More Lenient Lifestyles: The 30 Percent Solution

Okay, now let’s move up (down?) a notch to the 30 percent solution, still the choice of the American Heart Association, the American Dietetic Association, the American Diabetes Association, based on their preferred diet guide, and the USDA Food Guide Pyramid (as shown in Post 5).

By the time this page goes from my computer to my editor’s desk, then on to the printer, and into your websitestore, all these guys and gals may have changed their minds. But for now, they’re still at 30 percent or bust!

Dieting With the Duchess

When Sarah Ferguson left her royal home and marriage, she was not only in hock up to her eyeballs (all those fancy ball gowns) but overweight as well (all those dinners at the palace). Her totally ’90s solution was to put her body in the hands of the sensible folks at Weight Watchers. What a neat deal. Weight Watchers got a spokesperson. The duchess got an all - expenses - paid new body. And dieters get to go through it with her.

The Weight Watchers diet is a sensible carb - based, low - fat menu that features measured portions plus sound advice on how to change your attitudes toward food. And did I mention exercise? Now I have. Weight Watchers definitely includes exercise, and so does the duchess.

These simple principles — high - carb, low - fat, measured portions, and exercise — have helped millions of people lose weight and lower their Cholesterol

Add in “the intimate details of a celebrity makeover for a single mother” (hey, that’s what it says in the press release), and you have the recipe for a readable, dishy, diet guide.