The Intensive Weight Loss Program
This is a weight loss program that incorporates recommendations for the use of KOT preparations, which are taken directly from the nutritional protocol of the KOT study 1. This phase of the KOT diet method can help start the diet or act as followup to a Starter Phase. Whatever the case, it must be followed by weight a stabilization process with the Progressive Slimming Phase.
Recommended length: 1 to 4 weeks depending on the desired weight loss.
Daily calorie intake: on average 1,200 Kcal for a woman, 1,500 Kcal for a man (or about 80 % of the EER).
| WOMAN | Under 55 kg | Between 55 and 65 kg | Over 65 kg |
| INTENSIVE phase | 3 packets/d (approx. 255 kcal) | 4 packets/d (approx. 340 kcal) | 5 packets/d (approx. 425 kcal) |
| MAN | Under 65 kg | Between 65 and 80 kg | Over 80 kg |
| INTENSIVE phase | 5 packets/d (approx. 425 kcal) | 6 packets/d (approx. 510 kcal) | 7 packets/d (approx. 595 kcal) |
Necessary recommendations:
- Foods to be banned during the Intensive Slimming Phase are: fried foods, processed foods, all sweet and starchy foods (except for traditional bread), crackers, alcohol, sodas (except for possibly "light" beverages), cheese, sandwich meats, canned food in oil, full fat sour cream, pastries.
- In case of cravings: add a few additional KOT preparations.
- In case you stray from the diet: eliminate bread and fruit the following day.
- Recommended supplementation in vitamins and minerals: use the KOT Intensive Slimming Phase supplement (1 tablets/day).
- For a more effective start of your weight loss program, use the KOT Satiety anti-storage weight loss aid (3 tablets/day).
A typical day in the Intensive Weight Loss Phase
| Breakfast | Lunch | Snack | Dinner |
| 1 KOT preparation (*) Tea or coffee without sugar 2 slices of “traditional” bread (30 g) 1 fruit | Uncooked vegetables (100 g) + 1 tbsp of oil (blend of olive and rapeseed) Lean meat or fish Cooked vegetables 1 fruit | 1 KOT preparation (*) 1 sugar-free beverage | 2 KOT preparations (*) Uncooked vegetables + 1 tbsp of oil (blend of olive and rapeseed) Cooked vegetables 1 plain yogurt or 1 formage blanc (fat free) |
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