Moving along into some of the final changes in your DIET, Phase 2 now adds in your 3rd Meal. Contact me with any questions or comments at:[email protected] Meal #3 amounts: 6-7 ounces of Meat, Poultry, Fish or Dairy, weighed after cooking. AND: 1 medium mixed vegetable salad with 2-3 Tablespoons of Italian or Balsamic, or Caesar, or oil and vinegar dressing. Just no high calories ‘creamy dressings’ like creamy Caesar, thousand island, French, etc.AND: One ½ cup serving of Potato, Pasta, Rice or Ancient Grain or pasta (no sauce/butter, etc.)

Checking in after you have started the diet. I have started also. And in this episode I clarify something that a few of you have contacted me about. You can reach me at: [email protected]

In today's episode, I review Phase 1 of our 10-Week Shelter-at-Home Diet. In this first phase, I outline how to measure and choose the food you will consume in your first two meals of the day. The third meal, during Phase 1, will be your choice, however measurement is still necessary. Breakfast- Meal #1 2-3 ounces of Meat, Poultry, Fish, Dairy (weighed) OR ½ cup of cereal, with lowfat milk if desired (measured) OR 1 egg AND ½ cup or one medium Fruit (not juice) (measured) Lunch- Meal #2 4 ounces of Meat, Poultry, Fish, Dairy (weighed) AND 1 slice of bread of your choosing AND ½ cup vegetable of choice AND ½ cup additional vegetable of choice Fats: 2 tablespoons of butter, margarine or olive oil maximum for day. Dinner – Meal #3 6 ounces of anything for main dish (weighed) AND ½ cup measure of a side dish AND ½ cup measure of another side dish Drink 6 glasses of water throughout the day AND 1 cup of Milk or Juice during the day Unlimited Coffee or Tea NO DESSERT, NO ALCOHOL first 2 weeks of Diet

Today marks one week until we start the 10-week Shelter-at-Home Diet! As we go through the 4th of July celebrations here in the U.S., I give you some things I'd like you to keep in mind, and I also talk about what food you should stock up on this week in preparation of dieting. A Food Scale is vital in this Portion Size Control aspect of the diet, so please do your best to have that ready for next Tuesday, July 7th.

At the request of many of you, I have moved the starting date of this 10-week weight loss diet to Tuesday, July 7th.

This Diet will start on MAY 25th ! (NOT May 18th) After a two-year hiatus, I am back with Season 4 of this podcast. Starting us out, let's do a 10-week Spring into Summer Diet. This episode is an introduction for the set-up. In this episode I talk about starting the diet on Monday, May 18th....but, maybe that isn't enough time for people to get on board. So let's plan on everyone getting ready and starting on MONDAY, MAY 25th ! (yes, Labor Day!!) The link to the YouTube Channel for this Diet is: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE_mChGJ_F2C8qzCuMxtGWQ So therefore, we will start the Diet on Monday, May 25th !

My infamous annual episode about how to survive, and thrive, during Thanksgiving and the approaching Holiday Season. I hope you enjoy ! Happy Thanksgiving! My best,- Joey

Information on how we are going to structure our diets and the short-term goal for the launch. I give you your first assignment: We are going to start by ADDING IN 1 vegetable serving per day (no matter how many vegetables you currently eat) and of those vegetables, I want 3 of them to be NEW vegetables that you have never eaten before and 4 of them to be vegetables that you have eaten in the past. One per day, 3 new ones and 4 regular ones you have had. ADDITIONALLY, I want you to REMOVE 3 items from your cupboard that are PROCESSED FOOD (look for non-whole grain, lots of sugar, chemical names that you can't pronounce, etc.) This might sound like a lot to start out with, but we have to get this going. This is the first 'change' to the food we will be eating, and it is ADDING IN a serving of something everyday. So this is not REDUCING your calories (and food), but rather you are getting 1 ADDITIONAL thing to eat every day. And the REMOVING of the Processed Foods are just moving us toward a healthier diet. Slowly. But consistently.

The NEW Season 4 kicks off with a new addition: a Whole Food Plant-Based Diet. This new healthy lifestyle diet will be my own personal approach to food and body fat reduction. However, I shall continue to also discuss The Portion Size Control Diet, The Mediterranean Diet and Intermittent Fasting. Which approach is right for you? That is what you need to decide as we journey through an examination of each of these healthy diet options. My apologies for being away from this podcast for so long. I address this in this first episode of Season 4. Thank you!  -Joey

This is a short introduction to The Mediterranean Diet, one of the 3 choices previously outlined for our group diet. In Part One, today's episode, we review what we will NOT eat on The Mediterranean Diet, so as to give you the tools needed to review the foods currently in your home that need to be consumed prior to starting on this lifestyle diet. In Part Two, next week's episode, I will review the healthy and natural foods that do make up the staples of The Mediterranean Diet so you can stock up on these foods to get ready for the group diet, should this diet choice be your selection as to which diet you shall use. ** My apologies that due to the illness and death of my sister that I was not able to stay with the original schedule for the re-boot of this Podcast. I expect to be back on a full regular schedule by June 18th. However, I offer this episode and also Part Two coming next week, so we can begin to get ready to start the Group Diet, no later than the last week of June. I do apologize. **