On Extreme Weight Loss and in our books “Choose to Lose: The 7 Day Carb Cycle Solution” and “Choose More, Lose More for Life,” Chris and I teach people how to lose weight and get healthy using a program called carb cycling. When you carb cycle, you eat 5 smaller meals a day, 1 every 3 hours starting within 30 minutes of waking up.
Eating this often is new to many people, especially those that skip breakfast and suddenly realize halfway through the day, that they’ve also missed lunch. Irregular eating can derail your fitness goals.
Preparation is key to eating every three hours. While we all know the best laid plans can go awry with an emergency, you get stuck in traffic, a meeting goes longer than planned, etc., so many people ask Chris and I what happens if I accidentally skip a meal or am unable to eat my meal on time. What do you do?
Find out the answers by watching this week’s Ask Heidi Anything.
264 Responses
Hi Ms Heidi!
Just got done with the new book and LOVED IT!…But have carb questions…. how many carbs (number) on low days…and how many on High days??? I think I missed it in the book..and not sure where to look 🙁
Just stick to the serving sizes. You don’t need to count anything. It’s already figured in there for you. 🙂 Easy peasy!
Need Chris Powells’ opinion. .I don’t want it posted to public..I’m shy and my husband and I just married this uear March2nd..
We both been thru a lot over 5 yrs with me recovering from injury that happened to me on my job by someone else..
My husband and I was always athletic and trained in the gym (I bodybuild/fitness and him sculpt and buildmuscular body..
He recently got injured on job but 3 yrs still wanting to workout due to the injury we both feel depressed and stopped..
Both need advice.. but I would like to wxplain further but not to post it….
Is there a direct email? I can ask for maybe your expertise can give us from your point of view?
We get so much mail we can’t really give out personal advice but if you go to chrispowell.com and click on the Getting Started link, the advice we’d give you is all there! It works. You can do this!
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I have hypothyroid, pcos, gluten intolerance and tree nut allergy. I have such a hard time losing weight. I tried 2 weeks of carb cycling and didn’t lose! Any advise.?. I’m determined to lose. Been on a diet of some kind every other week for the past year. So frustrated. Any advise would be appreciated. I must be making poor conversions with the challenges in my dietary requirements.
Hi Heidi, I’ve been looking for chris book at walmart and i have not been able to find it. Do u know if wm stores carry book?
You should be able to find it at other major bookstores as well as Amazon.com if your Walmart doesn’t carry it. 🙂
Hi Heidi, my question is about exercise. I have had 5 surgery’s on my elbow on my right arm. My ulna nerve is also badly damaged. I am in constant pain with it and can’t really use it. I am around 85lbs over weight so I need to try and do some form of arm exercises along with the eating plan to try and tone my arms. Obviously push-ups, weights, the rowing machine, etc are not an option. What do you suggest.
Thanks for everything you and Chris do to help others. You are both angels for devoting your lives to help others find theirs.
You need to check with your doctor or physical therapist. Take our book and they can show you which of the exercises you can do and modify from there. Good luck!
Heidi,
My name is Nancy and I live in Denver, Colorado. I am 56 years old and weigh almost 400 pounds. I take 5 pills in the morning and 13 pills at night for depression, anexity and blood pressure. I work from home. I can’t really walk but only short distances and use a wheel chair when I do go out of my house. I spend 90% of my time in my house and when I walk from my bedroom to the kitchen my legs kill me or give out, so I scoot around in a chair. I have been told by the doctors I need to exercise in order to lose weight and I need to lose weight in order to exercise; however, no one will help me with the exercises. I have no teeth and got some false teeth but it’s hard for me to keep them in my mouth ($1600.00) down the drain. When it eat I eat what I can without teeth, so I guess the food is not to healthy. Most of my food is swollowed whole and then it comes right back up and I spit it out. I feel like I’m stuck in and endless rutt. I did have a gastric-bypass in 2001 and did lose 150 pounds but gained it back in 2 years. It’s funny cause I did call the doctor that did the surgery on me and he told me he could not help me. He said he gave me the tools and I need to use them (I guess that’s what rich and famous does to you) and hung up on me. I have been told to get a trainer and can’t afford it. I have been told to go see a shrink and figure it probably won’t help as they can’t fix my legs so I can exercise. I did try to get a knee replace and was told I was too fat and they would not do it. I’m not asking for much, all I want to do is to be able to walk into a NASCAR race and be able to go on the track to see my favorite driver. I have been twice and they would not let me on the track with my wheelchair. Anyway – thanks for letting me put my story out there. Nancy
Hang in there Nancy! Do you have a copy of Choose More, Lose More for Life? Check with your doctor to make sure the food plan will work for you and start there. For exercise, he can help you set some goals, which may even be 5 minutes of walking and working from there. The more you can “move” your body, the better. Your doctor can give you movement goals to work towards. You can do this!
Hi Heidi, I watch Chris religiously each week, and I would love to be on the fast track to losing weight myself. I’m one of those that have tried everything… has success, then fell off the wagon and gained it back and then some. I’m 46 and really want to get healthy! The older I get the more I realize how unhealthy being overweight is. So, with all of that said, eating everything three hours – what constitutes a “meal”? If I can plan each meal while I’m at work, then I know I’ll be more apt to eat it on schedule.
Thanks!
Kim Rhoden
Enter “Carb Cycling 101” in the search bar to see how carb cycling and meals work. Good luck!
If dinner is at 6 and I have an exercise class at 6:30, should I eat after the workout? or still at 6?
Eat at 6 but you might want to make it something light so you’re not sluggish at the gym. 🙂
Sou brasileira, 48 anos, m?e, com escoliose que vem me limitando e um sobrepeso de 17 quilos. Queria muito receber ajuda e elimin?-los em um m?s e acho que s? seria poss?vel se com voc? ou o Chris Powell. Assim venho tentando seduz?-los a dar uma volta no meu Brasil. Minha regi?o ? linda. Sou natural do Rio de Janeiro, mas moro h? dois anos em Fortaleza, capital do Cear?. Estado nordestino de praias, muito sol, ventos. Crio meu filho sozinha e no momento os recursos s?o escarsos o que me limita a fazer um tratamento qualificado. S? mesmo sendo contemplada por voc?s. Mas minha esperan?a ? retomar o corpo que minha mente conserva e fazer dele o verdadeiro corpo f?sico. Espero muito que leia minha mensagem. Parab?ns por seu trabalho espetacular e de seu marid?o!