| Are you looking for an easy diet to | | | | One such alternative to these "fad |
| follow? Well, I've got news for you: | | | | diets" is what is known as a |
| There is no such thing as an "easy" | | | | calorie-shifting diet. This type of diet |
| weight loss plan. Well, easy is a | | | | represents an extremely radical |
| relative term. Easier than what? | | | | departure from the aforementioned diets |
| Dieting is definitely not easier than | | | | above in that you are not sacrificing |
| eating whatever you want (unless what | | | | any type of food, nor are you |
| you want is perfectly in line with only | | | | sacrificing on the quantity of food. |
| what is good for you). All diet plans | | | | This "no-sacrifice" diet works on the |
| require some level of effort, or | | | | principle of "calorie-shifting". Calorie |
| modification of your existing eating | | | | shifting is based on the premise that by |
| habits. Let's face it. After all, it is | | | | shifting the types of calories you eat |
| your present eating habits that got you | | | | at different times of day, you can |
| to become overweight in the first place. | | | | trigger a metabolic response in your |
| Many popular diets require you to | | | | body that will result in rapid weight |
| sacrifice something in order to achieve | | | | loss. |
| weight loss. There are low-calorie | | | | This easy weight loss plan allows you to |
| diets. There are low-carbohydrate diets. | | | | eat comfortably from each of the food |
| There are low-fat diets. There are | | | | groups for four meals a day. The |
| low-sodium and low-cholesterol diets. | | | | difference is that you may only eat |
| Each one of these types of diets is | | | | certain types of foods at certain times |
| based on the theory that excessive | | | | of the day. Your menu also varies on a |
| weight gain is the result of one | | | | daily basis. You will not feel deprived |
| identifiable culprit - the calorie, or | | | | of any foods. You feel satisfied as you |
| the carbohydrate, or fat, or sodium, or | | | | eat because there is no restriction on |
| cholesterol, and that by reducing that | | | | the quantity of the food that you eat. |
| one element from your diet, you will | | | | Plus you are eating a healthy balance of |
| achieve rapid and sustainable weight | | | | every food group. |
| loss. Rapid yes, but sustainable? That | | | | What defines an "easy diet to follow"? |
| is another story. | | | | Obviously it does not mean easy to |
| For many people, these diets become | | | | follow instructions. If that were the |
| relegated to "fad diet" status. Like any | | | | case, the low-carb diet would be |
| fad, these weight loss plans have all | | | | classified as "easy". But if you ask any |
| been hailed at one time or another as | | | | carb lover if a low-carb diet is easy, |
| the key that unlocks the mystery of | | | | he or she would tell you otherwise! What |
| weight gain and provides the end-all | | | | defines an "easy diet to follow" is the |
| be-all solution to weight loss. This is | | | | ease with which you, as the dieter, are |
| because we are creatures of habit. | | | | capable of carrying yourself throughout |
| Sacrificing the foods that we crave | | | | the day without feeling cravings due to |
| makes dieting very difficult and, more | | | | dissatisfaction or lingering hunger. |
| often than not, it causes many would-be | | | | When you are able to eat fatty foods, |
| dieters to give in to their cravings, to | | | | foods with carbohydrates, and not worry |
| cheat on their diet, or to just throw in | | | | about reducing quantity, then you would |
| the towel because it is just too | | | | be able to sustain the motivation to |
| difficult to sustain this diet beyond a | | | | maintain the diet. |
| few weeks. | | | | |