Flat Belly Diet

Target Belly Fat ...Ready, Aim, Fire!

Chapters 6 & 7

Ahhh, did you ever think we would get here? Chapter VI—The Flat Belly Diet Rules. It’s time to lose belly fat. If you think this is just another diet, you couldn’t be more wrong. Most people think of a diet as something that’s painful, with a long list of forbidden foods, agonizing exercise—in short—HELL!

Cynthia and Liz look at the word diet in a totally different light. Inspired by the National Institutes of Health, which defines diet as “what a person eats and drinks, a type of eating plan,” they have created a “diet plan” that is backed by research, offers a variety of delicious food choices, and most importantly promises to target stubborn fat…belly fat!

There are three, just three, Flat Belly Rules to follow:
1. You eat 400 calories per meal
2. Never go longer than 4 hours without eating.
3. Consume a MUFA with every meal

After the rules are completely explained, the authors included a handy-dandy MUFA serving chart. I’m going to make a Xerox copy of this page and keep it on my refrigerator.

“Okay, I think I’m following you…but what’s a MUFA?”

Oh, sorry….that’s important. I can’t believe I didn’t tell you that yet. Isn’t MUFA a cute little word? Pronounced "MOO-Fa".

Say it with me…MUFA!

It’s an acronym and it stands for monounsaturated fatty acid, which is a “good” fat, known for its disease fighting qualities.

There are 5 MUFA categories also known as Flat Belly Foods:
1. oils (the healthy ones: safflower oil, canola oil, olive oil...just to name a few)
2. olives
3. nuts and seeds (FYI: Macadamia nuts provide the most MUFA in its category)
4. dark chocolate
5. avocados

Let’s keep moving…Chapter VII, The Four-Week Plan: Quick-And-Easy Meals.The beauty of the Flat Belly Diet is…choices, lots and lots of choices. True, you have to follow the three basic rules as outlined in the past chapter, but as far as the individual meals, they are all mix-and-match.

This chapter offers quick meals that are organized into the following categories: breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks. The snack category offers so many delicious ideas and is broken into sections as well: sweet, savory, “grab & go”, and smoothies. (These look great!)

The last part of this chapter includes three great charts: meal replacement bars, frozen meals, and fast food. These charts show how you can adapt the “diet” plan and work these food items into your eating plan. Yeah!

Flat Belly Diet (Chapters 6-7)--> (Chapters 1-3)

~Stress and Belly Fat...Learn how to combat it & read about the Four-Day Anti-Bloat Jumpstart Plan (Chapters 4-5)
~(Chapter 8) Loaded with yummy-sounding recipes!
~(Chapter 9) All the "Write Stuff" Journaling for Weight Loss!
~(Chapter 10) Research-Based Exercise Does the Flat Belly Diet Really Work?