Easy Calorie Counting: Extreme Weight Watchers in Woman's World

I confess. I'm a Woman's World "junkie". I buy every copy I see. I've ended up buying the same one twice. And just a couple weeks ago, I ended up buying one that was WAY OUT OF DATE because I didn't recognize the cover as one I had bought recently.

I always look at the diets but I don't buy it FOR the diets. The last issue I bought had plastered on the front. "Extreme Weight Watchers". And inside it said that Weight Watchers had decided to begin a new approach to weight loss. What they are counting on here is that Weight Watchers has earned a solid reputation for a no nonsense approach to weight loss. They don't encourage fad dieting. They stick to healthy eating and slowly getting to your goal. So, it sparked my interest.

I decided I'd see if I could find out more about it and I Googled "extreme Weight Watchers".

In 2009

At least the meals they gave to eat were different.

In 2008

I had thought this was something "Weight Watchers" came up with.

Probably NOT.

But the thing that caught my attention the most was all the other stuff on the front of the magazine. The whole format for the issues seem to be same: lower your blood pressure, feel happy, organize or get rid of clutter.

I don't know why that disappointed me. I guess I thought they went to more trouble to create a new issue every time. Now naive can a person be?

This won't keep me from buying their magazine. I like it that there's at least one magazine out there that has some encouraging, uplifting life stories about every day people who have faced challenges and overcome them. And THAT is the reason I buy the magazine. And I keep them because every issue has a diet and I keep thinking that "some day" I will cull out those healthy recipe ideas and create a whole log of good ideas of stuff that I can eat that will taste good and be good for me and will help me on my road to weight loss.

1600 calorie diet

One-Day Water Loss Diet by Martin Katahn

“Just in case you ever experience water retention, here is a day’s menu that will get rid of several pound of excess water. Women who experience periodic water retention find it particularly helpful, especially when it is combine with daily exercise. It will also do wonders for your mood since water retention is often associated with an increase in negative emotions such as depression.

Up to 1 pound of extra-lean beef, fish, or chicken, prepared without skin.

Up to 2 cups of low-fat cottage cheese

Asparagus, broccoli, fresh pineapple or melon, and citrus fruits

You can use this diet for two days if necessary. You can eat up to a full pound of lean meat, fish, or fowl and w cuts of low-fat cottage cheese each day. You can also eat all the named fruits and vegetables, plainly cooked, in almost unlimited quantities. To be on the safe side, however, the first time you use the diet, try a serving each of two different vegetables, and a serving each of two different fruits. This will show you how well the diet can work for you when followed in its most perfect form.”

Page 142 The Rotation Diet

Pages 141-142 Eat Naturally Diuretic Foods

Some foods have a natural diuretic function. They stimulate your kidneys to rid your body of water, rather than close them down as do salty foods (listed previously). Naturally diuretic foods tend to be relatively high in potassium content, compared with their sodium content.

Here is a list of foods that will help you get rid of excess water. The most effective ones seem to be fresh pineapple, asparagus, citrus fruits, and green vegetables. Combine these foods with lean meat and cottage cheese, and you can lose several pounds of water overnight.

Apricot

Banana

Cantaloupe

Figs

Grapefruit and grapefruit juice

Oranges and orange juice

Pineapple, fresh

Prunes and prune juice

Raisins

Watermelon

Asparagus

Broccoli

Potato

Tomato

Cottage Cheese

Milk, skim and low-fat

Nuts, unsalted

Beef lean

Chicken

Lamb, untrimmed Tuna, water packed

Turkey

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