For years I have ate what I wanted and grew to a waste of 38 inches

   and at 5'4," I was as round as I was tall. My inseam is 29 inches so my

   waste was almost a foot bigger than my legs are tall! So.... I got to

   thinking... who makes the nutritional pyramid? Who says what we should

   and should not eat?  The same people/politicians who continue to allow

   tobacco and alcohol to be sold?  Both are taxed heavier than anything

   else because it’s "addictive."  People die from this stuff and our own

   government profits from it. I drink and I'm not against tobacco. I am

   against a government who slaps down individuals who have been allowed

   legally to obtain a habit only to pay outrages taxes for being allowed

   to manage the addiction.

   So lobbyists pay politicians for certain "allowances." If our

   government was here “for the people,” they would outlaw tobacco and

   alcohol since it causes so many deaths and illness.  Lobbyists pay

   politicians to support different groups or to not pass legislation

   against their "people" such as fast food chains.  Have you ever taken a

   burger from the largest chain in the world and try to grow mold on it?

   It won't because of the preservatives! And we are allowed to feed our

   children this stuff?  So what am I trying to say?

   Were your great grandparent’s large, overweight people? If you said no,

   that is the answer I was looking for. If yes, there are probably reasons

   either medical or wealth that allowed them to be that way. The military

   preaches, "If you get thirsty, you are already dehydrated." So what am I

   getting at with thin elders and military? Back before fast food, cars,

   and an enabling government, people ate differently. This is why only

   around 5% were obese, which was the results mostly from misunderstood

   medical reasons or wealth which allowed constant grazing on high calorie

   foods. Like staying hydrated, once the body "feels" hunger, we switch

   into starve/store mode. If we eat as our elders did, which was about

   every 2 hours and only natural food (non machine created or processed),

   our body says to dump what it doesn't need because more is coming in 2

   hours.

   I have found if we eat only what we recognize as basic food, we live

   healthier lives.  Will I tell you an exact amount? It’s not important.

   What is important is lower blood sugar, blood pressure, and overall

   health. People get all caught up in "diets" and how much to loose and

   that sets everyone up for failure. If this junk I say works, then how

   come someone doesn't say? Lobbyists give big bucks to keep certain foods

   on our tables. Remember when attorneys jumped on Oprah for not

   appreciating the beef industry? The people getting rich off of us hire

   lobbyists to persuade the government to allow us to be fat and happy.

   With that being said and getting back to what I was saying, people need

   food, just not what we have been advertised into eating. Meat, poultry,

   fish, vegetables, and fruit are food. Everything else is poison. We like

   it because it tastes good from what we understand of what should taste

   good. Americans must reprogram themselves and their/our children. This

   isn’t a diet!!!  This is a life change of what you consume and it works

   and is good for you and your family.

   People say if you don't eat carbs, then you won't have any energy!  If

   you had energy, you would get off your butt and exercise, so....  You

   will have as much energy then as you do now, the only difference is the

   size of your clothes.  I have dropped from a 38 to about a 30 to 32 now.

   1. Eat only things you can grow or raise. Examples: fruits and

   vegetables, chicken, beef, and fish.

   2. If you get hungry, you waited to long to eat. Eat at set intervals,

   not when you get hungry.

   3. Never consume bad food carbs at night.

    That's it, that's the magic bullet. Here is how to do it:

   1. Breakfast, eat an apple. If you have time, fix an egg to go with it

   or even a meat product such as Turkey Bacon. Stay away from pork Bacon

   as it is high in everything but nutrition.

   2. Snack often, before you get hungry. If you know you will be hungry at

   10:00 have a piece of fruit at 9:30. If you eat before you get hungry,

   you won't crave bad carbs.

   3. Lunch for the first 3 weeks to a month, should be vegetable and a

   lean protein such as chicken. I grill a bag of breasts and put them back

   into the freezer in individual bags for lunches.

   4. Snack at 2:30. Fruit or vegetable, I like the crunch of carrots since

   fruit seems to get too sweet for me in the afternoon.

    5. If you eat about 7:00 pm like I do, snack again about 4ish if you

   anticipate getting hungry before dinner.

    6. Dinner should be lean protein and vegetables only, always.

     After 3-4 weeks, you can eat 1 cheat meal per week or two for lunch.

   If you exercise, the results will be better. You are turning your body

   from rib eye marbled steak, to lean tenderloin, no fat, steak. Exercise

   helps you maintain and strengthen the muscles you are re-creating. I

   haven't exercised very much and still lost plenty.

  Thanks in advance and welcome to a new you!

   William (Dub) McLauchlin