{"id":9415,"date":"2010-06-19T09:30:34","date_gmt":"2010-06-19T14:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=9415"},"modified":"2013-05-04T20:13:05","modified_gmt":"2013-05-05T00:13:05","slug":"wetvs-i-want-to-save-your-life-with-the-diet-detective","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wetvs-i-want-to-save-your-life-with-the-diet-detective\/","title":{"rendered":"WeTV’s I Want To Save Your Life with the Diet Detective"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night I discovered WeTV’s I Want To Save Your Life<\/a> with the Diet Detective, Charles Stuart Platkin<\/a>.\u00a0 It’s not just another makeover show..\u00a0 It’s fun and lively and gives great information in a not-pushy way.\u00a0 Friends of overweights invite him to come give tips and tricks to learn a better way of living and eating.\u00a0 I saw two episodes in a row last night.\u00a0 One was a husband and wife team, Diana and Juan<\/a>, with several small children.\u00a0 Their parents had diabetes and heart issues due to overweight, and they wanted to make sure they would be alive to raise their kids.\u00a0 Each was maybe 80-100 pounds overweight.\u00a0 Charles first went through the refrigerator and pantry and had them read the labels for calories, sugar, fat and sodium content.\u00a0 This was the first time they’d read food labels and were stunned by what they saw.\u00a0 “It says one thing on the front of the label and when you turn it around and read it, it’s a whole other story,” Diana said.<\/p>\n

Charles did an exercise showing several small plates, each with a few bites of food on them: cake, pizza, chocolate, popcorn, cheeseburger, french fries, a knifeful of peanut butter.\u00a0 Just a few bites of each.\u00a0 He asked them which they would usually snack on during the course of the day.\u00a0 Being parents, it is easy to eat the few bites your kids leave on the plates, not to waste it.\u00a0 They were shocked at how many calories and fat they were ingesting without knowing it.\u00a0 Charles said”Before you eat something, wait 3 seconds and ask yourself, “Does this have nutritional content?\u00a0 Is it splurge-worthy?”\u00a0\u00a0 He says “you’re allowed to splurge, just make a conscious choice whether this is what you choose to splurge on.”<\/p>\n

Besides reading labels – by far the most important – he showed them how to substitute leaner options for their favorites, like making a giant pot of spaghetti sauce with meatballs using fresh vegetables and lean ground turkey instead of beef.\u00a0 He had them make enough in one day for 2 weeks worth of dinners, and to freeze it so they’d have the lean options on hand.\u00a0 He had them do the same with a giant chicken vegetable soup which the kids loved.<\/p>\n

He showed them easy ways to be more active and adopt an exercise program that involved playing with the kids.\u00a0 His wasn’t the typical one day fix: he spent a week with them, acting as their trainer during that time, putting them through their paces at the grocery store, in the kitchen and during exercise.\u00a0 You could tell a light bulb went on in their heads and that was a life changing week for them.\u00a0 Charles left and came back 16 weeks later. Diana had lost 51 pounds, Juan had lost 33 pounds.\u00a0 They had fun during the process and found it easy since they were both doing it and they coached each other.\u00a0 Each looked 10 years younger and were looking forward to losing more, and to being alive for their kids for a long time to come.\u00a0 This was a fun show to watch, as they were very cute together.<\/p>\n

The next episode was Mindy Jones<\/a>.\u00a0 I totally related to her.\u00a0 A young professional, she had a demanding job and spent her down time dining with friends and having a few drinks after work.\u00a0 Charles<\/a> showed her that 2 mojitos had as many calories as a hamburger and fries, 3 margaritas had as much as several slices of pizza.\u00a0 She was surprised.<\/p>\n

Mindy is a vegetarian and has been heavy all her life. He went through her fridge and commended her for having some light frozen dinners, which are portion controlled – a good choice.\u00a0 She also had healthy foods like hummus on hand and he reminded her that 4 scoops of hummus is very healthful, but should be counted as a meal, not a snack.<\/p>\n

He introduced her to an exercise program that she took to immediately.\u00a0 He took her out kayaking and she loved it. He was not just telling her<\/em> she had to exercise, he was showing her<\/em> movement could be fun.\u00a0 I wanted to hang out with Mindy, she seemed so fun loving.\u00a0 Charles<\/a> spent a week with her, then came back 4 months later and she’d lost 50+ pounds.\u00a0 She looked like a different person and looked 10 years younger.<\/p>\n

If people knew better, they’d do better.\u00a0 They don’t know that it’s as easy as reading a label, taking in controlled portions of nutritious food, and wanting to make the change.<\/p>\n

No, your appetite is not going to go away, but you use your willpower to overcome your urge to pick up the wrong food and put it in your mouth.\u00a0 Just delay it for a few minutes at a time if that’s what it takes.\u00a0 Get in the practice of it until it comes naturally.<\/p>\n

You’ll find as you stop the sugary floury processed foods like cakes, cookies, chips and snacks, that your appetite for them will dwindle down to not wanting those foods any longer.\u00a0 At all.<\/p>\n

If you’re interested, you can find my own food journey and some yummy recipes at my website Goddess Grub<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Andrea<\/p>\n

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