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The Three Stages
The key to losing weight is to eat fewer calories than
your body burns each day. Fiber fills you faster and
contains fewer calories. This is how it helps you reduce
your intake of calorie-concentrated foods.
Here’s what too often happens: You
buy a diet book, excited about a new way
to finally lose those extra pounds. Then you
get it home and start to read lists of rules,
do’s and don’ts. There’s no way you’re ever
going to be able to do this! A few months
later, you give the book to Goodwill.
The good news about The Full Plate Diet™ is that it
works even when you do it imperfectly.
You can improve how you look and feel without
ever progressing past Stage One.
You just need
to eat more
fiber
Stage One
1.  Eat more fiber.
2.  Drink more water—at least 6 glasses a day.
3. Stop eating when you no longer feel hungry.
If Stage One is easy for you and you feel like pushing
farther, faster, move to Stage Two:
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Stage Two
1. Increase the fiber in your diet to new levels. Eat fiber
foods at the beginning of every meal or snack.
2. Experiment with a wider variety of high-fiber foods.
3. Drink even more water, 8 to 10 glasses per day. (Your
body needs more water when you eat more fiber.)
If you’re that one-in-a-thousand person (seriously, it’s
about one in a thousand) who has the interest and the
discipline to push an idea all the way to its limits, here’s
Stage Three:
Stage Three
1. Stabilize your fiber intake to a consistent 40+ grams
each day.
2. Become a “label detective.” Always learn what’s
in the food before you put it in your basket at the
grocery store. You’ll find all the information you need
at www.FullPlateDietBeta.org.
3. Reduce your intake of meat and dairy products, as
well as other foods that are high calorie, high fat and
low fiber.
If you move past Stage Three, there’s only one place left
you can go:
Become a vegetarian. The vegetarian diet is built on
high-fiber foods and does not include foods that have
zero fiber, such as meat and dairy products.