the 4 hour body

This week i decided to try something out. Like someone said give something a trial run. I think after many years of dieting i can confirm that i failed. and mostly not because the diet doesnt work but because the longest i have been on a diet was 10 days. That was an unrealistic raw fruit and veggie diet. I am the kind that thinks im an all or nothing but actually im not. I prefer options. I just used to have issues with Binging.

Used to being the keyword because i want to stop labelling myself, i end up binging because i tell myself im a binger. So i used to be a binger.

Sometime ago i read a tweet from Dr OZ saying if you want to lose belly fat, add a cup of beans to every meal. a cup or something like that. So on sunday with that in mind i boiled my pot of lentils. My plan was to have a cup at each meal for a while until i see results and as i was googling recipes for that i came accross a diet called 4 hour body. So since i had already had my beans in the morning i decided to go on this diet for the next 6 weeks.

The basics of this diet are

Rule 1: Avoid "white" carbohydrates (or anything that can be white).
Rule 2: Eat the same few meals over and over again.
Rule 3: Don't drink calories.
Rule 4: Don't eat fruit.
Rule 5: Take one day off per week and go nuts.

Im giving this a trial. It is not a very restrictive diet to me and also i decided this time like i said i have been on millions of diets and they never worked because i couldnt stick with them because of their restrictive nature. So on this diet i decided to tweak it to fit my lifestyle and i think for the 1st time in my life i found something that i can stick with long enough to see results.

I love the fact that carbs are not allowed, and the dont drink your calories part because i thought i would die from not having a cup of coffee in the morning. Im really not a fruit eater i love veggies, though i know the benefits of fruits. I love the fact that i can take one day off. I wasnt really looking for a diet where you can have a cheat day but i have realised that the reason why most of the time diets fail is because you are not allowed to eat specific things and then automatically you start craving them.

But the funny thing is if you think Im craving pizza, I will have it on sunday, then you dont throw any tantrums and end up having pizza each day and breaking a diet. and remaining huge.

So so far im on the 3rd day and i really love this diet, The biggest thing i have discovered is that im always full. thanks beans. Binging is psychological but when you always hungry it gets worse. And i think i found a cure for binge eaters. Have a cup of beans with each meal. and nuts those 2 things really can take one a long way.



So heres to the next 6 weeks. After the 6 weeks i will decide whether this is the lifestyle i choose and of course if it is i will add grains and fruits. to my daily meals