8. The Pil-Sook DietThe plan: A fad in South Korea, the Pil-sook Plan comes from hit K-drama Dream High. When pop-star wannabe Pil-sook wants to drop 65 pounds in 200 days, her teacher paraphrases twentieth-century nutritionist Adelle Davis' famous rule: "Eat breakfast like a queen, lunch like a commoner, dinner like a pauper." The catch: No liquids after 7 p.m. and mandatory daily 30-minute jump-roping sessions.Editor's take: Pil-sook's teacher has science on her side: A study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found that eating a high-protein breakfast reduces the release of ghrelin, a hormone that stimulates hunger. Initially I had zero appetite in the mornings, so my first few Queen-size breakfasts (a veggie omelet, yogurt, and fruit) felt like a waste. But by day three, after two nights of starving on my Pauper meal-plan, I woke up ravenous.The payoff: Anything I crave, I'd sneak into my Queen breakfasts, so it was easy to do the Pauper dinner knowing I would wake up to a big meal. During my second jump-rope session, my neighbor knocked on my door to ask what was causing the noise. I switched to speed walking (on a treadmill, so I can stream Dream High 2 on DramaFever)-and still lost weigh
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