Weight-Loss by Replacement

In last week’s blog, we said that the only proven way to lose your excess fat permanently is by managing your caloric intake.  If you create a caloric restriction:  eating fewer calories than you use for a long enough period of time, you will reach your goal.  Once you get there, maintaining your weight or “cruise control”, is simply a matter of eating an amount of food (calories) that is equal to your energy needs.  It’s all very simple: If your weight is going up, you are consuming too many calories; if your weight is remaining stable, you are on cruise control; if your weight is going down you have created a caloric deficit.It is important to remember that, without exception, all successful dieters, regardless of the program they followed, the foods they ate or the supplements they swallowed, have somehow restricted their caloric intake below their maintenance level for long enough to reach their goal and have then moved on to a cruise control mode.There is also healthy weight-loss and unhealthy weight-loss.  We are only interested in healthy weight-loss that improves body composition and overall health.In TurboCharged we state that no calorie counting is required.  How then can we make this claim?The TurboCharged Expressway route uses food replacement that automatically creates a caloric deficit without calorie counting.  We also regularly monitor changes in body composition and feelings of wellbeing to be sure everything is progressing as expected.What is replacement?Replacement is the substitution of calorie-dense, nutrient-poor food choices for moisture-rich, natural foods that contain the highest amount of nutrients per calorie.  Most overweight people eat a calorie-dense, nutrient-poor diet.  Substitution with TurboCharged foods, particularly the most moisture-rich and nutrient-dense choices will create a caloric deficit sufficient to produce weight/fat loss.Why would this work?The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates that the average person in the United States eats .5 lbs. meat, 1.6 lbs. dairy products, .2 lbs. of fats and oils, .8 lbs. of fruit, .7 lbs. vegetables, .5 lbs. grains, and .4 lbs. of sugars per day for a total of 4.7 pounds of food per day.  This breaks down further to half solid food and half drinks (1 qt. of liquid equals about 2 pounds).So, if you are always eating and drinking about the same amount each day, by substituting the less nutritious, calorie-dense foods you are currently eating for an equivalent weight of natural, moisture-rich and nutrient-dense foods, you will be able to eat the same amount of food and often more, while consuming significantly less calories.  This caloric offset is usually more than enough to produce significant weight and fat loss along with improved health.  If you add some additional activity along with 3-5 mini-muscle sessions each day, positive changes in body composition are the norm.The TurboCharged program provides simple diet and lifestyle suggestions that will produce rapid fat loss, ideal body composition and optimal health with no calorie counting required.Your thoughts and comment are always welcome.