1. Change your mindset. Stop with the gimmick diets like this peppery lemonade BS. There is no magic potion. You need a change in lifestyle, not a diet. A diet is temporary. You need to start eating better overall permanently, with hot dogs and cheesesteaks mixed in, instead of the other way around.
2. It doesnt matter what diet you go on, you need to consume less calories than you burn. No matter what kind of crazy diet you do - this is the foundation.
3. Eat 5-7 meals per day. A protein shake counts as a meal. A banana counts as a meal. A bowl of cereal counts as a meal. Space them out 2-3 hours apart. This is very very very very very very very very very important. Make sure every meal is light - but surpresses hunger. When you're hungry, eat. Dont EVER overeat at any meal.
Your body is always in survival mode. Your body doesnt know you live in 2007 with supermarkets killing your food for you. Your body thinks every meal is it's last, you live out in the woods, and it saves meals as fat when you eat 3 meals per day. You need to train your body to let it know food is on the way every 2-3 hours and NOTHING should be saved as fat storage because you will provide - ALWAYS.
4. Keep it simple. No crazy diet is necessary. A bowl of cereal in the morning like Special K or Total. A banana/apple/grapefruit as a snack 2 hours later. Order a footlong sub from subway like a turkeybreastsub on wheat bread. Eat 1/2 then. Eat the other half 2 hours later. A protein shake or granola bar 2 hours later. Sirloin steak, Chicken Breast or Fish with some veggies for dinner. Small cup of cottage cheese before bed. That's 7 meals right there. Each one is light. Each one has smart carbs. Each one will surpress hunger. Each one should be a small portion, typically no seconds, and shouldnt make you full. Before you know it, your metabolism will speed back up, your body will begin burning fat, and you will start losing weight - especially if you combine a good diet with some cardio or weightlifting activity.
You will learn after awhile you werent really craving the hot dog, you were just hungry and like Pavlovs dog you were conditioned to eating hot dogs when you were hungry.
When you get hungry for that kind of shit, drink something strong like orange juice and it will usually turn you off to it. I love ice cream and shit, and in the beginning stages of my diets, I'll want ice cream bad. I'll drink some orange juice and the last thing I think about after is mixing acidic orange juice with dairy ice cream.
Start with that, and then work out the details like when to eat certain carbs, etc.
