Richard Lipman MD - 2 Day a Week Diet: You Can Lose All the Weight You Want By Part Time Fasting Only 2 Days a Week!

2 Day a WeekDiet

Copyright 2013 by Richard L. Lipman M.D.

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This book is dedicated to my wife Jacquelinemy source of inspiration for the past forty years. Thank you forproviding love, support, patience and motivation.

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The reading of this book does not establish adoctor-patient relationship between the reader and Dr Lipman. Asdiscussed several times in this book, successful weight lossrequires a personal relationship with an understanding physician.This book does not substitute for professional or medical advice.The author and the publisher specifically disclaim any liability,loss, or risk, personal or otherwise that might be incurred,directly or indirectly, as a result of use and application of anyof the contents of this book. All matters regarding your healthrequire the medical consultation and supervision of a physician.The names and identifying characteristics of the individualsreferred to in anecdotes in this book have been changed to protecttheir identities.

Other Books by Richard Lipman M.D.

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Qsymia Weight Loss Plan

Despite todays increased availability of healthy foods, exercisefacilities, low-carb and low-fat foods, diet sodas, diet plans,literally thousands of weight loss supplementsand even weight lossprescription medicationmore and more people are overweight. TheWorld Health Organization has estimated that by 2015, approximately2.3 billion adults will be overweight and more than 700 millionobese

Psychologist Kelly Brownell, director of theYale Center for Eating and Weight Disorders, coined the term toxicenvironment to explain the cause of the culture of overeating seenin America today. New York nutritionist Marion Nestle describes theorigin of this toxic environment with two words: improvedprosperity. Certainly we have prospered over the past 20 years;so has the weight-loss industry. The money spent trying to fightoff the weight will exceed $60 billion dollars in 2008, just in theU.S. alone.

Not only do more people become obese everyyear, they also weigh more than ever. In 1962, the average manweighed 166 pounds. By 2002, the average had reached 191 pounds andis still on the rise. In the same time period, the average womansweight rose from 140 pounds to 164 pounds, and this number is stillgrowing today. How this happened, is easy to understand. Easilyobtained, pleasurable food is everywhere we look. In the past 30years, the average food intake from meals has increased by 120calories a day (enough to account for a 12 lb. weight gain a year)and the calories from snacks by a shocking 180 calories a day.Instead of three meals a day, most of us are eating every threehours.

Obesity is associated with an increased riskof diabetes, cardiovascular events, stroke and cancer. Moreover, adecrease in calorie intake lowers the risk of diabetes,hypertension, stroke and cardiovascular diseases in obesepopulations. Everyone is acquainted with the most common form ofdietary restriction --daily calorie restriction which requiresindividuals to reduce their calorie intake from 15% to 40% ofeveryday needs. Another type of dietary restriction used, althoughfar less frequently, is part time dieting. This includes alternateday fasting (ADF) and modified alternate day fasting [MADF; i.e.,consuming 25% to 40% of energy needs on the fast day and unlimitedfood intake on the non-fasting days]

Im going to introduce you to thebreakthrough idea of part time dieting. This relatively new dietstrategy has helped my patients lose hundreds of pounds and keep itoff. Part time dieting means restricting calories to only two daysa week and eating normally the other daysthus the term 2 Day a Week Diet . This plan eliminatesmuch of the sufferings and setbacks that usually come with dailyfood restriction. I encourage you to try dieting just one moretime. I promise you that there is a way. The beauty of this methodis that it is extremely effortless. It contradicts everything youhave ever tried. Reading this book will clear up a lot of the mythsand help you to understand what is exceedingly critical in order tolose weight. Instead of altering all of your deep-rooted, personalhabits, you are encouraged to embrace them, know who you are, andaccept what you like and dislike. Eat what you want, or just be alittle more careful and you will lose at least one lb for each fastday a week. This new system asks you to make the changes on twodays a week. On each day, you will eliminate 1500 to 2000 caloriesalmost automatically. If you eliminate only a few unhealthy foodson the non-fast days there is actually no limit to the amount ofweight you can lose.

We are unable to go against our nature formore than just a remarkably short period of time. There is a reasonthat we do the things we do. Throughout our lives, we developvarious mechanisms to cope with the demands of our environment. Ourbasic instinct is to survive, and everything we do is related tothis instinct. We cannot disassociate our environment, our bodies,and our lifestyles from each other. Trying to artificiallyimplement changes that do not agree with us is not just a waste oftime; it can actually produce more unwanted problems for us. Withthe help of this book, you will figure out your circumstances atthis specific moment in your life. You will need to answer a fewquestions and familiarize yourself with some easy-to-rememberconcepts to make the changes. You will be able to distinguishcorrectly between small changes that have a significant weight-losseffect, and unnecessary changes that yield little. Focusingexclusively on your efforts to lose weight, instead of gettingbogged down in all sorts of questions related to a healthylifestyle choices, is the name of the game. I guarantee that youwill be able to do this without having to go through pain, anxiety,or extensive personal sacrifices, and I promise that I will not askyou to eat or do anything that you do not like.

Once you have fasted two days a week you aredone with it. Fasting on just two days a week is all I will everask of you! No other restrictions, no hunger and no extra exerciseis required. No cooking recipes, no specialty foods, and nosupplements are required. Everything you need to participatesuccessfully in this new method is readily available at everysupermarket in the country, at every school and job cafeteria andeven on every street corner. You will see fast results. Sound easyand straightforward enough? This method has worked for so many ofmy patients. Give it a try. You will like it!

Chapter 1: Why Lose Weight in the First Place

For over 50 million Americans, having to loseweight is not about looking good in that new dress, the suit theywore last year, or their beach wear. Talking about being thin seemsto become the most momentous thing in many peoples lives. Thereasons to lose the extra weight are often a lot more serious. Ifyou want to be able to take that trip and do all the things youdream about once youre able to retire, or want to be around to seeyour children or grandchildren grow up, you must lose that extraweight. Doing so can even become a matter of life or death!