Curves

[Guest guest]

I've just read the book " Curves " by the founder of the Curves

exercise gym/ diet centers. He has some good things to say;

advocates a low-carb diet - but the most interesting thing to me were

the 3 stages of the diet, especially the 3rd " phase " .

1st phase is like the Atkins induction diet - very low carb (under 20

carbs/day) for 1 or 2 weeks. 2nd phase is adding more carbs (40-60

carbs/day) until you lose the desired amount.

On the 3rd phase, you are supposed to eat 2500-3000 calories every

day. Then when you gain between 3 and 5 lbs (which will apparently

happen very quickly at first) you go back to phase 1 for no more than

3 days to lose the excess fat/water. Then you continue eating 2500-

3000 calories until you gain 3-5 lbs; go back to phase 1 for up to 3

days, and so on.

After each cycle through the phase 3/phase 1 diet, it should take

longer to gain those 3-5 lbs, until you might only have to do the

phase 1 diet for 2 days every month or so. The rest of the time you

eat normally. The book says you are getting your metabolism to work

at a normal level again. You are only supposed to go back to the

phase 1 diet for up to 72 hours so your " starvation hormones " don't

kick in.

I hope I've explained it right. Any thoughts on this? It's

completely new to me.