Weight Loss Diet Plans - 7 Different Styles Of Diet For A Healthier You

The weight loss diet plans are meant to reduce total calorie intake slowly and making sure that the foods you eat are well balanced with enough amount of carbohydrates and fats and high amount of proteins.

There have been a lot of people who are able to achieve fitness goal because of weight loss plan. But, you need to take some considerations when you have to choose your diet.

• Will it really be a fun diet? If you just hate your diet, do not continue.You cannot just simply force yourself to eat what you do not like. Losing weight is too hard to handle when you are not happy with your diet. When you just totally hate the food you eat because of the modified diet, the more chance you will crave for foods you love.

• Consider the risks and benefits of the diet you want to choose.
• Will you get necessary vitamins and nutrients needed by the body's function? If insufficient, then choose another one.
If you choose your diet, overweight or not, you need to think well the diet you will take; evaluate the advantages and disadvantages. Always take the importance of your health; so give time for yourself to think. A help from a good nutritionist is necessary. This article will help you in one way or the other to have a bird’s eye view of the common weight loss diet plans you can choose.

1. Healthy & Balanced Vegetarian Diet
• It consists of fruits, vegetables and foods that originate from plants.
• A recent study shows that when a person engages in a vegetarian diet, there is a possible 30% lower risk of heart related diseases.
• There are different vegetarian diets ranging from strictest to the lenient.
*Vegan diet foods - Vegetables, fruits, legumes, nuts, grains
*Lacto-vegetarian diet foods - This includes milk and other milk products such as yogurt and cheese.
*Lacto-ovo-vegetarian diet foods – Eggs are only allowed in this diet.
*Flexitarian diet foods – this diet is an occasional consumption of poultry products, fish and meat.
Since vegetarian diet have been known to have some nutritional deficiency, here are some nutritional guides to know what vegetables are good to eat.
Iron (iron helps in the distribution of significant oxygen to the lungs and to the different parts of the body) - spinach, beans, wheat, tofu, lentils, broccoli, black eye beans, potatoes.
Calcium (it promotes bone growth&strength) – mustard greens, fortified juices, pickles, soy nuts, soy beans, soy milk, alfalfa sprouts, bamboo shoots, and asparagus.
Vitamin B12(it helps in the red blood cells production, thus aids in the energy boosting) – Cabbage, beetroot and Brussels sprouts.

2. The low fat diet
Fat is the common reason why overweight is rampant today. Thus, there are many choices for a low fat diet.
• Use olive oil or canola oil for cooking; these are low fat oils.
• Use non-sticky cooking material that has been cleansed thoroughly after a deep frying to prevent too much oil on food to be cooked.
• Eat more vegetables and avoid high processed and preservative type of foods.
• Eat a lot of legumes like kidney beans, lentils, chickpeas, black-eyes beans and others.
• Make sure that the pasta that you are buying is made from whole wheat.
• Avoid salad dressings like mayonnaise and thousand island sauce, instead, opt for Worcester sauce or soya sauce for garnishing and flavor.

3. The Healthy & Popular South Beach Diet
• It is included on the top 5 weight loss diet plans.
• It highly avoids over deprivation of foods.
• It is divided into ‘three phases’.

Phase 1
It lasts for about 14 days. This phase is considered the strictest because of some dietary regulations.Carbohydrates are avoided and poultry products, fish, turkey, shellfish that usually eaten with vegetables, nuts, eggs and cheese are to be eaten but in moderation. For the liquids, coffee and tea can be taken also but in moderation.

Phase 2
This phase is much easier than the first. It only lasts when the desired weight is already achieved. The carbohydrates rich foods that were removed from the diet are reintroduced. You can eat brown rice and whole wheat bread but not a white bread.

Phase 3
This is already the maintenance phase that you will start to adopt forever.

4. The Cabbage Soup Diet for 1 week
• This diet purposively wants to attain weight loss in a short period of time.
Day 1: Cabbage soup with unlimited fruits (except for banana).
Day 2: Cabbage soup and vegetables. It is also good for dinner a baked potato with some touch of butter.
Day 3: You can eat cabbage soup with some fruits and vegetables except for bananas and potatoes.
Day 4: Eat your cabbage soup together with some bananas (maximum of 8 bananas throughout the day) and skimmed milk.
Day 5: Consume cabbage soup with at least 350-500 grams of beef with some slices of tomato.
Day 6: Cabbage soup, beef and vegetables (except potatoes)
Day 7: Cabbage soup, brown rice, vegetables (except potatoes) and fresh fruit juice.

5. The Raw Food Diet Plan
• This is the consumption of any kind of raw foods.
• Your raw foods can be your favorite fruits, vegetables, legumes, fruit juices, nuts, seeds, etc.
• Some processing of raw foods can also be done such as blending, crushing, sprouting, soaking and juicing, provided that you will not be adding dairy products or sugar on it.

6. The Healthy Zone Diet Plan
• The Zone diet is a high-protein, low-carbohydrate, fat-controlled eating plan.
• It allows consumption of variety of healthy foods.
• The diet believes that when the body has enough essential nutrients, it can function well. As such, the body will work within the zone full of energy causing weight loss.
• Consumption of high protein foods may make you feel full longer, thus preventing you to eat more.

7. COOKIE: The Diet Plan
• The cookie in the diet is actually made with high contents of fiber and protein for sure satiety value.
• You can have a daily dose of cookies, around 4-6 to give you 500 calories daily.
• You are allowed to eat lean proteins and vegetables each meal.

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