The 80/20 Rule:
Eat healthy 80 percent of the time – the other 20 percent – eat whatever the hell you like (but not after 9pm). The whole point of eating well for the long term (your whole life) is knowing that you can also have whatever you want sometimes and that yes, a little bit of what you fancy really does do you good. So – how about eating healthy Monday to Friday and saving the fun for the weekend? Works for me.
Eating “whatever” might be a little extreme (given how easy it is to start splurging on fast food these days), but dividing your food up into weekly percentages might be more rewarding than watching every calorie.
Reverse your Meals:
Most people don’t eat breakfast, have a sandwich for lunch and gorge on a big dinner. This my friends is waistline suicide. Its been said a million times before, but eating a big breakfast, a smaller lunch and a tiny dinner will do WONDERS for your jean size. Also, try not to eat after 9pm. Can you possibly imagine the joy of going to bed on a stomach that is not bloated or having to concentrate on digesting that rack of lamb you just ate? For one, you will sleep better and secondly, you’ll wake up with a healthy appetite. Can you remember the last time you were really hungry? It’s a wonderful feeling.
For the the last 17 years I have had to contend with so many of my patients on all of these high carb,low carb, fat free, cholesterol free, high protein , low protein, taste free idiotic diets. Look at what DIET means ….DIE + T (crucifix at the end of your grave). it is great to see a cowboy leading the charge with some overdue dietary some common sense.
Speaking of a big breakfast, a study a few years ago measured the effect of a Mc Donalds breakfast on our blood flow. It showed that it causes a 50% constriction of your blood vessels for the following 4-6 hours! No wonder people feel flat after eating that junk.