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