Every three months my Doctor requires his adult patients tohave a blood test and he checks for routine problems and trends. Five monthsago at my visit I tipped the scale at 246 pounds. My Doctor said to me: “Youhave to loose weight!" He is lean and trim so I asked, “How do you keepyourself so trim?" He said: “I skip breakfast, skip lunch and have a steak anda martini every night for dinner". It got me thinking.

My clothes did not fit. I could not wear my favorite shirts.I looked terrible in photographs. The worst thing was that I was in a slow butsure spiral of weight gain that amounted to about 80 pounds since my days incollege. The choice was clear: either keep gaining weight or do something aboutit to reverse the trend.

I am a person with a slow metabolism and a big appetite. Asa child I was heavy. In High School and College/Law School because of heavyexercise I was trim for about 15 years. After I gained weight, the only twodiets that seemed to work were the Drinking Man’s Diet and the Dr. Atkins diet.There were two problems with these diets. My Doctor said they were unhealthyand when I deviated from them, the weight just came back on plus more weightlike a cherry on the top of a chocolate Sunday.

I found a way to eat as much as I want, not be hungry, looseweight, gain muscle that I call The Gregg Diet. The plan is very simple. Hereare the seven rules:

1)      Skipone meal per day.

2)      Eatas little fat as possible

3)      Exercisefor at least 45 minutes per day

4)      Noalcohol allowed

5)      Donot cheat on the above four rules more than one day per week

6)      Weightyourself every day at approximately the same time of day

7)      Stickto it on a permanent basis

In the Gregg Diet you do not count calories. Eat as manyvegetables and as much fish as you wish, plus some fruit like bananas, peaches,blueberries, etc. Drink as much water and sugar free liquids as you can. Hereare some of the tricks I have learned plus my secret rub.

The rub makes all fish taste better. You can fry it incanola oil, or broil it after you put a little olive oil on the fish then therub. Plus you can put half a teaspoon in a cup of chicken or vegetable broth,put this in the microwave for 3 minutes and it fills you up like a real meal.

The Rub Recipe: (amounts are approximate and subject to yourown tastes)

5% garlic salt

5% smoked salt

5% cumin seed

5% fennel seed

10% paprika

15% hot pepper flakes

55% chili powder- mix several varieties to make itinteresting

Salad trick: for the dressing use no oil, balsamic vinegarand add a can of anchovies if you like them.

Snack trick: eat shredded mini-wheat cereal with extraartificial sweetener and add some cinnamon and/or clove powder on the top. Nomilk.

Ahi Tuna trick: cover with rub and fry in smoking hot canolaoil for one minute per side per inch thick (i.e. two minutes per side if fishis two inches thick). Remove from heat immediately.

Drink trick: Diet Snapple with extra artificial sweetener

My doctor could not believe it. After the nurse weighted me,he took me back to the scale to verify the weight loss. The best part is I amcontinuing to loose weight, my blood pressure is down and the statistics on mycholesterol are the best ever.

The bottom line: The Gregg Diet works. The Rub is awonderful way to spice up your life. You can eat hearty and rich and looseweight at the same time.

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