by Suzanne Somers. I've tried every diet in the world. The shakes, the calorie counting, the packaged foods, the fasting, the grapefruit, the cottage cheese, the celery... Off I'd go on my path toward deprivation -- all in the name of being thin. What I really wanted was to find a way to eat healthy, nutritious, yet flavorful foods in substantial portions and still lose weight. And I'm happy to tell you I have found it.
Eat Great, Lose Weight
 by Suzanne Somers
Many
years ago, when I was just starting out in television, I
landed a guest-starring role on a hit series called
Starsky and Hutch. Three days before I was supposed to
start, I got a call from the producer. My ears perked up
when I heard his voice. He told me that he and the
director had been sitting around talking, and they
decided I was just 'a little too chunky' for the part.
They recast the role and I cried myself to sleep. I was
twenty-nine years old and twenty pounds overweight.
That's when my diet roller-coaster began. Determined to
lose those pounds, I tried every diet in the world. The
shakes, the calorie counting, the packaged foods, the
fasting, the grapefruit, the cottage cheese, the celery
... and guess what? They all worked. That's right.
Every time I went on a diet, I lost weight. But, within
a short time of going back to eating like a normal
person, I would gain back all the weight and often a
little extra. Then I'd scour the fashion magazines for
the next dieting trend, and off I'd go on my path toward
deprivation -- all in the name of being thin.
What I really wanted was to find a way to eat healthy,
nutritious, yet flavorful foods in substantial portions
and still lose weight. And I'm happy to tell you I have
found it.
After working with many nutritionists, reading
books, and practicing trial and error on my own body, I
have finally found a way to control my weight without
deprivation. I call my program 'Somersizing,' and
Somersizing is not a diet. Diet is a nasty four-letter
word that conjures up negative thoughts of sacrifice and
obsession and guilt. Based on eating everyday foods in
specific combinations, Somersizing is a lifestyle that
will change your way of thinking about how to lose
weight and how to increase your energy. Eating the
Somersize way is a pleasure. It is a program for life, a
program I will happily live on for the rest of my life.
There are a few basic rules you will learn, and then
you're free to eat whatever you want, in a restaurant,
at home, or on the road.
On the Somersize program, you
first eliminate a small group of what I call Funky
Foods, foods that wreak havoc on our systems. Then you
separate normal, everyday foods into four Somersize Food
groups: proteins and fats, vegetables, carbohydrates,
and fruits.
Finally, you follow these seven easy steps:
1) Eliminate all Funky Foods.
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
Protein/Fats meal to a Carbos meal, or vice versa.
7) Do not skip meals. Eat three meals a day and eat
until you feel satisfied and comfortably full.
Since I started properly combining my foods, I have
trimmed down from 130 to 116 pounds -- the amount I
weighed as a teenager. And since I reached my goal
weight, I have fluctuated no more than 3 pounds. I eat
delicious foods -- I eat cheese, I drink wine
occasionally, and you would be shocked to know how much
chocolate I eat and still maintain my weight.
Some experts will argue that food combining is a myth --
a calorie is a calorie and it doesn't matter how you
combine them, it only matters how many you eat and how
many you burn off. The debate has gone on for many
years, and I'm sure it will continue for many more. All
I can tell you is that it works for me. I can eat all
the wonderful foods I love and still lose weight. I
don't have to give up flavor. I don't settle for boring
meals with no sauce. I enjoy rich and flavorful foods. I
don't count calories or fat grams.
This
article was excerpted from the book Eat Great, Lose Weight by Suzanne Somers Copyright? 1996.
Reprinted by permission of Crown, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights
reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without
permission in writing from the publisher.
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About The
Author
Actress,
comedienne, and entertainer Suzanne Somers is a symbol in the fields of
fitness and recovery. She is the spokesperson for and owner of the
enormously successful ThighMaster line of fitness products, the
star of the long-running sitcom Step by Step, and the former star
of Three's Company. Author of the best-selling Keeping Secrets,
she lectures nationally about the effect of addiction on families.
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