The Mayo Clinic staff has resisted the word “diet” for years. Since most people use the word “diet” when searching for information on healthy eating, the Mayo staff decided to use the word in their newest book – The Mayo Clinic Diet, which hit store shelves last month.

“People don’t need us to tell them to eat less and exercise more. They know that. The Mayo Clinic Diet is divided It is a two-week jumpstart phase where people make sudden changes in their habits. We believe it’s the healthiest way to lose weight quickly that there is.” said Dr. Donald Hensrud of the Mayo Clinic.

In the two week “Lose It” phase, you’re supposed to add five new habits:

1. Eat a healthy breakfast.
2. Eat at least four servings of veggies and three servings of fruits each day.
3. Eat whole grains.
4. Eat healthy fats.
5. Exercise at least 30 minutes a day.

The Mayo Clinic Diet also advises people to break five habits during the first two weeks.

No TV while eating. Dieters can also only spend as much time watching TV as the time they’ve spent exercising. “It’s been shown in medical studies that the more TV someone watches, the greater their risk of increased weight,” said Hensrud.

“If I knew that I wanted to watch a TV show, I just knew that I needed to get in the car and go to the gym,” said Jenny Nosbisch.

Here are the other habits to break during the jump-start “Lose It” phase:

1. No sugar, except what’s found naturally in fruit.
2. No snacks except fruits and veggies.
3. No big portions of meat or high-fat dairy.
4. No restaurants unless the meal fits your plan.

“First two weeks, we both lost over nine pounds,” said Don Nosbisch.

“Once you saw those first nine go, then it was like, ‘We can do this,’” said Jenny Nosbisch.

What comes next, the “Live It” phase, is pretty simple. It involves setting goals, working out and eating according to the Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid. That pyramid calls for eating more of the low-calorie fruits and veggies and less of the high-calorie sweets.

If you eat more of the healthy foods, you can actually eat more and feel fuller.

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