Step 1: Kitchen Purge!

Want to maximize your chances of success? If you have difficult cravings or a “sugar addiction,” it’s smart to throw out (or give away) sugary and starchy foods, and “low fat” diet products. This includes:

• Candy
• Potato chips/pretzels
• Soft drinks and juices
• Margarine
• Sugar in all forms
• Wheat flour
• Pasta
• Rice
• Potatoes
• Everything that says “low fat” or “no fat”
• Ice cream
• Cookies
• Sports Drinks

Avoid these Foods:

*Starch 

*Whole Grain Products: “Whole grain” products are just bad, including bread, potatoes, French fries, potato chips, porridge, and muesli, etc.  Moderate amounts of root vegetables may be okay after the first month on the diet.

*Margarine: Margarine is industrially produced with an unnaturally high content of omega-6 fat.  Margarine has been statistically linked to asthma, allergies, and other inflammatory diseases and has no health benefits whatsoever.

*Beer: Beer is also known as “liquid bread.” It is full of malt sugar (unfortunately).

*Fruit: Fruit is very sweet and very high in sugar (fructose). You can eat it once in a while; treat it as a natural form of candy.

All Things in Moderation

Some these next foods can be eaten once in a while. You decide when the time is right (usually after the first month). Your weight loss may slow down a bit, but you can consider including the following foods when you are ready.

*Alcohol 

Dry wine (regular red wine or dry white), whisky, brandy, vodka, mixed drinks without sugar.

*Dark chocolate - Above 70 % cocoa, preferably 1-2 oz. at a time.

Kitchen Purge Checklist:

Candy

Candy Removed *

Yes No

Potato Chips/Pretzels

Potato Chips/Pretzels Removed *

Yes No

Soft drinks

Soft Drinks Removed *

Yes No

Juices

Juices Removed *

Yes No

Sugar in all forms

Sugar in all forms. Removed *

Yes No

Pasta

Pasta Removed *

Yes No

Potatoes

Potatoes Removed *

Yes No

Everything that says “low fat” or “no fat”

Low Fat Products Removed *

Yes No

Margarine

Margarine Removed *

Yes No

Ice cream

Ice Cream Removed *

Yes No

Cookies

Cookies Removed *

Yes No

Wheat Flour

Wheat Flour Removed *

Yes No

All Rice

Rice Removed *

Yes No

Sports Drinks

Sport Drinks Removed *

Yes No

Do you swear that you have completed this task?

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