213-Diet with Addendum One

This is the second Edition with the Addendum One added. The Addendum One includes the 213-Diet Pyramid defining the process to accomplishing healthy weight loss. The 213-Diet Pyramid sets the priorities to successful dieting and weight control. This concept is a revolutionary change on how to becoming thin and fit that does not focus on starvation or working out. The concept relies on slow, steady improvement for lifestyle changes equaling maintainable weight loss and a healthier life. This book was created to help those I love deal with weight concerns and healthy eating. Also to help others confront the cause rather than the problem of weight gain. While struggling with obesity myself, I tried to fix the cause to the problem. Every direction resulted in fixing the problem and not the cause (which created a smaller but still fat person). Deep research revealed that the Food, Health and Medical industries combined are a trillion dollar a year business. These protect their greed for profits with any means, to include manipulating truths, fabrications and outright lies. Every few months a new term, product or concept pops up pushing hope to those without hope; these followers eventually fail and return into the bucket of hopelessness. For every study saying something is healthy, another will say it is unhealthy. Both sides dare claim to be scientific. The primary audience of this material is people that are over-weight and looking to remove 20 to 100 pounds of excess weight. At the age of 50, I was obese and indulged in many bad habits that were slowly stealing years of health and happiness from my future. It became time to feel better and lose the weight. Losing weight has been an interesting and challenging journey that has improved my health and understanding of obesity. With many friends and family suffering with obesity, I wanted to make my research and strategies useful to others. In order to make something able to share, I had to lose weight without really feeling hungry, ever committing to a workout plan, and eating foods I like. I must feel good most if not all the time. The program must be sustainable for life. Some key points are as follows: Weight loss and gain are non-linear causing seemingly unpredictable weight alterations. Weight gain creates a new larger person that does not reduce in size or capacity just by using stored energy. Weight loss cannot by directly controlled but weight gain can. Bad habits can be stopped if decomposed to find their weaknesses. A successful person has the ability to create a social network to help accomplish their agenda. Sugar is the cause of most obesity blamed health issues and a primary factor in metabolic syndrome. Oxygen, sleep and water are extremely important to good health and weight control. The primary reason for obesity is over eating a balance of the macro-nutrients. Some activity is extremely important to most of the bodily systems and weight control. No person can exactly predict what their weight loss will be, but can measure their weight gain. If a person controls weight gain in a healthy manner, they will lose weight while remaining healthier. The approach is that slow and steady wins the race. Achieving small measurable goals creates a faith that is reliable and maintainable. One hundred methods are included to help create a program that is adaptable to a person's metabolism, values, and lifestyle. This book is dedicated to the people I love and some people that I have lost. In the writing of the content of this book, I became aware of how important this material was to improving the quantity and quality of life. Maybe at first it was focused on an outward appearance but as it matured, it flourished into health and happiness.