A low calorie diet is any diet that allows 800 to 1000 calories or less in a day. Low calorie diets work and they work well, but it all depends on a number of key aspects.
Before you start dieting, I would like you to know, that there are many other diets, that will help you to lose weight easier and I will talk about them at the end of this article.
So, what should you know about low calorie diets? First of all, avoid foods that are high in fat and calories. When selecting a low calorie diet plan, make sure you are consuming a balanced and complete diet.
- Always eat more vegetables because eating healthy foods is the best way to lose weight.
- Thus 800 calories of junk food does not have the same effect on weight loss as 500 calories of healthy food.
A diet based on simply eating smaller amounts of the same highly processed, calorie-rich foods typically results in hunger, poor nutrition, and only temporary weight loss.
Scientists have known for years that when people cut calories and lose weight, the body tries to compensate by slowing its metabolic rate.
For example: If you begin eating 2,500 calories per day then your metabolism will adjust itself so that your body begins burning 2,500 calories per day.
If you try to starve yourself by suddenly eating 1,000 calories per day then your metabolism will again adjust itself so that your body begins to burn only 1,000 calories per day.
It means, that we go off our low calorie diets and regain the weight we lost. That’s why you have failed in your past dieting attempts, that’s why you always seem to fail when you try and starve yourself.
Now you are aware of all positive and negative sides of low calorie diets. Think twice before you will start this diet.
