State of Slim: Fix Your Metabolism and Drop 20 Pounds in 8 Weeks on the Colorado Diet

I am a Colorado native, but left the state as my educational path and career took me elsewhere. I have had both the right and left hips replaced over the last four years and an old right knee injury that dogged me was finally fixed through arthroscopic surgery in Feb of 2013. Seven weeks later, I had the right hip replaced. I am in my late 50s now and was appalled at the pound creep from my orthopaedic issues. On top of that, I had a nerve inflammation in my right shoulder in early 2005 that required a lot of corticosteroids to resolve. That resulted in the development of a steroidal "spare tire" around my mid section that more than one doctor told me would be the "toughest 35 pounds I would never lose." Before all this happened, I did not have a weight problem. All of this was driving me crazy, so I resolved that after I healed adequately from the second hip replacement, I would begin to try to get rid of my problem with the tire and the pound creep. I am trained as a human biologist, so I was not going to settle for some weird fad diet, and I could not afford to buy meals from some mail order outfit. When I found out about this plan, I realized that it was balanced with an exercise committment (which I knew absolutely had to be part of permanent weight loss) as well as proper nutritional components. I realized already that my metabolism was messed up by the steroids and orthopaedic-induced inactivity. After reviewing parts of this book on-line before purchase, I was pretty much sold on it. I began the diet on 9/16/2013 and as of 10 days ago, I have lost a little over 23 pounds by the end of Week 9. I will weigh again in four days. I weathered the Thanksgiving Holiday in fine form even though I was staying at my in-laws out of state. Since I am in Phase 3 of the diet, I get 2 indulgance meals a week, so it was fine. I feel better than I have in years and have I ever been getting compliments! The weight loss is very obvious. I participated in my first ever 5K Run/Walk 12 days ago (had to walk because of the hip replacements) and completed the event in 1 hour 10 minutes. I was overjoyed. I have always been physically active and the orthopaedic issues were tough to have to weather. My metabolism has been reset ( I can tell this by the way I feel, which is the way I felt before the corticosteroid treatments were started). I am in Week 11 now and plan to stay on Phase 3 until the end of Week 22, then go on the maintenance plan which is covered in the final chapter of the book. The exercise component has been a piece of cake. They start out by requiring only 10 minutes a day for the first week and then gradually increasing it. I live on a small farm and clean the barn and do "farm chores" as well as horseback ride for some of the exercise. I also walk, now, a lot and enjoy it. My hip replacements do not permit me to run, jog, jump or do aerobics, so I don't have those outlets, but that is fine. Overall, I am thrilled with this plan. Hats off to James Hill and Holly Wyatt!!! I plan to get back to my 2004 weight, the right way, and I know I can keep it off. I have never been hungry on this plan and have never been physically able to eat all of the 6 meals a day they want you to eat. Just can't do it. I am not afraid of the end of the year holidays - I have the tools I need to weather the land mines of parties and special meals I am invited to. I would recommend that if people want to begin this diet this late in the year that they do it after the holidays, because the first two weeks of the diet do not have indulgence meals permitted, which would make the end of year holidays tough. But after January 1, go for it!!! The best part is that I spent exactly $17.95 on the hardcover edition in September from Amazon, and have not had to pay any more money for this plan. No special foods to buy and no "consultants" to pay. Good luck to everyone who gives this a try! By the way, it will change your outlook on life - I am convinced part of it is because you just feel so much better. So do some soul searching and then try this plan out.

This easy-to-follow program really does work. I've been on the plan for several months as a patient of Dr. Wyatt and I lost 21 pounds in the first 8 weeks. And I've continued to drop weight, week after week. My metabolism seems to have totally changed. The plan is based on the fundamentals of eating healthier and increasing activity... but it's done in a way that is both satisfying and fun. You eat the foods that you like by picking a healthy mix of protein & carbs at every meal. I haven't felt deprived because there are awesome recipes for each phase and there are weekly "indulgence" meals included in phases two and three. So you can have chocolate, wine, pizza or whatever it is that you're craving and you can enjoy specials meals or celebrations without feeling left out. As Dr. Wyatt says, whatever food you crave is never more than seven days away. But, if you're like me, you'll find that your cravings and taste buds totally change and you don't want the sugar and carbs as much anymore.If you want to jump-start your weight loss and drop some pounds quickly - and then transition to a plan that you can stick with - you should try Dr. Hill and Dr. Wyatt's program! If I sound like a cheerleader for this book, it's because it's really working for me and it's hard not to get excited when talking about it with others.

The part of the book that will resonate with anyone who has ever tried to eat a 1200-calorie diet or follow a gimmicky diet for longer than 3 days is the bathtub analogy - you can reduce your calories (turning down the water) but if you don't unclog the drain (increase your metabolism), you can keep turning the flow down all you can but the water level (your weight) is going to level-out and then start rising again... and just keep rising.Just decreasing calories is a temporary fix. You gotta move. Every single day. The book wants you to work up to 70 minutes a day, 6 days a week with a rest day. There's no magic pill, no fancy formula, and no expensive shakes. Good/Smart calories in, as many calories out in activity as you can get.Phase 1/Those first two weeks? *Not* overly enjoyable - but I experienced waaaay less rage than I did with Whole30. I didn't lose the "it could happen" 8-10lbs in 2 weeks - I lost 3-4. I'm down 14lbs after 9 weeks, way more inches than I'd expect out of "just" 14lbs, and my energy level is the highest it has ever been.The meal plan is easy enough, you just fill in the blanks. You should have 4-6oz lean protein (I'm guessing this plan might be tough for non-meat eaters?) and at least one "veggie carb" (ha) at each of your 6 meals. At up to 3 of those meals, you can add a carb. And at 2 of those meals, you can also add a healthy fat. It's easy enough to fill out the blanks and if you think about it, also very similar to 21 Day Fix portions. I have never eaten more than 5 meals (and those are really rare, it's almost always 4) of the 6 recommended daily meals. I track calories (even though the book says not to worry about it) in MFP and those 4-5 meals put me in the range of 1250-1600.Your choices are to die of boredom with repeating the same veggies over and over or quickly learn to think outside the box in phase 1. It's not your run-of-the-meal "traditional" low carb diet - those obviously just don't work - but the first two weeks are pretty lean carb-wise but you do get up to 3 servings, albeit from very limited carb choices. Happily, oatmeal is one of those and I'm a huge oatmeal fan. Also led me to discover PB2.A standard Phase 1 day for me:Bkfast - oatmeal with pb2 + either 6 egg whites scrambled with veggies or a cup of greek yogurt or cottage cheeseLunch - usually leftovers from the night before like chicken fajitas served naked or lettuce wrap-style with lots of pico and grilled peppers & onions or turkey meatballs with marinara, served over zoodles.Afternoon snack - 1 cup greek yogurt + 100-calorie pack of nutsA few dinners - chicken fajitas, meatballs & zoodles, salmon, roasted asparagus, roasted broccoli with lemon, red pepper flakes, and lots of garlic; a skinny grilled chicken parm with marinara, over zoodles, and tomato-basil-balsamic salad. Eggplant noodles with tomatoes, basil, and grilled chicken. Balsamic roasted tomatoes over salmon... There's no reason to eat plain chicken and steamed broccoli. Like, ever.Phase 2 brings on more choices, berries and sweet potatoes (yay!), avocados (double yay!), and a weekly cheat meal (aka: wine and cheese for dinner). But that cheat meal (wine and cheese and more wine) is HUGE for psych. Your closed-on-Sunday spicy chicken biscuit with honey indulgence will NEVER taste as good as it did before, though.A standard Phase 2 day for me:Breakfast - green smoothie or one of my trusty phase 1 breakfasts (but I cut the oatmeal in half and add 1/2 a cup of berries)Lunch - Turkey wrap with hummus, lettuce, tomatoes, roasted peppers, onions, and cucumber. Options open greatly with the ability to have a ww tortilla although I prefer to use the Flatout Multigrain or a ww sandwich thin because 1 of those has approx the same nutritional values. And the flat-out is large enough to cut in half.Afternoon snack - Add a 1/2 cup berries to yogurt+nuts.Dinner - Options open with addition of sweet potatoes and avocados. Use your microwave and a 4oz chunk of sweet potato to make a generous serving of sweet potato chips to serve along side real guacamole on taco night. Spiralize sweet potatoes and serve topped with bbq chicken, pico, and avocado.The book is a quick read. I'm pretty proficient in the kitchen, tailoring already-favorite recipes to be "SoS compliant" so I haven't tried very many of the provided recipes (although I am making the muffins tomorrow). If you can swing it, look at getting a spiral vegetable cutter. I have one of the fancier ones with 4 blades and it has come in handy for creating pasta stand-ins and is just overall a big help with making veggies un-boring.

Inspiring, clear, true to its purpose, this book can help almost everyone to stay healthy and active. Eating properly doesn't mean dieting, it'seems a lifestyle and a life skill.

Visione molto interessante...un pochino (troppo...) utopistico. Hanno ragione: bisogna muoversi e tanto, ma a livello che richiedono...hmmmmm....dubito molto che potrebbe essere replicato facilmente....