Boy George's Amazing Slim-Down: No Bread, No Sugar

i get how everything else could help you to loose weight but why no coffee or tea? i think its funny how he still has 80s makeup

Amazing indeed. He looks like two entirely different people.!

"Portion control. 5 hour gaps between meals. No coffee or tea, except at meals," he tweeted. "Water & fizzy water between meals! No bread, sugar!"

In addition to that, Boy George admits that one of his "secrets" to slimming down is Freer Nutrition, a weight-loss program run by a nutritional therapist.

Unfortunately, many people will only take away the part I added emphasis to.

My thought, too.

Good for George doing the work! He's sooo pretty!

I eat a ton of bread and sugar. I must be doing it wrong:grumble:

Yeah, that's probably why you're struggling with the definition there, chubster. Get off the bread, lard-boy, and it'll make a real man of you.










*edited to add, just in case the sarcasm meter is broken, this is a joke. Please don't twist off my head and use it as a soccer ball.

The Freer plan is basically a really low carb diet, which is why he says no bread or sugar. You also leave five hours between each meal, which will stop grazing.

Basically sound, but not anything groundbreaking or new. He could have got the advice by buying an Atkins or South Beach Diet book rather than spending a fortune on a "nutritionist".

be still my heart i still him. and i wish my bedroom were covered in his posters once again!!!!!

He looks amaizing, i dont no how he got the no bread thing right tho, I cant live without bread, it helps me to stay fuller for longer, especially low gi bread, sugar i dont have to have, i havent had any since i started dieting two months ago, its a long time, but i prefer satisfying my sweet tooth with a apple or something fruity

Wait, five hours between meals? No freakin way I could manage that. I can't see how that helps with weight loss, either. I do have grazing issues, but waiting five hours between my planned foods would make that problem worse for me.

BUT to each their own.

I'm the exact opposite - if I eat frequently then I just never get full. Leaving gaps and waiting until I'm really hungry has helped me cut calories and I feel generally better on it (I frequently skip breakfast now on non-workout days or just have very light breakfast and lunch so I can have a big evening meal - calories in, calories out). I particuarly love to run first thing in the morning on an empty stomach then have a hearty breakfast when I get in (particuarly if it's snowing or raining outside - feel like I've earned it!).

It really does go to show that we are all different (and that MFP is the best tool for everyone as it is not prescriptive in how to eat and exercise).

And to those who are reminiscing about teenage crushes on Boy George - we must be in the same age group as I remember this clearly. Didn't have a crush on George (Roger Taylor from Duran Duran had pride of place on my bedroom walls) but I remember one of my friends embroidering a cushion with his name on for her bedroom. The idea that you could have a boyfriend who could help you do your makeup was such a revelation. We just didn't have a clue, did we?!!

Looking awesome there boy George!

I started off losing weight by not eating between meals, and it did work out as 5 hour gaps. I was surprised to find that I just got used to it! The danger point was in the evening - normally I'd eat three meals a day but if I stayed up too late then I'd be ready for another meal about 5 hours after the last! . I still more or less follow this but I'm more lenient on the snacks now that I'm calorie counting as well.

SRH7, I'm another one who eats lightly during the day so that I can have a normal sized meal in the evening! It seems to work for me.

You know, I spent years forcing breakfast down and doing the three-meals-a-day-with-two-snacks thing as I thought it was the healthiest option and just gradually put more and more weight on. I've learned that it's so important to ignore what's right for other people (and regimented diet plans) and now just listen to my body.

As a teenager I often had a microwave baked potato with beans and cheese or bowl of soup for breakfast before school as I hated cereal. I was tall and superskinny (UK Size 8). With hindsight it was a more nutritious option than sugary cereal. I also didn't have a car and walked everywhere. I'm trying to go back to the way I ate and exercised then and it seems to be working.

And now, as an adult, I refuse to give up my big evening meal! And if having dessert means having to eat lightly during the day then so be it.

For info I've lost 8lbs since Christmas using the Roadmap - it really does work!: http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/654536-in-place-of-a-road-map-2-0-revised-7-2-12

I haven't eaten bread for 8 weeks and I have lost 26 lbs

No tea? For a man who once said he'd rather have a cup of tea than sex, maybe he has another secret he's not letting on :laugh:

Seriously, the boy done good.

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I eat a ton of bread and sugar. I must be doing it wrong:grumble:

Yeah, that's probably why you're struggling with the definition there, chubster. Get off the bread, lard-boy, and it'll make a real man of you.










*edited to add, just in case the sarcasm meter is broken, this is a joke. Please don't twist off my head and use it as a soccer ball.

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