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In the article below you will find out, among others:
- What are the myths about weight loss?
- How many calories can you eat per day on your diet?
- Can you eat sweets on your diet?
Are low-calorie diets healthy?
With 1: Only fast-acting, low-calorie (less than 1000kcal) diets, supported with pharmacological agents, are effective.
Fact: In fact, when you follow a low-calorie diet that significantly reduces the number of meals, initially your weight drops very quickly. Unfortunately, such a diet leads to feeling strong hunger, weakness, slow metabolismand in addition, the fact of so many sacrifices leads to the fact that after a few days our body more than makes up for the losses suffered. This leads to effect yo-yo, consisting in an even higher body weight than before the attempt to lose weight. Additionally, the use of pharmacological agents, especially laxatives, only acted on the decline the amount of water in the bodywhich is catching up very quickly.
Can you eat sweets on your diet?
How many calories can you eat per day?
With 2: To be slim, I can’t eat sweets.
Fact: During and after the diet, it is not necessary to completely give up sweets. However, it is worthwhile to plan their amounts wisely, so that the daily caloric value is not too high. Ideal caloric value for individual people, depending on gender and work performed, it is:
- Men:
– At the age of 16 – 20, the best caloric value is 2300 – 3700 kcal;
– Men aged 21 – 64, who perform low physical work should consume daily 2400-2600kcal. In turn, people who perform heavy physical work should consume up to 4000kcal daily.
- Women:
– For 16 – 20-year-old girls, the optimal caloric value is 2500- 2700 kcal;
– Women aged 21-59, performing light work, not physically demanding, should provide the body with a daily caloric value of 2100-2300 kcal. In turn, the diet of women who perform heavy work may even include 3200 kcal.
Eating sweets should therefore be adjusted to the amount of calories that we should provide to our body depending on the caloric demand. The optimal solution is to appoint one day a weekwhen we allow ourselves to eat the sweetness. It is worth limiting one of the other meals on this day so that the daily caloric value does not exceed the recommended one.
Can you eat after 18?
With 3: The last meal of the day should be eaten at 18 p.m.
Fact:The time at which the last meal eaten is closely related to the lifestyle. It should be eaten around 3-4 hours before bedtime. It is worth making sure that it is not a heavy or high-calorie meal. Eating low-calorie, light and healthy products will certainly have a positive effect on the quality of our sleep, and will also contribute to taking care of our figure.
Do you have to eat breakfast?
With 4: It is enough for me to eat only lunch and dinner. Breakfast is unnecessary.
Fact: The optimal number of meals that should be eaten during the day is 4-5 courses. The most caloric meal it should be dinner – ideally it should consist of 40% of the daily caloric requirement. Breakfast on the other hand, it is the second highest calorie meal of the day. It should contain 35% the daily energy value. On the other hand supper should constitute 25% the daily requirement of calories. With an increased number of meals (up to four or five), these values decrease, but the rule that dinner, followed by breakfast, is the most caloric meal is maintained.
Let me know in the comments what other myths about weight loss? Or do you have your own proven ways to lose weight?