Dr. Oz takes a new spin on dieting. One day of the week is designated for pure cheating; he calls it "Fat-urday." On the "Fat-urday" meal plan you're allowed succumb to the temptation of every snack you desire and eat junk to your hearts content.
When you don't eat your body holds on to the fat. This is because it senses that it is being starved. The same goes for a sudden diet. Your body is more reluctant to let go of the fat it is storing because it has prepared itself to go without food for some time. The idea of a cheat day doesn't put your diet in relapse mode, it gives your body the freedom it needs to drop the extra fat.
Dr. Oz explains that people who cheat lose more weight. I believe he is correct. My sister has lost almost 20 pounds using the "Fat-urday" concept. In her case she follows a saintly diet regiment during the week, and binges like its nobody's business on the weekend. It works for her.
Unfortunately Dr. Oz doesn't tell people to completely lose their minds during their one day cheating sprees; he lays out some ground rules.
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Wow, that's really interesting. You always hear people say that starving your body causes it to hold on to the fat it has already stored...but I never thought that having a "cheat" day would be the solution.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, if I allowed myself to have a cheat day... it would get way out of hand.
I gave up eating dessert for the month of January...and once that was over, I had a couple of days where I ate WAY TOO MUCH candy to compensate for all of the sugar I didn't allow myself to have the month before.
So, in theory Dr. Oz's advice sounds pretty cool... I just don't think I could put it in to practice for myself.