1200 Calorie Diet
By Barbara Jones
Want a fast way to get thin? Check out the 1200 calorie diet.
The 1200 calorie diet has become popular with people with all sorts of dietary needs. It is a simple diet, involving moderating your food intake by monitoring you caloric intake. Before you begin this diet, however, you should determine if it is right for you.
The calorie is the basic unit of measurement of energy derived from food. Each calorie represents one unit of energy. If you consume more calories than your body needs, your body will store them as fat. This is a defense mechanism in case your body needs energy later when calories are not available. If you are overweight, counting calories is one way to maintain your health and lose weight fast.
The first thing to consider when considering the 1200 calorie diet is whether it will meet your body’s nutritional needs. Don’t use this diet if your body truly needs more than 1200 calories a day to function. The best way to calculate how many calories your body needs is to measure your height and weight. With those two numbers you can calculate the number of calories your body needs each day. If you want to lose a certain amount of weight, you need to calculate how many calories/day less you need to consume.
The way that the 1200 calorie diet works is that by eating only 1200 calories per day your body will use the stored caloric units of energy instead of just the ones you are eating. By doing this, you get rid of fat (the stored calories) and your body works more efficiently.
The 1200 calorie diet has a few rules you need to follow. The first is that you will have to change your eating habits. You will need to smaller meals more frequently, snacking throughout the day. This allows your body to maintain an influx of energy throughout the day without allowing you to ever feel overly full. The second thing you need to do is change the type of food you are eating. This means that you should eat more fruits and vegetables and less junk food.
Top Ten Diet Tips From the 100 Calorie Diet
By Susie Trimble
The 100 Calorie Diet gives you the top 10 diet tips in the world! Let’s take a look:
Diet Tip #1
Diet one meal at a time, one day at a time. Anyone can be on a diet for a day! After you’ve had breakfast, you can look forward to lunch and after lunch you can look forward to dinner. Enjoy each meal as it comes but don’t get sidetracked. Do not think about yesterday, do not think about tomorrow. Think in terms of today only. This is a very powerful tip – use it!
Diet Tip #2
When planning your day, stay close to what you would normally have, just choose the items within your calorie range for that meal. If cereal is what you like for breakfast, by all means have cereal. But if you like to have doughnuts, you can have 2 glazed doughnuts for about 400 calories. If you like to have a salad for lunch, have a salad. But if you like to go to Burger King?, have a Whopper Jr.? and a cola. If your usual dinner is baked chicken and vegetables, enjoy. But if you like pizza, have 2 slices of pizza with a beer. With The 100 Calorie Diet, you will lose weight while still eating the foods you love!
Diet Tip #3
Don’t think in terms of “diet” foods. Remember no foods are forbidden. If you start out The 100 Calorie Diet trying to deprive yourself of the foods you love, you are setting yourself up for failure. Plan your meals with the foods you enjoy, just make sure to have the measured portion of it.
Diet Tip #4
Eat more to lose weight. If you are one of those persons who like to eat large quantities of food, then study The 100 Calorie Food Counter to see what foods you like that give you the largest quantity for 100 calories. Refer to the FREE foods and FREE recipe sections to make a list of the FREE foods you enjoy.