DIET OVERVIEW
Following the 3 Week Diet typically results in body fat losses of ¾ to 1-pound of fat every day. When you add the 3 Week Workout to the diet, fat loss is typically over 1-pound per day. Because of this, you will start to see some nice progress in just a couple of days after starting.
In following this diet without deviation, I have yet to find anyone not being able to lose at least 10 pounds in the 21-day period. During my trial of this diet—before ever releasing it publicly—I lost 23 lbs in 21-days. It truly was nothing short of miraculous…and I have been excited to share this breakthrough ever since.
The 3-Week Diet is similar to a Protein Sparing Modified Fast, in that we will “trick” the body into entering a 24/7 fat-burning “starvation” mode, while we provide it with the appropriate amount of protein that it needs so that lean body mass is spared…not to mention the added thermic effect of digesting that protein. In addition to carbohydrate restriction and strategic protein consumption, we will add quality, healthy fats to enhance our fat-burning goals.
While carbohydrates are NOT essential to the human body, we cannot live without protein and fat. Interestingly, we could eat all the carbohydrates we wanted and could still die of starvation if we did not have fat and protein in our diet.
We restrict carbohydrates in this diet because it immediately stops adding to the fat cells we already have AND it forces our bodies to burn fat for all of our daily energy needs.
We limit the fat in this diet to EFAs (essential fatty acids) and the trace amounts of fat in the allowed foods. Limiting (but not completely eliminating) fat will force our bodies to burn stored fat rather than to use dietary fat (the fat we eat) for our energy needs. Keep in mind that our bodies do need a certain amount of fat every day for proper functioning. However, your body doesn’t care if it gets the fat from your diet or from the fat stored on your hips, thighs, belly and butt. So, we will give your body the kind of fat it loves and needs in the form of EFAs.
We will increase our protein consumption because it helps preserve lean body mass and it keeps our metabolisms cranked up. Also, digesting protein burns a ton of calories due to its chemical structure that makes it far more difficult to digest than fat and carbohydrates. Protein keeps you full for hours and the amino acids in protein are an absolute requirement to sustain your life and to keep you healthy. Keep in mind that this diet is about maximizing what we need while reducing/restricting what we don’t.