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Phase 2: Stabilization Phase

General

The Stabilization Phase is the second phase of the FOOD & FIT weight management programme. This phase spans 21 days, and commences as soon as you have completed the Diet Phase in its entirety, i.e. three days after taking the last liquid form L-Carnitine (the so-called ‘winding-down’ days), when your body has eliminated all of the L-Carnitine liquid.  Phase 2 is premised on the introduction of a new diet without liquid form L-Carnitine, and is designed to prevent protein deficiency (protein = meat, fish and poultry). Protein deficiency can cause a range of health-related problems, such as fluid retention, increase in weight, extreme feelings of hunger, tiredness and irritability. In this phase, we also recommend that you take Multivitamin capsules in a low dosage (1 capsule per day). If you successfully manage to follow the instructions of Phase 2, you should be able to reprogramme your hypothalamus and regain your basic body weight. This phase ensures that your metabolism, in its reprogrammed state, works faster, overriding feelings of hunger and preventing storage of fat reserves in the „problem zones“. In this phase, it is vital that you weigh yourself every morning after first emptying your bladder, and that you never gain more than one kilogram in weight. However, if you inadvertently put on weight, we recommend a simple solution known as the “apple day”, “fruit day” or “steak day” (see further down this instruction). Phase 2 can be extended if you experience difficulties stabilizing your weight.

Diet

The diet recommended in the second phase is a high-protein, low-carb diet. In this phase, you are no longer required to count calories and weigh food. Once you have completed this phase, you will be pleasantly surprised at how satisfied you feel with less food, without feeling hungry.

Vegetable  Fruit   Olive oil
Fish   Meat   Yoghurt
Eggs  Seeds   Nuts

The following is permitted:

• Twice a day, plenty of meat (no pork), fish or poultry and all kinds of vegetables.
• Bread may be added to the diet in the second week. Remember however to eat bread in moderation. Do not consume bread every day. Instead, for example, have one slice of rye bread, or coarse wholegrain bread (toasted) no more than three days a week. As a topping, you could use vegetables such as cucumber, tomatoes, radishes, onions. Eat ‚crispy’ bread or spread thinly with apple syrup / jelly purée. After one week, you can also add cottage cheese, a slice of smoked meat or chicken breast fillet as a spread. You may gradually increase the amount of bread if your weight remains stable.
• In the morning, a portion of fruit is recommended ; another portion of fruit may be taken as a snack.
• Gradually introduce more fatty meals. As your body has had almost no fat for 25 days, it may react with severe stomach cramp and diarrhoea.  Carefully monitor the quantity of fatty food that you eat. Gradually increase the fat content of your meals over the course of the next few weeks. Use butter in moderation, and preferably use olive oil when cooking.
• Biscuits/cookies, sugar and fatty meals (in the form of deep fried food) should only be consumed in very small quantities. Consumption of these foods can lead to rapid weight gain.
• Carbohydrates may only be eaten in very small quantities and separate from fats. Consumption of carbohydrate-rich food triggers the release of insulin and increases the absorption of fat. It is important, therefore, not to combine bread with cheese in the early stages of the programme. A modest  amount of cheese is permissible. Carbohydrates and protein may be consumed simultaneously, since protein reduces the glycemic index of the carbohydrates.