Congratulations on completing a 21-day phase of Extreme Transformation!
If you have reached your weight loss goal, we are so darn proud of you! Very well done!
If you are still on your weight loss journey, then let’s get fired up to do this again!
If you are losing weight consistently and comfortably on the Extreme Cycle, then keep everything going exactly as you have been doing it. As they say, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!”
However, if your weight loss begins to slow at any time, there are two powerful cycles that we use to jump-start your weight loss again:
Turbocharge the Extreme Cycle
If after a full 21 days of the Extreme Cycle you aren’t dropping as fast as you should or want to, we turbocharge the cycle. Replace two of the high-carb days with low-carb days. We call this the “Turbo Cycle.” This is what it looks like:
After your first 21-day phase, feel free to drop into the Turbo Cycle if you really want to speed things up.
If you have completed several 21-day Extreme Cycle phases, have already dropped down to the Turbo Cycle, and your weight loss has still significantly slowed or stopped, it is time for the ultimate Reset. This approach we call the Slingshot seems totally unorthodox but works like a charm to trick your body into losing weight again. Your body has likely adapted to the calorie deficit and increased activity. We have written extensively about this process in our previous books, Choose to Lose and Choose More, Lose More for Life.
Essentially, the Slingshot is a week of consecutive high-carb days—each day with double the carbs! A week doing the Slingshot looks like this:
Day 1: High-Carb Day (double your carb portion every meal)
Day 2: High-Carb Day (double your carb portion every meal)
Day 3: High-Carb Day (double your carb portion every meal)
Day 4: High-Carb Day (double your carb portion every meal)
Day 5: High-Carb Day (double your carb portion every meal)
Day 6: High-Carb Day (double your carb portion every meal)
Day 7: High-Carb Day (double your carb portion every meal)
After the Slingshot, drop back into the Extreme Cycle or Turbo Cycle and watch your weight drop like a rock again!