How to Lose Weight Quickly With the 1,000 Calorie Diet

Everybody is looking for a quick fix. Looking for ways to lose weight quickly is no different; the 1,000 calorie diet is no different. Sure you can lose 2lbs a week when you cut your daily caloric intake to 1,000 calories. The important question is, can you do it safely!

Studies suggest (Institute of Medicine Dietary Reference Intakes macronutrients report) that a sedentary woman should have a caloric intake of 1800 calories per day, an active woman should have 2,000 caloric intake per day, and a very active woman should have between 2,000 and 2,500 caloric intake per day.

Health professionals recommend aiming for a weight loss of 1 to 2 pounds a week, and keeping active when you're on a diet, so don't try to lose more than 2 lbs per week.
That being said, this diet plan is only temporary to jump start your new healthy eating habits. The best thing to do while on this diet, is choose the healthiest low calorie foods you can find. If you snack on high calorie foods you can easily go way over your caloric intake for the day. You will have to be determined and disciplined to successfully reach your goal.
5 Tips to Keep Weight Off After The 1,000 Calorie Diet

1. Eat 5 times a day.
2. Eat every 2 ½ to 3 hours per day. This keeps your body in a state of digestion.
3. Combining starches, fats, and proteins helps to avoid fat storage.
4. If you must eat pasta, always eat it in the early morning or early afternoon.
5. Cut back on fruit juices and drink black coffee, tea, and water instead.

Healthy Diet Food Suggestions
You can mix and match these foods and others in your daily meal plan. These are only suggestion to get you started.

• Medium golden apple
• Ground turkey
• Eat protein and vegetables
• Lean chicken/turkey
• Extra virgin olive oil to cook with.
• Spinach salad/Olive Oil
• Brown rice (long grain)
• Cooked broccoli

Pros and Cons of the 1,000 Calorie Diet
Pros

• Fast weight loss
• Easy meals
• Inexpensive
• No forbidden foods
• Caloric value on food package/online

Cons

• Temporary
• Fatigued
• Hard to meet nutritional value

Now you know how to lose weight quick and safe with the 1,000 calorie diet. Choosing the best foods to eat while on this diet will determine how you feel during this process. You will see that the 1,000 calorie a day diet plan will take off 2 pounds a week, if you count your calories accordingly. Remember to make sure they are the healthiest calories you can get. Good Luck.

Weight Loss Diet Plans or Diet Fads?

In this article I am going to share some information to clarify if you should be on a diet plan or is it just a fad? The weight loss industry would have us popping pills each day, drinking expensive protein shakes and buying expensive exercise equipment. So there is a lot at stake when it comes to influencing you on HOW you should lose weight.

I have been on and off many of these diets. Some have worked but soon after I finished, of course, I returned to my usual eating habits.

You see losing the weight isn't really the issue, keeping it off is!

So I am here to show you that you do not need to spend a tonne of money only to find yourself back at square one. Which I can almost hear you nodding your head as you read this. But what is the answer to real success to lose weight and keep it off?

You see you do not need to go on a diet which is 'low carb' or 'protein rich' or 'low fat' as you simply won't stick to it for life. I'll try to keep it simple. Ultimately you need a lifestyle eating habit which will help you lose that stubborn belly flat to discover the abs you already have.
The best tip I can give you is to choose foods with the least amount of processing. Selecting foods which as close to their natural state as possible as this will have the most amount of nutrients and therefore they are better for you.

Consider the following:

Quality Protein - now if you have been following my articles by now you would realise that I recommend you select quality protein for your diet. The benefits of eating protein are that they take longer for your digestive system to process so you will feel satisfied for longer and they are great for building and maintaining lean muscle mass.

Fibre - foods which are high in fibre include fruits, vegetables and unrefined grains. They are a great natural substitute for your carbohydrate intake. Fibre keeps our bowel system in check and helps to reduce bloating. One of the main reasons why people struggle with body fat is due to the amount of refined sugars in their diet. Low fat products often contain higher levels of sugar so start reading those food labels. Aim for 6gm per 100gm serving of sugar as a good indicator on food labels. Fibre will help you to feel satisfied and also slows down the body's glycaemia response to the foods you eat.

Healthy Fats - Yes you heard me! You can eat healthy fats. In fact, many nutritionists highly recommend it when you are planning a lifestyle diet as it will ensure you keep your cravings in check so you don't feel deprived. There are many good healthy fats which you can include daily in your diet. Try nuts, seeds, avocado, eggs, coconuts, olive oils and of course organic meats where possible.

Two Foods To Avoid - these have been covered by me in-depth elsewhere but briefly I will share the top two foods to avoid: Artificial Trans Fats (found in many processed foods) and High Fructose Corn Syrup (found in most sweetened products).

By establishing a lifestyle eating plan, which minimising processed foods, then you will by default avoid these two foods I recommend you avoid.

If you can take these tips and incorporate them into the foods you eat then you will start to control your blood sugar levels, appetite and hormone levels as well as so much more.

Soursop Fruit: Food for Life

Soursop fruits grow on flowering, evergreen trees native to the tropical regions of Southeast Asia, Africa and South America. The fruit is relatively large in comparison with its small, fast growing plant that reaches up to 10 meters tall. Scientifically known as Annona muricata, soursop fruit is also called by several other names that include graviola, guanabana, custard apple, brazilian paw paw and cherimoya. The heart-shaped fruit with its soft fleshy spines and a rough green skin is an effective cure against dangerous debilitating diseases. In most countries, people make use of the leaves, bark and roots of the tree for traditional remedies.

Soursop fruits have been stated as a medical panacea against variety of illnesses for long. The life-giving properties are due to the following contents.

• Vitamin C- A natural antioxidant, it helps in enhancing the immune system and slowing the ageing process.
• Phosphorus- This essential mineral aids in bone mass formation and prevents osteoporosis.
• Potassium- Highly beneficial in deterring hypertension.
• Rich in Fiber- Fibrous content in soursop is highly nutritional and delightful that helps in lowering cholesterol and maintains for bowel regularity.
• Iron- A natural source for supplementing our daily iron requirements and preventing anemia.
• Rich in vitamin contents B1, B2

Medicinal Aids- Soursop is a healthy and delicious fruit that is used medicinally for treating illnesses ranging from worms to stomach ailments and other lethal diseases.

• The seeds contain anti-emetic properties that can be used as a treatment against vomiting.
• Its fresh crushed leaves, when applied upon skin eruptions, promote quick healing.
• The leaf decoction is quite effective for bedbugs and head lice.
• The fruit juice, if taken orally can act as a remedy for hematuria, liver ailments and urethritis.
• The juice of the fruit when taken during fasting is believed to cause relief against leprosy and liver ailments.
• A decoction of leaves or young shoots is considered a remedy for fever, indigestion, dysentery, diarrhea, coughs, catarrh and gall bladder trouble.
• The mashed leaves are often used as poultice for alleviating rheumatism, eczema and some other skin diseases.
• The flowers of soursop plant are believed to assuage catarrh.

The prickly long green fruit is an effective cancer remedy that happens to kill malignant cancerous cells up to 10000 times more efficiently than the traditional chemotherapy drugs. Soursop fruit is a broad spectrum antimicrobial agent for both fungal and bacterial infections, is quite effective against worms and parasites, can lower high blood pressure and is often used for stress, depression and nervous disorders. The extracts of this miraculous fruit can effectively target and kill 12 types of cancer including breast, prostrate, pancreatic, lung and colon cancer.

Diet Tips for Men Over 40

Once we reach a certain age (and I certainly fall well into the "men over 40" bracket), dieting becomes less easy. What worked in our younger years - always assuming we needed to diet at all, rather than just maybe skip breakfast - doesn't seem anywhere near as effective. So what can you do to get rid of that not-so-pretty beer belly and the man boobs?

Keep a food diary for a couple of days

This maybe boring but it's quite easy.
And - so long as you're honest with yourself and don't quietly "forget" to write down all the crisps and chocolate bars and cans of pop and other quick drinks - it's probably the easiest place to spot where you can cut the calories and almost not notice.

Once you've jotted down absolutely everything you've eaten over the last couple of days, it's time to examine it.

Most people who do this find that one or two things almost leap off the page at them.
It could be the two or three teaspoons of sugar in every cup of tea or coffee.
It could be the "essential" chocolate bar or cream cake (or both).

Or it could just be that all the portions are super-sized at an absolute minimum.
And those are the places to start. Because it's fairly easy to either downsize some of the portions you're eating or reduce your intake of other things like sugar or take one less drink after work or whatever.

Take a look for the "wrong" calories

These could be empty calories like the ones found in beer and other alcohol.
Or they could be hidden sugar - read up on all the words on the label that sneaky manufacturers use to disguise just how much sugar they're adding. Sugar, fructose, sucrose, dextrose, corn syrup, etc. etc, etc.

And if it's sugars don't think that switching to diet drinks will work. Our bodies haven't got a clue about saccharin or any of the other artificial sweeteners so we react as though they're real sugar. With consequences that aren't exactly favourable for our health.

Fat isn't necessarily bad - it depends which studies you read whether it is or not - but it's probably a good idea to reduce it in your diet. Which could be as simple as switching to lower fat milk, not adding as much milk, not pouring on extra cream, using leaner meat or even using a non-stick pan to reduce the amount of fat you use to cook.

If you're not madly overweight, doing just those few things could set you on the path to being a new, lighter, you with almost no effort.

If you're quite a few pounds heavier than you should be, take a closer look at portion size and calorie counts. Preferably before your doctor gives you an ultimatum.

The good news is that small adjustments to your diet can be very easy to make and can have a lasting, positive, impact.

So resolve to at least look at them and ideally actually do something about it!