Very Low Calorie Diet – What happens to your body and how to maintain?
Achieving a healthy weight is all about striking the right balance between the energy that you put into your body, and the energy that you use. To lose weight, you have to use more energy than you consume in food and drinks throughout the day. You can do this by making healthy changes to your eating habits, and building more physical activity into your daily life. In many cases, this will be enough to achieve a healthy weight.
However, if you have made these changes already and the weight loss you’ve experienced has not resulted in a healthy weight, you may benefit from a very low calorie diet.
A very low calorie diet is any diet that involves eating 700 – 1000 calories a day. After four or five days, you are no longer hungry 🙂 It should only be undertaken for 1 week, or intermittently – for example, every two or three days – along with a low calorie or normal diet.
The recommended daily calorie intake is 2,000 for women, and 2,500 for men. This means that low calorie diet contain far fewer calories than most people need to be able to maintain a stable, healthy weight. For that reason, eating a very low calorie diet can cause more rapid weight loss than a conventional weight loss program.
Benefits: Very low-calorie diets are beneficial because they lead to rapid weight loss and reduce chronic disease risks. Losing just 5 percent of your body weight can improve blood pressure, blood sugar and cholesterol levels.
Disadvantages: Rapid weight loss poses some health risks, such as nutrient deficiencies, especially when used long term.
After a low calories diet regular exercise will help in your effort to maintain your weight loss. Muscle burns calories faster than fat! As you increase your calorie intake gradually to the desired daily level, make sure you eat a variety of foods from all the food groups.
Include plenty of fresh fruits, vegetables, and lean meats or vegetable proteins, and limit the amounts of added fats and sugars.
Increase gradually new food and beverage intakes to your daily diet. You should add small amounts of fresh fruits and vegetables as you transition off your low calories menu. Build exercise into your daily lifestyle as part of your transition at least 30 minutes three or four times a week.
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