What is the smartest diet? And what’s a detox diet?
Monday, January 25th, 2010 at
2:20 am
I’m wanting to lose a bit of weight but not become I’ll when I do it. I’m not sure of what a detox diet is, but someone told me it might do the trick? I tried the whole eating healthier but I couldn’t last cos I forgot about it. But if I put myself on a strickt diet I think I could keep it going. Can’t hurt to try right? So any weight loss diets you could reccomrnd would be fabulous. I’m 15 by the way. So nothing too drastic
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Detox is a cleansing of your colona nd system it pulls out toxins, supposedly, but really jsut makes you lose water and go diahrea, so i mean if you want to go through that do it…
i recommend you do this:
You need to eat lean meats (chicken, fish, turkey, lean beef) , low gi fruits (apples, bananas, pineapple, oranges), green veggies (broccoli, celery, green lettuce, spinach), only whole wheat breads (look on the package and see if the first ingredient is whole wheat flour, if it is it should be good unless it has high fructose corn syrup like Mrs Bairds does). Jillian Michaels from biggest loser has a great quote, "before you eat your food ask yourself, does it have a momma or did it come from the ground? If not don’t eat it." Eat 5 – 6 small meals a day, this will increase your metabolism and help you to not feel so hungry in between meals. It’s all about portion and calorie control regardless of what food you are eating, but remember cleaning up your diet and eating X amount of calories of lean good healthy foods instead of X amount of calories of candy bars (I know you are probably not eating 4 candy bars a day but its just an example) will help you lose it faster. The leaner you are eating the faster you will lose it, and you will get a toned healthy look instead of a skinny jiggly look. You also need to drink at least 8 glasses (8oz) of water a day. Sometimes hunger is mistaken for thirst so if you are hungry drink 8 oz of water and wait 30 minutes, if you are still hungry then eat a light healthy snack. Water also helps you feel fuller longer and helps flush out toxins that may prevent fat loss. Also allow your self a cheat day (but don’t go over board and eat everything in sight or like 5 cakes in that day). Allowing yourself a cheat day once a week will help cut out cravings… Think of it like a reward if you did well with your diet and exercise that week have a piece of pie… If not just stick with you healthy food. You can find recipes for decent tasting healthy foods on sights like bodyforlife.com and bodybuilding.com and also on recipe sights like allrecipes.com, foodfit.com, cookinglight.com and foodnetwork.com
You need to do a good mix of both cardio and strength training, strength training is not going to make you look like Arnold, I promise (unless you are taking test). Toning and building muscle strength will help you lose fat quicker as you will be burning calories all day to feed your muscle tone instead of just while you doing cardio activity and it increases metabolism. Running, walking, rollerblading, swimming are good cardio work outs. You can also get some at home videos. I personally like Gilad’s Kick boxing, ten minute solutions videos (ten minute solutions are good because they have 5 ten minute segments and you can do one or all five or three or what ever you want to do at the time and they have a variety, like dance, pilates, yoga, etc.), shape and woman’s health videos. Get your self some 5 pound dumbbells or a gym member ship and do bicep curls, push ups, sit ups, squats, dead lifts, lunges, tricep over head extensions, chest presses, shoulder presses, etc. You can do most of this on your own if you just go and buy some free weights, but a gym membership is helpful as well. If you do end up getting a gym membership I would consult a personal trainer (most memberships come with a free session) they can show you what to do and come up with a meal plan for you… You can find the videos I mentioned on the web at collagevideo.com, or at ross (cheap cheap at ross) or walmart or any other place that sells dvds.
Lastly, don’t get discouraged, it takes time… you should be losing 2 pounds of fat a week safely, more is not typically safe. but you could gain weight especially if you are gaining muscle. So if you get on the scale and it says you’ve gain two pounds don’t freak out… just look in the mirror and go by how your clothes look and feel on you. Hope this helps! email me if you have any other questions!
just try running for 45 minute a day and eat for 6 time a day 3 main meals and 3 small snacks in between so you will cut a lot of calories and your metabolism will work Perfect to burn calories fast best of luck
"I tried the whole eating healthier but I couldn’t last cos I forgot about it"
Diets.Don’t.Work.
You WILL lose weight (maybe) initially, but most diets either dehydrate you, or are not able to be maintained. If you want to lose weight and keep it off, you have to just eat better and stay active. Otherwise, you’re gonna put it back on again…and i know from experience, when you restrict calories too much, you’re body goes into starvation mode and when you gain weight back, you gain more than you lost….every time i would try to diet, i would gain it all back plus like 5 lbs.
just eat healthier, do some research on healhty eating and nutrition…you know, take vitamins, drink water, avoid soda and white bread and candy and too much sugar/sodium and eat more fruits/veggies/low fat dairy. and dont forget to stay active…you’re 15..get involved in sports or dance or running or something with the school.
Weight loss was a permanent drag for me until I used acai berry. I know they say that pills won’t work, nevertheless they sure worked for me, and they have been shown on CBS News too. There’s a free trial happening right now at http://ixcezustos.akrion.net, give it a try , what have you got to lose?