Comments on: I Need Help Formulating A Healthy, Low Calorie Diet. Advice?

By: Junto America

Junto America — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:07:08 +0000

Our local store started carrying little packages of sugar snap peas. They make a great snack, along with baby carrots and celery sticks. They help fill you up without adding a lot of calories.
I have added a lot of tuna to my diet. Tuna has the best protein to fat ratio of anything I have found, and prepared right (no mayonaisse), it can have great taste and variety.
The other things to do is go to a six meal a day plan. Instead of eating three big meals a day, eat six smaller meals. That keeps you from feeling hungry and running the risk of overeating when you do eat.
I also keep my bag of carrots handy to much on now and then.
Also. 64 to 80 ounces of water every day!

By: NeoCheat

NeoCheat — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 08:30:16 +0000

Why Low Calorie Diets Fail
Most quick fix, or low calorie diets, work on the simple premise that if you starve yourself you will lose weight. What low calorie diets, in particular, forget is that every body is different and the nutritional needs of one person may be dramatically different than another. Authors of low calorie diets assume that the nutritional needs of each dieter are the same. This could not be further from the truth. Your good intentions may be setting you up for physiological starvation and ultimately failure.
Weight loss is based on the formula that if you burn more calories than you take in the net result will be a loss of body weight. T he only way to experience long term and healthy weight loss is to do it slow and steady and with sufficient calories to maintain normal metabolic function. Quick weight loss results in losing muscle and water which, in turn, decreases your metabolism and increases the likelihood of gaining back all of the weight you lost, and then some.
While your body can lose more than 2 pounds in a week, IT CANNOT LOSE MORE THAN 2 POUNDS OF FAT IN ONE WEEK. This is a concept that is lost on most people. T he diet that your neighbor is following that has allowed him/her to lose 10 pounds over the weekend is unhealthy and setting that person up for failure. They will become a victim of the yo-yo dieting cycle. It is a downward spiral that you want to avoid at all costs. It involves quick weight loss followed by an even greater weight gain and wreaks major havoc on your metabolism. It will make it harder for you to lose weight with all future dieting attempts.
Hopefully you are getting the idea. You see, there is no such thing as a healthy low calorie diet. Use this as a guide to help you on your way to better eating and increased health. Give yourself a little more time to lose the weight and you will have a better chance of finally keeping it off!http://www.fitnessdiet.info/lowcaloriedi…

By: macsfitn

macsfitn — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:17:56 +0000

is this a long term plan or a short sharp shock prior to summer?
try keeping a diary of what you eat, how the food makes you feel etc.
what is your lifestyle, what diet have you tried?
short and sweet answer….. have a fresh home made fruit smoothie at breakfast, diary snack, tuna and cucumber at lunch, organic yoghurt for snack, thick green leafy salad and good cut of meat (pref white meat) for dinner, fruit snack before bed.
try it, you are quite regimented, but do have a free day, one day per week eat drink and be merry!
Mark