The 100: Count ONLY Sugar Calories and Lose Up to 18 Lbs. in 2 Weeks Paperback – December 30, 2014

It's been nearly a year and a half since I first read Jorge's Fast Track book and did the 14 day challenge with my boyfriend. We both got to our personal fittest pretty much effortlessly over the next couple of months and had everybody asking what or secret was.This book is a great follow up and adds more convincing evidence that sugar and carbs are major contributors to obesity and disease. Also the addition of "freebie" vegetables and simplification of the S/C formula makes it easier to follow without having to worry about the sugar calories in your huge artichoke, for example.We've followed it on and off since then, and have succumbed to some sugar and carb spirals (which we attributed to major life stresses including injuries), but I could always count on losing 3 pounds by strictly following this plan for 3 days. We're back on it for good with a renewed vigor and after one week we've each lost about 8 pounds without feeling deprived. Even better is the great sleep and the insane energy that I have, and waking up excited about the day ahead wanting to spring out of bed. It takes at least a week for those benefits to kick in, in my experience, so do commit to following it for at least 14 days. It's absolutely worth ditching the carbs just to feel this great, believe me!Here are a few tips: 1. Roast a ton of veggies and have them available to snack on when hunger strikes, they are sweet and satisfying and good for you. 2. Don't expect that indulging a sugar craving will end it, in my experience it only drives you into craving cycles that become harder and harder to break and if you're like me you won't feel so hot in the days following. 3. Jorge's "0 sugar calorie" almond bread recipe on YouTube is a game changer. It's super easy, delicious and makes for a satisfying snack or a mean grilled cheese. Line the pan with parchment so it doesn't stick. 4. Don't overdo the exercise, you may feel the urge to work out intensely several times a day, but I injured my shoulder this way and it completely derailed my progress. Being healthy is a marathon, not a sprint. 5. Throw out or give away all your non-approved food or put it in a box, seal it with lots of tape and decorate it with motivational phrases and drawings and put it somewhere where you won't see it. Not having it in your pantry can be the difference between failure and success when a craving strikes. 6. Remember that your success will be an inspiration to those around you. I never dreamed my parents (in their 60s) would follow our example, but sure enough they did and will probably enjoy many more years of good health because of it.

In The 100, bestselling author Jorge Cruise introduces a groundbreaking approach to weight loss that challenges the traditional calorie-counting mindset. Drawing on the latest scientific research, Cruise reveals that not all calories are created equal and emphasizes the importance of understanding the types of calories consumed rather than simply focusing on numbers.Cruise's program centers around the idea that sugar calories are the only calories you need to monitor, liberating you from the mental burden of constant counting and deprivation. His plan promotes enjoying an array of delicious and healthy foods classified as no-count calories, allowing you to eat satisfying meals without feeling hungry or guilty. With practical tools like a comprehensive 4-week plan, shopping lists, and recommended food guides, readers can achieve significant results—some reporting a drop of up to 18 pounds of stubborn belly fat.The 100 is not just a diet; it’s a lifestyle change designed to help you rethink your relationship with food while adopting a sustainable approach to eating. Jorge Cruise's expertise and passion for dietary science empower individuals to break free from the cycle of restrictive dieting and embrace a healthier, more enjoyable way of living. Dive into this innovative program and experience the transformative power of the no-count calorie revolution!

Book Review: More than a couple of thousand years ago Rome organized its vast armies into manageable units of 100 highly trained soldiers. Officers leading each of these units into battle were known as centurions, based on the Latin, centuria, for one hundred. Fast forward to today and the book, The 100TM, is on the New York Times Bestseller List. But empire aficionados beware; this manuscript is not about the notorious legions of Rome such as Claudia or Macedonia. Nay, it is about food. Jorge Cruise has written another foodie guide and trademarked the name, The 100TM. There will not likely be any hallmark dispute since the Latin Empire ceased trading aeons ago, and even if Rome had unloaded that trademark along with other intellectual property assets to some suitor it would likely not apply today in the then-undiscovered territories of America. Incredulously, even if it were valid in the United States, Rome’s emblematic military motif would undoubtedly have no legitimate claim to the commerce of cuisine. Nonetheless I find it somewhat perplexing that a Latin number can be trademarked for commerce in 2014.Rome notwithstanding, Jorge was clever to use a number in his book title, and I do understand how he can claim the Signum ab negotium. Numbers in titles sell. Captivating titles attract our finite attention and sell us. We buy stuff with catchy titles; we click links with catchy titles. Combine numbers with alliteration and you’ve got a sale. How many times have we all clicked links like Top Ten Babe Bikini Bods or Eight Enablers of Enormous Erections? That’s the power of numerals and alliteration for you.The titular quantity in Cruise’s book defines the amount of calories from sugar he believes you shouldn’t exceed daily. He argues that conventional wisdom assigning an overall caloric intake, such as 2,000 or so daily calories is flawed, where:Total Calories = (fat * 9) + (protein * 4) + (carbs * 4)If you use the formula above with the grams of each element in your food you arrive at the total calories, the main metric, Cruise argues, used incorrectly for time in perpetuity by most other diet approaches. Cruise believes that our bodies accumulate weight principally because they react badly to ingesting too much sugar, in large part from over-peddled processed foods. Therefore he says, basically, ignore fat and protein and manage your carb intake, since carbs are, for the most part, sugar and should be treated as such. OK, so say we are in agreement with his thesis; here is the tough part—no more than 100 calories from carbs per day. That’s a pretty tight budget. A single piece of fruit will blow that one as will a juice, a soda, a slice of bread and so on. His foodie critics state that you will indeed lose weight with his draconian approach, but you might as well be a castaway as it is unsustainable for the average human body in continuing need of sustenance.Cruise is a faddist exploiting trends for the new nutritional vogue. His career is food fashion and his goal is recurring refreshment revenue. But I don’t really have a problem with faddism and I can’t blame Cruise. We demand fads daily; we establish what is whim worthy; and we create the trend. We constitute crowdmunching. We are that crowd. Extreme ideas create simple messages that communicate well. His ideas are extreme, although somewhat science-based, and he has gotten a book into the best selling list in New York by telling us not to eat American food. I commend him, but I take his precise guidance with a pinch of low sodium. Had he written a more moderate fiber embracing, fruit friendly, go-easy-on-the-flour volume no one would have bought it. He could have called it Jorge’s Balanced Diet for Good Overall Health and distributed it from the 90% off bin at Barnes and Noble. So I get the message; go easy on the carbs. The book is illuminating and worth a read if only for the initial chapters on the history of our diets and associated contemporary human ailments.See the full review at journeymanblog.com