This is 'MY STORY' how I lost 15kg in 6 months without starving myself and feeling hungry all the time and minimal daily exercise!
If you have tried every diet under the sun and failed then this might work for you too?
I can't say its really a diet as such. I stumbled across this by accident. Im not sure why it worked for me but if I stuck to it and didnt snack in between meals or eat double the amount or bad packet salted snacks, then the weight started to come off about a kilo per month without really trying.
It was not until I went to the doctors for my 3 month diabetic check up and blood test, he said; you have lost weight. I said; well I havent been dieting or trying HAH, thats odd! Then I weighed myself and sure enough I was 3 kilos lighter then when he weighed me on the last check up. Then another 3 months passed and the same. Even my sugar levels started to come down. I had lots of energy and was never hungry. I didnt stay on the bacon sandwich diet strictly after 6 months, as one does get fed up with it after all. However the weight didnt increase if I was careful.
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So what was my magical formula?
<<<<<<< Before ...... After >>>>>> 
well I guess I broke the dietations rules, scr__ them ;)
I explan first, and give detailed amounts and ingredients below:
1) 2 Meals a day! not the recommend 3 or 5 small meals by health professionals.
Im probably like so many world wide - just no time in mornings to sit down and eat a load of carbos and sugars hidden in cereals with the bonus of some fibre. I am not a morning person. I tend to have gotten jobs (shift work) that worked the evenings and started in the afternoon. I loved to sleep in until 10am, and stay up to 2am. So skipping the most important meal of the day was easy.
Instead my most important meal is called BRUNCH!!! (10am to 1pm depending what you are used to; as a time for a first meal of the day)
but DO NOT panic this diet can work for morning people too.
The key thing missing 1 extra meal is your lossing 1000 extra calories per day. Thats a load of extra exercise to burn that off.
Your second meal is a regular dinner 6 to 7pm (and not all you can eat deal, you still have to be reasonable. and no fast foods - a biggy! fast food should be restricted to a treat, once or twice a month only - not a habit. Whats worse is many even have it for breakfast and lunch!)
The key with the bacon diet is the right amount of fiber, fats and protein. Its the protein that actually tells your brain when your not hungry, according to new research. Protein turns of the hunger.
believe it or not, a egg and bacon breakfast is recommended for diabetics as it has the right amount of proteins and fiber (with whole meal bread) and less sugars then many boring breakfasts to keep the body happy all day until the evening meal. The bacon sandwich works better I think and easier and faster to cook using just a toaster and microwave as explained below.
Also, some research has found egg and bacon regularly eaten by children under the age of 10 compared with cereal children actually had better brain function and scored 10 to 30% higher in tests and memory quizzes. It was found the key was Omega-3 and other Omegas found in eggs was vital for brain function! The other common sources for Omegas other then vitamins/supplements was from fresh fish.
So DO NOT KNOCK the old english breakfast!
You could add a egg in the sandwich, but eggs have alot of fat and other bad things (as well as good things) in them, so stick to a add egg treat to once a week. Its better to buy supplements or have seafood or fish in a couple of meals a week,
2) low fat milk shake (with a plant extract for added fibre and indigestion), Take on a empty stomach before any other bewerage or food.
Now if you dont have BRUNCH and a morning person, you could take this milkshake in the morning.
3) Regular glasses of water every 2-3 hours during the day.
4) A standard main meal daily.
5) supplements as a extra boost,
6) 30 minutes walk daily recommended after the sandwich, for example: dog walking , if doing that for your job anyhow it dont matter, just walking to a park and back. or up and down the street and back. You just have to get out the house if possible.
Why walk? sun light on face and hands gets the vital vitamin D ! it burns extra calories
7) Use your brain more for calculating stuff. A idle brain, one just watching TV all day would only burn 400 calories. But a thinking brain like programming a PC, mathematics, word processing, and other nerdy thinking jobs, could easily burn double to quadriple the calories!
So simply, walking 15 minutes in any direction from your door step and back and more use of the brain will burn up those calories.
Its said the human body only needs 2000 calories a day. Well a burger and fries is easily that if not more. Thats Just one meal! and you have 2 more meals in a day left.. so you could easily eat double triple or quadriple the calories your body needs.. so what does it do with the extras? of course your body stores it as fat! you gain weight!.
A bacon sandwich depending on bread used can range from 300 to 600 calories a slice of bread alone! and the bacon slice also 400 to 500 calories with the fat/bacon rine removed.
so a bacon sandwich we are looking at 1200 calories and the main meal about the same.
8) I actually drink a cup of tea with no sugar with some milk in the mornings (10am like, although one should have the milkshake first if possible), and 1 glass of pepsi max or cola zero during the day. If 'one' could avoid the sweetening chemicals then it would be wise. Replace these with water would be best solution, but this is a realistic diet plan and diet soft drinks only have like 4 calories so you can get away with it. Coffee is meant to have good anti cancer properties... but everything in moderation as they say. You can find out other HEALTHY FACTS in this book I recommed: NaturalPlantCures.com
Pros and Cons of the Bacon Sandwich Diet
Pros: It is easy to stick to for many months. Should be able to loose weight slowly.
Cons: Some people can't eat meat such as vegeterians, some can't eat because of religious obligations (pig meat), and some countries do not even have smoked salted shoulder bacon rashers/slices (they surely do not know what they are missing out on... its a taste buds delight) However all is not lost, one could find a alternative to bacon, perhaps salty ham or other lean meat cutlets or maybe a soya substitute?
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What the Bacon Sandwich Diet is NOT
The Bacon Sandwich diet is not a rapid loss diet. It is a way to change your bad habits without making your self hungry, and giving you a fighting chance to succeed in loosing weight or maintaining weight.
The Recipe
The Bacon Sandwich Details
2 Slices. Any kind of bread white or brown; what you like. However, read the side of loaf, find a brand that with the lowest calories per slice, try to get one with 500 calories or less. Of course, whole meal bread is better for you then white but will alter the taste of the sandwich, some like some dont. Im the do not kind. I like a neutral tasting bread. Some white bread have added hidden fiber so get that brand if available.
1 normal size pig shoulder bacon rasher/slice. Note! the picture of shoulder bacon above. It has all the fat on one side. Not strip bacon that has much fatty strips mixed with the meat. Not all bacon is equal, the best tasting I find is salted bacon not sugar cured with a light smoked flavor. UK/AUS/NZ style shoulder bacon is the best.
Cook the bacon slice in 800 watt microwave oven for 1 to 2 minutes, this will release most of the fat and fat/salt adds added flavor to the rest of the slice of meat as it cooks. Leave the bacon rine on. This is the easier option and it adds extra flavor to it as it cooks in its juices.
After its cooked then cut of the fat (rine) and any white bits. Eating fat is silly as it goes to your belly and clogs up the heart and veins. There will be some fats absorbed into the meat anyhow. You need some fats in diet, but less saturated fats are healthier for you.
Now this is the best bit.. Toast the 2 slices of bread in a standard toaster. For some reason it enhences the flavor of the bacon sandwich rather then doughy bread.
Lightly spread some margarine on each slice. Do not use butter, it is pure fat and saturated fat! it also changes the flavor.
Now the margarine brand I used was called golden canola (aus/nz have it, not sure if the rest of the world do?). Its 60% less saturated the butter, has no transfats and has essential Omega-3 added and zero Cholestrol, hunt around for a similar brand with the same features. Every country have different rules which ban them adding bad stuff into the margarine so it changes the texture and flavor. USA is worse for bad margarines, and contain many bad things. Avoid trans-fat margarines. Margarine with Omega-3 is great for the brain, since most foods lack Omega its a great way to add it back into your diet. If you can't find a nice tasting margarine or a safe one in your country, then stick with butter as it will probably be better for you, but spread it thinly.
The Main Meal
1 Hand size piece of fish, shell fish or palm size piece of steak, lamb or chicken.
3 Table spoons of mash potatoe (boiled) or handful of oven baked wedges/fries but alternate days
1 to 3 handfuls of cooked spinach, or cabbage or silverbeat.
1 Table spoon of carrots, or similar vegetable.
If you don't want cooked vegies, a nice baby spinach, lettice salad with grated carrot and a light olive oil dressing will do the trick.
Have a multi-vitamin supplement with a glass of water. this is optional but can add extra elements that may be missing in your diet. If your suffering tiredness then you most likely missing something in your diet. Example, is some vegetables can lack trace elements depending when soil they grew in.
The Morning MilkShake
Now this is optional but I have a daily shake, and maybe a key element to the diet working and keep the bowls good and reduce cancer risks of bladder and bowl.
First you need to buy some SLIPPER ELM. You can order some online here. Make sure its pure slippery elm, not one with corn flour added.
You also need a good shaker mixer. I use magic bullet. You can order one here. Why do you need to electrically mix it, well simply the herb will float and wont mix using a spoon only. also it wont foam up with a serious mixer doing it.
Plus you need a good flavoring for the Milkshake. A powerd milk flavor is best with minimal sugar. (I use chocolate flavor as works best with the Slippery elm as it can have a not so nice gritty taste. So a strong flavoring is best. Stronger the better I guess).
You need to buy the lowest fat milk about. Here in my country its a Yellow top. It will have a warning such as 'no good' for infants. It tends to be more watery as the fat is removed but may have added vitamins and calcium. Which is good idea as many woman can have weakened bones and need more calcium in their diets. Also calcium is vital for healthy viens and blood flow. You can find more info on such herbals again in the herbal book meantioned before.
Fill the mixer cup almost to the top. (magic bullet cup sizethat is! Not the extreme mixer cups sizes).
1 Table spoon of Slippery Elm
1-2 Table spoons of Choco Milk Flavoring
Blend it for 1 minute. It should be nice fluffy tasting milkshake.
Take this first thing in morning before the sandwich, 15 minutes before hand or longer if wish.
It will give added fiber to the diet, and coat the bowls and slow fat absorbing and will cure you of re-flux and other tummy upsets. (again you can find out mor ein the herbal book if you wish)
Finally, Water!
Now TAP water always has added chemicals. Many say they poison you especially in large quantities. This is debatable, but I would recommend for your daily glasses of water to order a pure magic or similar brand to make you some crystal clear water. taste so much better! You can order here
Seven Keys to Success
- Follow the diet religiously.
- Drink at least 4 glasses of water per day
- Dont cheat and snack inbetween, you should find you dont get hungry
- Complement the diet with a good multivitamin tablet.
- Print the information on this site so you can refer to it daily.
- Dont over do your course size and if you need a drink with the main meal then a small glass of red grape juice. As red grapes contain vital compounds to reduce fatty build up in viens and heart. (Find out more interesting facts in the herbal book meantioned above)
- DO some exercise daily and get some direct sun light on your face,
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