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The "How the Rich Get Thin" Diet

The rich are different: they can afford to be thin. Park Avenue diet doctor Jana Klauer shares their secrets with the rest of us in "How the Rich Get Thin". The diet promises that you can get thin by working hard and following this high-protein, low-carbohydrate, and high-calcium diet. You'll become healthier and thinner by eating whole foods, exercising, and following stress-reduction techniques. Within two months of following this plan, so the promise goes, you will be stronger, slimmer, and healthier. You'll also look and feel ten years younger. Of course, being able to afford a personal trainer and expensive restaurant meals will help you to stick with the "How the Rich Get Thin" diet plan.

Just give up those highly processed, refined foods (even the supplement bars) and regain portion control.

Eat high-quality proteins at each meal (like egg whites and poultry), enjoy complex carbohydrates, get calcium from eating plenty of low-fat dairy foods, and exercise every day.

What makes The "How the Rich Get Thin" Diet different?

Here's a high-protein, low-carbohydrate diet that acknowledges that you're busy and often eat out. Even so, there are high expectations for eating and exercising. You'll learn how to make good choices on menus and become familiar with healthy foods such as edamame and hummus. If you follow this diet, you'll have to adhere to strict non-negotiables: exercising daily, eating whole foods and organic proteins, and eating adequate amounts of calcium.

What is The "How the Rich Get Thin" Diet?

This plan defines acceptable foods and meals quite specifically. For the beginning stages of the diet, your eating options are severely limited.

The "How the Rich Get Thin" diet provides several days' worth of menus. As you progress, you'll slowly reintroduce more variety into your diet.

• Phase 1/Jump-Start: you follow a radical high-protein, high-water, low-calorie, and no-alcohol plan for three days. You should notice an immediate weight change as you shed water weight.
• Phase 2: You can relax a little from the strict Jump-Start. Your diet includes high quality proteins such as fish, poultry, eggs, and dairy. You'll eat three meals, three snacks, and 1200 mg calcium daily. Continue following this phase until you are within five pounds of your weight loss goal.
• Phase 3: You maintain. You'll have a little wiggle room as you incorporate a variety of healthy foods on a weekly basis. For example, in week one in this phase, you'll be able to eat grilled or roasted organic chicken. In week two, you can begin eating fruit. In week three, you may add legumes (beans, peas, and lentils), and then can add sweet potatoes in week four. If you gain weight while in this phase, eliminate the culprit food.

You'll have ample guidelines for healthy eating. Use the size of your Palm Pilot as a model for your ideal four- to five-ounce portion of meat. You should eat fruits because of their high fiber and antioxidant content. Limit yourself to two fruits per day while on the weight loss portion of the plan. You'll have to wait until the later stages of the plan to eat whole grains.

Even if you don't choose the "How the Rich Get Thin" diet, you can garner useful tips. For instance, you can learn how to short-circuit cravings. Using the Stop! Watch! Method, you'll wait out your impulse with a stopwatch, drink a large glass of water, and eat a high protein snack to curb your desires. Go ahead and eat at five-star restaurants. Just be sure to leave the breadbasket untouched and enjoy appropriately sized portions. Snack before your lunch date to ensure you don't arrive hungry. Abandon your membership in the "clean plate club." Ask the kitchen to accommodate your requests even when you're attending a wedding or other event.

You'll find a helpful resource for traveling in the diet's hotel survival guide. The "How the Rich Get Thin" diet plan also offers simplified guidelines for reading food labels and extensive suggestions for finding healthy food products in your city.

Start each day by drinking a large glass of water and exercising for one hour. Breakfast should include a high quality protein source. Eat less food at lunch. Save your snacks for when you're hungry in the afternoon.

What are the weight loss expectations?

The higher your initial weight, the higher your weight loss expectations should be on the "How the Rich Get Thin" diet. Within the first one to two weeks, you should expect a two to four pound water-weight loss. After that, a weekly loss of one to two pounds is medically ideal.

Is exercise promoted on the "How The Rich Get Thin" Diet?

You must exercise daily to speed your weight loss and help you feel younger. Pick an activity you enjoy, like walking in the park at lunchtime. Do it every day. Create a healthy lifelong habit by beginning with 30 minutes of exercise daily and working your way up to an hour every day.

Are supplements recommended?

Take calcium citrate with vitamin D at bedtime, on the "How the Rich Get Thin" diet, to ensure adequate weight loss. Also, if you are experiencing changes from aging (like hair loss or wrinkles), you may want to take additional supplements.