This diet requires you to eat 5 times a day, 3 hours apart. 400 calorie Meals, 100 calorie snacks, and a 50 calorie dessert that combined should not exceed a total of 1450 calories a day. Eating within 1 hour of waking up, and lastly 3 hours before bedtime. Meals should include balanced portions of carbohydrates, protein, and fat.
There are no food type restrictions, just portion restrictions. This diet takes into account that calories determine weight gain, and eating throughout the day burns more fat because ones metabolism stays in high gear. The result, according to fitness expert and 3 hour diet creator Jorge Cruise, is you’ll drop up to 10 pounds in the first 2 weeks, and 2 pounds a week after that, without losing any fat-burning muscle tissue.
Jorge Cruise says that with this diet, you will have less hunger and more energy. Some research does suggest that eating smaller but more meals can reduce hunger. Cruise also says that with this diet you will curb your levels of the stress hormone cortisol, and flatten your stomach. Although you can choose your own foods, he suggests that you use extra-virgin olive or flaxseed oils.
Cruise also favors lean proteins, and says to visualize and make your protein portions about the size of a deck of cards. Visualize and use the size of a Rubik's cube for your carbohydrate portions. Salad dressing and other fats should be a portion the size of a water bottle cap.
