Wendy Chant Crack the Fat Loss Code

[joycehend]

Does anyone have any experience with this or her. This is a carb-up, carb-down type of plan.

Joyce

[Quandria]

I'm having lots of success with this plan; I'm on day 22 and down 17 pounds. The first week is a lot like induction (from what I've read about it, I've never done Atkins). You keep your carbs below 20 for the first week. Then you start adding them back in, keeping on her schedule of how many starches (usually 1 or 2) before 3:00 pm. It's an 8 week program, and the science she uses seems to make a lot of sense. I am continuing on through the whole program; I find it easy to follow.

[Quandria]

This is my first attempt at losing weight through manipulating my carb intake. In the past I've followed plans more like WW, and done long cardio workouts. With this plan, I'm only doing about 20 minutes of treadmilling (intervals) 4 times a week and it's working great.

[dasiey]

how do i find out how to do this plan the right way

[LJB]

Looks interesting.

[Quandria]

I highly recommend the book - I got it from my library before buying my own copy. She has tons of useful, interesting, information that makes a lot of sense.

After the first few weeks you get two days a week where you eat carbs in your last two meals of the day. On the other days you have low carb days (one time before 3:00) and baseline days (two times before 3:00). Eventually you get cheat days too. You have protein with each meal, and eat 4 to 6 times a day.

[dasiey]

can you give me some sample menus. I will be looking for the book

[Quandria]

Here's a sample from week 4

Baseline Day:

Meal 1 Protein & Starch (Oatmeal mixed with protein powder, or an equivalent alternative ...she lists alternatives in the book or just mix an appropriate starch and protein)
Meal 2 Protein (Cottage cheese or an equivalent alternate that's mostly protein)
Meal 3 Protein, Starch, Vegetable (3-4 oz (for women) tuna, chicken, or turkey, 1/2 cup rice (or other appropriate starch), salad or broccoli) or something similar
Meal 4 Protein and Fat (2-3 oz turkey breast and cheese wrapped in romaine) or something similar...other ideas in the book
Meal 5 Protein, Vegetable, Fat (4-6 oz broiled salmon or halibut, 1 c steamed asparagus, salad with tomato, cucumber, olive oil & vinegar or low calorie/low sugar dressing)
Meal 6 Protein (protein shake - she gives recipes for livening up a protein shake so it's not just the powder & water)

You can modify everything if you only want 4 meals a day.

Sample High Carb Day non-diabetic (2x a week for week 4...other weeks vary; it's an 8 week plan)

Meal 1 Protein, Starch (eggs on a bagel)
Meal 2 Protein Fruit (cottage cheese and an apple) or equiv, you don't have to have cottage cheese if you'd rather have a different protein
Meal 3 Protein, Vegetable, Fat (chicken ceasar salad with croutons if you want them)
Meal 4 Protein, Starch, Sweets or Fruit (6 inch roast beef & swiss sub on whole wheat, small bag of chips, fruit or sweets)
Meal 5 Protein,Starch, Sweets Fruit or Alcohol (1-2 slices pepperoni pizza (meats okay but no extra cheese, and don't pig out)

Sample Carb-down day (precedes a carb-up day)
Meal 1 (mushroom & spinach omelet)
Meal 2 (cottage cheese)
Meal 3 (grilled chicken, broccoli, rice)
Meal 4 (3-4 oz turkey breast, 1-2 slices cheese, wrapped in lettuce with mustard or light mayonnaise)
Meal 5 (4-6 oz broiled salmon, steamed veggies and salad)
Meal 6 (protein shake)

This doesn't do justice to the actual plan, it's really worth reading - but there's a sample if you're wondering what it looks like.

[dasiey]

thank you

[rbaker150]

Hi , I just saw this in first mag. and think i will give it a try anyone else loseing on it ?Goodluck and God bless

[CdnGal]

I saw it in First Magazine, went out and bought her book and started this today.

[baileymac]

I started this program yesterday and have, in 24 hours, lost 2 lbs! I went straight to the grocery and purchased food for my first week on the plan. I also ordered the book. This plan is very similar to Body for Life by Bill Phillips. I have a male friend who did it (BfL) and the results were unbelievable!! Please let me know how you are all doing as that serves as great motivation for me.

[samrakia]

I just finished doing an 8 week program with Wendy in Central Florida. I did not change anything but my eating for the first 4 weeks and lost 12 pounds. It makes sense and is easy to follow (imo)~ The important thing is that you can follow her meal plans exactly (I did for the first week or so) or you can substitute from the list (once you get settled.) It works.. plain and simple. I have done them all... diets that is... this is the first time that I feel and say, "this is a lifestyle change I can live with!"
Good luck.

[Quandria]

I've lost 22 pounds - although I had a major setback about 3 weeks ago (wasn't able to eat often enough to stay on plan because of a situation at work that basically eliminated my lunch hours for about a week and a half and stressed me nearly to insanity). So I ended up restarting with induction week.

Then I read another nutrition book, Dr Gundry's Diet Evolution, and I'm following that for a while. It's actually VERY similar to the Wendy Chant book, except you don't really ever end up adding back many carbs. Both books taught me a LOT about how and why the body stores fat, and what you can do to keep yourself from going into fat storage mode.

On the Gundry plan you eat a lot of protein and vegetables until you've lost the weight. Then there are other phases where you cut the size of your protein portions and increase the vegetables. You get to add a limited amount of fruit; but fruit is one of the things that triggers your body to store fat, so I'm still avoiding it for now.

I'm not sure which plan I'll go with in the long run. The science in Dr. Gundry's book makes a lot of sense to me and seems better for all around health. But the Wendy Chant book seems much easier to live with long-term, especially given the fact that you can eat out on certain days and stay on plan (and not just have the salad). For now, I don't really miss the carbs, so I'm going to continue to rely predominantly on protein and vegetables.

Both books agree that a person shouldn't workout extensively. Chant says it's because your body will adapt and then expect you to maintain that level of workout, and will adjust fat storage/lower your metabolism accordingly. Dr. Gundry's book says it's more because your body will determine that you're not very efficient at utilizing the energy you are provided if you're struggling (ie high intensity exercise all the time). He says if you're going to exercise long, go slow - if you're going to exercise short, go fast. That makes a lot of sense to me, and I'm finding it really easy lately to put on muscle with minimal weight training and some walking. My favorite of his tips is that if you go for a walk 10 or 20 minutes after eating, your body (think caveman brain) will think "okay we've just eaten and now we're walking to the next village where there will be more food, so I can go ahead and burn what we just ate instead of storing it as fat".

I recommend both books and will let you know how things are progressing, and hope the rest of you will continue to post too. It's great to have company!

[Kevin's Girl]

I am very interested in this plan. I read about it in the First magazine. I am currently doing Adkins Induction. Is there anyone else that is doing Adkins that is going to switch to this plan??? I am very leary, but think that I will give it a try.

[Jerri906]

I'm also lucky enough to live in the Orlando/Altamonte Springs area and started on Wendy's program in May 2007. I’ve been fat since I was 3 and morbidly obese for as long as I can remember. I've lost 70+ lbs so far and I'm very happy with the program.

My background is in nutrition, serving in many healthcare facilities, so I figured that Wendy wouldn’t have anything to offer that I didn’t already know. Wendy’s nutritional & medical science information blew me away. My college education and years of experience taught me about the nutritional values of food. Wendy taught me how to “train” the body to find the fat and get rid of it.

Wendy inspires me and I was excited when I read her book. It is written exactly how she teaches her course, in plain language with fascinating facts and a little bit of fun thrown in. It all makes sense and it is do-able. I’m not going to lie and say that you can eat whatever you want, whenever you want. There is no “miracle diet”. The first week seems tough but stick to it! You might even feel like crap (low energy, headache) 3-4 days into it but it goes away by about the 5th day. It is the ONLY time that you have to go through it. Wendy works her patterns so that you can enjoy your life. There was no suffering during the holidays or even on my 15 night cruise. I have no regrets with what I ate or didn’t eat and didn't gain any weight. I even lost weight during the holidays although cheat days were patterned in.

Her DVD is also available for those who are better motivated through the spoken word (like me!).

[MaryN]

I am also very interested in this plan. Would you mind if I join you? I won't be able to start the real plan till Sunday. I have been playing around with it a bit and just had the one cup of broccoli and two carbs before 3:00 and have lost 1 1/2 lbs since Sunday. I will be excited to see what the protein week will do. I have her book and it looks very doable.

Mary

[rbaker150]

What if you don't like salmon ? can you sub.for something else ?What ? .thank you

[bailey42]

I am starting this plan Monday and am very excited to try it. I have type 2 diabetes so it will be intresting to see how my sugar does on the plan (especially the carb up days) I will take my diabetic meds on that day for sure.
The book does give a list of substitutes.
Deb

[LowCarbRachel]

Just wanted to say hi Deb!

[bailey42]

OMG, hi Rach long time no talk. I have been all over the place lately. Have you heard from Jackie or Heidi lately?
Deb

[LowCarbRachel]

Jackie posts on the SNARK thread, but I haven't seen Heidi for a while. I hope she's doing well. I hope this will be the best plan for you, Deb!! Good luck!!

(Sorry for the threadjack all!)

[This time]

Hi all I also bought the first mag, but it says that in the second week ?you get to have the sub{homemade?} or bought? and the chips are they baked or regular. Help Linda

[bailey42]

Good question, I hope someone else knows the answer. Having diabetes, I am not sure I can have both the sub and chis even with the meds.
Deb

[bailey42]

Good question, I hope someone else knows the answer. Having diabetes, I am not sure I can have both the sub and chips even with the meds.
Deb

[This time]

It does not say anything about evening snacks what about no carb cheese at night? i can't wait to get the book! I hope we can have coffee and a little cream ,maybe lowcarb yogurt

[This time]

Deb..thank you so much I will save a mini meal for the evening Linda

[bailey42]

OMG, I just realized instead of 4 through 6 mini meals that I wrote 46 mini meals . Don't think we would lose weight on 46 mini meals a day LOL

[This time]

Originally Posted by bailey42

OMG, I just realized instead of 4 through 6 mini meals that I wrote 46 mini meals . Don't think we would lose weight on 46 mini meals a day LOL

When i read it i got so excited then i realized it was an error

[LJB]

The Wendy Chant sample plans are very close to what my trainer has me on!