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thirty-one-minute chunks, so that’s not asking for a lot of time.
     
3 . Eliminate one unnecessary task from your day. No, that basement closet does not need to be cleaned out today. Instead, make a cup of tea, because tea boosts your metabolism and helps you lose weight. Isn’t that what this book is supposed to be about?
     
4. Breathe. I give you a stress-relieving breathing exercise on pages 267–268 . Peek at it now if you feel you need it.
     
    I’m only asking for five minutes. Clearly, you have that time to give to yourself–because you now believe that selfish is good!

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METABOLISM
Your “Weapon of Mass Reduction”
     
    M etabolism: the set of chemical reactions that occur in living organisms to maintain life. FYI, these chemical reactions burn lots and lots of calories .
    Effective, permanent weight loss is all about an optimized, “calorie burning” metabolism, which is why I call it your “weapon of mass reduction.”
    Stop and think for a moment. Why have you not succeeded at weight loss in the past? No, don’t think. I have the answer. You were not a success at weight loss because virtually all the diets you have been on in the past totally destroyed your metabolism.
    Quick. Go turn your blender, fan, or hair dryer on high. Think of that as many, many calories being spent (which is good) at the highest possible speed. Now turn it on medium. Ah, not quite the energy (calories) that was blasting before. It’s slower. Finally, turn it on low. Now it’s humming along in comparison to the two other settings. That is the metabolic consequence of 99.99 percent of all diets you have followed in the past. You turned your motor from high to low–and, in the process, you gained all the weight back and then some, and wondered why. You may even have berated yourself and called yourself a failure. I refer to “failure” as the “F word”; I prefer to call it “non-success,” or just NS. I am here to tell you that you have destroyed your metabolism by decreasing your precious metabolism-boosting tissue– muscle . But before you panic, rest assured that I will show you how to fix that.
    Here is the reason you and virtually every other woman who has gone on a diet has failed:
    Diet for Weight Loss = Diminished Lean Muscle
    When you lose weight on virtually all diets, you lose approximately 60 to 70 percent fat and 30 to 40 percent muscle. That’s a disaster because:
    Diminished Lean Muscle = Diminished Metabolism
    Another way to put that is:
    Lean Muscle Down = Metabolism Down
    That’s the NS formula.
    In this program, the success equation for Petites is:
    Lean Muscle Up = Metabolism Up
    Without a high-performing metabolism, you are doomed to fail at weight loss because your body will burn very few calories on a daily basis. And that means you need to eat even fewer calories in order to lose weight, which is all but impossible. You’re living on “low.”
    Many women hear the word “muscle” and run for the hills . They have this vision of pumped up, steroid-ridden, “freaky-looking” women who ungracefully “grace” the cover of women’s body-builder magazines. That is not the visual we are looking for. If you don’t believe me, Google Petra Nemcova, the 2004 cover model of Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit edition, who just last spring was on Dancing with the Stars. She is magnificent. A few years ago, she and I did a television show together regarding the secrets of celebrity fitness. Guess what Petra does all the time. Strength training to maintain her muscle and blast off her fat. Is she lean, long, sexy, and gorgeous? Google the pictures of her and you be the judge .
    Come on, you’ve tried the NS formula in the past. Why not do it the right way this time, since you already know that it didn’t work the other way.
    When I say this to 99.9 percent of dieters, who admit to me that they are NS at losing weight, they say, “but I loved that diet.” Can you believe it?