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Woman Sheds 170 Pounds With 'Backwards Diet'
Tricia Cunningham's Secret: Switch Breakfast And Dinner

UPDATED: 7:55 am CDT May 3, 2005

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- Tricia Cunningham used to be overweight. She has lost nearly half her weight in one pretty bizarre diet she calls "the backwards diet."

With her diet, you can eat, enjoy life, and lose weight without Atkins or South Beach diets, and counting points or enrolling in expensive programs, reported WPBF-TV in West Palm Beach.

Tricia Cunningham lost 172 pounds with a plan she calls "the backwards diet."

"If I can do it, anyone can do it," said Cunningham. "I tipped out at a maximum weight of 292 pounds. My joints and back would hurt. Even the vehicles I drove had to be bigger, because I was bigger."

Cunningham has lost a whopping 172 pounds with her diet. She now weighs 125 and just came in second in a bikini contest.

"I woke up one morning, and looked in the mirror and said, 'this is it,'" she said.

Cunninham likes vegetables, fruit and fish, but she didn't want to starve herself or turn vegetarian, so she cooked up a plan.

Her secret is, admittedly, a little weird: Eat what you would normally eat for dinner for breakfast.

Cunningham cooks salmon, cod, or any protein she wants in a marinade of orange juice every morning.

She also likes to dump any vegetable she has into a saucepan and crack two eggs over them, making a veggie soufflé.

For dinner -- you guessed it -- she eats breakfast. Usually she eats oatmeal with shredded wheat in orange juice, not milk.

Cunningham also eats up to five cloves of garlic a day to boost her metabolism.

Her favorite drink is lemon water -- she swears by it.

On this backwards diet, Cunningham went from a size 22 to a size 1 in nine months. She has kept the weight off for more than five years.

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Adam_Schwartz

Man, my body does give a damn if I eat brown rice or oats in the morning.

ccannizz11

dropping 172 pounds in 9 months is not healthy and damn near

Adam_Schwartz

Right, that is almost 5 lbs/week - 2 lbs per week is a good average for weight loss. Maybe she was also on the meth for breakfast/crack for dinner diet.

chef chris

Everyone knows you should eat heavier in the day & lighter in the evening...

But nobody does it.

That's why we're all fat asses.

JimmyCarter

Meth/coke/cut her legs off diet

Adam_Schwartz

Define heavier and lighter - I eat the same size meals throughout the day and do fine. Might eat a bigger breakfast or bigger post-workout meal, but that is the main difference. I think many people are fat asses because not many people exercise and eat like shit in general.

JimmyCarter

The problem is that most people eat heavier in the day and heavier at night too

Adam_Schwartz

You would love all the people in my office. They all complain about being overweight and most eat like total ass and don't exercise and others barely eat anything, which is almost as bad as eating like shit. I eat clean food all day, 6-7 times a day and they call me crazy. Yet I am not a lard bucket like most other in my office. It's not rocket science, but more a decision to want to live a certain lifestyle. I tell them what I do and they say that it's too hard and they don't have enough will power. I tell them THEY are the crazy ones.

ccannizz11

There is a fat lad in my office that actually seems very proud to be known as the Candy Lady. Her cubicle looks like it's halloween every sinle day. Big bowls of chocolate and candy everywhere on her desk. Keep in mind this is at a health insurance company too.

Everybody that works near me is always going to her cube when they feel the slightest bit hungry. They get excited when someone leaves donuts in the breakroom. Meanwhile I come in with my brown bag with grapes and no-fat pretzels and juice to get me through the day, and they wonder how I can resist all the goodies.

damn sheep.... baaaaaa

ric

That's actually referred to as an eataing disorder...... she's hooked on the metabolic excitement of easily synthesized sugar. Take her away from her sugar for a few days and watch her turn into a raving maniac.

ric

Actually, the diet referenced at the outset adheres to the old rule of eating breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a pauper. Works for me; I shed 25 pounds of unnecessary weight by reversing the balance of my intake.

Adam_Schwartz

Right ric, most people don't eat breakfast and fail to realize that the point of the meal is to break the 8 hour fast you have just gone through while sleeping. Eating in the morning is critical. My wife used to never eat breakfast and now she has a bowl of cereal every morning, which is enough for her.

Although I don't decrease the sizes of my meals as the day progresses, I could see how the average person could benefit from that greatly, esp if they are used to eating a king-size meal at night.

ric

It also provides you with a huge start for the expenditure of energy through the day. Your approach, which is sort of a "just in time maintenance fuel" methodology works well as well. But the worst is to load up at dinner then fall asleep - goes straight to your waistline.

Eating a big breakfast requires waking up early, and taking the time. Was a major retraining exercise for me.

cM3go

I've been doing this for months... but eating dinner foods for dinner... and breakfast foods for breakfast... just more in the morning and less at night... if she makes money on this diet I'll get pissed

Adam_Schwartz

Right - both eating philosohies make sense, more sense than eating 3 huge meals per day, esp before going to bed. I would normally eat a slightly larger breakfast for reasons you mentioned and then make the subsequent meals the same size, at least on my current plan. When I try to add mass later, I will have to adjust that.

Adam_Schwartz

See, the thing is that no matter if you eat oats, yams, brown rice, etc your body is going to break that food down into glucose, regardless of the time. Same goes with proteins foods and amino acids. I am pissed that this even got any play. Must have been a slow news day.

Whiskers

Im sorta on this, but I have a heavier lunch.

Breakfast - Slim Fast Shake
Lunch - Salad or Sandwich
Dinner - Special K (low carb) with fat free milk.

iamhomin

Ouch wsklar, your diet if you're being serious makes dog food look appealing

My diet: Heavy fiber diet in the morning and whatever the rest of the day.

is300eater

my meals are all about the same size through out the day, except.... I tipper off carbs to zero towards the last meal.

fdl

Its a well known fact that your later meals should be smaller. Breakfast should be your biggest meal because its when you need the most energy.

Whiskers

Im serious.

fdl

That doesnt sound like a healthy diet to me.

You need more fruits and veggies, and yes, carbs too. Your brain needs carbs. Dont buy the low-carb hype, its not healthy in the long run.

doopstr

ccannizz11

You might lose weight or fat on that diet, but you'll also lose muscle and it won't help long term.

Adam_Schwartz

I didn't want to be the first to nag, but that is not much food per day. His metabolism is going to slow down in response most likely.

Whiskers

I snack 2-3 times a day with fruit, veggies and a Slim Fast bar or something around 100 calories. Once I get to my goal weight (20 more lbs to go) then I will be eating better.

I also joined a gym today. New York Sports Club. 1 year membership at $69 a month (ouch).

Adam_Schwartz

If you joined a gym and plan on lifting at all, you will need carbs even more than you do now.

Whiskers

I will start strength training after I get down to my goal weight. Then pasta comes back

Adam_Schwartz

Sounds good - you have a plan in place, which is nice to hear. Keep working hard man!!

fdl

I could never live without pasta.

Whiskers

Whiskers

Same to you my Azine brother.

Adam_Schwartz

I admit, I miss having some pasta 1-2 times a week....that and fajitas...oh yeah, I wouldn't mind a nice burger too. Damn, I am making myself hungry.

Whiskers

Think summer....

Adam_Schwartz

Actually, I am thinking about 3 weeks down the road. Almost done with this program, then I can have a nice fajita dinner.

KavexTrax

Reverse diet, its plausible, but not practical. Who the heck has time to cook a big ass meal in the morning?

cM3go

prepare the night before?