The All-Day Fat-Burning Diet: The 5-Day Food-Cycling Formula That Resets Your Metabolism To Lose Up to 5 Pounds a Week by Yuri Elkaim

focus when life is bewilderingly hectic.
    Nakeisha’s Story
    “Before I started the All-Day Fat-Burning Diet
,
I was desperate. I was cranky, mean, angry, and always tired—so tired. I want to have more children, and I knew my weight was one of the barriers I was facing. I blamed my husband for not trying to lose weight, but I had to be honest and admit that I wasn’t either. Something had to change.
    “I wanted to eat better, but I just resorted to my comfort foods after every disappointment or failed attempt to do better. Food—especially sweets (chocolate is my
favorite
)—took me to my happy place. I knew I needed to change, but I honestly didn’t know how. Then, I found Yuri and this program.
    “I knew this was a gift, and I wasn’t going to waste it. I’m happy to say that I’ve shed 30 pounds in 63 days—and this is only the beginning. I have plans to walk a 5K with my husband and son, something I would not have done before. I am also looking forward to surprising my parents when I see them in May at my brother’s graduation. With the history of diabetes, heart disease, and cancer that we have in my family, I will stand tall and proclaim that I will
not
have diabetes, heart disease,
or
cancer! I
will
be healthy and help my family learn to walk on a healthier path. Thank you, Mr. Elkaim, for giving me tools to be successful for the rest of my life!”
    STEP 2: PLAN AND PREPARE
    You’re doing nothing less than building a thrilling new version of yourself, and like any master architect, you need a plan. How can you construct You 2.0 without firm guidelines and steps in place?
    I believe that the main reason people fail to achieve their goals is because they don’t have a solid plan. They may have something fantastic in mind, but they don’t prepare for it. For example, how easy is it to have no idea what you’re eating for dinner after a long, tiring day? It’s all too common. By the time you shuffle through your front door at day’s end, you have little to no willpower left to prepare a healthy meal. The next thing you know, you’re dialing up for delivery or peeling the plastic off of a microwave meal. Worse yet, you’re elbow deep in a bag of potato chips. Sadly, these decisions don’t move you closer to a lean, healthy body.
    This is why meal planning is so important. By mapping out a week’s worth of meals, it becomes ridiculously easy to quickly whip up a tasty, healthy meal whenever you need to, giving your brain and body even more time to relax. Eating isn’t something you should have to worry about. In this book, I’ve given you a 5-Day Food-Cycling Plan that you should follow to the letter—at least for 21 days—to maximize your fat loss. Thousands of other people have, and they’ve realized incredible results. In fact, many have found themselves continuing to eat according to its guidelines long after their 21 days are up because it’s such a completely natural and healthy way of eating and living. You can do the same.
    Likewise, if you go to work out without any sense of what you’re about to do, I guarantee that your workout will be far less effective than if you know exactly which exercises to do, how many sets and reps, and so forth. Our brains are like laser-guided missiles, and they rely on us for clear direction. Why don’t you tell yours what to aim for? Figure out what you’re going to have for dinner this week and then get everything you need from the grocery store. If you work out first thing in the morning, get your workout attire ready to go and load your favorite Yuri-guided workouts on your iPod the night before. By making a plan, you can avoid those last-minute pitfalls and excuses. As the old saying goes, “If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail.”
    STEP 3: START YOUR ENGINE
    How do you feel before you exercise or prepare a meal? Do you go about it with reluctance or a sense of dreariness, or do you feel pumped up and excited about the task ahead? Actually,