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{"item":{"status":"visible","url":"\/2011\/11\/10\/twinkie-diet\/","trash":"","name":"twinkie-diet","parent":"","title":"Want to lose weight? Eat a twinkie","date":"2011-11-10 17:45:54","filepath":"posts\/2000765_twinkie-diet.xml.json","type":"post","content":"<img class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;\" title=\"twinkie\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/6\/67\/Hostess-Twinkies.jpg\/220px-Hostess-Twinkies.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"98\" \/>Eating twinkies isn't a real diet, but a professor, Mark Haub, at Kansas State University put the concept of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2010\/HEALTH\/11\/08\/twinkie.diet.professor\/\">limiting calories to the test<\/a>.\n\nHe ate 1 twinkie or hostess cake every 3 hours for 10 weeks keeping his food intake to 1800 calories. \u00a0With this program he was able to shed 27 pounds and get a body mass index of 24.9 all from eating sugary foods. \u00a0Well, he also added a few\u00a0vegetables, a\u00a0protein\u00a0shake, and a multi-vitamin to keep his body at the proper nutrition.\n\nCounting calories is an effective diet and all that really matters when you want to lose weight. \u00a0So, eat what you want but keep the portitions small so you are burning more than you are putting in.\n\n<em>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2010\/HEALTH\/11\/08\/twinkie.diet.professor\/\">full article at CNN.com<\/a><\/em>\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/030746363X\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=zygmy-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=030746363X\"><img class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin-right: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;\" title=\"four hour body\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fourhourbody.com\/images\/book-front.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"133\" height=\"174\" \/><\/a><img src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=zygmy-20&l=as2&o=1&a=030746363X&camp=217145&creative=399369\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>From personal experience, I tried the\u00a0<em>Slow Carb<\/em> diet described by Timothy Ferriss in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/030746363X\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=zygmy-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=030746363X\">Four Hour Body<\/a><img src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=zygmy-20&l=as2&o=1&a=030746363X&camp=217145&creative=399369\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/> simply because I wanted to see if it worked. \u00a0I wasn't overweight. \u00a0I just wanted to test my willpower and\u00a0exercise\u00a0control over my body.\n\nFor 3 weeks I ate anything I wanted as long as it wasn't full of carbohydrates. \u00a0This meant no bread, rice, tortillas, or pasta. \u00a0This was difficult because I am a whole wheat fanatic and crave bread all day, which becomes a problem when you travel to places in Asia, like say Japan.\n\nIn addition, fruits are off limits since the sugar content it too high and messes with your metabolism. \u00a0This means no orange juice in the morning and no afternoon apple. \u00a0It's difficult, but you can do it.\n\nThe last part of the diet is you can eat whatever you want on the last day of the week. \u00a0You can\u00a0gorge\u00a0on twinkies, candy bars, beer, hamburgers, anything. \u00a0This step is important because it keeps your hormones at the proper level for weight loss. \u00a0You don't want your body to jump into starvation mode and begin absorbing food more effectively.\n\nOf course, this day of gluttony is the best and most fun part of the diet. \u00a0By the end of the week, you'll learn what foods (and smells) you really like and how to listen to what your body craves.\n\nIn 3 weeks I lost 10 pounds, which was satisfactory, especially since I did not exercise and was able to eat as much as I wanted as long as it was within the guidelines.\n\nDon't take my description of the guidelines since I don't have the book right in front of me. \u00a0Take a look at the book yourself.\n\n<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/030746363X\/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=zygmy-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399369&creativeASIN=030746363X\">Four Hour Body, by Timothy Ferriss<\/a><img src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=zygmy-20&l=as2&o=1&a=030746363X&camp=217145&creative=399369\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/><\/em>\n\n&nbsp;"}}
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