The Shangri-La Diet - Lose Weight Without Hunger While Eating Whatever You Want
The rules are:
Seth Roberts is the inventor of this diet, which he describes in a just-released book called The Shangri-La Diet (amazon link). I received an advance copy of the book.
Does the diet work? Yes. As far as I can tell, it works just as advertised. And the book has all the specific instructions, tips, caveats, explanations, and related ideas you might need to try it out for yourself.
I'm still not sure I believe Seth's explanation for why it works, but that it does work is clear.
What's the rationale? Seth thinks of hunger as an addiction mechanism - a Pavlovian response to the connection between taste and calories. According to Seth, the most fattening foods have these characteristics:
According to the theory, foods with weak or no taste fail to reinforce your tendency to get hungry and thereby lower your set-point so you can get thin.
So lately I've been taking about 300 calories of sugar water (20 sugar cubes dissolved in a liter of water) daily and an occasional tablespoon of extra-light olive oil at bedtime. This makes it easy to reduce snacking and eat smaller and/or fewer meals. Augmenting "less food" with my usual videogame exercise regime (In The Groove is my main exercise this week), I have been steadily losing weight and reducing my bodyfat percentage.
If you're having trouble losing weight, I highly recommend getting the book and trying it out. I am a satisfied customer.
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- Consume 100-400 calories of sugar water and/or flavorless edible oil daily.
- Consume the sugar water and/or oil before or well after meals - at least an hour away.
Seth Roberts is the inventor of this diet, which he describes in a just-released book called The Shangri-La Diet (amazon link). I received an advance copy of the book.
Does the diet work? Yes. As far as I can tell, it works just as advertised. And the book has all the specific instructions, tips, caveats, explanations, and related ideas you might need to try it out for yourself.
I'm still not sure I believe Seth's explanation for why it works, but that it does work is clear.
What's the rationale? Seth thinks of hunger as an addiction mechanism - a Pavlovian response to the connection between taste and calories. According to Seth, the most fattening foods have these characteristics:
- a strong taste
- quickly accessible calories
- consistent taste - the same every time
- familiarity - you've had it many times
According to the theory, foods with weak or no taste fail to reinforce your tendency to get hungry and thereby lower your set-point so you can get thin.
So lately I've been taking about 300 calories of sugar water (20 sugar cubes dissolved in a liter of water) daily and an occasional tablespoon of extra-light olive oil at bedtime. This makes it easy to reduce snacking and eat smaller and/or fewer meals. Augmenting "less food" with my usual videogame exercise regime (In The Groove is my main exercise this week), I have been steadily losing weight and reducing my bodyfat percentage.
If you're having trouble losing weight, I highly recommend getting the book and trying it out. I am a satisfied customer.
Links:
Shangri-La Diet (amazon)
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Thanks for posting on this.
I'm still not sure I believe Seth's explanation for why it works either. I have not read the book yet but interviews of his explanation. I plan on reading it once it comes out. I do have a program that works for me WW. This the longest I have maintained my loss, knock on wood.
My take on Seth’s Diet is that it’s a cheap version of slim fast and the flavorless stuff fills you up. The familiar foods make you fat theory is easy to explain when people get comfortable with a food they decide they know the portions well enough and overeat.
The author's claim that he is maintaining at little over 1,300 calories a day scares me a little. A normal person needs a lot more calories to maintain. Either Seth’s sick or just not journaling right. Is journaling part of the diet? Is breakfast allowed? I heard it wasn’t but a lot of information I am hearing is second hand.
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I'm still not sure I believe Seth's explanation for why it works, but that it does work is clear.
My experience exactly.
Is it truly possible for a life-long dieter to experience reasonable eating habits, with no cravings, hunger pangs or binges? I started indulging in 1 tbsp of oil twice a day on May 8th. I didn't see much happening, even though my appetite went through a drastic, positive change, and I increased to 2 tbsp twice a day a month later. Now I leave the bottle on the counter as a reminder and chug, knowing what a tablespoon feels like in my mouth. I have to laugh at the nay-sayers--I'm living proof it works.
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