Will I lose a lot of weight throught this diet plan?

Question

3 days a week, I'll eat nothing, 1day I'll eat only vegetables, one day I'll eat only fruit, 1 day I'll weat both vegetables and fruit and the last day I'll eat anything I want, as long as its healthy (yoghurt, cereal, fruit and vegetables)

Does that sound like theres going to be a lot of weight loss? Espeiccially if I alter th number of calories...

Answer 1

nope
you will slow your metabolism to a creeping halt...

You may lose a little starting off but its more likely you will gain way more than you lost once you return to eating normally.

The weight loss industry is a multi-billion dollar industry filled with meal plans that provide very low calorie levels. This is the magic bullet because if you follow these meal plans closely you will absolutely lose weight. You’re happy and the company can say they gave you what they promised. Physiologically we know that very low calorie diets work for short term weight loss but the question is what are we doing to ourselves in the long run?

The fact is; very low calorie diets (1,000 – 1200 calories or less) are contributing to weight gain more than they are helping people to find lasting weight loss. Many people feel they have to go on a very low calorie diet because this is the only way their weight will budge. Well…they’re right and this is why.

When a person goes on a very low calorie diet they are putting themselves into starvation mode. If they lose more than two pounds per week they can end up losing muscle mass which will negatively affect their metabolism. This is a topic that is worth spending a minute on. Let’s look at what happened to Sally when she lost more than 2 pounds per week. It may be all too familiar to you!

Sally’s Story:

Sally’s resting metabolic rate (how many calories she burns) was 2500 calories per day. This means she was consuming around 2500 calories each day to maintain her weight where it was. She decided to lose weight by going on a “diet”. The diet program estimated her calories at 1000-1200. She lost 10 pounds in two weeks. She is of course very happy about this weight loss. This is success! What she doesn’t know is that part of that rapid weight loss is not fat but muscle. Sally then gets bored on this diet after the first month, which is typical, and goes back to her old eating habits.

What happened to Sally’s body during this diet? She lost lean body mass along with body fat. Muscle is the most important factor in keeping your metabolic rate high. One pound of muscle burns 30-70 calories while one pound of fat burns around 0-10 calories. During her weight loss in the last month Sally lost approximately 6 pounds of muscle mass (lean body mass).

Sally’s metabolic rate used to be 2500 calories for her weight to stay stable and now it has decreased to approximately 2100 calories. Now when she goes back to her old eating habits which were landing her on an average of 2500 calories in per day, she will gain her old weight back plus more.

What do you think will happen when she goes on the next low calorie diet? What will happen after 4-5 weight loss diets? You guessed it! She will continue to decrease her metabolic rate. This is why so many people feel that they don’t eat that much but still gain weight. It’s true! To add insult to injury, there are also studies that suggest when people go back to their original eating habits they gain fat tissue rapidly instead of lean body mass.

Don’t despair dieters! There are steps you can take to get your metabolism fired up again but the first step is to stop low calorie diets. The next time you see a program that tries to estimate your calorie level by height, weight, and age; don’t do it! This method is almost never accurate because they aren’t taking into account your health history, genetics, age and all the other multitude of things that make up your individual metabolism. Remember, they want you to lose weight fast so you are satisfied with their product or service so they will give you the lowest calorie level.

The only way to truly know how many calories you burn is to get your metabolism tested with a breathing test. This will cost you about $100 but its 100% accurate. You can get a rough idea of your metabolism by going here - http://www.jtfit.com/rmr.html

Answer 2

Starvation diets of any kind are very unhealthy.

The body is composed of fat and lean muscle. Lean muscle is the good stuff, makes you have a firm body and burns calories. Fat is that lumpy stuff on top (but some is necessary for good skin and hair and a few curves).

When you eat like you're describing your body will simply eat it's own lean body for protein. You must include lean proteins in your daily nutrition to keep your body from getting what it needs from you own muscles.

www.bodyforlife.com has a great plan, you eat 6 small meals a day that include a lean protein and a healthy carb choice (and a veggie) and you workout 6 days a week.

Often when you deprive your body like you're planning on doing it will retaliate and cause a horrible binge. Then you get on the yo-yo plan, weight up and weight down until you end up messing up your metabolism to the point where you can't even eat like you used to.

Weight Watchers has a good plan too.

Don't forget to drink a lot of water too. That helps your body eliminate the fat. 80 oz/day is a good amount. Coupled with one of the plans I mentioned above you can be lean and hot by summer.

Answer 3

I've tried many diets and couldn't make anything work. Since having my first child, I've been carrying around an extra 30 pounds. This diet just made sense and showed me that everything I was doing before was wrong and a waste of my time.

The plan was so refreshing and so simple to follow. I did everything plan said and lost 23 pounds in the first three weeks. I'm now starting the diet again to lose 7 more pounds. This plan has changed my life.

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Answer 4

You'll lose a lot of weight, but about half of it will be from muscle. So you'll weigh less but you won't be thinner, just smaller. Not only that, you'll be sick just about 20 days a month.

Answer 5

if you re having trouble getting started make a small move such as starting an eating log or buying walking shoes you re three times more likely to follow through if you start with small gestures such as these

Answer 6

cut your lawn with a push mower for 17 minutes

Answer 7

fill out 86 luggage tags

Answer 8

walk five minutes for at least every two hours