The One One One Diet: The Simple 1:1:1 Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss

The One One One Diet: The Simple 1:1:1 Formula for Fast and Sustained Weight Loss

The easiest, most effective weight loss plan—ever! The concept is simple: Have one protein, one carbohydrate, and one fat at every meal and snack. The results: Nothing short of amazing and delicious.   Nutritionist Rania Batayneh, MPH, shares the 1:1:1 formula she’s used with hundreds of clients who lost the weight they never thought they could lose, did it easily (no forbidden foods, no deprivation, no complicated rules), and kept it off for good! On this plan, as long as you adhere to the formula, you naturally keep your body balanced, your metabolism strong, your cravings at bay, and your weight down. The best part? No food is off limits—not even chocolate, pizza, burgers, or fries. With dozens of perfectly balanced meal ideas and 75 easy, tasty recipes, The One One One Diet isn’t a drop-pounds-fast fad. It’s a strategy you can use to eat healthfully and stay slim for life.   Praise for The One One One Diet “A customized approach for individuals who want to start up or maintain healthy eating habits and achieve weight loss without deprivation.” —Kristin Kirkpatrick, MS, RD, LD   “A simple, straightforward, easy to follow plan to help anyone get on the right track to eating well!” —Keri Glassman, MS, RD, CDN, author of The New You and Improved Diet “A great starting point for those confused by the massive, sometimes contradictory information on nutrition and health.” —Dr. Tasneem Bhatia, Medical Director, Atlanta Center for Holistic and Integrative Medicine, and author of What Doctors Eat “This book rocks. Rania shows you a sustainable way to slim down, and get (and keep!) the body you have always dreamed of. You will become healthier with each page you read.” —Joel Harper, celebrity trainer Rania Batayneh, MPH, is a nutritionist and certified wellness coach with a masters in public health nutrition from the University of Michigan. She has been featured in USA Today, Time.com, The Huffington Post, Shape.com, Marie Claire, and Self . She works with clients nationwide and lives in Portland, OR. Eve Adamson has written or co-written over 50 books, including Bethenny Frankel's New York Times bestsellers, Skinnydipping, A Place of Yes, The Skinnygirl Dish, and Naturally Thin . CHAPTER ONE Who Tells You What to Eat—And Why Do You Listen? Everybody's got an opinion. I can guarantee that hundreds, even thousands of people are eager to tell you exactly what to eat to lose weight. Your mother-in-law. Your skinny best friend. Your sister. That friend of a friend who just lost 50 pounds. Your doctor, who maybe had a single nutrition class in medical school. The guy sitting next to you on the plane, who just started the Atkins diet, or that vegan girl who works the front desk at your gym and wears T-shirts stating she doesn't eat her friends. Ask "What's the best way to lose weight?" at a party, and the discussion could go on for hours because so many people think they know. Other sources are more than happy to charge you for the information. The latest issue of your favorite magazine. Diet doctors. Book authors. Diet doctors who are also book authors. Celebrities who know you wish you looked the way they do. Food product manufacturers. Weight loss companies that produce diet meals, ready to ship to your door or your grocery store's freezer case. The diet industry is huge and profitable, even when the economy is down, because no matter how anything else is going in life, everybody wants to be thin. In the world today, a whole lot of people have experience with dieting and weight loss—or have heard about someone else's experience and are happy to pass along the information. If you struggle with your weight, it's amazing how many people are ready to jump in and "help" you. But there's a big difference between experience and expertise. Your neighbor, your trainer, and your mom may have experience losing weight, but they don't have expertise about weight loss or nutrition. They can tell you what they did, but they are only telling you what they did. What worked for someone else doesn't necessarily apply to you. You have a completely different body and metabolism, plus different exercise habits and dietary preferences. Maybe you aren't a big fan of meat, or you think a life without cheese sounds barren and depressing, or the idea of weighing yourself at a meeting in front of everybody seems too embarrassing to contemplate. Just remember, when someone tells you about her diet that worked wonders, that's anecdotal. There is a reason anecdotal evidence doesn't count when a drug is being scrutinized by the FDA for approval. It's not an objective measure of what works for everyone. In fact, studies show all kinds of diets work for certain kinds of people, but they don't work for many others. Some studies have shown that people who are insulin resistant do better on different kinds of diets than people who are insulin sensitive, and others suggest that DNA determines which diet may or may