[hondaworkshop]

Ankit, I dont know much about ecomodding, but I do have some good experience with issues of health. I am 36 and after 20 years of being a typical sedentary american who eats only lunch and dinner, I decided to get back in shape this year, and I found the secret to completely fixing your metabolism by making it normal. I wont bore you with the details, but this is how I turned my health around in a nutshell:

1.) no matter what, eat a breakfast of some kind that makes you FULL, I mean so full you dont want to finish. Oatmeal is good for this, and an egg, and peanut butter on bread... note that I sad AND not OR. Make breakfast the biggest meal of the day, NOT dinner.

2.) In addition to breakfast, eat 5 more half meals instead of 2 more big meals. This keeps your metabolism 'stoked' like a fire, and essentially you are eating the way babies eat... you know, those healthy, happy little people?

3.) UP the protien intake... this means more chicken and more lean beef and more fish and more cottage cheeese and more milk... boo-hoo all those things are so hard to enjoy right? LOL wait, did I just say to eat MORE and not eat LESS? Yes, yes I did. We dont eat enough protien in our diets, we instead eat tons and tons of starchy filler. Up the protein, and you wont want the bread and crackers any more. Also with lean meats you will get a satisfying amount of fat in your diet, eliminating the need for starchy fries and cookies and chips to fill that void... yes we do need fat and even cholesterol in our bodies to transfer blood sugars and protiens. Dont starve yourself to lose weight... it WONT work!

4.) COMPLETELY eliminate all sweetened drinks... PERIOD. HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) is the number one reason we all suck. Dont be a slave to it any more... Find an unsweetened tea you like, and make it the only drink you drink other than milk, black coffee, occasional red wine, or water. Dont be fooled by a jug of corn syrup that says its healty fruit juice either!

So there it is, go one week at a time, adding one of the above to your routine... I PROMISE you will feel like a million bucks during the second month, and you will never miss the old stuff.

Good luck and get some exercise too! Cheers!