[z31jaime]

Hello to everyone,

I do not have Diabetes, however I am very overweigh, and Diabetes runs in the family so its on my mind. I was googleing information on this exact diet, and thought I would chime in on this...

On a trip to Puerto Rico 3 weeks ago my 58 year old father spoke to a Dr. out there who suggested this same diet. He went to Puerto Rico for one week, in 3 weeks he has lost 17LBS, his energy levels have clearly gone up, his blood pressure has come down, and his cholesterol has dropped several points, and his sugar has dropped from "prediabetic" numbers to numbers his Dr. was shocked to see in a man his size. He has suffered from Kidney stones in the past so he is always worried about that.

Looking at my father and I we were almost twins, 5'8", he was 275lbs I'm in the 290's. I was amazed at the change this diet has produced in him, But i wanted to find out how it worked. I noteced several people asking on her about what exactly is done in this diet so I figure i would help by posting up exactly what my father is doing.

He explained to me that for breakfast he is ONLY allowed to have 1 Yukon Gold Potato (which has less starch than other potatos) with nothing added to it, he like to make it baked as he says it has a semi sweet taste to it so butter or salt etc etc etc are not needed.

For Lunch he is allowed to have a vegstable salad consisting of another yukon gold potato, carrots, onions, and beats. With very LIGHT seasoning...salt,pepper, etc etc etc.

For dinner he is allowed 1 lean meat of his choice, cooked on a George Forman grill. And a serving of....you guessed it Carrots OR potatos. NOT BOTH. The meat can be again "lightly" seasoned.

To this he was told to drink ONLY water or LIGHT Cranberry juce to help flush his system. And to NEVER EVER eat anything after 5PM. Only Water.

I Kid you not people he went from doing nothing at all to rideing his Schwinn beach cruser 10 miles a day and joining a gym in just 3 weeks time. The amount of energy he has is insane, I'm 28 years old and cant even keep up with him.

I plan to start this diet starting this weekend with my 81 year old grandfather and hope to post up here with my own personal results if thats ok? Were going to make it a family thing to all loose weight.

Also if anyone has any questions I'd be happy to help answer them.


PS.
One more very important thing the Dr. told him. "the junk food might make you feel happy and content for a few hours or a day, but the complements from your weight loss and energy will come everyday without fail." Remember that.