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.
Quick fix diets and our metabolic rate do not go hand in hand. As human beings we were created with survival in mind and if you suddenly decide to follow “Beyonces lemonade diet” your body will think “ah, starvation imminent lets preserve all the fat stores”. Then after, maybe, a week drinking only lemonade etc you go on a major food fest your body will need even less calories to keep going and you will gain more weight than when you started.
A point to remember before embarking on these diets is that it will be mainly water you are losing, not fat. If you are prone to bloating, I sure am, then this is what you will loose first. You may think you have lost some weight but once you eat other foods this will soon return. So disheartening.
My advice and the way I lost weight following the birth of my son was to follow quick fix diets for a few days to give me a boost. I then replaced this with a healthy eating plan and exercise, yes exercise.
Then start a well planned heathly eating programme combined with good, old fashioned exercise. The exercise is a sure fire way to increase your metabolic rate and you wont then carry any extra pounds following the quick fix diets.
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