My plan allows you to eat all food, with one important exception:     FAST FOOD                                          

You can enjoy meals from restaurants serving rice bowls, pizza places, Chinese restaurants, and even chicken wings.

Dine-in or take-out from Applebee's, Chili's, or Olive Garden, etc... is also perfectly fine. It's about making conscious choices, not starving yourself. 

Fast food restaurants follow the phrase "Fat equals flavor".  They need to put fat and chemicals into the food to make it melt in your mouth.  If you eat from your kitchen, you know the ingredients in what you are preparing.  The meal will always be less harmful for your weight.

I personally don’t cook well, and sometimes for dinner, you don’t know what to eat.  Do not sleep on microwave TV dinners.  The first thing people say about them, is “oh, the sodium is high.”  Think about it.  If you eat fast food, the sodium is through the roof!  

Step 2: Delivery is not your friend

When people said they gained weight during the pandemic, they said they got food delivered to their house.  Red flag number one.

Start by stopping delivery orders. Instead, opt for takeout. Call the restaurant or order inside, and bring your delicious meals home. I don't even have pizza delivered.  It's a small change with a big impact on your eating habits, as well as your wallet.

Cook for yourself or have someone do it for you.  Heat up something, microwave it, deep fry it, or air fry it (p.s., air fryers are great to eat already frozen french fries, chicken strips, tater tots, etc.)  

Step 3: The secret exercise

For exercise, I recommend 20 jumping jacks a day. You can start with a couple and increase over time.  If not, try jumping in place. This minimal exercise, combined with smart food choices, surprisingly works. It truly is mainly all about the food, but this movement goes a long way!  I continue to do them almost every day.  If I seem to be gaining weight, I do 20 and I'm back to normal.  If this doesn't work for you, just work on the food side of the plan.