The 100 Calorie Diet

Everyone is doing it! Everyone is looking for that 100 calorie signature on the front label of every item. Why is this so important to so many people? Why do people think that by eating fewer calories will decrease the size of their waist? It is simply not true, I say, or is it?

Let me explain… I like to use the example of a wood burning fire. If you keep adding one piece of wood to the fire, the fire will continue to burn at a strong pace, for a long period of time. In fact if you keep adding a piece of wood every hour or so, the fire will NEVER stop burning. Are you following?

Let’s use this with the human body, except use food to replace the wood. If food is continuously added to the body, the body will never stop burning. We want our body to have a continuous amount of long lasting energy. We don’t want to feel a crash of any kind. We all know what that feels like.

So, normally, I would say stop cutting calories to lose weight, because if you eat less calories, the fire will stop burning. However, If you continuously eat about 100 calories every hour, your metabolism will be so fast, the fat will melt right off your body! Normally I tell people to eat 5 to 6 times per day, eating about 300 calories each time, but if you plan on revving up your metabolism as fast as you possibly can, start eating about 100 calories every hour during your waking hours. This will get you maximum results and fast.

By the end of each day you should be putting in 1500 to 2000 calories. Just in case you didn’t know, if you plan on losing any weight, you better be eating no less than 1500 calories per day! This is a FACT, not just my suggestion.

Here are a few great 100 calories or less “healthy” snacks:

Apple…60 cal
Bean salad…88 cal
Banana…65 cal
1 cup blueberries…80 cal
bran cereal…65 cal
cottage cheese…96 cal
whole grain total ¾ cup…97 cal
All Bran ½ cup…80 cal
Fiber One ½ cup…60 cal
Pear…65 cal
Raisins 2 Tbsp…57 cal
Post Bran Flakes 3.4 cup…99 cal
Poached egg…75 cal
Hard boiled egg…75 cal
String cheese 1 ounce…80 cal
New England Clam Chowder 1 cup…95 cal
Chicken noodle soup 1 cup…75 cal
Half English muffin…78 cal
5 Ritz Crackers…80 cal
Orange…72 cal
Carrots 1 cup…50 cal
Broccoli 1cup…25 cal