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Stepping around the low-fat versus low-carb debate, Jorge Cruise (Eight Minutes in the Morning) suggests that losing weight isn't in what you eat, but rather, when you eat it. The core idea behind The Three-Hour Diet is that by timing your meals and snacks every day, the pounds will come off. No restrictions, no exercise.
While reality is rarely that simple, the advice offered here is nutritionally sound, emphasizing plenty of fruits and vegetables, and filling in with lean proteins, healthy fats, and just enough carbs to keep meals interesting. Following Cruise’s guidelines for portion control, you’ll eat an average of 1,400 calories per day, filling half your plate with fruits or vegetables, and dividing the other half between the rest of the food groups. Healthy meals from fast-food joints and freezer cases are included, and a substantial recipe section offers everything from a bacon and cheese omelet to rosemary lamb chops. A month-long journal is also provided, giving you space to plan each meal in advance (a key part of the diet), along with daily motivational hints and visualization exercises. A few pages cover basic exercises--but the emphasis is definitely on the diet, which Cruise asserts will work, regardless of whether you choose to work out.
Cruise’s straightforward, no-excuses encouragement works well with the simple formula the plan is based upon, and the clever Three-Hour Plate™ makes it easy to keep portion sizes in check. Still, closely monitoring meal time might seem like a challenge to some of the “busy people” for whom the program claims to be specifically designed. If counting calories or net carbs sounds daunting—but keeping a close eye on the clock doesn’t—you might just find weight loss success in these pages. —Jill Lightner
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 | Tired of fad diets and their lack of results? That's just how Jorge Cruise, author of The Three-Hour Diet, wants you to feel. Cruise's guidelines encourage sensible portion control and plenty of vegetables, but--perhaps more importantly--they encourage dieters to feel good about themselves by teaching self-acceptance and positive visualization. Stressing an easy-to-follow visual food plan that insists on incorporating snacks and treats into your day, he contends that carb-bashing is a highly ineffective means of maintaining a healthy weight. How can you sort out weight-loss fact from fiction? Amazon.com contributor Jill Lightner got some straight answers from Cruise. |
| Watch Jorge Cruise introduce The Three-Hour Diet. | Read our interview with Cruise. |
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Cruise promises to help readers lose two pounds every week, without counting calories or depriving themselves of carbs. It's all about timing, says the USA Today fitness columnist, whose diet advice has been featured everywhere from O and Prevention to the Today show and Good Morning America. Cruise theorizes that if a person allows more than three hours to pass between eating, a body turns on its natural "starvation protection mechanism," which causes the body to consume muscle. When this happens, one's resting metabolism is adversely affected. In an attempt to eliminate his main competition, Cruise dedicates an entire chapter to debunking low-carb diets. He claims they actually cause people to gain more weight in the long run. Along with an explication of his recommended diet and exercise plans, Cruise provides readers with 30 "timelines," charts they should fill out every morning at breakfast. These visual aids include space to write down what time each meal (or snack) will take place that day and what each will consist of (every meal must contain a balance of carbohydrates, fat and proteins). To help readers determine which foods fall into which categories, and how much of them they must eat, Cruise, who is also AOL's weight loss coach, provides recipes and "The All New Cruise Down Plate," a twist on the food pyramid. Although Cruise tends to oversimplify, this is overall one of the best diet books to hit the market in recent years, brimming with success stories, photos and plenty of optimistic energy. Agent, Ben Gage. (Apr. 1)
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The 3- hour diet helped me lose over 100 pounds,
This review is from: The 3-Hour Diet (Tm): How Low-Carb Diets Make You Fat and Timing Makes You Thin (Hardcover)
If you are interested in losing weight and resetting your metabolism, you should read The 3-Hour Diet. The book is great! It is written in an easy-to-understand format with great pictures and testimonials. I should know - I have lost over 100 pounds and kept it off using Jorge Cruise's 3-Hour Diet. You will not feel deprived or overwhelmed. You will learn to change your habits by being aware of when you eat, how much you eat, and what you eat. Get the Book!!Author of The Truth About Caffeine
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This review is from: The 3-Hour Diet (Tm): How Low-Carb Diets Make You Fat and Timing Makes You Thin (Hardcover)
Although I can suggest better books than Thhe 3-Hour Diet, I think that in generel Jorge is right in his approach. Timing is not everything, but it IS important. It is good to eat always at the same time and not have any snacks between the meals. Skipping meals is not only unhealthy but it will also work against loosing weight as it usually brings about overeating at a later time... What I like about Jorge's methodology is the fact that he allows eating practically all kind of foods, just applying some moderation and proper food combination. Maybe it is not always easy to follow this diet, but what is easy? In any case, Jorge's approach is definitely healthy, and this is all that matters to me.Jorge reminds us about the universal truth that you cannot be slim if you overeat. Of course his method boils down to watching calories intake, but this is what makes him believable. By following his daily eating schedule it is naturally possible to eat less. Jorge also warns about emotional eating which is often a big problem for some people and one of great reasons for overeating. Anyone interested in that problem should refer to the book "Can We Live 150 Years?" The author of that book expands on this idea by quoting eleven other bad habits that lead people to obesity. He offers definitely more comprehessive approach to not only our nurishment, but to our life style in general.
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