Lose Body Fat By Eating Just One Meal Per Day?

Yes, yes, yes! Eating one meal a day is a surfire way of remaining lean AND HEALTHY! I have been doing it for nine years. I started eating one meal a day because I was having difficulty losing weight after the birth of my 4th child.

At first, I was hungry (of course) much of the time. I refused however, to give into the hunger. My resolve to loose the weight was stronger than the temporary "comfort" of filling my stomach.
I just found something else CONSTUCTIVE to do while the hunger pangs went away. After a week I was already down 1 dress size and before I realized it I was back into size 4 jeans.

Remember now that this was NINE years ago! I'm still a size 4. At my last annual physical my doctor said (incredulously) that I had not gained even 1 pound since my last physical. I've had my blood pressure taken, an EKG, and my colesteral levels measured and all have been in the 'very healthy" range.

I am never tired except at nine o'clock at night when I fall into a wonderful restful sleep for 8 hours following a usually hectic day.
I also drink quite a bit of coffee. I've never spoken directly to my doctor about my coffee drinking, but for me, maybe not for everyone, coffee seems to perk me up and calm me down all at the same time. One of my kid's 4th grade teacher told me that she had been an undiagnosed ADHD sufferer as a kid and that coffee did in fact have the "calming" effect on her. Like a negativ charge against a negative charge.

Anyway, I digressed there about coffee, but coffee is for me an intregal part of sustaining the one meal a day eating habit.
Here is the bottom line on my thought process on this subject: Dieting, in the sense of any kind of plan that one is following to lose weight will never work unless it is adopted as a way of life. People should EAT TO LIVE not LIVE TO EAT. It really doesn't take that many calories to LIVE.

It is the psychological resistance to the idea that "I'll never be able to eat a grapefruit size piece of cake again" that keeps people from eating and living healthy. Guess what, once you INTERNALIZE the idea that you'll NEVER be able to eat a grapefruit size piece of cake again you WILL be able to never eat a grapefruit size piece of cake again EVER.

So anyway, eating one meal a day has worked for me for nine years.

LST

Linda,

I don't follow the one meal thing per day 100%, but I eat over 75% of my calories at night. There are certain times during the year that I do eat just one meal at night…mainly in the summer, if I am going to the beach.

I really wanted to highlight the Warrior Diet, to let people know that they certainly don't need to eat 6 times per day. People take that as the gospel to lose fat and can't see any other way.

I drink green tea throughout the day, but I'm sure coffee works great as well.

Thanks for the comments, by the way…they are very helpful and prove once again that many of these so called "truths" are completely false.

Rusty

Rusty, I'm intrigued. Do you know the biology behind this? How does this work? And what's the reason behind you eating most your cals in the pm?

It feels more natural fo me to eat my calories at night. After I eat a big meal I get tired and then I want to sleep. By not eating much during the day…I have sustained energy and never feel tired. At night, I sleep better because I don't go to bed hungry.

The biology behind this:

Sure in Ori's own words…

"Briefly, when people practice overeating after undereating, their body changes to a more thermogenic and highly metabolized state. The brain receives a signal that it should elevate metabolism in order to burn the extra energy coming from food. On the whole, when one overeats after a controlled fast, nutrients are assimilated at a greater rate, there is an acceleration of the anabolic process of repairing tissues and building muscles, depleted glycogen reserves and intramuscular triglycerides (special high octane fat fuel in the muscle) are replenished, there's an increased secretion of dophamine, thyroid hormones, and an elevation of sex hormones. If overeating is practiced regularly, your body's metabolism will remember this, and while adapting to these daily big meals, it would most likely become metabolically faster and more efficient than before."

More Science behind it…

Recent studies by Dr. Mark Mattson, Professor, Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, and colleagues at the National Institute on Aging (2003) have shown that mice who followed intermittent fasting (one day fasting followed by overeating twice the amount of daily calories the next day) were surprisingly provided with substantial benefits including increased life span, reversal of diabetes, and increased resilience to age related brain damage. Researchers speculated that the cycle of fasting-overeating affects the brain similar to the way physical exercise affects muscles.

Wow, thanks for that information. One question though, I know you said you might drink protein drinks and that during the day, but how to you keep from getting headaches during the times you don't eat anything for so long. I instantly get headaches when I try to skip a meal. Any suggestions?

Yeah…I have heard of that before. Have you tried drinking Green Tea in place of a meal? I don't know if it helps with headaches, but it easy for me as far as hunger goes.

I wonder if your body would eventually adapt to this diet and not get headaches after a while. Anyway…I'm really not sure about the headache deal…kind of puzzling.

I just thought of another benefit to this diet…the money saved!

Rusty

Wow. For awhile I have been disgusted by the "American way" of eating, as I call it (I am American by the way)… but I mean how everyone seems to live to eat, instead of eat to live.

I eat pretty darn healthy and although I didn't believe the "6 small meals/day" gospel that "experts" have been preaching… (mainly b/c I do not believe in spending hardly any money on food, as it just comes right back out, LOL) But I have thought that I need to FUEL my running/strength workouts I do in the afternoon/evening and I need to restrict calories at night (except for a small protein shake to repair muscle).

I've been wondering why I have hit a plateau, even though I vary my workouts. And I thought it was b/c my metabolism dropped.
So Ori's idea makes a lot of sense to me.

I do remember the lovely high school days of skipping breakfast, skipping nasty cafeteria lunches, easily focusing on my schoolwork, and sailing through my XC practices… then going home and pigging out!!!
I'm only 21, but I would love to be one size smaller as I was back then!

Of course I don't plan on bingeing through the night, but now I realize I don't have to eat before my workouts! (it made me feel sick anyway)

Rusty, I just stumbled upon your site and I absolutely LOVE it! (I LMAO when I saw your James Bond pic!)
And I also loved the info on HIIT.. I certainly did not know about HGH before now.
Keep up the great work! I'll be checking in often.
~neely

heyy im starting to try the one day a meal diet . im 15 years old . i have been on this diet for 5 days now and i used to get hungry all the time but now im beginning to not feel hungry at all. how much weight would i lose after 6 weeks of being on this diet, including doing excersize ?

Well…it depends upon how much you eat for your one meal. It also depends upon how much you exercise. Make sure you read about the aerobic exercise program I have outlined on this site. Click "aerobic exercise" over to the right under the "Categories" column.

You're still pretty young, so make sure you really need to lose the weight…we don't want to give anyone eating disorders…okay? Make sure you include vegetables and healty foods in your one meal.

All that being said…it is possible to lose up to 2-4 pounds per week on any sensible diet if someone is very active. So in 6 weeks that comes out to 12-24 pounds.

I was looking for something different, I have tried so many "diets"
I lost a lot of weight on Akins but I made me feel yuck. I ended up gaing half of the 70 lbs back. This new way of eaing sounds like something that could really work for me but is drinking propel okay during the day because I am not a fan of tea or coffee, its really the only thing I drink other than regular water.

Propel would be fine…it's only 10 calories, so you could drink 10 of those in a day without any impact…plus it gives you a flavor and might help satisfy any cravings you have for sweets.

I actually love fasting during the day…you give your digestive system time to clear out and you feel great once you get used to it. I don't do this every day…or all year round, but there are certain times during the year when I will eat in this manner.

Thanks for this article, it might save me. I just started the one meal a day only yesterday, I ate about 1200 calories at l:00pm in the afternoon and I lost 4 pounds in one day. Im so excited. I was previously dieting before yesterday and I was eating 3 times a day on a low fat, low carb diet and lost 40 pounds in 6 months which seemed like forever , yesterday I ate what I wanted and felt great all day and only really got hungry around 9pm which i just kept my self busy. Wish me luck, I have 50 more pounds to go, and hopefully its this easy!!

Julie,

I have a theory that the more you eat, the hungrier you get…it will take you about 2 weeks or so to get used to eating only once per day.

If you can possibly do it…try to eat your meal closer to 5pm or 6pm…it is tough to fall asleep when you are hungry. You certainly don't have to, because everybody is different…it is possible that 1pm just "feels right" for you.

Here is a quick diet tip to kill hunger.

Eat one apple (I like Fuji apples best) and drink a diet soda.

The apple has only 60 calories and the soda has none. The pectin in the apples gives you a feeling of being full…for some reason, the diet soda along with the apple makes you feel really full.

This is my "emergency kit" in case I get the urge to eat a bunch of junk food.

Darn it…now I got to write an article on this!

Rusty

The past couple of weeks I've been feeling really guilty about eating a lot at night. I don't like eating breakfast and I skip lunch most days (but I do eat an apple and sugar-free fudge pop) because I am busy taking care of three boys. I drink a class of diet green tea with mango, pop in a piece of sugarless gum and hit the gym. When I get home, I like to eat right after, so I have about 200-250 calories right after exercising. Then I eat a huge meal (1500+ calories) at around 10pm. Sometimes I feel like I'm binging almost!! It makes me feel better that their is some science behind this way of eating. So as long as you are within your calorie range you will you maintain weight right? There's no data saying that if you sleep right after you eat or that you eat all your calories at once, they won't be used and stored as fat??

Thanks!
McKinsey

McKinsey,

You shouldn't feel guilty at all for eating at night! Seriously…that whole "eating late at night will turn to fat" is a myth. I love it when people tell me this!

As I write this reply…it is midnight and I just scarfed down 2 large fish tacos and a bowl of non-fat yogart. I will be sleeping in less than 30 minutes and I promise you that none of this will turn to fat!

The reason why this won't turn to fat is I was following the principle of under-eating during the day…so when I eat a larger amount of food at night it puts my body in an anabolic state.

But just to keep things simple…eat less calories than what you burn each day and you will burn fat! I don't care when you eat those calories.

I really appreciate all the comments to this post, by the way! I've been inspired to write a Part 2 to this "One Meal Per Day Diet Plan". I get pumped when I feel I'm helping people learn the truth about how to get fit.

Here is the link…or you can click "Dieting for Fat Loss" in the Categories Section of my blog.

One Meal Per Day Warrior Diet Revisited

Cheers!

Rusty

Thanks! Im glad you told me this for last night I could not sleep and I was VERY hungry so i cheated with peanuts and only lost 1/2 pound more but now Im armed. Thank you soooooooooooooooooooooo much! I will be writing to you daily to let you know how its going. Your my angel, I've been praying for something to work.
LOL
Julie

Julie,

Definitely update us here…maybe every few days, tell us how it's going for you. I know this will be helpful to readers who are considering this type of diet.

Yeah…I don't ever like to go to bed hungry. The reason why you can't sleep is that being hungry gives you energy…that is why it makes sense to under-eat during the day, when you want that energy.

Rusty

Rusty,

Define "overeating." Two fish tacos and a bowl of nonfat yogurt does not sound like a lot to me…You said that 75 % of your calories usually are consumed at night for you right? Just wondering.

Thanks!!

McKinsey,

Yeah…yesterday's meal was smaller than most, but they were Large fish tacos (I made them with burrito-sized flower tortillas and quit a bit of fish along with cabbage and ranch dressing).

I basically just eat as much as will satisfy me…that is probably the hardest part of getting certain diets right…you have to learn what works for your body.

Some nights I eat quite a bit more. I hope that helps…it doesn't hurt to mix it up a bit.

Rusty

Yes, that does help a lot. Thanks!!

Hi McKinsey,
Yesterday I ate junk food for lunch, I couldn't help it, I've been soooo good for close to 6.5 months now, and I ate at Mcdonalds. I had a big mac with no dressing on it, and a large fri and a small reg coke. Im happy to report that I lost another pound :). That is 5 and 1/2 pounds and today is only the fourth day on this one meal a day :). I was previously doing a low carb, low fat diet for 6 months and it was easy but boring and seemed like the weight was taking forever to come off. So far so good on this one meal a day. Last night I was hungry again and I had a can of diet root beer and i was totally fine and could sleep. I also ate my food at 2:00pm.
Hope this helps! Have a great day!
Julie

Julie and all

I'm glad you are having some success! I am not really looking to lose weight right now, I want to maintain. It's just hard for me to eat during the day because I am so busy and I look forward to "chowing" down at night. haha Make sure you are eating enough calories though to get you through the day though. This is such a cool site!

McKinsey,

I'm glad you like the site! It is less than two months old…I was hoping to bring some entertainment mixed in with top-notch advice. I'm liking it that people are commenting on posts…this is what the Internet should be about…the sharing and discussion of great ideas.

Will you do me a favor?

Please vote for one of the "Jessica's" on my recent post? So far Jessca Biel is winning (this will make sense once you read the article…LOL).

A Butt Like Jessica Simpson? Yes Please!

Cheers!

Rusty

HI Rusty,
Im down 6.5 pounds now :). Last night I didn't have any diet soda just plain water so i think Im starting to get used to this way of eating and Im ready for exercise. Since Im eating at 1 to 2pm every day what do you think is the best time for me to exercise ?
Thanks for the help !!!
Julie

Julie,

That is great that you are doing so well with your diet! I typically suggest to people that they exercise before they eat, but I'm not sure if that is possible with your schedule.

If you exercise before you eat, once you do eat a lot of those calories will be used to restore glycogen in your muscles…also you will be in a calorie burning mode. This is just a great way to insure that you will stay lean.

If you can't exercise before you eat, then do it about 5 hours after that meal. That way you will be working out on an empty stomach again and get the great fat burning benefits.

Here is a post I made that explains this:

Burn Much More Fat in Your Next Workout

Hope that helps,

Rusty

Hi Rusty,
Another pound gone :)!!!!! That is now 7.5 pounds. I really hope this keeps falling off for it will be the easiest thing ever! Im finding that Im not eating as much as I did when I first started, Im starting to get full faster and I just don't feel the need to eat, so that is awesome. I haven't started the exercise thing yet but will on Monday for that will be one week of me on this as of this coming Monday. Just wanted to keep you and everyone else posted.
Have a great weekend!
Julie :):):)

Hi Rusty,
Today is Sunday and tomorrow will be one full week but I am now down 9 pounds!!! Another 1.5 pounds lost today I think because I had a fruit dessert and not a junk food dessert :). Anyways I already feel better. I think I will try to post something every day for I know that would help me if I was thinking about starting a one meal a day :).
Thanks again!!!!

Julie,

You are kicking some butt. Great Job! You will find that once you get closer to your target weight, that you will lose at a little bit of a slower pace, but you will definitely get there!

Awesome Job!

Rusty

Hi Rusty ,
Bad news, i was so busy yesterday that i forgot to eat before 2 and i ate at 4:30 and now i just woke up and i gained 1/2 pound
. And I ate the same thing I did yesterday? Any advise?

Thanks!!! I still have 41 pounds to go!

Julie,

When you lose weight…you will take "two steps forward and one step back"…until you reach your target weight. What I mean by that is that you will often times lose 4 pounds and then gain back 2, then lose 6 pounds and gain back 3, etc. It is rare to get to your ideal weight in a linear fashion.

Don't worry about the 1/2 pound…this is perfectly normal.

Rusty

okay, thanks! I did not know this. Thanks Rusty

Julie–also…weight fluctuates daily! If you have sweat more one day or eaten foods with sodium (salt) in them, it will cause you to retain or lose water. I would suggest you to weight yourself every few days and make it more about being healthy and how your clothes are fitting. Regardless…you are doing great!

Good news, lost 1.5 pounds so that is 10 pounds total loss so far, 40 more to go. Im going to take your advise and stay off the scale for the next few days, wish me luck :)!!!!!

Rusty-

When I posted my comment back on July 15, I did not look at the materials you were referring to written by Ori Hofmekler. On that day, I had jumped online to do a search about eating one meal a day to see if there was anyone out there doing the same thing as I was. I found your post in that search and just felt compelled to comment.

I just read everything posted here, re-read your post and visited the links you have to Warrior Diet info. Just wanted to add a couple of thoughts after doing that. Can't believe I missed the very important element of the one meal a day needing to be eaten a night to have the desired result. I didn't even bother saying that my routine has always been to eat my meal at night.

For me it just kind of worked out that way 'cause when I started eating one meal a day I had small children that I drove quite a distance to school. I would just get up, have some coffee, get the kids ready for school, pile them in the car, drive them, drop them off and then swing by Starbucks for my favorite drink: a Venti, all ice Americano. In other words: four shots of espresso over ice (I add a bit of whole milk). This keeps me going all day until I pick up the kids from school when I get another of the same thing! Then I'm good until dinner when I usually make something great. Something I can really enjoy, flavorful. I love cooking light magazine and many of the things I make for dinner are recipes I've found there. I don't worry at all about the caloric content except that philosophically I don't like red meat but I have 4 kids and they like hamburgers and spaghetti w/meat sauce so I have to make those from time to time. Then I usually have some little sweet to eat like a ramekin of choc. chip mint ice cream or a couple of cookies. If my pants are tight , I skip the sweets. p.s. I always drink milk w/dinner (organic) I never drink soda (o.k. twice a year but always diet).

People usually look at me sideways when I tell them that I only eat one meal a day and have been for 9 years! I have my own business, I manufacture fitness apparel actually! One thing I don't usually do is schedule meetings that involve eating during the day. I will say something like, "I can GO to lunch with you but would you mind if I just had coffee or ice tea." If I really want to enjoy a certain restaurant with someone during the day, I skip my meal at night.

Kudos to Julie for losing 10 lbs by eating one meal a day! Julie, may I say something honestly to you - If you don't think of what you are doing as a"LIFE SYSTEM" you will surely back track. Changing your psychology at the same time you are changing your habits is critical and not that easy. That is where many people fail. When you come to the realization that you can't
GO BACK many people freak out. You just have to view yourself as completely capable of maintaining this for the REST OF YOUR LIFE.

Also, to the 15 year old - you are too young to be making a decision to eat one meal a day. I have a 15 year old daughter and I would never allow her to do what I do. She can make that decision for herself if she wants to after she is completely grown.

So anyway yes, for me, eating my "life generating nutrients" at night is the way to go.

LST

Hi Linda,
Thanks for the advise, I appreciate it! Everyone is so nice and loving and helpful on this site, with so much help and advise I now know i can do it and will do it. I truley enjoy eating one meal a day, i can't tell you how much better i feel on every aspect of my life. Im like a new person with so much energy.
Thanks everyone for the support :)!!!!
LOL
Julie

Thank you so much!

I've been eating this way for 5 months and i've never felt better. I eat a huge meal at about 1am and I sleep well, and detox all day, it's great.

I started a website to show people the advantages of eating like Primal Man called Caveman Power at http://www.cavemanpower.com/ and so far the response has been good.

It seems that we have a lot in common, and i'd like to thank you for campaigning for better health. Your website is an inspiration - it's nice to see somebody who "gets it".

Rusty-

Thank you for the link to Ori's blog. Tnx also for picking out really powerful quotes about the scientific theory/data on why eating one meal a day works. I NEVER KNEW THERE WAS ANY THEORY/DATA AT ALL UNTIL NOW. Like I said above, most folks that I tell (and I don't tell many) that I eat one meal a day look at me like I have an eating DISORDER. If I put my faith in what Ori is saying I can think of the one meal a day/my system as an eating ORDER.

Years ago (10+) when I did eat 3 meals a day I did feel sluggish after lunch. I just muddled through my work with this feeling and I am sure I was not as effective as I could have been. That slowness, that lack of mental alertness, it's a bad feeling. I'm conjurring up that feeling just sittting here thinking/writing about it. Ugh! It's the same feeling I get if I dare eat anything in the day.
Just like you said it slows you down.

Some people might argue that the slowing down is good, but I say WHAT FOR! If you are otherwise completely healthy and according to Ori (and you) more than ordinarily healthy on a one meal a day system, the state of being highly energized is fabulous.

Also, you've seen the latest news circulating the internet about the average life expectancy in the USA falling in the latest data published, have you not? Cheif culprit: OVERWEIGHT AMERICAN ADULTS! That sad fact can be attributed to "industial interests". If expert medical advisors told people to let's just say, EAT LESS (not even going so far as to recommend anything as radical as one meal a day) that would have a dramatic impact on any (Western) economy as your quote from Ori aptly points out.

Oh gosh, I'm spending too much time going on and on here. Have to get back to work.

One last thing, Matthew - I took a look at your website. Very nice!
I need to revamp mine soon maybe you can help.
LST

Wow! It is great to hear all the comments…it's probably only a matter of time until this type of lifestyle gets some "press." With all the other diets and fads out there, I'm surprised this one has never surfaced. I googled this topic because I had never heard anything about it before. When I go back to college in a few weeks, it will be hard to maintain this type of eating though…college, food, and socializing all go together, but we'll see!

Thanks everyone!

Matt…your site is really well put together. Hopefully you will get a few visitors that get here through my site. I will go back and read some of your articles later today.

Linda…the reason I don't like to follow mainstream advice is that the majority of people wind up in poor health pretty early in life (doctors included).

I'd rather learn from a fit and healthy person -vs- an out of shape doctor any day of the week. I'm not a big fan of taking pills as a quick fix, like so many others do these days.

Thanks Rusty

wow lot of comments on this post…I couldn't read all of them.
So in order to lose weight you have to create a calorie deficit this is inevitable right?
What makes me wonder is that the TYPE of food you eat does influence or not your ability to burn fat as long as you stay under your calorie range?
I remember my friends and I had an argument about junk food.
they were convinced that eating junk food makes you fat no matter what.
I said it's simple mathematics if you undereat(it can be only junk food) you will lose weight.
I heard about a fitness expert who wanted to prove this theory by eating only McDonalds products. He had a journal very well detailed, calorie consumption, daily activities, sports…
He created a huge calorie deficit each day so he got lean BY EATING ONLY JUNK FOOD! Of course it's not healty because after few weeks he had a pretty high colesterol but he proved his point.

So what do you recommend people who want to burn fat should they concentrate at the first place on the quality of food they eat or the quantity of it?
I experienced no weight loss when i ate very healthy but didn't cut much calorie.
Now i eat ice-cream and other "bad" things i don't moniter the type of food only the calorie intake.
It works well!

I agree with you that monitoring the calories is the best way to go for the most part. You could get lean by eating junk food, but it certainly not healthy.

One thing to try and monitor to maximize fat loss is to avoid a spike in your insulin levels…this can happen with healthy foods or junk foods.

Sugar can cause a spike in your insulin levels…so can white rice, baked potatoes, and numerous other healthy or junky foods.

The problem with high insulin levels is that your body thinks there is a lot of energy available, so it should start storing fat instead of burning it. So basically high insulin levels halt the fat burning process for a while.

Basically different types of sugars is what causes insulin levels to spike…

You know what! I'm going to write a post about this, because I think many people will find this advice very useful.

Just Finished! Here's the link… How Healthy Diet Foods Can Keep You From Burning Body Fat

Thanks for the great idea!

Awesome Questions Buddy!

Rusty

you're welcome!
i read most of your articles and i'm convinced you are giving great advices for FREE. That's why most people give credit to your articles because you don't make a business out of it.
By the way you're pretty unique with your ideas about getting an attractive body most sites, "experts" concentrate on gaining muscle unlike you.
You are filling a gap in the industry!
Thanks for your enthusiasm!
I'll try to make you busy with my questions in the future:)

I read all the comments on this site. It's great knowing that I'm not the only one that does this, my friends think I am crazy and must be hungry. I started this way of eating a couple years ago not knowing that others did it too. I feel a lot better just eating once and not so tired, and my insomnia stops completely while eating on this schedule. Julie….how are you doing, you are my
motivation! I gained some weight and so started this schedule again, lost 6 pounds in one week so far. It always works and could probably keep the weight off if stayed true to it. Very hard when you are social though, everyone gives you a hard time. I think they pick on you too eat because it justifies their overeating!
My question Rusty is, I love white wine, can I drink it and consider it part of my lunch (I eat 2-3pm) even though I don't drink it until later at night? Thanks for any comments, good luck Julie!

I read all the comments on this site, too! I am a registered nurse and for years have told my patients, what I have been taught is proper nutrition–to eat 5-6 small meals a day. I have been on almost every diet plan and yes, I lose weight for a moment, but never really keep it off. I think extremely low fat diets or no carb diets are the pits! They make life a BIG bore!

Well, to make a long story short, about 20 years ago while working at the hospital, I started to eat one meal a day, by default. I was so busy and frequently used my lunch time to take care of other things rather than eating. I remember having a conversation with the Personnel Director who lost over 30 lbs. She told me that she did it by eating one meal a day. At the time, defying what is the"politically" right way to eat, I started out on the one meal a day lifestyle. I lost over 30lbs myself, in about 3.5 months and never looked or felt better. I had normal blood pressure, perfect skin, hair, and nails. I abandoned this way of eating for many years.

Well, I have come back! I started last week. I have lost 5lbs so far. It has been hard to break the habit of eating at specific times, especially lunch, but I am learning to fill my time with other things, much like I did 20 years ago. I sip pure juices and spring water during the day and dream about my dinner meal. I eat everything until I am SATISFIED!

Rusty, thanks for this website and thanks to all the bloggers!

Thanks,

Margery

P.S. keep up the good work Julie!

Sarah,

I don't think a glass of white wine will do any harm. Wine has health benefits and if you love it…by all means drink it.

Margery,

It is great to hear from a nurse. Sometimes people in the medical field are slow to adapt to new ideas, since they have spent so many years teaching a certain way of doing things. It is great to hear from someone in your profession who is willing to think outside of the box.

I'm with you about the bland no carb diets…or the chicken salad with vinegar dressing type diets. I'd rather eat much less often, but eat what I like when I do eat!

I actually worked with a Vietnamese gentleman who ate just like this. He would drink tea all day long and then just eat dinner with his family when he got home. He was 54 years old and didn't look a day over 35. When I asked him why he ate this way…he said "eating makes you tired…so you can't work as hard". For the record, he was the hardest worker I've ever met as well as one of the heathiest people I've ever known.

Rusty

Thanks for the help! Glad to here I can still drink my wine, it's my only quiet time with the help of the Sopranos. (yes I am watching in 2007) I am very very phobic about eating at night, even though dinner is around 7pm, and I don't sleep until midnite or so. Margery, you don't have any problems eating at night? Have you ever tried just eating a lot at luchtime instead?

We are planning on a vacation for labor day with friends, and it will be really hard just to sit and not eat dinner at a restaurant.

The other thing is that I can only consume about 800 calories in one sitting and I am almost never hungry later…so…that is only around 800 cal. per day. Is this still safe?

Margery,

That link to the article on one meal a day is amazing! Thanks a bunch (anyone reading this…feel free to share links that pertain to the topics of the posts…as long as it isn't "spammy" I'm cool with links).

As far as Hung Le (the Vietnamese gentleman I worked with) goes…He did many things right. He kept his total calories low each day, he drank a ton of tea and usually a cup of coffee in the morning, kept active all day, and ate his main meal about 2 hours before bed.

They have shown that lab rats have much longer life spans on low calorie diets. I really enjoy doing activities on an empty stomach. People with low energy need to give this a try…they just have to get used to the first two weeks where their body is adapting to this new diet.

Matthew has a really neat website…I'm glad you visited it. He has these crazy videos where he makes his friend run over to a tree to do chinups, then does pushups on the ground, and picks up a big rock for overhead presses! I love this stuff.

Here a link to his site again:
http://www.cavemanpower.com/

Note: I've never met him, since he lives on the opposite side of the globe but there is a lot of useful advice on his blog.

Rusty

It is a great article Marjery, and the CaveMan site is too! Thanks!

Thanks Rusty!

Glad you like the Caveman workout. It's very rough around the edges, but the idea was to capture the spirit rather than the science of what we're doing… which you've understood completely

We're getting into Plyometrics quite a bit now - and the results have been inspiring. We're a big fan of Tabata sets too.

It's all about putting the "work" back into "work-out"

Margery, I was going to share that link to humananatura too! You beat me to it. LOL Great info at that site and visually beautiful as well!

Rusty-

About lab rats and the Vietnamese gentleman. You've just brought up another MAJOR benefit of low calorie systems of eating! Isn't it cool that living a lifestyle that makes one lean, aids in building muscle, and helps one be more attractive also EXTENDS LIFE.

I just joined a Yahoo Health Group who of people living the CRON lifestyle. I don't know if you are familiar with them or not but for anyone who isn't, CRON stands for Calorie Restriction/Optimum Nutrition. This is all about HEALTH and LIFE EXTENSION not FITNESS TRAINING per se. They are a serious bunch who have READING REQUIREMENTS prior to posting. They don't want to have to explain over and over to new folks just what the program is all about so they ask folks to get informed before you chime in. However, anyone can join and read their articles/posts. Pretty neat information and quite specific/scientific. I have not read their guru's book yet, it's called Beyond the 120 Year Die by a Dr. Walford but I have read Healthy Aging by Andrew Weil, MD and Age Right by Karlis Ullis, MD. and recommend both. Here is the link to CRON:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/CRsupportgroup/

Super added benefit of a reduced calorie lifestyle!

Linda,

I'm going to look into this group…as well as lookup those books. Thanks for the great info!

Rusty

Hi all,

This is a really interesting site. I now realize myself that when I fast for spiritual reasons, I am my best physically, mentally and spiritually. I agree with everything written on this site. I have been looking for a new nutrition plan to drop 10-15 lbs. I think I will start this one meal a day program tommorrow. Thank you for the info. I will let you know how I progress.

Reu

Reu,

Thanks! I'm trying my best to find "alternative" solutions that work for weight loss.

You should have no problem dropping 10-20 pounds with this diet. I always feel better when I eat less. I wish more people gave this a shot.

Note…make sure and go over to Ori's site for more details on this nutritional plan.

Cheers!

Rusty

Hi Everyone :)!!!
Just wanted to give my update, 24 pounds lost total :). Yipie, Im becoming the women I know I am :)!!!! Thanks again and I will keep you all posted!!
LOL
Julie

Julie,

That is wonderful! I love hearing success stories! Keep us posted and keep losing that weight.

Great Job!

Rusty

Hey Julie!

Great job! Let us know some tips that you have!

I myself have lost another 3 lbs, now totalling 8lbs! Itsn't this lifestyle great! As the weeks pass, you will find your appetite changing as well as your habits!

Yippie!!!!!!

Margery

hi everyone…im 22 years old and have been on EVERY diet conceivable and am still 19kg overweight the idea of 1 meal a day has been playing on my mind for a while now, and after reading this site i feel so comforted knowing that lots of people do it, and have lost weight successfully!
I have a few queries though….

1) can you eat carbs at night if your 1 meal is dinner? i have constantly been under the mentality that carbs are bad

2) how regular are people who eat like this? i have to make a trip to the loo once a day or i go crazy! i cant stand the idea of all that crap sitting stagnant in my system

3) everyone who has mentioned they eat like this say they have unlimitless energy etc etc…in the past when i have gone for more than 6 hrs without eating, ive gotten very cranky, lethargic and my blood sugar goes haywire, unfortunately. If i start eating 1 meal, will these symptoms happen, and if so will they go away after a while? and how long will this take?

also…i am wondering whether the 'limitless energy' everyone is having is due to the ketogenic effect of limiting calories? i hate that feeling of being light-headed and in a daze when i havent eaten…did anyone else overcome this successfully?
thanks!

Hi Rusty,

THANKYOU…that was brilliant advice! I am going to start this way of eating tomorrow…whats even better is that I LOVE Fuji apples but haven't eaten them for ages.

Would you believe, I haven't actually experienced true hunger for months now? I just eat alot every few hours to prevent that light headed/dazed feeling we have been discussing…so I really hope I'll be able to get that hungry feeling back that I know is burning fat.

Unfortunately, I really don't get a chance to exercise at all, and I won't be able to start a fully committed exercise program until the end of next month….will this affect the way I lose weight?

Katrina,

You will definitely be able to lose weight without exercising. Exercising really comes into play when you are close to your ideal weight and need to lose that last bit of fat.

Just start off dieiting and begin execising when you get the time. You should see great results!

Rusty

Thanks Rusty….I will definitely post back here in a little while and let you know how I go

To Julie and Margery:

WAY TO GO GIRLS! It's so nice to hear about successful results. Stay strong!

After I'd been eating one meal a day for awhile (6-8 months), I started to feel pressure from the outside to CHANGE BACK to the way I was living before. In the early days my husband and I shared an office. My husband would say at noontime, "Let's get out of here. Let's go to lunch." or he would be out of the office, on his way back, and call to see if I wanted him to bring me something to eat.

I found it very hard to either go along for the outside lunch and just have coffee/ice tea or just sit with him (after asking him to bring me just an ice tea). Especially when I was so energized by living my own plan of eating. I wanted to STAY BUSY and avoid situations where I would feel bad if I were not participating fully. Many times, about going out to lunch, I would say ,"I'll just stay here and get X,Y, and Z done." or about bringing me something, "No thanks, you don't need to bring me anything."

My husband started to get angry that I refused to go out to lunch or sit with him when he can back. He started to put pressure on me to CHANGE BACK. Of course he loved the SLIM me and of course, underneath it all he wanted to spend time with me. However, sometimes people will try to coax you into doing what they want in increasingly aggressive ways. My husband used to accuse me of not caring about him by going about my business instead of sitting down and having "LUNCH" with him. This hurt!

Of course we all have life situations that must be negotiated, so I sat with him and sipped my coffee or tea and talked about stuff at least half of the time. I had to make that compromise for the sake of my relationship. For me though, once I was in the state of being highly energized it was difficult to sit still. I felt and I still feel like I accomplish so much during the day, which makes me feel GREAT about myself.

So my point is, people may pressure you into CHANGING BACK but if you have the awareness that this might occur you can prepare yourself in advance to be strong when and if it happens.

Hi Margery & Katrina,

I too have tried every diet in the world, but they did not work only because I could not follow them. I am addicted to junk food, fast food, Im so busy with my business that I have little or no time to help myself when it comes to eating healthly.

But the amazing thing is, I finally now can take care of myself. Truthfully once I started this one meal a day, the first two weeks were a fast food lunch and I ate it between 1pm and 2pm in the afternoon every day. I still eat at this time.

Rusty told me to drink diet soda at night if I could not sleep or if I was hungry which did help me get thru it.

I also found that by drinking the one can of diet soda I would loose only a 1/2 pound for that day or nothing, but that was so okay with me for I am seeing daily proof that my weight is just falling off of me. I knew that it was just falling off a little too fast. So when I want a diet root beer I will have one :).

I also go to sams club and buy 6 cases of crystal lite every week, it has orange which tastes like orange juice, and over crushed ice its awesome, and rasberry, and lemonaid. All are just great, and its i think 5 calories.

After the two weeks of eating one meal a day of JUNK, and seeing my body in the mirror I just wanted to start eating better. I feel like this is a sience class and the subject is my body, and I have to montior everything I do to see what works and what does not work, as far as counting calories or fat grams, no I do not do it and eating a big mac at mcdonalds with lite sauce and a large fri and a hot fudge sunday and a small reg. coke sounds like a lot of calories and a lot of fat which it is , but that junk food got me thru the first few weeks.

I can say Im now sick of it and Im eating at pamaria bread or subway for lunch with no fries. I do not want fries, can you belive it!!! I seem to get full very fast.

My goal was originally to only loose 40 pounds, but seeing its so easy and Im so happy, and life is great, and this time its all coming off, I am going for the full 65 that I really need to loose.

I can't believe all the years I lost, my entire 20's gone, because of being overweight. Im one who they always say, "oh you have such a pretty face". Whatever.!!!! Who cares!!! I want them to say WOW, what a hot body and at 35:). I will be 35 in Jan 08, and that is my goal, to be 125. Im 5.8' and I think that is a good weight. Maybe 130, not sure until I see how I look.

Overall, their have been some hard times like parties, or going out to dinner with family. On those days I do not eat my one meal a day, I just eat at dinner or at the party and that is all i get, its at a different time, I do not loose any weight but I just stay the same. Oh, and I drink wine or beer at these events too, so Its just wonderful.

Thanks Rusty for your site. Happiness is just now pooring into my life and its been very long over due.
I love you!!! Thanks soooooooooooooooooo much!!

Talk to you soon on my update
LOL everyone!
Julie

Oh and on the exercise thing , I havn't done too much, just walking about 1 hour 3 times a week and that is it.
LOL
Julie

Julie,

I am absolutely pumped that you are losing weight like crazy! I do my best to give out great information that actually works and doesn't just sound good on paper.

You will experience a serious confidence boost when you are in great shape…it will pour over into all other areas of your life. It is because of people like you, that I post to this fitness site as much as possible.

Kick Butt Julie!

Rusty

I have just stumbled across yous site and I like what I am hearing.
For years I have been eating "normally".I am not particularly overweight and I am very active during the day but Ive found that
eating during the day simply makes me tired.For example ,yesterday….and this is true…….I and some friends were half way up a mountain(I live in Scotland) getting battered by the wind and rain.I was feeling great and loving every minute of it.We decided to stop lunch.I ate two light sandwiches.No problem!I followed it up with an 'energy bar' from my local health food store.It contained nuts and fruit and was all held together with honey.It was very heavy and very high in calories…presumably to provide
energy.Half an hour later I would willingly have thrown myself
off that damned hill.I was exhausted,depressed and asking myself
what the hell I was doing there.I have known for years that this is my reaction almost any calorie intake during the day.So now that I have found your site I intend to 'go for it' and I will keep you posted.Good luck to everyone…Lawrtence.

Lawrence

LOL I love the way you describe your noontime meal on the mountain. Yeah! I am so with you on that. There is an element of "depression" in that feeling.

Also, yeah, energy bars are MARKETED on the premise of providing energy.

Lawrence,

That is my experience exactly! If I was on the mountain, I would have maybe packed an apple and water. I think our bodies are meant to sleep after big meals…that is why I eat my bigger meals at night before bed.

When I was kid, I would play all day without eating and I had abundant energy. I was starved when I got home and ate a big meal at night…I was very lean then and full of energy.

This strategy works!

Rusty

Hi Julie,

I read your post 6 posts above and thought OMG…thats me too!
I've ALWAYS been the one who gets the 'what a pretty face' comment…arrgghhhh!!!!! Its so frustrating being 22, having friends who are all a size 6, and being fat who cares about the face!

Ive been doing the one meal a day for a couple of days now, like you I eat around 12-2pm instead of at night, I find that I get hungry (woohoo! lol) around then, and don't feel hungry for the rest of the day….

I haven't really lost any weight yet (i know its only been 2 days) but how soon am i supposed to see a change? also, when i have my big meal i notice i have a biiig 'spare tyre' around my waist, will this go as i lose weight but continue to eat big meals? Rusty, maybe you will be able to shed some light on this.
Cheers,

Kat

Rusty~ Do you know a good site to find out how many calories your body needs daily. I am an athlete, so I exercise a lot, and I also have classes all day long, so I am only able to eat late at night. I don't want to lose but I don't want to gain either, so I am trying to find out what my daily calorie in take should be. I want a site that's a little more than just using that formula I've heard about before in biology class (haha).

Thanks!

McKinsey,

Glad you asked:

This is the best "calorie calculator" I have found:

http://www.hpathy.com/healthtools/calories-need.asp

You will enjoy this helpful tool!

Rusty

Kat,

Two things are happening right now:

1) You body is "learning" how to burn fat as fuel. Chances are, if you have had a tough time losing weight in the past, it is because your body isn't good at using fat for fuel. Right now it still "thinks" that you are going to feed it soon, so it is still holding on to the fat you have. Once you do a few more days of this, your body is going to adapt by burning fat for energy. So right now you are re-training your body to burn fat for fuel instead of food for fuel.

2) Your stomach will gradually get smaller by eating only one meal per day. Right now, you just have a larger capacity to eat since you have been eating throughout the day. This will change and you will eventually get a smaller stomach and require less food to feel satisfied.

Hope that helps,

Rusty

Kat,

Two things are happening right now:

1) You body is "learning" how to burn fat as fuel. Chances are, if you have had a tough time losing weight in the past, it is because your body isn't good at using fat for fuel. Right now it still "thinks" that you are going to feed it soon, so it is still holding on to the fat you have. Once you do a few more days of this, your body is going to adapt by burning fat for energy. So right now you are re-training your body to burn fat for fuel instead of food for fuel.

2) Your stomach will gradually get smaller by eating only one meal per day. Right now, you just have a larger capacity to eat since you have been eating throughout the day. This will change and you will eventually get a smaller stomach and require less food to feel satisfied.

Hope that helps,

Rusty

PS: Read this recent post, if you haven't already. It explains this in detail: Burn Fat on Demand By Getting Hungry

I'm trying the one meal a day diet because I just gave birth to my 2nd child. I weighed 203 at the time I gave birth and 183 2 weeks later. I guessing most of that was water retention. But I visited relatives this past weekend and I ate some fast food, which I feel very guilty for, but i'm back on track now and I will keep you posted on my success!!

LaKesha,

Give it a shot and make sure you keep us posted on the results!

Rusty

Hi All,

I have just started this diet and only eat one meal at night but do eat an apple and two satsumas during the day. I drink only hot water and occasional cups of tea. Will me eating fruit during the day slow down the weight loss?

Thanks,
Tracy

Tracy,

Feel free to eat a bit of fruit. That is what Ori Hofmekler recommends, so it should work well.

Rusty

Hey Julie,
We are so alike! I am 35 also, but 5'5" and trying to get to 120-125! I can't beleive you lost that much weight so fast. I have lost 8 pounds in the two weeks which is still good. The diet soda really slows things down for me too. I was eating a lot of Mcdonalds also, love the fries, but started eating Subway without the chips and just water. I feel much better! I eat around 12-2pm also, and eat grapes at night if I get hungry.
Katrina-Good Luck, it gets a lot easier after the first week and the light headed feeling does go away.

P.S. Julie, I still drink the wine and beer too sometimes, and don't feel it reverses anything, the beer is pretty filling though.

Thanks Rusty,

How much weight loss can I expect to lose on average. I appreciate that at first it might be significant but as an average rule on this diet what would it be?

Thanks,
Tracy

Tracy,

The rule of thumb is this:

The more weight you need to lose, the more weight you will lose per week.

If someone needs to drop 50 pounds they could lose 2-4 pounds per week. If another person needs to lose 5 pounds they may only drop 1 pound or less per week.

I guess an average would be 2 pounds per week, but that is hard to say for sure.

Rusty

Hi All,
I stumbled upon this site because I have been eating this way for a week(not intentionally!) I was sick with the flu and I didnt have an appetite for any foods the first couple of days except light things like fruit or soup.I have been hungry once a day and usually have noodle soup and/or banana.I am no longer sick but still eating this way BECAuse this way of eating is making my mid-day blahs go away.I would eat and eat so much during the day I would be so sleepy at lunchtime it was ridiculous.With this way of eating I am not hungry,I feel in control and I have went from 187 to 179 already.I am 5'3 1/2,small boned and the best weight for me is around 125-130.Even my husband is noticing my weight loss!! Eating this way makes me have more energy and I feel sure that I will accomplish this weight goal again but I will also maintain it this time.I am 26 years old and I am looking forward to getting my body back!! And way to go Julie!! I'm on your trail:)

Tamara,

Great comment! I used to get super-tired in the middle of the day by eating a big lunch at noon.

You may find that you will eventually get in better shape at 26, then you were in your teens…I know that is what happened to me when I began eating this way in my early 30's.

Rusty

Thanks Rusty! Another 1lb lost this morning and I am energized enough to dust off the ol' elliptical. lol My big goal is to be in the best shape of my life when birthday 27 rolls around in April AND to be toned as well.I am tired of going to the beach and sleeping in the hotel room, eating room service:) Its not fair to our kids and they were beginning tp notice.I want to be the mom running out on the beach,playing volleyball WITH her family not on the sidelines.For everyone else I say just give it a go.I actually stumbled into it but I kept it up because its making me actually feel 26 again!! I feel the real me coming back!

Tamara

Hi! I've been a reader of this site for a while now.

Let me start of by saying this. I love this site. Before I stumbled upon it I was doing one meal a day. my highest weight was 252 lbs and I easily went down to 242 lbs in a little more than a week! I was so happy. When people asked me how I did it, I told them I was eating one meal a day, usually after 6 pm. Bad idea. I should have known people wouldn't readily accept this way of eating. I let them talk me into eating 5-6 mini meals a day. Well, I didn't lsoe any weight eaiting that way. That lead me to overeat. I'm a compulsive-obsessive eater. Once I put something in my mouth, I can't stop. An hour later I eat like crazy again. But then guess what? I didn't lose any weight of course. But I didn't gain any back, either! Which made me wonder if it really WAS water weight loss. I would think it was fat loss.

I dunno how people can eat 5-6 mini meals a day. How can they take the time to do that? Most of us lead busy lives and have busy schedules. My energy takes a dip at 3 pm if I eat throughout the day. Eating one meal a day, usually in the evening, I have so much energy. I can focus on other important things like my classes and work.

I weighed myself this morning and I weigh 239.5 lbs. My goal is to get down to 120 lbs (110 if I can in a healthy way). I'm only 5 feet tall, medium frame. Like many ladies here, I spent my whole teenage life overweight and unhappy. I'm 22 now (gonna be 23 next month) and it's time I took life in my own hands.

I can't weight to see where I am weight-wise by next Friday

Thank you for this great site, Rusty! And congratulations to all you people who have followed this way of eating and lost weight

Way to go Amber!! I don't have as much to lose, but I can tell you that I have used this way of eating many times. It always works, and I'm not tired during the day (unless I eat too early). For social reasons, sometimes I get off track. But as Julie said you can just eat your one meal at that event and that's it. The biggest problem I have is friends and family. Always think you're starving (maybe because they are?) so they force food or comments on you. I usually don't tell anyone the life change I've made, just that maybe I already ate or something. The first week take a little adjusting to, but with the extra energy, you can keep busy and soon it's time to eat. Hope this is encouraging, good luck!!

Tamara,

That is awesome. I want you to feel good about going to the beach as well…the beach makes me happy, so it is something that you don't want to miss out on in life. If the posts and comments by the readers here help you get there, then it is definitely worth my while to keep writing every day and reach as many people as possible.

Amber,

You message resonates with A LOT of women. You are still super-young, so just do what it takes to get fit…I'm rooting for you! Seriously…you have one life to live, so you might as well make it as fun as possible.

Sarah,

I completely understand where you are coming from when you tell people you are only eating one meal. For me, my friends only see me at night when I'm eating my big meal…they are shocked that I can stay so lean, while eating quite a bit of food in that one meal.
I once told them that I eat only one meal a day and they tell me how unhealthy it is. Now I keep this info to myself!

Great comments ladies!

Rusty

Rusty you are so right, you almost have to keep it to yourself. I think it is so great that you are so inspiring and encouraging. Most fitness "gurus's" wouldn't care as much about keeping people motivated, more of just trying to get their message heard. Thank you!

Morning, all! I lost 2 lbs since yesterday and now I'm down to 237.5 lbs. Woohoo! And I didn't skimp on last night's dinner, either. I had some lentils and bread and a big bowl of cheerios.

hi everyone,
Just wanted to say that I have been making great progress, I do not weigh myself but solely judge based on my clothes. I was only eating one meal a day around 5pm and drinking diet green tea and water through the day. I am going to start adding a small protein shake in the morning after I exercise and then a small shake at lunch time (Musclemilk protein) with my main meal between 4-5pm. Do you think that this is a good way to go. I an trying to drop 10-15lbs in the next 5 wks.

thanks Reu

Hi all,
Just stopping in. 176 as of this morning!!! Couldnt be happier and I have went down a dress size also:) People are noticing and commenting but I choose to keep my method to myself.In my family eating is sacred and they would surely think I am coo-coo/anorexic so mums the word…..lol

Amber,

Right on…it does work once you let your body adapt. I haven't had cheerios in ages. I like the frosten ones!

Reu,

That will work very well. I do something similar…usually a tiny bit of protein in the morning and even less at around 1:30pm…then I don't really eat a meal until the evening. This helps keep me at a low body fat and high energy level year-round.

Tamara,

What is great about this diet is that it keeps working until you reach your target weight. That is awesome that you are dropping weight. Good idea not to tell the family…it takes a looong explanation for anyone to understand the principles here!

Keep on kicking butt!

Rusty

People love this post:)) Most popular post on your blog!

Yeay…I could start an entire blog on just this diet alone. It is controversial, yet extremely effective!

Rusty

I'm 16, and i have the perfect body everywhere accept for my ab and love handle area and a small waist. I've been on tons of different diets with my mom (47) trying to become leaner. She is not very overweight herself but she lost a few pounds from every diet and then stopped losing weight.From this- she lost a lot. I, on the other hand, exercise for 3 hours everyday running at least 4 miles and on the OTHER diets i hardly lost any weight. We both were tired of the "tiny meals" thing, so we tried the warrior diet. It's been four weeks, and I feel better all the time, i haven't gotten sick at all. Other posts said they got hungry, but i never did. And the diet fits my schedule but i eat at 10 because of my soccer schedule. I can pretty much eat anything i want and i stay slim.

And i snack on nuts and eat alot of water.
and i'm not afraid to go to mcdonalds after practice anymore : )
love the diet!

I've been following this for 5 days now, i have lost 3kg (im australian - i think its about 1kg=2 pounds roughly) It is my 5th day today and i hate the daytime, i find it so hard to stop thinking about food and my body feels 'weak' from what i have read i spoze this is going to change once i get used to it, dinner time is joyous, i feel like myself again, nice and full! I will post again in a week and let you know how its going.

Lisa
26
119kg

Nona,

That is great! As far as that last little bit of fat. If you do soccer on an empty stomach, that is basically High Intensity Interval Training. You will eventually burn off that last bit of body fat.

Here is an article I did on High Intensity Interval Training, which is basically the type of workout you get playing soccer.

An Aerobic Workout Program That Forces Your Body to Burn Fat

You will reach your goals!

Rusty

Lisa,

The hunger and weakness does end eventually. It is weird…at some point you just aren't as hungry and then you really begin to lose that stubborn body fat.

Rusty

i m jessica ,from italy , i m not too fat but i want try this
diet,even if i tried before but i felt very dizzy and weack during the day ,i cannot continue to eat a lot because i don t feel well with myself and i m not able to accept my body shape(i m short and not too slim)… good luck to everyone … best wishes …

Jessica,

Welcome! I need to visit Italy some day. All of us in the U.S. have a dream of a romantic trip to Italy during our lifetime.

Thanks for writing a comment and please, update us on your progress. I bet you will do well with this diet.

Rusty

I have done the