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Title: Weight Loss and Maintenance
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Moderator:ASICS::LESLIE
Created:Mon Jul 09 1990
Last Modified:Tue Jun 03 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:933
Total number of notes:9931

929.0. "Somercizing?" by BSS::KELLY_NA () Wed Apr 30 1997 19:02

    I bought Suzanne Somer's book to see what her diet/lifestyle was
    all about.  The key to  her diet is food combining (i.e., you can't
    eat carbos with proteins, etc.).
    
    If anyone is interested, I can post some of the guidelines to this
    diet.  The principals make sense to me (how your body processes
    food, etc.) but I find it would be hard to live this way as a
    lifestyle.
    
    Is anyone else Somercizing?
    
    -Nancy
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929.1JULIET::CORDES_JASix Tigers on My CouchWed Apr 30 1997 23:228
    Nancy,
    
    Please post the guidelines.  I've been thinking about purchasing this
    book and would be interested in hearing the basics first.
    
    Jan

    P.S.  Are we talking about her new book "Eat Great, Lose Weight"?
929.2SMARTT::JENNISONAnd baby makes fiveThu May 01 1997 17:3812
    
    	The principals that make sense to you are not based in
    	fact.  The fitness industry has stated over and over
    	that there is not one study that proves any of the
    	theories of food combining.  
    
    	I agree, I think it would be difficult to live that way.
    	If it's difficult, I think you can predict what your long-term	
        results would be.
    
    	Karen
    
929.3One Page Reference GuideBSS::KELLY_NAThu May 01 1997 18:3964
    Re:  .1                                   
    
    
    Yes, this is from her new book.  Here's the one-page reference
    guide.
    
    
    1.  Eliminate all these foods that Suzanne considers "funky" foods:
    
        Sugars                Starches                  Combo Proteins
        ======                ========                  /fats and Carbos
                                                       ================
    
        Beets, Carrots        Bananas, Corn, Potatoes,   Avocados
        Corn Syrup,           pasta made from semolina   Coconuts, Liver,
        Honey, Maple syrup,     or white flour,          Low fat or whole
        Molasses, Sugar       Popcorn, Sweet Potatoes,     milk, nuts,
                              white flour, white rice,   olives, tofu
                              winter squashes
    
        Caffeine and Alcohol
        ====================
    
        Alcoholic Beverages
        Caffeinated coffees, teas, and sodas, 
        cocoa
    
    
    2.  Eat fruits alone, on an empty stomach.
    
    3.  Eat Proteins/Fats with Veggies.
     
    4.  Eat Carbos with Veggies and no fat.
    
    5.  Keep Proteins/Fats separate from Carbos.
    
    6.  Wait three hours between meals if switching from a Proteins/Fats
        meal to a carbos meals, or vice versa.
    
    7.  Do not skip meals.  Eat three meals a day, and eat until you
        feel comfortably full.
    
    
              Proteins and Fats                   Veggies
              =================                   =======
    
           Butter        Mayonnaise        Asparagus     Green Beans
           Cheese        Meat              Broccoli      Lettuce
           Cream         Oil               Cauliflower   Mushrooms
           Eggs          Poultry           Celery        Spinach
           Fish          Sour Cream        Cucumber      Tomato
                                           Eggplant      Zucchini
    
    
                 Carbos                           Fruits
                 ======                           ======
    
           Beans         Whole-grain       Apples        Oranges
           Mustard         breads,         Berries       Papaya
           Non-fat milk    cereals,        Grapes        Peaches
             products      pastas          Mangoes       Pears
                                           Melons        Plums
                                           Nectarines   
                              
929.4Difficult for Me...BSS::KELLY_NAThu May 01 1997 18:439
    Hi Again.
    
    Like I said in my first note, some of her guidelines make sense to
    me.  Her book is good but I would find it hard to live this way.  I
    enjoy cooking good low-fat meals and on Suzanne's lifestyle, you
    couldn't each a chicken breast with a potato, rice, etc (i.e., 
    combining proteins with carbos).
    
    -Nancy
929.5PCBUOA::BAYJJim, PortablesThu May 01 1997 18:534
    Weird.  You probably lose weight from anxiety over what to eat when.
    
    jeb
    
929.6Diet book reviewsJUMP4::JOYPerception is realityThu May 15 1997 18:536
    Check out this months issue of Good Housekeeping. It has an article
    rating the most recent diet books. Suzanne Sommers book didn't get a
    great review.
    
    Debbie
    
929.7More on GH ReviewsBSS::KELLY_NATue May 20 1997 20:3621
    Re -1:
    
    Thanks for the info on Good Housekeeping -  I picked up a copy  
    yesterday.  This is a good article since it reviews alot of the
    current diet books (can't remember them all but here's some):
    
    -   Suzanne Somers Eat Great/Look Great
    -   The Zone
    -   New Carbohydrate Addicts Book (don't remember the name)
    -   Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution
    -   Others
    
    I think the best advice is to go by what sounds or makes sense to
    you.  I have Suzanne's book and generally it is a pretty healthy
    way to eat - you eat mostly everything but watch food combining
    so I can't see why this wouldn't be a good diet as long as you 
    get in all your nutrients.  I tried it for a while but went off
    of it but I am thinking of trying it again since I do have problems
    with digestion, etc.
    
    - Nancy
929.8PCBUOA::BAYJJim, PortablesWed May 21 1997 16:506
    Am I crazy, or is the real "meat" of the diet the actual foods
    consumed, and the "combining" part is really more of a gimmick to
    differentiate it, and focus you away from the actual calorie counting?
    
    jeb
    
929.9Does This Help?BSS::KELLY_NAWed May 21 1997 21:1642
    Jeb,
    
    I'm not sure how to answer your question - basically, on this program
    you can eat until you are satisfied (within reason, of course!) but
    you can't combine carbs with proteins in the same meal - I think
    I outlined this program in one of the replies.  
    
    This is supposed to be more of a lifestyle change vs. a diet where
    you count calories and go off.  
    
    The combining part of the diet is supposed to help with the way your
    system digests foods, etc.
    
    Let me know if you need more info.  I am not an "expert" on this diet
    since I just started it but would be glad to research any questions
    you have.  I  followed her diet today  so far:
    
    Breakfast (A carb meal)
    =========
    
    Whole Wheat Bagel
    Non-fat yogurt (non-fat
      dairy counts as carbs)
    
    Lunch  (Protein/Fats) can be combined with veggies - no carbs allowed!!
    =====
    
    Polish Sausage (protein) 
    Cottage Cheese (protein)
    Sauerkraut (veggie)
    
    I would have gotten a chicken breast instead of the polish sausage
    but the cafeteria was out of them!
    
    Dinner will probably be chicken with veggies (no funky foods so far -
    i.e., sugar, potatoes, etc.).
    
    I am more or less trying to maintain my weight loss now - if I can
    eat this way and lose weight - great!
    
    
    -Nancy
929.10SMARTT::JENNISONAnd baby makes fiveThu May 22 1997 22:293
	But veggies *are* carbs!

929.11Yes - but....BSS::KELLY_NAFri May 23 1997 15:5015
    In this diet, carbos are the following:
    
       -  whole grain breads
       -  whole grain pastas
       -  cereals
       -  non-fat milk products
       -  beans
       -  mustard
    
    Veggies are listed as:
    
       -  broccoli, caulifloer, asparagus, green beans, celery, mushrooms,
          cucumber, zucchini, lettuce, spinach, tomato, eggplant.
    
    -Nancy