilt related to food, be realistic! Learn how to take control of your weight permanently!

Like many of us, weight controlwas always a topic of frustration and depression for me,despite my career as a professional dancer.

During the late seventies, L'acadco, a Caribbean-American dance company located at the Cultural Arts Center of Miami, asked me to join their troupe. Training involved an average of 6 hours of rehearsal daily, but even this amount of physical activity didn't help me control my weight. Some years later in New York, my depression intensified because my weight was interfering with my career. Regardless of the diet or the programs I tried, I was unable to control my weight. The depression was draining me emotionally and I was ready to give up the effort.

While contemplating my dilemma, one day an idea surfaced, ultimate changing my life. I realized, even if I were able to develop the willpower to control my eating, it would be a matter of time before I weakened - and splurged again. Lost weight would always return, usually with more pounds than ever before. I needed a method, not a diet, but a sensible program I could live with pemanently. One where, if I splurged, I could free myself of the guilt and merely carry-over to the next day, without the devastation of blowing my goal. Allowing for splurges meant real and satisfying foods, not artificially sweetened or fat-free foods.

I realized calorie counting was the only way to succeed, but so complicated, and I'm so lazy in these matters. Then I came up with an idea; simplify and approximate the calorie count of as many foods as I ate, which is everything! Only 5 easy numbers! 50, 100, 150, 200, & 250. The multiples of the smaller numbers are taught using 2300 7 400. I then kept a daily calorie count. This way I could make choices about what to eat and avoid. I calculated my daily caloric need to maintain weight. Several days a week I subtracted several hundred calories from this number. My goal was to lose two pounds a week. It worked! To my amazement, I quickly began losing weight. When I began my self-created program, I weighed 155 pounds. I lost forty pounds, down to a perfect size 3. The best news is, I've maintained this weight for over eight years. Of course, I learned a few tricks along the way, including the importance of exercise and nutritional balance. another very important realization came to me. We all need to eat foods we love in order to be happy, avoid concurrent binges, and to keep weight off permanently.

I live with 3 teenagers and Dan, their father. We're a typical family; stresses, hectic schedules, minor traumas and all else families live with today. We also have lots of fun, including eating great food. I no longer abstain from the food I love, nor do I ever feel I'm denying myself. I'm happy to say, I don't remember the last time I was tempted to binge or splurge. Why should I? I'm able to enjoy everything I want any time I want, and still maintain, or lose a pound or two, when I want.

My new method is totally different from any diet or program you've seen or heard before. Do it! or DIET will teach you how it's done. You don't need to be a rocket-scientist, or even good at math to easily learn how to do the same. Enjoying food is an important part of healthy living. We all know there are no magic answers to weight control, but my method will enable you to take charge of your weight sensibly, and permanently.