Diet for a Pain-Free Life is
NOT a quick fix but a life-time commitment to a healthy lifestyle!
Commit to a Healthy
Lifestyle Change
The Pain-Free Diet is not a
quick fix for years of ignoring your weight. In fact, there are other fad
diets that may enable you to drop weight faster and see results more
quickly. But as physicians, we tell you up front these fad diets also set
you up for rapid weight gain when you no longer can adhere to the rigid
rules such as only eating foods that are very low calorie, very low fat, or
very low carbohydrates. You need to allow a few weeks (Level 1, called Jump
Start) to change a lifetime of poor eating habits as you eliminate most
animal foods (particularly beef, pork, and veal) from your diet, along with
processed and packaged foods like chips, cookies, crackers, sweetened
cereals and fast foods (french fries, shakes, and onion rings).
Recipe of the Week
Fresh
Fruit Parfait
Ingredients
-
2
cups whole strawberries,
rinsed, and tops cut off (reserve 2 whole strawberries for garnish)
-
2/3
cup fresh blueberries
-
6 tablespoons vanilla Cool
Whip
-
2
champagne or wine goblets
Directions
Layer the
strawberries, blueberries and cool whip saving 1 tablespoon of Cool Whip per
parfait for topping. Top the parfaits with a dollop of Cool Whip and a whole
strawberry.
Makes 2
servings under 100 calories. This is a magnificent snack or dessert that will
help you meet your daily requirement of fruit.
Variation: Consider
any seasonal fresh fruit such as: pineapple, banana, raspberries, kiwi,
blackberries, melon, watermelon or oranges. Also consider fat-free toppings and
Cool Whip, chocolate Cool Whip, dash of powdered sugar or brown sugar Splenda,
dash of cinnamon, seeds from a vanilla bean…
Additional recipes in Diet for a Pain-Free Life and on our websites:
www.ipainfreediet.com and
www.tampamedicalgroup.com/
Chef Virginia's Diet for a
Pain-free Life Recipe Blog
Q
& A --
Submit questions
on the Pain-Free Diet to
info@painfreediet@.com
Q.
Do calories
really play a role in dieting?
A.
YES!
Calories do count! No matter what the popular fad diets claim, calories count.
You cannot lose weight without burning more calories than you consume each day.
The American Dietetic Association (ADA) recommends a calorie level of no less
than ten times your desired weight, with women getting at least 1,200 calories
and men getting at least 1,400 calories per day. For example, if your goal is to
be 140 pounds, you should eat around 1,400 calories per day. The target daily
calorie count in the Pain-Free Diet is 1,400 calories. However, if your goal is
170 pounds, you might need to add more calories, up to 1,700 calories each day.
While you might not see a rapid reduction of weight following this rule, the
chances of keeping the weight off are much greater. And as you stay on the diet
and increase daily exercise, you will lost weight even faster.
American Dietetic Association Book Review (ADA) "Diet For a Pain Free Life"
Bottom
Line: “This dietary plan offers sound nutritional advice that is do-able and
delicious and could potentially be a godsend to millions of pain sufferers.”
THIS
WORKS!
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works is your section in our Pain-Free Diet inewsletter. Send ideas,
suggestions, recipes that are working for you and we will try to share them with
others. E-mail
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This
Works...
I have
trouble walking due to hip and knee pain. The water exercises in the book
have been a
life
saver
for me. I am losing weight and starting to feel some relief from my pain for
the first time in years. Mason C, Plano, TX
Relaxation therapy and moist heat seem to help relieve my pain. Cannot live
with out it. Karen Z, Brandon, FL
Lack of
sleep affects weight gain. I am getting 7-8 hours of sleep now and I feel
100% better, not eating from fatigue and following this diet! Deborah N,
Atlanta, GA
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