ReInventing Fatty: Dieting By Addition

First let's get this out of the way. 2 days ago I was at 245 and this morning I weighed in at 243. This may seems like a nice start but keep in mind that the body stores a week of groceries up your ass ... not my opinion, just fact. That's why the typical all-American fat guy, you know, the one who doesn't really think he's "obese", he's just 70 lbs over what "Doctors" call "Healthy, can usually drop 5 - 10 lbs in the first couple days of dieting. Simply put, when fatso stops feeding the beast a lot of luggage gets off-loaded the first couple days. One good trip to the "Pizza Pigout" buffet can put all that junk in the trunk. It is the 2-4 lbs that you lose per week after week one that tell the tale.

The easiest way to make a profound effect on your waist is to add two basic elements to your menu. This is dieting by addition not subtraction. Don't start a diet by intimidating yourself with torturous sacrifice. Instead add elements to your plate that will cause you to lose weight without triggering any martyr complex. Fortunately these two additions that I recommend are cheap and easy to incorporate into any meal: Fiber and Water.

Fiber and water work hand in hand to achieve several excellent dietary benefits. On the subject of weight loss, these two basics in the form of a bowl of Fiber One cereal (I use lite chocolate soymilk) with a big glass of H20, can fill you up with ultralow calories, while satiating your guts desire for protein. Long term, fiber works like a scrubbing pad on your colon, reducing the chances of cancer, infections and zillions of other ills. Since water makes up 90% of our body mass it only makes sense that a steady flow of clean fresh aqua will keep any body cleaner of vile bodily humours than not.

Fresh veggies are a great way to ingest fiber along with all the vitamins and minerals we lack. Feel free to indulge in the tastiest low-cal dips and dressings that you can find, you literally can't overdue the dip if it's clinging to a carrot.

Recentling I discovered a wonderful line of low-cal, high fiber soups from Progresso that give you a whole days recommended minimum of fiber in one can (forget portions, who can eat half a can?) with only 180 calories damage. To put it in perspective, if you could jam 10 cans of this yummy goodness into your mouth each day you would probably still lose 2 pounds a week because it's all water and fiber.

Remember to keep lots of bottles of water in the fridge. You shouldn'nt be able to open the 'fridge without staring at a bottle. Get a nice, reusable 24 ounce bottle and chug one every couple hours, certainly before and with every meal. You simply will never be hungry.

The key isn't to starve yourself. Fall in love with food that loves your body and you will never be hungry again