As I have confessed before, I have used many methods in the past to attempt to lose weight without the rigors and sweat of working out. I didn't want to work that hard but wanted to see almost overnight success. Sound familiar?
There have been many fad diets and plans that promise bigger results in less time than submitting to a healthier lifestyle would do for you. Some of these are so strange it's a wonder anyone tried them, much less continued with them to achieve any amount of success.
Many diet plans also have some sort of exercise plan which must be followed to achieve results. There is an incredible number of these plans. If you don't believe me, go to the site everydiet.org and look at the list of diet plan reviews on the right hand sidebar. They come with all sorts of names: 321 Baby Bulge Be Gone, Bikini Boot Camp, The Cheater's Diet, The Tapeworm Diet, The Fast Food Diet, the Martini Diet, My Big Fat Greek Diet.
Some diets tell you to feast on one particular food and very little else. The Three Apple a Day Diet seems to impart almost magical weight-loss attributes to the apple. There are other food diets based on the Grapefruit, Cabbage Soup, Apple Cider Vinegar, Bread For Life, Coconut, Cookies, Bananas. After using one of these diets, it may take you a while before you want to eat a single serving of that particular food again.
The Coffee Diet (not on the list) tells you to drink cup after cup of coffee, as much as you can. It must be caffeinated coffee. The theory is that the caffeine will boost your metabolism and, through your increased metabolic rate, will enable you to burn off calories. You won't be as inclined to require as much sleep, this diet claims. Caffeine being a natural diuretic means you will be visiting the bathroom frequently and will not retain water. I can tell you increased coffee intake will mess with your body. After so many years of overconsumption of coffee I found myself under doctor's orders to limit my caffeine to one morning cup of coffee, preferably eight ounces, and a daily dose of Detrol. Unlimited coffee drinking had led to an overactive bladder and urinary incontinence. I can also testify to the fact you can develop a high tolerance to caffeine. This diet is promoted by John D. Greene who amazingly enough (sarcasm intended) has a book "The Coffee Diet" which you can buy to find out all about it.
Some of the diets are ineffective and some, like the Tapeworm Diet, are extremely dangerous. The Tapeworm Diet is practiced in some parts of Mexico and involves allowing tapeworms to grow inside your digestive tract. You will lose weight but you may also have severe medical complications besides the nutritional deficiency you will suffer when the worms steal many of the nutrients your body requires.
My advice to anyone looking for a diet plan to get rid of body flab is to remember you must pay attention to both exercise and diet. Any diet plan you start must be one which you can follow with ease and with a minimum of expense, which does not require a lot of special ingredients. It should be one you can follow for life. Any diet plan which you would not want to continue throughout your life will offer only temporary results because you won't have dealt with your food or activity level problems.
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