Sunday, March 21, 2010

A Word From Doug

The Author of FAT TO SKINNY Fast and Easy --- Doug Varrieur left me this message this morning. I am posting it on its own for all to learn from. I cannot recommend his book enough if you are battling weight issues. I switched to a low glycemic diet to lose the past 135 pounds and it worked. Now, the weight is coming off much slower and plateaus last much longer. In his book I was looking at examples of foods that are recommended on a low glycemic food plan and many of those literally have ingredients that still metabolize into blood sugar, even if it is slower to spike the blood. Doug explains that the body burns sugar as energy and stores the rest as fat. I knew this years ago, but it never dawned on me that healthier, low glycemic foods that doctors told me to eat still metabolized into sugar, just slower. Therefore, our bodies still have the sugar to burn for energy and store the rest as fat, or burn the fat last. When you get his book and you should, because it is less than twenty bucks at Barnes and Noble or his website, you will be shocked at the amount of sugar some products you thought healthier actually have. A great little book and one I believe will have a very positive impact on my life. Thanks Doug.


Doug Varrieur said...

Good morning Todd, I got your message and I've read through your blog. I'm glad that bright yellow cover with me holding my FAT pants caught your eye :) It also pleases me that your children are reading FAT TO SKINNY Fast and Easy, after all I wrote it for them as well as their parents. You are correct, the summer of 2010 will be your summer. Another 100 pounds will melt off your frame by simply following one rule, remove all foods that metabolize into blood sugar from your intake. This forces the body to use FAT for fuel, and it will! For the benefit of your blog followers here the simple facts of FAT.

It's not that you eat too much, your simply eating the wrong mix.... let me explain. Everything we eat, hundreds of products all break down to only one of three things, FAT, SUGAR or PROTEIN. The ONLY thing that puts weight on our bodies is excess blood sugar. Blood sugar is our fuel, we burn it every day all day long, even when we sleep. What we do not burn we store as excess fuel in the form of FAT. If you want to lose weight simply stop eating and drinking the ingredients that metabolize into blood sugar.

For most overweight people or even thinner people who crave “sweet” the problem is not coming from the fat or protein intake, it's coming from the sugar intake. When blood sugar raises your brain releases "Dopamine" into your system. In simple terms it's the "feel good" hormone. That's what feeds your cravings.

Sugar addiction is as powerful as drug addictions as it relates to this hormone.

Sugar from any source, table sugar as in cakes and candies, starch as in potatoes, rice, cereals, bread, pasta and flour, or fructose as in fruit all gets turned into the "first fuel burned" GLUCOSE" or blood sugar. The body will burn the amount of blood sugar it needs and then store the rest as FAT. It's that FAT your storing you want to burn so how do we do that? Simple, don't give your body any sugar from any source and it will go out to your storage areas (butt, hips, belly etc...) to find it. Before you know it you'll shrink.

Can it be that easy? Todd my extra 100 pounds melted off in 7 months 6 years ago and has never come back, Yes it is this easy. It always brings a tear to my eye when I see people going under the knife, it simply isn’t necessary.

Today I’m giving you a chore. I’ve already taught you in my book how to read labels now let’s do something with that info. Go through all the cabinets and fridge today. Get rid of ALL the stuff that falls outside of my guidelines, it’s time to “bullet proof” your house. Your days of emotional eating haven’t come to an end yet so let’s make sure your choices available won’t hurt you.

I want your cabinets full of all kinds of replacement foods to choose from including sweets.

FAT TO SKINNY is not a diet, it’s a lifelong change of eating habits that will keep you thin and healthy. To accomplish this you must have replacements for potatoes, pizza, cake, candy, pasta and all our favorite foods. I accomplished this in the FAT TO SKINNY program and now have 3 more books in the series.

You can find the new Cookbook, Product Guide and Sugar Counter books at http://FATtoSKINNY.com their available as downloads and are priced reasonably. My wife Sherri, who’s dropped over 75 pounds is currently working on the FAT TO SKINNY Bakery book which should be available in about 6 months. I also invite you to visit and join my new FAT TO SKINNY reader forum. This is a good place to find and post recipes, meet others on the FTS program and share your thoughts. It’s only a couple weeks old and already has 50 members. You can find the forum at http://www.FATtoSKINNY.net Be sure to check out the recipe for Berry Berrylicious Cheesecake and Coconut Macaroons! Yum Yum :)

I look forward to meeting you soon and hearing your updates, I’m here for you Todd.
---Doug Varrieur

3 comments:

  1. Hey Todd, happy Thursday!
    You have impacted me again - I figured out HOW to officially follow you :-) AND, I bought Doug's book. It will be coming soon. My co-worker and I will be a support team.

    I have really been "thinking" alot about the sugar issue. As the Buddist (I think) saying goes... "when the student is ready to learn, the teacher will come" My time has come.

    Blessings to you and your family.
    Helen

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  2. Helen, Happy Thursday back at you. I agree that when the student is ready the teacher appears. I am going to put the following information in my next post, but I will give you a sneak peak. My damage from my horrible week was 10 pounds... I weighed in 10 pounds heavier last Sunday. I realize much of it is water retention from higher sodium restaurant food, but I am sure a bit of it was stored fat. After 3 days following the book program I had lost all 10 pounds. Now, back at my plateau that I have not been able to drop below for a month, I continued the program. I could not resist and stepped on the scale this morning... after 5 days on the Fat to Skinny program I have dropped 3 1/2 pounds BELOW my plateau! :) Taking the 10 pounds of water retention and the 3 1/2 pounds below plateau, the scale reads 13 1/2 pounds less than last Sunday. I have to say, I think I may have discovered something I can follow in Doug's book. A word of caution, watch your sodium intake and bad fat intake with the program. In addition, try to eat high fiber things with zero or no carbohydrates. Awesome you have a support team! In a pinch and on the go, the Atkins shake works and has only 1 net carbohydrate and is the best I have tasted of ALL meal replacement shakes, Sam's Club sells them at a box of 12 for about $15.00.

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  3. Sorry about the unproductive week, but GREAT NEWS about getting rid of it.

    Last week I was feeling like a baby - always failing at this process - then I remember what a baby does learning to walk...
    They stand up
    They let go of their "crutch"
    They wobble
    They fall
    They start the WHOLE process over again until they walk.

    That's us, buddy. Remember,weebles wobble but they DON'T FALL DOWN!

    Helen

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