Diet meal Plan
There are several popular diet meal plans currently on the market that
have consumers constantly questioning which one is the best. Some diet
meal plans restrict your intake of high glycemic carbohydrates and
others say no to red meat while others are so extreme that they have you
bouncing off the walls. So how do you go about choosing the right plan
that is going to be the right fit for your lifestyle, work schedule,
religion etc.? The answer is simple but usually the most difficult for
those of us who love to eat. The answer is to eat in moderation and
follow a routine.
Most diet meal plans come with an outline of when and what to eat and a majority of the time die-hard dieters will follow the plan but without fail will discontinue their effort. Is this failure to follow a chosen plan a reflection of a person’s lack of discipline or is it the plan they are trying to follow? It’s usually a combination of both the plan and the person returning to their old habits of eating too much. An example of this is when a person begins a diet plan and due to an unforeseen circumstance finds himself surrounded by tempting foods with a churning stomach. This individual will create a variety of excuses to help validate the feeding frenzy that ensues. A lot of us are guilty of “falling off the wagon” but that is exactly the paradigm these diet plans convey with their mantra… ”Get on my wagon and I’ll take you to the promised skinny land.” A wagon doesn’t exist and never has. The reality is it’s you vs food. You need food to survive because food is a fuel but you also need to realize that it’s also a drug. Therefore at all times your self-prescription should always be to eat in moderation. However, the other factor that carries equal weight is in following a routine.
Having a routine will condition your body and put your eating on a defined schedule. For example eating breakfast, lunch, light snack, dinner, followed by a light snack prior to going to sleep is a great routine that keeps your body fine-tuned if each meal is eaten in moderation. Ensure that your main meals are spaced out by 4-5 hours each as in this example:
0700 – Breakfast
1200 – Lunch
1500 – Light Snack
1800 – Dinner
2100 – Light Snack
At all cost avoid diet meal plans that require you to eat one meal per day and have you starve the rest of the time. These plans are unhealthy and unsustainable over the long run.
By adopting the philosophy of eating in moderation and having a defined routine, you will begin noticing immediate changes in your waistline and also an increase in your energy level. Regardless of which of the diet meal plansyou choose to follow, your journey should be one of moderation and following a routine.
Most diet meal plans come with an outline of when and what to eat and a majority of the time die-hard dieters will follow the plan but without fail will discontinue their effort. Is this failure to follow a chosen plan a reflection of a person’s lack of discipline or is it the plan they are trying to follow? It’s usually a combination of both the plan and the person returning to their old habits of eating too much. An example of this is when a person begins a diet plan and due to an unforeseen circumstance finds himself surrounded by tempting foods with a churning stomach. This individual will create a variety of excuses to help validate the feeding frenzy that ensues. A lot of us are guilty of “falling off the wagon” but that is exactly the paradigm these diet plans convey with their mantra… ”Get on my wagon and I’ll take you to the promised skinny land.” A wagon doesn’t exist and never has. The reality is it’s you vs food. You need food to survive because food is a fuel but you also need to realize that it’s also a drug. Therefore at all times your self-prescription should always be to eat in moderation. However, the other factor that carries equal weight is in following a routine.
Having a routine will condition your body and put your eating on a defined schedule. For example eating breakfast, lunch, light snack, dinner, followed by a light snack prior to going to sleep is a great routine that keeps your body fine-tuned if each meal is eaten in moderation. Ensure that your main meals are spaced out by 4-5 hours each as in this example:
0700 – Breakfast
1200 – Lunch
1500 – Light Snack
1800 – Dinner
2100 – Light Snack
At all cost avoid diet meal plans that require you to eat one meal per day and have you starve the rest of the time. These plans are unhealthy and unsustainable over the long run.
By adopting the philosophy of eating in moderation and having a defined routine, you will begin noticing immediate changes in your waistline and also an increase in your energy level. Regardless of which of the diet meal plansyou choose to follow, your journey should be one of moderation and following a routine.
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