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Chances are you have tried several diets in the past. Maybe you did not like the low calorie food because of the taste. Or, the diet made you feel deprived and constantly hungry. I am going to show you how to lose weight and keep it off by continuing to eat the foods that you love.
Quit blaming yourself for past diet failures. It was not your fault. Diets are not a one size fits all. What works for one person may not work for someone else.
We are going to start off slow and easy. Making sure you understand the steps in the diet and slowly changing your current eating habits.
Day one, simply add a low carb protein to each meal and snack. Low carb protein includes almost all meat, fish, fowl and some dairy. Cheese, cottage cheese, cream cheese, eggs, egg whites, milk, cream, half and half, sour cream and tofu comprise the dairy and non-meat alternatives.
Day ones sample menu, let us say you normally have cereal for breakfast, add a scrambled egg. A sample of you normal lunch might be chicken noodle soup, roll and butter and maybe a cookie. To that meal, add something like tuna salad. For dinner, instead of just garlic bread, spaghetti with sauce, meatballs, a drink, fruit, add 1 or 2 more meatballs.
Now for day two. Now that you are comfortable with guideline one, it is time to add vegetables and/or a salad to dinner and snacks. OK keep following the sample listed above; just add a side salad or something like that to lunch and dinner.
Day three breakfast, small bowl of cereal, with scrambled eggs and coffee with milk or creamer. For lunch, you would remove the chicken noodle soup but keep everything else. For dinner, choose between the garlic bread or spaghetti with sauce. The late night snack would be chicken drumettes, celery and cucumber, small amount of potatoes chips and small chocolate bar.
For day four, 2 scrambled eggs with coffee and milk then cereal. For lunch you would eat a salad, chicken, then roll and then cookie. The dinner time menu would be salad, Shrimp Dijon appetizer, 3 or 4 meatballs, green vegetable then garlic bread or spaghetti with sauce, your drink and then fruit. Late night snack stays the same.
For day five breakfast, lunch and dinner have no changes from day four. To the late night snack, add New Orleans crustless quiche.
Day six brings more change. No change in breakfast but, but for lunch, drop the roll and cookie and add tuna stuffed mushrooms. There is no change for dinner or the snack.
Day 7 brings more minor changes. At breakfast, add sausage to your meal. The other meals and snacks do not change.
This is just a sample menu. You do not have to eat the same food every day. I just wanted to give you an idea of how to start the diet.
To keep following the diet, follow all the guidelines and you will see the weight loss. On average, you will lose about 1 to 2 pounds a week which is considered healthy. You are also less likely to gain the weight back if you lose it slowly.
After following the guidelines for about 3 weeks, start adding exercise a little at a time. Do whatever is comfortable for you, even if it is something as simple as an evening walk.
I have been following this diet for 2 months and have managed to lose almost 20 pounds. I do not feel deprived or hungry. Do not forget to drink plenty of water.
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