Excess weight is a store of unused energy which body converts to fat after it has burned up all it requires for our daily activities. To lose weight, we must either cut down the amount of fresh energy we take in, or increase our levels of activity to force the body to draw on its reserves. Exercise is therefore the no diet method of weight loss, cutting down our energy intake or dieting can be done by two basic methods such as calorie controlled diet and low carbohydrate diet which i mentioned in the previous posts.
This diet is ideal for working girls, as it’s flexible enough to fall in with most lunch and dinner arrangements, whether in a canteen, restaurant or a working studio ‘picnic’. At around 1,200 calories daily, it isn’t drastic, so you shouldn’t feel worn out after three days’ solid dedication. But it will ensure a steady weight loss of two to three pounds weekly. Think of it as ‘being careful’ more than following a rigid routine. You can swap dinner for lunch, for example, but never skip meals.
The diet has been worked out to give all the daily nutrition you need for your health and looks. Taking liberties with your daily allowances isn’t on either. It’s surprising how the calories creep up with an ‘accidental’ slip of the hand. It’s your loss, remember!
1. Never diet over a long period of time without checking your health with your doctor first.
2. I can’t overstress the importance of a nutritionally balanced diet. The basis of both calorie and carbohydrate controlled diets should be the daily ‘musts’: 1/2 oz. butter or margarine. 3/4 pint milk, 1 thin slice of wholemeal bread.
3. If you can’t wean yourself off sweet tea and coffee, substitute sweeteners for sugar and drink only low-calorie softdrinks. When in doubt, stick to mineral or soda water.
4. You will probably find that your weight loss is quite dramatic in the first week three to seven pounds in some cases. This is due to the body’s immediate reaction of drawing on the glycogen stores in the liver and muscles, plus a couple of pounds worth of fluid loss. Fat itself is much harder to shift and this accounts for the more steady realistic loss of around two pounds in week 2, so don’t be downhearted.
5. Although they should be unnecessary if your diet is nutritionally balanced, a course of multivitamins plus minerals is a wise investment to ensure your body is getting all it needs.
6. Do not weigh yourself every single day. Once a week, at the same time of day, wearing the same clothes gives a more accurate of your true weight loss.
7. Don’t expect dieting to treat one area of the body only. your face is the first to register loss beware the gaunt, hungry-eyed look which fights, with your bust and waist following a close second.
8. know when to stop dieting. The slimmers’ disease anorexia nervosa is a killer long-term. But you’ll lose work, perspective and friends long before that. A physical and physiological inability to increase your food intake to a healthy level after dieting is a danger signal, as much as the more classic symptoms of ‘bingering’ and ‘purging’. It’s a chilling thought that anorectics are rarely successfully cured.
