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The spreadsheet is here: [./uv/red-green.ods|red-green]
<h3>How it Works</h3>
# Set your long-term weight target, write it down or memorize it. This is the long term weight that you'd like to ultimately maintain.
# Choose your starting weight target. This is important, it is NOT the same as your long term weight target. Weigh yourself and subtract one pound. This is your current goal.
# Every morning, weigh yourself. If you are above the current target, it is a RED day, if you are below the target, it is a GREEN day. See below for what RED and GREEN days mean.
# If you get two green days in a row or two green days out of three days you subtract one pound from your current target.
# If you get three green days in a row or five green days in a week you subtract one pound from your current target.
# When you hit your long term target weight you freeze your current target but you KEEP on doing the RED/GREEN technique. This is important. The Red day/Green day method is a long term habit for getting your weight down and keeping it down for the rest of your life.
<h3>Red days and Green Days</h3>
<h3>RED days and GREEN Days</h3>
First you must decide for yourself what constitutes your base healthy diet. For me it is a mix of fruits, vegetables, meats, root veges and some grains. I believe that most processed foods are not good for you and should generally be avoided.
NEW APPROACH: In the next paragraph I previously advocated to simply reduce consumption on RED days. However I have found that for me this can be hard to do. What seems to be working is to fast from 7pm through to 11am the next day and to skip anything with added sugar. The first couple times I did it were a bit tough but is has become quite easy for me. Search online for information on intermittent fasting to learn more. For the RED/GREEN you can skip the fast most days and only fast when your weight is over your target.
OLD APPROACH: For Red days you want to reduce the food energy you take in but strive to keep the nutrient levels high. This is pretty easy. Eat salads, small amounts of meats and proteins and small amounts of fat. Basically keep the veges and cut back on everything else. No sweets, no deserts, but fresh fruit are fine. Skipping a meal helps if you can handle it. Red days can be tough but you should not have more than four of them in a row. If you do have more than four or five red days in a row then you need to be more aggressive with your diet on red days or adjust your current goal.
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