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diet weight loss
Okay, so, for years, I've been reading up on diets that are suppose to make you lose up to 15 pounds in seven days..for instance..the cabbage soup diet. I don't know if any of you have heard of this diet, but if you have tried this, have any of you lost this amount of weight? When I've tried this diet, I haven't lost even 1/4 amount of this weight, and heck..I really need to.
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If you have been reading up for that long about diets you would know firsthand that you should stay away from most of them to begin with.
Don't read about the diets themselves...read about their progress or lack thereof.
I've heard of it, I've heard of them all and before people even ask I just say NO. Trust me; you're wasting your time with a diet like that.
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I know you don't want to hear this, but, coming from a crazed dieter like myself, the cabbage soup diet and practically any other diet that claims to make you lose five pounds or more in a week is false. I've tried the cabbage-soup diet, the vegetarian diet, the "juice" diet, etc. and not a single one has worked (although the "juice" diet did help me lose for a few days, the weight all came back when I started eating again). If you're trying to lose weight, I recommend the 500-Calorie Trick. You try to subtract about 250 calories from your consumption a day (example: stop drinking one bottle, not can, of soda a day or order a salad with LOW-FAT dressing and GRILLED chicken at McDonalds as opposed to a sandwich with fries) and add an exercise that burns 250 Calories each day (for example: a brisk 30 minute walk or jump-roping for twenty-minutes). You lose 5, 10 pounds a month, and don't feel deprived. If you really don't want to cut back on food (cause I sure don't) exercising and staying active really help. This doesn't mean you have to run two miles every day, but it does mean you walk up the stairs instead of ride the elevator and you do maybe a set of 25 crunches every night before you go to bed. Just little things like that will burn an extra 300 calories a day and leave you skinnier in no time.
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Going on a crash diet is unhealthy and not effective at all. Sure you may lose a dramatic amount of weight at first..but you'll gain it all back soon so ditch that idea and just lose weight by eating healthy and exercising well
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Lots of ads in magazines about diets usually have a little note that says "Results not typical" or something to that effect. Basically, they try and decieve you with a big number of lbs. lost, but they aren't really lying, because that tiny footnote is there, even though many don't look at it. Really, that makes it very common for you to not lose as much weight as you want. I would reccomend simply eating healthily and exercising often; it truly does work. Still, if you want to put a specific diet label upon yourself, go for either the WeightWatchers program, or the South Beach Diet. They both try and teach you to eat healthily, and have some great meal ideas to try. Also, several restaurants have WeightWatchers meals on them now, including Applebees. WeightWatchers focuses on eating whatever you want, but you have a certain amount of WeightWatcher points you can eat each day, and each WW meal item has a different amount of points. South Beach focuses really on just eating lots of fish and vegetables. For more info, check out these sites:
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Hope I helped, and good luck with whichever diet you end up on =]
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