I have had some people PM me wanting to learn more about The 3 Hour Diet and instead of copying and pasting all the info, I thought you girls could help me explain in your own words, the *basics* for a new person to know before he/she decided to follow Jorges Plan. So here goes tell it all ladies!!
Post everything you can tell new folks about our plan!!! Even if someone repeats what you would say, say it again. You maybe able to say it in a way others may find more understandable to them.
Stepping around the low-fat versus low-carb debate, Jorge Cruise (Eight Minutes in the Morning) suggests that losing weight isn't in what you eat, but rather, when you eat it. The core idea behind The Three-Hour Diet is that by timing your meals and snacks every day, the pounds will come off. No restrictions, no exercise.
While reality is rarely that simple, the advice offered here is nutritionally sound, emphasizing plenty of fruits and vegetables, and filling in with lean proteins, healthy fats, and just enough carbs to keep meals interesting. Following Cruise’s guidelines for portion control, you’ll eat an average of 1,400 calories per day, filling half your plate with fruits or vegetables, and dividing the other half between the rest of the food groups. Healthy meals from fast-food joints and freezer cases are included, and a substantial recipe section offers everything from a bacon and cheese omelet to rosemary lamb chops. A month-long journal is also provided, giving you space to plan each meal in advance (a key part of the diet), along with daily motivational hints and visualization exercises. A few pages cover basic exercises--but the emphasis is definitely on the diet, which Cruise asserts will work, regardless of whether you choose to work out.
Cruise’s straightforward, no-excuses encouragement works well with the simple formula the plan is based upon, and the clever Three-Hour Plate™ makes it easy to keep portion sizes in check. Still, closely monitoring meal time might seem like a challenge to some of the "busy people" for whom the program claims to be specifically designed. If counting calories or net carbs sounds daunting—but keeping a close eye on the clock doesn’t—you might just find weight loss success in these pages. —Jill Lightner
Since a pound of muscle can burn between 20 and 50 calories per day -- even at rest, it uses twice the calories of a pound of fat -- dieters who can’t exercise must preserve what muscle they already have to keep metabolism high. Cruise lists several studies he claims show that eating frequently (about every three hours) helps preserve lean muscle tissue while promoting weight loss. Why does this happen? Cruise contends that frequent eating prevents the body’s starvation protection mechanism (what he calls the SPM) from kicking in. When SPM begins, Cruise says, the body holds onto fat stores just as it would during a famine.
HOW IT WORKS:
The goal is to eat within an hour of rising and then every three hours after that for a total of five meals per day. If breakfast is at 7AM, eat a snack at 10AM, lunch at 1PM, another snack at 4PM, and dinner at 7PM. Dieters learn to watch portions, eating three moderate meals and two small snacks a day. The plan also allows for a daily treat such as a licorice twist, four chocolate-coated mints, or a cup of air-popped popcorn.
WHAT YOU CAN EAT:
No foods are banned, but Cruise encourages dieters to pick and choose from specific lists of fruits, veggies, meats, dairy, and preferred fats. He also offers two approaches to meal planning. One is a blueprint that calls for specific numbers of servings from different food groups. For example, lunch includes two to three servings from the meat group (one serving of meat is listed as a slice of bacon, an ounce of buffalo, or a reduced-fat hot dog).
The second approach is called a “Cruise Down Plate.” Dieters fill up half of a 9-inch dinner plate with veggies (or fruit for breakfast) and the remaining half with small portions of meat and starch, plus a teaspoon of oil or butter. Both methods boil down to about 1,450 calories per day.
I would suggest buying the book if you can, the discount stores have it now.
Meal planning is the biggest key for me staying on program, don't leave it to chance....shop and have the meals at home ahead of time and the 100 calorie snack packs at the grocery are great to grab on the go and travel with. I LOVE the Oreo one.
Also, investing in a 32oz. water bottle to keep track of the water is easier I have found....I drink two everyday now.
The *Basics* about The 3 Hour Diet
Phyllis
