Dieting is a weight loss technique that is probably as old as weight loss itself. It makes sense to start a diet for weight loss, as what you eat and how much you eat, will be largely responsible for how much weight you gain or lose. Dieting plans do not always wok as well as you might think they would but this does not invalidate dieting as a weight loss technique. What you need if you’re trying to lose weight and get into a nice lean shape, is a dieting plan that follows the basic principles of dieting.
These 5 principles are listed below.
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Less could be more
For most people who don’t really get how dieting really works, eating less of everything is the first mistake they make. Starving yourself for hours every day might feel effective for weight loss but it really isn’t. First-off, depriving your body of the nutrients it needs to supply you with energy while you go about your day to day activity will make you less effective and slower at performing most things and is generally not a good practice for your health.
Also, people have a tendency to over-compensate when they starve themselves, such that when they eventually eat, they usually eat too much. So as a rule, avoid the crash diet, as it really won’t do you much good.
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Eat less, more often
You can eat about the same total portions of food as you would normally do on any given day (provided you’re eating healthy food), but to keep your metabolism going throughout the day, you should eat smaller portions at more regular intervals or include more healthy snacks into your meal plan for the day.
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Eat More Protein
Eat more protein. This is the probably one of the most important rules of dieting. You are, almost literally, what you eat so if you eat more carbohydrates, fatty foods and foods which contain a lot of oil, you can expect to gain a lot of unhealthy weight. Eat more protein, instead, as protein contributes to muscle development which would make you look leaner, and speeds up the body’s metabolism so that you end up burning fat even when you’re not doing much exercise. The perfect weight loss diet should be combined with exercise and protein will play a very important role in in helping build and replenish your muscles before and after you workout.
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Eat vegetables
Vegetables are generally very healthy, and have the bonus effect of making you feel full. So when you feel tempted to indulge in your favorite chocolate bar or experience those infamous snack-cravings, try an apple or a banana instead. The same goes for unhealthy drinks such as soda and alcohol; when you’re trying to lose weight these kinds of drinks should be kept at a very wide berth and replaced by water or fresh fruit juice.
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Breakfast is king
You might have heard the saying that goes, “eat like a king in the morning, like a prince in the afternoon, and like a pauper in the evening”. While the scientific merits of this piece of advice are still being debated back and forth, there is one fact about eating breakfast that seems to have universal scientific approval; eating a good breakfast will help speed up your metabolism for the day and get your body burning calories.
Conclusion
Now you know these five principles of dieting, follow them and prepare to enjoy the benefits of having a fit, healthy body.
NB: a good diet plan should be combined with a good workout plan for the best fitness results.
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