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Losing weight is easy! The perfect diet is here –The Bucket Diet.

We have created a culture in our environment that consists of quick fixes, lack of delayed gratification and lack of awareness of the long term impact towards our health choices.

I was having a conversation with a good friend of mine that is highly respected in the Health and Nutrition Industry, Andrea Thatcher.  She put the basics on the plate for us “everyday folks.”

THE BUCKET DIET is as simple as:

Merely spit into a bucket until you’ve spat five pounds!  There…you’ve lost five pounds.  But…how do you feel?  You have indeed lost weight.  Is losing WEIGHT the real issue? Or is it losing FAT?

Three components make up your body:

• Water
• Lean Weight
• Fat

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Water: is the main ingredient of your body.

Second is lean weight:  Your muscles, bones, organs, and tissues.

Third is fat.

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Unfortunately, most diets disregard whether the weight loss is water, muscle, or fat.

Rapid weight loss will undoubtedly be from water that was stored in the body.  Unfortunately, results are short-lived: the body detects dehydration and responds with anti-diuretic hormones.  The result is subsequent water retention and bloating.  You’ll lose one pound for every two cups of water – and gain it all back when you drink again.

Layman’s terms: Absolutely useless and very dangerous for your organs.

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Low calorie diets (under 1200 calories per day) does not supply the food energy the body needs for normal function.

These diets can cause loss of muscle tissue – up to 45% of the lost weight, according to Dr. Michael Colgan.  Good muscle tone promotes a higher metabolism (the rate of burning energy) even at rest.

A low calorie diet signals “starvation” and triggers a fat-storing enzyme (YOUR BODY STORES FAT!).  This encourages fat retention (YOU GAIN MORE FAT).   Weight loss becomes unlikely (YOU DO NOT LOSE WEIGHT).  Clearly, a low-calorie, quick weight loss diet that leaves you listless, irritable, dehydrated and bloated, and ultimately fatter is not what you want.  It’s not just about the weight!

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Focus on losing fat while maintaining water and increasing muscle!

Decrease food intake calories (by no more than 20%) and increase your activity level to raise your metabolism.  Gradual weight loss of around one pound a week takes longer, but the loss will be FAT and is more likely to stay off permanently.

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Your body’s healthy, natural weight is determined by your

genetics and lifestyle.

At this weight you feel fit and able to participate in your chosen activities.  You’ll need between six months to a year of healthy lifestyle before your body settles at its healthy weight.

This means: eat healthy, exercise within healthy guidelines, get adequate rest and maintain a healthy attitude.

Dieting may cause a temporary weight loss,

but you’ll gain extra unwanted “baggage”.

By living a healthy lifestyle, you’ll lose fat weight, improve: energy, productivity, strength, endurance, sleep, SEX DRIVE, stress tolerance, immune system, risk from injury  – to name a few benefits.


Choose Healthy Living. Your Body Will Thank You.

For more information on healthy living visit:  Andrea Thatcher

Fred Sarkari