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    Question:

    How do I know if my current weight and body percent fat match my setpoint?

    Answer:

    You will know if your current percentage of body fat matches your setpoint if it is
    easy to stay at the size you are now, even when your three full
    meals are accompanied by a few extra fats and sweets.

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Question:
    Since I just lost 50 pounds on a 1200 calorie diet, is my weight equal to my setpoint?

Answer:
    Do you feel that you could go on vacation and eat a lot of high energy choices until
    you are completely full and not gain? If your answer is no, then your
    setpoint has raised while your weight has lowered. Because your body
    perceives a degree of starvation, but not an extreme famine, you will
    probably gain weight only “10″ times faster than before
    your diet on the same amount of food that used to cause you no weight
    gain at all. If you fasted your weight off, you would gain it back
    at least 20 times faster because of your muscle loss, water loss,
    increased fat storing enzymes, lowered metabolism, reduced energy
    level, cravings for fats and sweets, and your body’s increased ability
    to store fat on fewer and fewer calories. All of these factors apply
    to any degree of dieting to a lesser or greater extent. Eating 1000
    to 1200 calories in a meal (not in a day) is not that uncommon for
    someone who has been living the program for several months. It’s hard
    to imagine anymore that some people are eating 600 calories or less
    in a day and still walking and talking. You will either faint or die
    under those calorie shortages and the process is sheer torture.

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Question:
    I’ve been a dieter for 20 years. For the last four years, I’ve lived on
    two protein drinks and a small salad a day. That’s it! I exercise
    six days a week as an aerobics instructor. My cholesterol is over
    100 points too high, I’m on high blood pressure medication and my
    fatigue and depression levels are very extreme. I’m 5’4″ tall,
    116 pounds, size 9, with cottage cheese thighs and I’m gaining weight
    on two protein drinks per day. What will happen when I begin followng
    the EAT & Be Lean program?

    Answer:


    Here’s an example that matches closely to your own. Six months into the program, Eileen
    (one of our graduates), experienced a normalization of her blood pressure
    and cholesterol levels and her depression and fatigue were practically
    non-existent. She also gained 20 pounds and increased from a size
    9 to a size 12. Eight months later, in less than two months, she dropped
    from a size 12 to a size 5 and lost 24 pounds. Initially, she probably
    had a 150 pound setpoint with a 116 pound weight. As soon as she began
    to eat to full satisfaction on water, veggies, grains, fruits and
    proteins, her weight began rising to meet her setpoint, while her
    setpoint came down to meet her weight. They met at 136 pounds. Her
    body stayed there until it perceived full caloric and nutritional
    satisfaction. After 20 years of dieting, it is amazing that Eileen’s
    body perceived enough reduction in negative stress to release 24 pounds
    of fat in only 16 months. Eileen says that she eats six times more
    food than she has eaten in 20 years to attain and stay at a size five.
    She feels wonderful. What is the alternative? Total misery!

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Question:
    Does it always take quite a few months before you start losing body fat?

    Answer:


    Here’s another perfect example. Jeanelle, whose story is explained in chapter six
    of the EAT & Be Lean™ Success Formula manual, mirrors her
    stpoint. She weighed 325 pounds and had dieted nearly all of her life
    to get that obese, but stopped dieting four years prior to beginning
    this program. As soon as she began the program, she started losing
    weight and inches. She has dropped from 325 pounds to 160 pounds in
    15 months, from a size 50 to a size 10. She looks beautiful at 38
    years old, has no visible signs of sagging skin and is the mother
    of four children under the age of six.

    For more information refer to the EAT & BeLean™ SUCCESS FORMULA manual and audio course.

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Question:
Protein
    Is milk with cereal enough protein in the morning, or is an egg or
    something like that required? About how much should be included in
    lunch?

Answer:
    Milk, being a dairy, is protein (of course), but it generally contains
    things that can cause problems in the body. It will easily count
    as the protein on cereal for breakfast, but make sure you at least
    use fat free milk and get it from a source that assures you that
    there are no growth hormones given to the cows. An egg will always
    work, too, but just make sure that you use only one yolk in your
    3 egg omletes and alter the days to use the eggs. Louise Rich turkey
    bacon is also a wonderful source and low fat to boot!

    As far as how much protein, you’ll need to get a feel for that by using your success
    sheets and remaining within the 10%-15% protein for the day. I usually
    teach that a person (including a man) shouldn’t have any more meat
    during the day than is the size of a woman’s palm.

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Question:
    Is splenda an acceptable sugar substitute?

Answer:
    Splenda is not an acceptable sugar substitue. Splenda, also known as sucralose,
    is an artificial sweetener which is a chlorinated sucrose derivative.

    Pre-approval research showed that sucralose caused:

  • Shrunken thymus glands (up to 40% shrinkage)
  • Enlarged liver and kidneys.
  • Atrophy of lymph follicles in the spleen and thymus
  • Increased cecal weight
  • Reduced growth rate
  • Decreased red blood cell count
  • Hyperplasia of the pelvis
  • Extension of the pregnancy period
  • Aborted pregnancy
  • Decreased fetal body weights and placental weights
  • Diarrhea
    An excellent sugar substitue is Xylitol made from hardwood. It is safe, does not cause an
    acidic response in the body and tastes wonderful. You can get it at most health food stores,
    at www.dellamaes.com or many places on the internet.

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