Diet is the latest buzz word in town. Irrespective of age and sex people are on a strict
diet and fitness regime. They are either rushing to the nearby fitness center or consulting a dietician who could help them with a
diet chart.
Dieting is now an obsession with most and in order to reduce calories people are indulging in bad
dieting habits. Women specially are into the habit of mindless eating like digging into her friend’s dessert, tasting the spaghetti sauce while cooking or eating the leftover food of the kids. People even turn to food, if they are moody or depressed. But hey, the food might enliven your spirits for the moment but in the course of it you are already in the diet disaster in the long run. And yes, people are never short of excuses for poor
diet habits. ‘We don’t have the time’ or ‘it’s too strict a diet for me’ there are excuses given each time.
Well, one might wonder how to separate facts from fiction when it comes to dieting. There are various
diet myths that have come down through generations and some of them in fact do more harm than good. For many a fasting is similar to a good diet. This myth needs to be broken fast and quick. Endless fasting may help you reduce weight for some time but it can cause fatigue and dizziness. Another myth that does the rounds is that eating calories 8 P.M. turns to fat which is not true. The fact is that no matter when you are consuming calories, the excess calories will be stored as fat. Drinking lots of water might make your tummy full, but you need to supplement it with food nutrients to keep going. Drinking excess water would not boost your metabolism. When on a
diet, one thing that most people avoid is juice. Well, not all juice is bad, and as long as you are drinking 100 percent juice with no added sugar or preservatives, it will do no harm.
When is the right time to diet? This is very important before you start dieting. Change in lifestyle or if you are pregnant or a nursing mother, it is not the right time to start
dieting. You need a good support system because when you start losing weight, you might just feel low and depressed and more so if the diet doesn’t show results as expected.
There are various
diet regimes like 3-Hour diet, Abs Diet, Atkins Diet, Bob Greene Diet, Cabbage Soup Diet, and Blood Type Diet that you can choose from. There are smart diet tips that are easy to follow like using a salad plate instead of a dinner plate, ordering one dessert to share, eating a big breakfast and avoiding intake of calories throughout the day, having at least two servings of fruit or veggies at every meal and limiting alcohol to weekends. So make your
diet special and useful!
