The Five-Pronged Approach to Weight Loss

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carinla
carinla Posts: 11 Member
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Has anyone tried the The Five-Pronged Approach to Weight Loss by Karen Hurd? Wondering if it has worked for any one, or what you think?

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  • evileen99
    evileen99 Posts: 1,564 Member
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    The school she got her nutrition "degee" from is pretty much a scam.

    What are these five prongs? I know of only two that are required for weight loss--eating less and moving more.
  • Camo_xxx
    Camo_xxx Posts: 1,082 Member
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    Technically you only need 1 prong for weight loss.

    Consume fewer calories then you burn.
  • RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle
    RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle Posts: 1,349 Member
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    Technically you only need 1 prong for weight loss.

    Consume fewer calories then you burn.

    You beat me to it.
  • SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage
    SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage Posts: 2,668 Member
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    Just for fun...what is it?
  • evileen99
    evileen99 Posts: 1,564 Member
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    Technically you only need 1 prong for weight loss.

    Consume fewer calories then you burn.

    I thought about that after I hit "create post," but I figured exercise is probably one of this woman's prongs, so I didn't edit. But true, all you need to do is get thediet under control.
  • carrieliz81
    carrieliz81 Posts: 489 Member
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    Does anyone else think the word "prong" is hilarious and weird?
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
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    Just for fun...what is it?

    Google suggests this: http://www.sparkpeople.com/mypage_public_journal_individual.asp?blog_id=3812923 but I don't know how accurate a representation of the original movie this blog post is.
  • tabicatinthehat
    tabicatinthehat Posts: 329 Member
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    :laugh:
    Does anyone else think the word "prong" is hilarious and weird?
  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
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    I prefer the 5 prawns approach to weight loss.

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  • Lleldiranne
    Lleldiranne Posts: 5,516 Member
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    I did a google search because I was curious. Anything "official" (her website) won't list the "prongs" because she wants you to buy the CDs.

    But I did find this:
    Okay, so I watched the movie last week, and took some really good notes, and am going to post them on here for a few reasons, reason 1: If I lose them then I will have them permanetly stored here on Sparkpeople!!! Reason 2: Maybe someone else whose interested in going to Karen Hurd is out there, and is wondering what she has us to on a diet!!!

    So here it goes( I should also mention that while I am posting on here I am eating whats left of a Red Velvet Cake!!!)
    Okay!!!

    1. Lower Aldosterone Levels – This causes you to stop retaining so much water!!!
    a. Limit Caffeine
    b. Limit Artificial Sweeteners
    c. Limit Perfumes
    d. Limit Chewing Gum
    e. Lower Stress Levels

    2. Change My Basic Metabolic Rate
    a. Drink more water
    b. Exercise Daily

    3. Limit Carbs/Glucose
    a. No sweets: Cakes, pies, muffins, fruit, breads, honey, jam, jelly, syrup, etc
    b. No Kool Aid, Lemonade, Gatorade, Powerade, etc
    c. Limit Starches, Breads, rice, Chips, Potatoes, Noodles, Oatmeal
    d. Eat Plenty of Legumes!! – 3 Servings a Day
    e. Eat Plenty of Veggies!! – 7 Servings a Day

    4. Eat Negative Calorie Foods
    a. Celery & Veggies cost more calories to eat, then they give us!!
    b. Eat 7 Servings a Day

    5. Snatch Food out of Blood Stream
    a. Eat Beans/Legumes 3 Times a day (1/2 Cup Servings)

    Well these are her 5 ways and how to do them!! Today, I typed up our meal plan, and will be posting it on to my Nutrition Tracker tomorrow, and will be well on my way, to going from Fast Food Insanity, to Home Cooking Goodness!!!

    (From a sparkpeople blog that came up in the google search)

    And the whole thing sounds like a bunch a hooey.

    "Negative calorie foods"? "Snatch food out of blood stream"?? :huh: :noway: :noway:

    So, OP, I'd say it's not worth the cost to get the program.

    ETA: ah, diannethegeek beat me to it, I believe that is the link to what I quoted.
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
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    I just look at her website.be afraid be very afraid!! I wont give a link because I refuse to link to such idiocy.
  • psych101
    psych101 Posts: 1,842 Member
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    5. Snatch Food out of Blood Stream

    ouch
  • PinkNinjaLaura
    PinkNinjaLaura Posts: 3,202 Member
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    I did a google search because I was curious. Anything "official" (her website) won't list the "prongs" because she wants you to buy the CDs.

    But I did find this:
    Okay, so I watched the movie last week, and took some really good notes, and am going to post them on here for a few reasons, reason 1: If I lose them then I will have them permanetly stored here on Sparkpeople!!! Reason 2: Maybe someone else whose interested in going to Karen Hurd is out there, and is wondering what she has us to on a diet!!!

    So here it goes( I should also mention that while I am posting on here I am eating whats left of a Red Velvet Cake!!!)
    Okay!!!

    1. Lower Aldosterone Levels – This causes you to stop retaining so much water!!!
    a. Limit Caffeine
    b. Limit Artificial Sweeteners
    c. Limit Perfumes
    d. Limit Chewing Gum
    e. Lower Stress Levels

    2. Change My Basic Metabolic Rate
    a. Drink more water
    b. Exercise Daily

    3. Limit Carbs/Glucose
    a. No sweets: Cakes, pies, muffins, fruit, breads, honey, jam, jelly, syrup, etc
    b. No Kool Aid, Lemonade, Gatorade, Powerade, etc
    c. Limit Starches, Breads, rice, Chips, Potatoes, Noodles, Oatmeal
    d. Eat Plenty of Legumes!! – 3 Servings a Day
    e. Eat Plenty of Veggies!! – 7 Servings a Day

    4. Eat Negative Calorie Foods
    a. Celery & Veggies cost more calories to eat, then they give us!!
    b. Eat 7 Servings a Day

    5. Snatch Food out of Blood Stream
    a. Eat Beans/Legumes 3 Times a day (1/2 Cup Servings)

    Well these are her 5 ways and how to do them!! Today, I typed up our meal plan, and will be posting it on to my Nutrition Tracker tomorrow, and will be well on my way, to going from Fast Food Insanity, to Home Cooking Goodness!!!

    (From a sparkpeople blog that came up in the google search)

    And the whole thing sounds like a bunch a hooey.

    "Negative calorie foods"? "Snatch food out of blood stream"?? :huh: :noway: :noway:

    So, OP, I'd say it's not worth the cost to get the program.

    ETA: ah, diannethegeek beat me to it, I believe that is the link to what I quoted.

    That sounds horrible.
  • SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage
    SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage Posts: 2,668 Member
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    Wow. Looks complicated and unnecessarily restrictive. I'm doing just fine on my one-pronged MFP approach. Plus, I'm sure many people would die if I limited my caffeine.

    Also....WTH does "snatch food out of blood stream" mean? And negative calorie foods....oh never mind.
  • RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle
    RaspberryKeytoneBoondoggle Posts: 1,349 Member
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    I prefer the 5 prawns approach to weight loss.

    505b5421-422d-4256-b6e1-d2f06b2f7f28.jpg

    I hadn't heard of this approach before, thank you for sharing. It will be perfect for me.
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,013 Member
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    My Five Pronged Approach to Weight Loss:

    1. Eat less
    2. Move more
    3. Waste time on the MFP forum with the excuse that it is helping me lose weight
    4. Buy smaller jeans
    5. Okay maybe it's a Four Pronged Approach

    I do let the Blood Center snatch platelets out of my blood, but not often enough to count.

    Pronged and snatch are weird words and reason enough to dismiss the OP approach!

    Edited to add: MMmmmmmm, prawns...
  • solieco1
    solieco1 Posts: 1,559 Member
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    If I ate legumes that many times a day every day I'd have very few non-virtual friends. I do however often eat more that 5 prawns. Sometime 5 times a week.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
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    Also....WTH does "snatch food out of blood stream" mean?

    Sounds vampiric.
  • SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage
    SarcasmIsMyLoveLanguage Posts: 2,668 Member
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    Also....WTH does "snatch food out of blood stream" mean?

    Sounds vampiric.
    Well in that case, count me in!

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