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Healthy Diets for Temporary Use |
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I do not think you should use either of the severe forms as a permanent eating lifestyle. The Protein Plan is similar to Atkins and, in my opinion, is not safe as a permanent eating style. After a few days we add other foods to it to make it safer.
The Vegetarian Plan is safer and some people follow it as a lifetime commitment. My personal bias is that it is hard to get everything your body needs as a strict vegan.
Protein Diet
Go on a 3 day protein-only regimen.Do not eat beans for those 3 days.
Eat animal products only, including fat-free dairy products.
Generally, 3 days will jog your set-point and you will start losing.
After 3 days:
Add a vegetable and fruit to each meal.
Do not eat bread, caloric beverages, sweets, or alcohol.
Have a serving of whole grain cereal for breakfast.
Follow this food plan for 2 or 3 weeks. Then go back to planning your meals, being very careful about serving sizes.
If you like this way of eating, you can repeat it when you need to lose just a few pounds.
Or you can adopt the final version as a life-long eating plan.
Vegetarian Diet
Go on a vegetarian regimen for 3 days.Cut animal products completely for your menu.
Eat lots of vegetables and fruits, raw or minimally cooked.
Eat beans or nuts as your protein.
Eat no processed foods, even if they are vegetarian.
Buy or make your own veggie burgers.
After 3 days:
Add fat-free dairy to your meals
Add 2 tablespoons of nuts to your whole grain cereal at breakfast
Follow this diet for 2 or 3 weeks.
If you miss your meat, you may add it in after 2 more weeks. Eat it only 3 or 4 times each week.
Again, watch your serving sizes.
You may like this way of eating so much that you stick to it permanently.
Eat Six Small Meals a Day
This is another healthy way to eat and can be adopted for life.Eat six small meals a day. Divide your calories for the day into six equal parts.
Have breakfast as soon as you get up. (This is important. If you are skipping breakfast, that may be part of your plateau problem.)Have your last meal at 6 PM. Have 4 meals in between.
Example: Breakfast at 8 AM: Midmorning at 10 AM: Lunch at noon: Afternoon #1 at 2 PM: Afternoon #2 at 4 PM: Dinner at 6 PM. If your goal is 1200 calories a day, you will eat 200 at each meal. 300 at each meal totals an 1800 calorie day.
You shouldn't be hungry when you eat this way.
Be sure to treat those six meals as meals not snacks. Follow all the Food Addicts Weight Loss Plan's
rules and rituals.
Consider one of the diets then return to weight plateaus.
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