Quick Fix Diets or Crash Diets dont work in the long term. Yes you will shed pounds counting calories or as Beyonce did recently only drinking lemonade. But we all know that once we start eating again we will put the pounds back on. If you have dieted over the years you will see this familiar pattern. Part of the key to successful dieting is to understand why these quick fix diets on there own are not the answer.
The reason why quick fix diets dont work is our bodies are designed to survive during times of starvation. If you suddenly decide to reduce your calorie intake by either just drinking lemonade or eating rice cakes your metablolic rate will be lowered in order to preserve the fat still present. This enables your body to survive on less. This would be great if you were living during the ice age but in todays society you will probably (if your anything like me) be eating cakes again next week. The important thing to remember is every time you return to “normal” eating patterns your body requires less food to keep you going and will really hang onto the fat stores it already has.
Even more disheartening is the kind of weight that you lose on these diets is often water not fat. If you are often bloated it will be water you are losing and this will quickly return once you resume normal eating. . You won’t be losing much fat, (the body is only capable of burning 1-2 lbs of actual fat per week.) There is no quick fix. There are many different quick fix diets with various names including “Beyonces Lemonade Diet”, “The Cabbage Soup Diet”, The Celery Stick Diet”, well the list is endless.
Quick fix diets galore, where to start, what to choose. Well if it was me I would maybe pick one of them just for a few days to give you a bit of a boost. Its always nicer to feel a few pounds lighter, quickly.
Then introduce a healthy eating plan with lots of exercise. The exercise will increase your metabolic rate and ensure your body doesnt hold onto any excess pounds after the quick fix diets.
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