Why do crazy diets work?<\/p>\n
I once owned a book called \u201cThe Dr. Forgot-His-Name\u2019s Quick Weight Loss Diet Plan.\u201d\u00a0 It was really a collection of \u00a0crash diets that called upon the dieter to eat strange things for quick weight loss.\u00a0 I tried several of them and they worked — temporarily.\u00a0 Why?<\/p>\n
Simple reason. The ones that were effective were ones which were basically low glycemic. The trouble was that you can\u2019t eat crazy stuff forever and be healthy.\u00a0 After the first few days you feel lousy and develop intestinal issues and bad breath, among other things.\u00a0 Then, as soon as you quit the weird food, you gain the pounds back, pronto.\u00a0 To make matters worse, the weight you lost was partly lean muscle and water. The weight you gained back was all fat.\u00a0 Not a good idea.<\/p>\n
Those strange plans are still around.\u00a0 Like the Egg Diet, in which you eat all the eggs you want along with vegetables and some fruit. \u00a0 Guess what?\u00a0 Eggs have a zero glycemic number and the vegetables and fruit are in the green zone.\u00a0 Egg dieters are eating a very low glycemic diet, so they will see a quick weight drop.\u00a0 But are you going to eat only eggs forever?\u00a0 Not a healthy idea. Besides, I predict you will hate eggs after the first week.<\/p>\n
Our goal isn\u2019t to see a quick number change on the scale, but to build a healthy, lean body.\u00a0 That takes time, and it\u2019s just a good plan to vary your meals.\u00a0 Eat protein, including eggs, if you wish, but add some variety with lean meat, poultry and fish.\u00a0 Eat lots of veggies — and add variety there, too.\u00a0 Pick a new variety of vegetable and try out new recipes.\u00a0 I\u2019m adding jicama to my salad today.(I\u2019ll let you know how that goes.) Choose an exotic fruit from the produce section to have as a snack or dessert.\u00a0 Star fruit, for example, really jazzes up the way a fruit salad looks and tastes.<\/p>\n
Use some creativity and treat yourself to a wide variety of foods from the green list and add a few from the yellow. You are going to eat this way for the rest of your life, so don\u2019t burn out by eating just a few foods until you are sick of them!<\/p>\n
On the flip side, there are some advantages of having some of your meals on cruise control.\u00a0 More about that tomorrow.<\/p>\n
Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/em> Why do crazy diets work? I once owned a book called \u201cThe Dr. Forgot-His-Name\u2019s Quick Weight Loss Diet Plan.\u201d\u00a0 It was really a collection of \u00a0crash diets that called upon the dieter to eat strange things for quick weight loss.\u00a0 I tried several of them and they worked — temporarily.\u00a0 Why? Simple reason. The ones…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[82,83,84],"class_list":["post-469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eating-plan","tag-crash-diets","tag-egg-diet","tag-variety-of-foods"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nSusan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"