Jorge Cruise...does anyone follow his diet?

Bumping thread to see if anyone has any new insights on this "diet". I just watched the episode where he was on Dr. Oz. Jorge says you can only have 100 calories of sugar (25 g) which makes a lot of sense, but awful hard to do! Any thoughts?

Bumping thread to see if anyone has any new insights on this "diet". I just watched the episode where he was on Dr. Oz. Jorge says you can only have 100 calories of sugar (25 g) which makes a lot of sense, but awful hard to do! Any thoughts?

but to do the 100 "sugar calories" you take the total carbs and multiply by 4 to get the "sugar calories" so it isn't 25 grams of sugar it is basically 25 grams of carbs and he says no fruit etc

I do make sure I eat very little sugar (and when I want sugar in my coffee for example I use Xylitol which is natural, no aftertaste like splenda and has less calories that sugar but tastes like sugar but I find that his thing was too restrictive. I like rice for dinner with a chicken breast for example I think limiting sugar though isn't a terrible thing just don't go crazy with it or you won't maintain those eating habits

I'm doing the same - I heard Jorge on a Hay House interview and decided to get the 100 book and go ahead and get started before this winter when the book comes out.. So far so good - about 5 pounds down in the last week. I had already changed my diet and my cooking habits quite a bit since last Christmas, but I couldn't get past the amount I've lost so far. I know that taking out most of the sugar calories is the right way to go - when I did OA and Atkins, which had similar plans, I always lost the weight. Having some sugar calories allowed keeps me feeling fine. Sometimes I'm fine at the 100 daily level, other times I feel I need a little more. No cravings, no hunger. I did a couple weeks on the 2/5 system since I'm in my mid-40's, but I tended to hit the 500 or even go over that, and I didn't lose any weight. For me that system is probably too permissive.
For the next 30 days I'm planning to stay with the 100/dy unless I feel the need for more, in which case I'm gonna keep it to 300 for just a couple days. My experience has been that I need to pay attention to my own bodies' wisdom and signals, and for me 500 sugar calories was way too much - plus I felt way too full - and not in a satisfied way, in a "wow I just ate way too much" way!:noway:

I have it and I LOVE IT! I took issue eliminating my coffee mate and 2 spoons full of sugar at first.. but Now I'm in love with half and half and I absolutely DETEST sweetened coffee now. I found a lot of freedom in the menu options and with things that I thought were bad for me (ie. cheese sticks, sausage, bacon, burgers, ect..) I've always been a veggie lover although I did miss my fruit this summer but I've lost 27 pounds so far in the first month.

THE KEY to success on this "life modification" (I reuse to call it a diet) is to make your breakfast and lunches ahead of time for the whole week!! Since most of the menu options are the reoccurring during each week make what you need for the week on Sunday and seperate it out in containers for grab-and-go style lunch packing. It's super simple when you don't have to think about it or get up early to make a mess of your kitchen. Also, screw the making omelets and fried eggs every morning; whip up a dozen eggs with half and half, veggies, and sausage crumbles (Jimmy Dean has a great turkey sausage pre-crumbled sold in the frozen breakfast aisle.) Mix it all together and spoon everything into unlined muffin tins and bake for 20 minutes on 375 degrees. Taaa daaaaa!! Breakfast for the week.

Stick with this guys; give it at least 30 days, you'll be impressed.

Just wondering if I can use at least one packet of sugar in my coffee and just count the sugar calories (which would be 6 x 4 equaling 24 sugar calories). Or do I have to eliminate it altogether?