The Skinny Rules

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  • amandzor
    amandzor Posts: 386 Member
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    RULE 1: Drink a Large Glass of Water before Every Meal – No Excuses!

    I drink water heavily throughout the day, so I guess this counts as "before" every meal.

    RULE 2: Don’t Drink Your Calories

    Exception: Coffee creamer, but that's carefully measured/logged.

    RULE 3: Eat Protein Every Meal – or Stay Hungry and Grouchy

    I try to, as often as I am able. Chicken is my friend.

    RULE 4: Slash Your Intake of Refined Flours and Grains

    I have, dramatically. The only grains I get any more are oatmeal, brown rice and the occasional tortilla. Oh! And quinoa.

    RULE 5: Eat 30 to 50 Grams of Fiber a Day

    Check.

    RULE 6: Eat Apples and Berries Every Single Day – Every Single Day!

    Love apples, dislike berries. I have an apple probably 3-4 times a week.

    RULE 7: No Carbs after Lunch

    I disagree with this, but my carb intake is already fairly low. As long as it fits in to my macros, it's in.

    RULE 8: Learn to Read Food Labels So You Know What You Are Eating

    It took me a long time to be good at this.

    RULE 9: Step Guessing About Portion Size and Get It Right – for Good!

    Measuring cups/spoons are my friends!

    RULE 10: No More Added Sweeteners, Including Artificial Ones

    Nope. Will not do.

    RULES 11: Get Rid of Those White Potatoes

    I haven't had potatoes -forever-. I love them D=

    RULE 12: Make One Day a Week Meatless

    Usually.

    RULE 13: Get Rid of Fast Foods and Fried Foods

    No fast, no fried in over a month.

    RULE 14: Eat a Real Breakfast

    Every day!

    RULE 15: Make Your Own Food and Eat at Least Ten Meals a Week at Home

    I make all of my own food. Breakfast lunch and dinner.

    RULE 16: Banish High-Salt Foods

    I avoid high-sodium as much as I can. Working on cooking with spices instead of salt.

    RULE 17: Eat Your Vegetables – Just Do It!

    With pleasure!

    RULE 18: Go to Bed Hungry

    I can't. I have terrible dreams about eating everything.

    RULE 19: Sleep Right

    7-9 hours most nights.

    RULE 20: Plan One Splurge Meal a Week

    Eh...I'm not sold on this one. I'll splurge on an item, but I won't go more than 200 over my cals for the day.
  • ew_david
    ew_david Posts: 3,473 Member
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    RULE 2: Never drink Your Calories

    I read this book a few years ago and found a good smoothie recipe in it. I never caught onto this contradiction until now.

    GOLD
  • SugaryLynx
    SugaryLynx Posts: 2,640 Member
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    Ok... water sprayed all over my monitor! :laugh:

    *looks for paper towels and then goes to refill her water bottle*

    :drinker: oops. I drank calories 'gin
  • williams969
    williams969 Posts: 2,528 Member
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    I'm confused. Rule 7 & 12 contradict each other. If I had a "meatless" day, what may I for dinner that has zero carbs and is meatless?

    Eggs or fish would be my guess.

    Fish is meat...Eggs have 1g carb per egg. Boo, it's a contradiction that was clearly missed by the author. Unless they use the "net carb" magic (not that it's bad, people do have a legitimate use for that, I think?).
  • ILiftHeavyAcrylics
    ILiftHeavyAcrylics Posts: 27,732 Member
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    Found the rules posted online:

    RULE 1: Drink a Large Glass of Water before Every Meal – No Excuses!

    RULE 2: Don’t Drink Your Calories

    RULE 3: Eat Protein Every Meal – or Stay Hungry and Grouchy

    RULE 4: Slash Your Intake of Refined Flours and Grains

    RULE 5: Eat 30 to 50 Grams of Fiber a Day

    RULE 6: Eat Apples and Berries Every Single Day – Every Single Day!

    RULE 7: No Carbs after Lunch

    RULE 8: Learn to Read Food Labels So You Know What You Are Eating

    RULE 9: Step Guessing About Portion Size and Get It Right – for Good!

    RULE 10: No More Added Sweeteners, Including Artificial Ones

    RULES 11: Get Rid of Those White Potatoes

    RULE 12: Make One Day a Week Meatless

    RULE 13: Get Rid of Fast Foods and Fried Foods

    RULE 14: Eat a Real Breakfast

    RULE 15: Make Your Own Food and Eat at Least Ten Meals a Week at Home

    RULE 16: Banish High-Salt Foods

    RULE 17: Eat Your Vegetables – Just Do It!

    RULE 18: Go to Bed Hungry

    RULE 19: Sleep Right

    RULE 20: Plan One Splurge Meal a Week

    Disagree with no carbs after lunch (my lunch is carb-less). Go to bed hungry he means don't eat after dinner? Which is fine. Everything else lines up with what I do.

    Way too complicated. I do the exact opposite of quite a few of them and I manage just fine. For one thing I've never gone to bed hungry. And I eat carbs all day long.
  • martinel2099
    martinel2099 Posts: 899 Member
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    RULE 1: Drink a Large Glass of Water before Every Meal – No Excuses! 

    Never did this but okay.

    RULE 2: Never drink Your Calories 

    Oops, sometimes I do

    RULE 3: Eat Protein Every Meal – or Stay Hungry and Grouchy 

    I typically do but not doing so doesn't affect my mood or typically satiety. .

    RULE 4: Slash Your Intake of Refined Flours and Grains 
    Never...bagel, bagel, bagel

    RULE 5: Eat 30 to 50 Grams of Fiber a Day 

    I'd be pooping furiously. ...

    RULE 6: Eat Apples and Berries Every Single Day – Every Single Day! 

    I would burn out sooo fast. . I eat them sometimes...

    RULE 7: No Carbs after Lunch 
    Lmfao. No. How in the world am I to eat my pint of Talenti at 10pm while I watch Fairy Tail?

    RULE 8: Learn to Read Food Labels So You Know What You Are Eating 
    Cause knowledge is power! Once I learn to read, I can ignore almost every "skinny rule"


    RULE 9: Stop Guessing About Portion Size and Get It Right – for Good! 

    Yes, L2foodscale

    RULE 10: No More Added Sweeteners, Including Artificial Ones 

    Why? Theys calorie freeeeeeeee.

    RULES 11: Get Rid of Those White Potatoes 

    NEVER!

    RULE 12: Make One Day a Week Meatless 

    BOO. HISS. Make every day bacon day.

    RULE 13: Get Rid of Fast Foods and Fried Foods 

    No. Mcflurry and Mcwraps for life

    RULE 14: Eat a Real Breakfast 

    As opposed to a fake one? Mine Is at 12pm....

    RULE 15: Make Your Own Food and Eat at Least Ten Meals a Week at Home 
    K.
    RULE 16: Banish High-Salt Foods 
    Why? Sodium isn't really problematic unless you have a medical condition. I sweat sometimes..

    RULE 17: Eat Your Vegetables – Just Do It! 
    Okay...

    RULE 18: Go to Bed Hungry 

    FUUUUUU! Nope. Never have, never will

    RULE 19: Sleep Right 

    I Agree... Not hungry

    RULE 20: Plan One Splurge Meal a Week
    ....okay , but if I'm practicing moderation, I don't even need this really. ..

    Gave me a good laugh, good reply+++++

    Don't understand why people flock to overly-restrictive diets when they can have all the foods they want, just practice moderation.
  • acorsaut89
    acorsaut89 Posts: 1,147 Member
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    RULE 12: Make One Day a Week Meatless

    I don't even think I have one meal a day that's meatless . . . . snacks yes, but actual meals almost always have lean meat of some kind in them . . .
  • sinistras
    sinistras Posts: 244 Member
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    too many rules for me...
  • hnsaunde
    hnsaunde Posts: 757 Member
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    I have the Kindle version, bought it a couple of years ago, and I don't follow any of the "rules", however, I do like to use the omelet, chicken and fish recipes every once in a while.
  • da_bears1008
    da_bears1008 Posts: 354
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    RULE 7: No Carbs after Lunch

    RULE 10: No More Added Sweeteners, Including Artificial Ones

    RULES 11: Get Rid of Those White Potatoes

    RULE 12: Make One Day a Week Meatless

    RULE 13: Get Rid of Fast Foods and Fried Foods

    RULE 14: Eat a Real Breakfast

    RULE 15: Make Your Own Food and Eat at Least Ten Meals a Week at Home

    RULE 16: Banish High-Salt Foods

    RULE 18: Go to Bed Hungry

    RULE 20: Plan One Splurge Meal a Week

    These are ones that i find either complete BS or completely worthless.
  • acorsaut89
    acorsaut89 Posts: 1,147 Member
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    RULE 1: Drink a Large Glass of Water before Every Meal – No Excuses! 

    Never did this but okay.

    RULE 2: Never drink Your Calories 

    Oops, sometimes I do

    RULE 3: Eat Protein Every Meal – or Stay Hungry and Grouchy 

    I typically do but not doing so doesn't affect my mood or typically satiety. .

    RULE 4: Slash Your Intake of Refined Flours and Grains 
    Never...bagel, bagel, bagel

    RULE 5: Eat 30 to 50 Grams of Fiber a Day 

    I'd be pooping furiously. ...

    RULE 6: Eat Apples and Berries Every Single Day – Every Single Day! 

    I would burn out sooo fast. . I eat them sometimes...

    RULE 7: No Carbs after Lunch 
    Lmfao. No. How in the world am I to eat my pint of Talenti at 10pm while I watch Fairy Tail?

    RULE 8: Learn to Read Food Labels So You Know What You Are Eating 
    Cause knowledge is power! Once I learn to read, I can ignore almost every "skinny rule"


    RULE 9: Stop Guessing About Portion Size and Get It Right – for Good! 

    Yes, L2foodscale

    RULE 10: No More Added Sweeteners, Including Artificial Ones 

    Why? Theys calorie freeeeeeeee.

    RULES 11: Get Rid of Those White Potatoes 

    NEVER!

    RULE 12: Make One Day a Week Meatless 

    BOO. HISS. Make every day bacon day.

    RULE 13: Get Rid of Fast Foods and Fried Foods 

    No. Mcflurry and Mcwraps for life

    RULE 14: Eat a Real Breakfast 

    As opposed to a fake one? Mine Is at 12pm....

    RULE 15: Make Your Own Food and Eat at Least Ten Meals a Week at Home 
    K.
    RULE 16: Banish High-Salt Foods 
    Why? Sodium isn't really problematic unless you have a medical condition. I sweat sometimes..

    RULE 17: Eat Your Vegetables – Just Do It! 
    Okay...

    RULE 18: Go to Bed Hungry 

    FUUUUUU! Nope. Never have, never will

    RULE 19: Sleep Right 

    I Agree... Not hungry

    RULE 20: Plan One Splurge Meal a Week
    ....okay , but if I'm practicing moderation, I don't even need this really. ..

    Gave me a good laugh, good reply+++++

    Don't understand why people flock to overly-restrictive diets when they can have all the foods they want, just practice moderation.

    Because sometimes (and I'm not saying this about the OP, it's just a general statement) it's easier for people to have someone tell them what to do, how to eat, when to eat it and how much of it to eat (and lead them up to the belief that it will happen overnight because they'll sleep off the pounds) than for people to sit down, do the research and educate themselves on how to moderate, portion control, and proper exercise.

    Again, just a general statement from my experience.
  • GiveMeCoffee
    GiveMeCoffee Posts: 3,556 Member
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    How about this:

    Keep it Simple Rules:

    1. Figure out a reasonable calorie deficit
    2. Accurately and honestly log your food
    3. Find an activity you enjoy that gets you up and moving
    4. Have patience
    5. Rinse and repeat
  • jonnythan
    jonnythan Posts: 10,161 Member
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    How about this:

    Keep it Simple Rules:

    1. Figure out a reasonable calorie deficit
    2. Accurately and honestly log your food
    3. Find an activity you enjoy that gets you up and moving
    4. Have patience
    5. Rinse and repeat

    That'll never work. People refuse to accept the simple fact that they eat too much. It's much easier on the psyche to be told you just haven't been eating the RIGHT foods in the RIGHT way because you didn't know any better.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,268 Member
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    RULE 1: Drink a Large Glass of Water before Every Meal – No Excuses!
    Eh...depends on the meal...breakfast and dinner no...lunch eh...

    RULE 2: Don’t Drink Your Calories - I will and do

    RULE 3: Eat Protein Every Meal – or Stay Hungry and Grouchy - Agreed

    RULE 4: Slash Your Intake of Refined Flours and Grains - eh hasn't hurt me

    RULE 5: Eat 30 to 50 Grams of Fiber a Day - I don't track it

    RULE 6: Eat Apples and Berries Every Single Day – Every Single Day! - eh apples make me hungry

    RULE 7: No Carbs after Lunch - I call BS on this one

    RULE 8: Learn to Read Food Labels So You Know What You Are Eating - Yes

    RULE 9: Step Guessing About Portion Size and Get It Right – for Good! - Yes

    RULE 10: No More Added Sweeteners, Including Artificial Ones - psh not a chance

    RULES 11: Get Rid of Those White Potatoes - Heck no

    RULE 12: Make One Day a Week Meatless - no

    RULE 13: Get Rid of Fast Foods and Fried Foods - I don't think so

    RULE 14: Eat a Real Breakfast - eh I do but that is a choice

    RULE 15: Make Your Own Food and Eat at Least Ten Meals a Week at Home - eh

    RULE 16: Banish High-Salt Foods - psh

    RULE 17: Eat Your Vegetables – Just Do It! - sure

    RULE 18: Go to Bed Hungry - NEVER

    RULE 19: Sleep Right - if you can control it sure

    RULE 20: Plan One Splurge Meal a Week - Psh...

    so basically for me I agree eat veggies and protien, get sleep, weight and measure portions, and read food labels...all the other stuff will not make you skinny...or slim or lose weight.

    see ticker
  • in_the_stars
    in_the_stars Posts: 1,395 Member
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    I am glad I'm a breaker of rules
  • capnrus789
    capnrus789 Posts: 2,736 Member
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    RULE 12: Make One Day a Week Meatless

    I'm not really against this one.

    Huge cheese ommellete for breakfast, with hashbrowns and coffee.
    Grilled peanut butter and banana sammich with an apple for lunch. Oh, and a Diet Coke.
    Snickers bar and a yohoo for a mid afternoon pick-me-up.
    Enormous bowl of mac&cheese with a garden salad for dinner.

    There, no meat. I'm a vegetarian!
  • Mr_Bad_Example
    Mr_Bad_Example Posts: 2,403 Member
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    I just read Bob Harper's Skinny Rules and loved it. I'm just starting working on my health and exercise (day 4 woooot) and I really love most of his advice. I'm just curious if anyone has had success using the rules or the recipes?

    Rules are made to be broken. Especially bad ones.
  • NataBost
    NataBost Posts: 418 Member
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    RULE 2: Never drink Your Calories 

    Oops, sometimes I do


    RULE 4: Slash Your Intake of Refined Flours and Grains 
    Never...bagel, bagel, bagel


    RULE 7: No Carbs after Lunch 
    Lmfao. No. How in the world am I to eat my pint of Talenti at 10pm while I watch Fairy Tail?

    RULE 8: Learn to Read Food Labels So You Know What You Are Eating 
    Cause knowledge is power! Once I learn to read, I can ignore almost every "skinny rule"


    RULE 9: Stop Guessing About Portion Size and Get It Right – for Good! 

    Yes, L2foodscale

    RULE 10: No More Added Sweeteners, Including Artificial Ones 

    Why? Theys calorie freeeeeeeee.

    RULES 11: Get Rid of Those White Potatoes 

    NEVER!

    RULE 12: Make One Day a Week Meatless 

    BOO. HISS. Make every day bacon day.

    RULE 13: Get Rid of Fast Foods and Fried Foods 

    No. Mcflurry and Mcwraps for life

    RULE 14: Eat a Real Breakfast 

    As opposed to a fake one? Mine Is at 12pm....

    RULE 18: Go to Bed Hungry 

    FUUUUUU! Nope. Never have, never will


    RULE 20: Plan One Splurge Meal a Week
    ....okay , but if I'm practicing moderation, I don't even need this really. ..

    You. I like you. :drinker: Although I'll probably eat my Talenti at 11pm while rewatching Attack on Titan. :heart:
  • aledba
    aledba Posts: 564 Member
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    I'm confused. Rule 7 & 12 contradict each other. If I had a "meatless" day, what may I for dinner that has zero carbs and is meatless?

    Eggs or fish would be my guess.
    Fish is animal, is flesh, is meat.
  • acorsaut89
    acorsaut89 Posts: 1,147 Member
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    RULE 12: Make One Day a Week Meatless

    I'm not really against this one.

    Huge cheese ommellete for breakfast, with hashbrowns and coffee.
    Grilled peanut butter and banana sammich with an apple for lunch. Oh, and a Diet Coke.
    Snickers bar and a yohoo for a mid afternoon pick-me-up.
    Enormous bowl of mac&cheese with a garden salad for dinner.

    There, no meat. I'm a vegetarian!

    Eggs without bacon?????