Menu guide/cookbook coming soon

Hello Everyone,

I'm sorry I have not been posting menus lately. I have been very busy assembling a menu guide and recipe book that will help you on your weightless journey. The book includes 8 weeks of full menus and over 120 recipes. Currently, I'm in the final editing phase and am in the process of getting into production.

The book be available at this blog as well as Body 4 Believers workshops and stores. Who knows, may be it will available at Amazon someday (LOL)

I'll keep you posted.


BTW, I have discovered a new protein powder. I'll share it with you soon.

Slim Jim

What Happens After You Drink a Coke

 This article by Wade Meredith will keep you from wanting to drink a regular Coke again!

"Have you ever wondered why Coke comes with a smile? Because it gets you high. They removed the cocaine almost 100 years ago. Why? It was redundant.

• In the first 10 minutes: 10 teaspoons of sugar hit your system. (100% of your recommended daily intake.) You don’t immediately vomit from the overwhelming sweetness because phosphoric acid cuts the flavor, allowing you to keep it down.

• 20 minutes: Your blood sugar spikes, causing an insulin burst. Your liver responds to this by turning any sugar it can get its hands on into fat. (And there’s plenty of that at this particular moment.)

• 40 minutes: Caffeine absorption is complete. Your pupils dilate; your blood pressure rises; as a response, your liver dumps more sugar into your bloodstream. The adenosine receptors in your brain are now blocked, preventing drowsiness.

• 45 minutes: Your body ups your dopamine production, stimulating the pleasure centers of your brain. This is physically the same way heroin works, by the way.

• > 60 minutes: The phosphoric acid binds calcium, magnesium, and zinc in your lower intestine, providing a further boost in metabolism. This is compounded by high doses of sugar and artificial sweeteners also increasing the urinary excretion of calcium.

• > 60 minutes: The caffeine’s diuretic properties come into play. (It makes you have to pee.) It is now assured that you’ll evacuate the bonded calcium, magnesium, and zinc that was headed to your bones as well as sodium, electrolytes, and water.

• > 60 minutes: As the rave inside you dies down, you’ll start to have a sugar crash. You may become irritable and/or sluggish. You’ve also now, literally, pissed away all the water that was in the Coke. But not before infusing it with valuable nutrients your body could have used for things like hydrating your system, or building strong bones and teeth.

This will all be followed by a caffeine crash in the next few hours. (As little as two if you’re a smoker.) Want to know what happens after that? Check out what happens to your body after you drink a coke, every day for a long time.
Coke itself isn’t the enemy here. It’s the dynamic combo of massive sugar doses combined with caffeine and phosphoric acid, which are found in almost all sodas. Moderation, people!

photo: Thinkstock

So, do you really want to drink that Coke?

Slim Jim

Acceptable Blue Bunny cold snacks

When it is hot outside, it is nice to have a cold snack. In this article, I am going to give you some snacks for the summer. Since there are so many manufacturers, I am going to highlight BLUE BUNNY products today. I will list other acceptable produces in future blogs.

Before I list them, let me qualify a "snack."

1. Snack: 100-200 calories
2. Only 1 snack per day unless you have a 30 minute workout-then you can have a second snack

Before I list them let me state that from my research, the best ice cream snack is: Arctic Zero ice cream

• You can eat 1 pint of this and still be fine!
• This has the best ratio of carbs to protein than any other ice cream
• Go to http://www.myarcticzero.com/locations.php to find a location near you (In my town, you can find them at the Video Hut!)

The following Blue Bunny products are not as good as Arctic Zero, but they will not cause the fat truck to start running. However, they will not give you a protein boost either. In other words, you can eat them without harming or helping you.

Acceptable Blue Bunny ice creams:

• 1/2 cup of Blue Bunny No Sugar Added Reduced Fat Bunny Tracks
• 1/2 cup of Blue Bunny No Sugar Added Reduced Fat Butter Pecan
• 2/3 cup of Blue Bunny No Sugar Added Reduced Fat Chocolate
• 1/2 cup of Blue Bunny No Sugar Added Reduced Fat Mint Chocolate Chip
• 1/2 cup of Blue Bunny No Sugar Added Reduced Fat Rocky Road

Acceptable ice cream bars

• 2-4 bars Blue Bunny Sweet Freedom Fudge Lites
• 2 bars Blue Bunny Sweet Freedom Vanilla Fudge bar
• 1 bar Blue Bunny Sweet Freedom Ice Cream Candy Bar
• 1 bar Blue Bunny Sweet Freedom Almond Bars
• 1 bar Blue Bunny Sweet Freedom Black Raspberry Ice Cream bar 
• 1-3 bars Blue Bunny Sweet Freedom Vanilla Fudge & Fudge Ice Cream bar
• 1-2 bar Blue Bunny Sweet Freedom Caramel Lites Ice Cream bar
• 1-2 bars Blue Bunny Sweet Freedom Krunch Lites Ice Cream bar
• 1-2 Blue Bunny Sweet Freedom Vanilla Lites Ice Cream bar
• 1-2 Blue Bunny 100 Calorie Butter Peacan Ice Cream bar

Acceptable Ice Cream Cones

• 1 Blue Bunny Sweet Freedom Snack Size Vanilla Ice Cream Cone

Acceptable Personal Ice Cream (Quarts)

• Blue Bunny Personals No Sugar Added Reduce Fat Ice Cream Double Strawberry
• Blue Bunny Personals No Sugar Added Reduce Fat Ice Cream Cherry Vanilla

WARNING: Not all Blue Bunny products are alike! Not all products will work as a snack-even if they say fat free, reduced sugar, etc. These are the products which will not have a negative impact on efficient fat burn. Enjoy!

Menu for today + poll results

Breakfast
Regular French Toast (FP/FC)

• 2 Eggs
• 1 tbsp Skim Milk
• Cinammon
• 3 pieces double fiber wheat bread
• Walden Farms Blueberry Syrup
• Fat free cool whip

Mix eggs, milk and cinammon. Dip bread in mixture. Cook in skillet sprayed with 0 calorie butter spray and a little MCT oil. Cover with syrup and cool whip

Lunch (at Lanny's Resturaunt) (FP/FC)

• 2 Catfish Filets
• Green beans

Snack
Protein bar

Supper
Chicken Wraps + Fruit Cup

• Chicken, cut into strips 
• Green, red peppers and onions
• Spinach
• Fat free shredded cheddar cheese
• 1 tbsp fat free sour cream
• 1 tbsp salsa
• 1 tbsp Soy Sauce
• 2 Extreme fiber tortilla

Saute peppers and onions in MCT oil and soy sauce. Remove from skillet. Saute chicken in the same skillet. Combine chicken, peppers and onions. Put cheese on to tortillas, add chicken, pepper and onion mixture, top with spinach. Dip wraps in fat free sour cream and salsa.

Fruit Cup

• bananas
• blue berries
• apples
• dolop of fat free cool whip

Poll Results
Congralations!! Most voted correctly. A Lean protein + Natural Carb is Not a fat burning combination. You must have a fibrous carb whenever you have a natural carb and you can only have a natural carb with a lean protein. Thanks for participating.

Calling All Cooks

Hello Everyone!

I'm sorry that it has been a few days since I have posted. I have been working on a book of menus!  I am nearing completion of the book, but I need your help. While I have tested some of the recipes, there are others which I have not had the time to try out. On paper they work, but whether they taste good or not is another question. Those who help me by cooking at least 2 recipes will receive a free download of my material before it goes to press. If you can help me, please send me an email and I'll send you some recipes and the guidelines. I look forward to hearing from you.

You can email me at jwrigh10@yahoo.com

SlimJim

Tracking the HOT Days

In a previous blog, I stated that I was making a run towards my goal weight of 160lbs. I started my run on Monday, May 16th and the finish line was Sunday, May 29th (Memorial Day Weekend). I think it makes it easier if you have a stop date out there and a special day like Memorial Day, Father's Day, July 4th etc. are good days to aim for.

In this article, I am giving you a snapshot of my weight loss during that time.

Monday, May 16th: 164.8
Tuesday, May 17th: 164.4

Wednesday, May 18th: 163.2
Thursday, May 19th: 163.2
Friday, May 20th: 163.4
Saturday, May 21:162.6
Sunday, May 22: 161.8
Monday, May 23: 161.4
Tuesday, May 24: 162.0
Wednesday, May 25: 162.4
Thursday, May 26: 161.4
Friday, May 27: 160.0 (GOAL WEIGHT!!!)
Saturday, May 28: 160.0 (Maintaining Goal Weight!)


As always there were obstacles along the way. For example, on Friday, May 20th we went to a movie at the drive-in. My wife bought a sack of hamburgers. I was going to put one on my double fibrous bread (FP/FC), but I forgot the bread! So, I improvised. I ate the meat off a hamburger and purchased 2 dill pickles! I was rewarded by a weight drop the next day!

On Sat. May 21 I traveled out of town so I ate a meal bar on the road. After the meeting, they served lunch which consisted of cokes, chips and subs on white bread!!! I excused myself from the lunch, looked up a local GNC and bought an Oh Yeah! meal bar and ate it. That night, there was a big "pig pull" dinner at the church. By the title, I knew that I needed a fibrous carb to accompany me if I was going to participate in the pig-pull! So I attended the dinner armed with double fiber bread.

There were some frustrations days in here too. If you notice I gained back a pound over two days; losing the ground I had gained. Why? On one day, I ate in uncharted territory: a Japanese restaurant. Although I tried to eat correctly (no rice)  I think the sauce got me. That evening I ate at a Mexican restaurant and I simply ate too much (Plus I had guacamole which contains avocados which is a "no no"). I paid for it by a little weight gain. I wanted to quit, but I buckled down and the weight came off.

As you can see, the weight came off quickly. In two days I dropped 2.4lbs! In addition, I stayed at my goal weight the next day.

There are a few observations I want to make:
1. Weight loss is not linear. It will not happen in a specific amount every day. Sometimes, it is irrational. You may have a "hot" day and gain a little weight! On the other hand, a slow loss may suddenly drop into a big loss. Even though it is uneven and sometimes defies explanation, at the end of the time frame the question is: did I lose weight? You may have not lost a lot, but if you lost weight-you lost weight!

2. Weight loss takes commitment. You will not lose weight from wishful thinking. You will not lose weight by reading books or going to classes. You will not lose weight by being "on diet" one day and "off diet" the next. You lose weight by making a commitment to eat healthy over a period of several days.

3. Weight loss takes time. You have to look at the big picture. Don't go day-to-day, but instead go from milepost to milepost. Set yourself a time frame of 1-2 weeks and stick to it. Don't quit even if your weight does something irrational like go up even when you have been eating correctly.

4. Set reasonable goals. My goal was to loss four pounds in two weeks. Over the last three months I have averaged 9-10 pounds of weight loss a month; therefore, a four pound loss over two weeks was reasonable. The reality is that you don't want to loss too much too fast.


 Now that I have hit my goal what is next? My next step is to lose five more pounds to give my self some "wiggle" room. My current plan is to make 160lb my ceiling weight. I want to go down to 155lb and have a 5lb room to fluctuate. How am I going to get to the last five pounds? You guessed it, another milestone. I am going to enjoy eating whatever I want (within reason) on Sunday and Memorial Day. Then I am going to go for another streak of hot days from May 31st until my wife's birthday on June 11th. That should get me close to the 155 mark. If I don't make it I'll make a run for it after her birthday to Father's Day. I'll keep you posted.

Menu 5/27/2011

Breakfast (BF)
Oh Yeah Chocolate Almond Brownie Protein Bar (my favorite!)

Lunch (LP/FC/NC)
Spaghetti

• Tomato Sauce
• Add spices: Garlic, Onion Salt, Oregano
• Add vegetables: Green Pepper, Red Pepper, Mushrooms, Onion (Sparingly)
• Cook ground Veggie Sausage and add to sauce (LP)
• Whole Wheat noodles (NC)

Garlic Toast (FC)

• 1 Double Fiber Wheat Bread 
• Add garlic and onion salt
• Place under broiler until toasted

Green beans or any fibrous carb (FC)

Snack
Zone Chewy Pretzel Cashew Protein Bar

Supper (FP/FC)
Tortilla Pizza

•  (I'm still perfecting this one so I'll give a better description next time)

96 oz Water