4 Ways to Lose Weight through Dieting

Have you ever desired a change in your diet to have a healthy body weight? There are times when you want to shed few pounds while following a specific diet plan. Adhering to a diet plan when trying to lose weight is a choice you need to cautiously and carefully make depending on your health history or condition. This article will be showing you the top four effective and healthy diet plans to incorporate, to maintain a healthy weight and improve your health. Ensure you follow these diet plans consistently and exercise at least three times a week for effective results.

 Intermittent Fasting

Intermittent fasting does not specifically involve a diet plan, but it is a quick and healthy way to reduce weight. It is more like an eating pattern that contains windows of periodic eating. The 16/8 is the most common as well as an effective method of intermittent fasting. It consists of a 14-16 hour fasting period followed by an 8-10 hour eating window. For example, if you stopped taking meals at 7 pm, you have to fast for about 14-16 hours before taking the next meal around 9 am. You can drink beverages with no calories or fewer calories like water, green tea, and coffee during the period of fasting. However, it is not advised that you have a heavy meal full of carbs and calories the next day to compensate for your previous day’s fasting. Also, while males can do fasting for about 16 hours, females are advised to limit their fasting to 14 hours. You can adjust your eating and fasting schedules for your convenience but make sure you do not end up consuming too many calories and carbs.

Keto Diet

 Keto is also known as a Ketogenic diet plan. It is a popular type of weight loss meal plan which includes a low carb yet high-fat diet. While on a keto diet, your body undergoes a process called ‘ketosis’ and it provides your body with fat instead of carb to provide energy. In a standard keto diet plan, an individual is supposed to have 70-80% fat intake with 20% protein and less than 10% carbs. When following a keto diet, ensure you incorporate non-starchy vegetables, fruits, avocadoes, healthy fats and oils, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy products, and nuts instead of high carb meals, sugary foods, drinks, and processed food. Keto diet plans are primarily known to reduce blood sugar levels and stimulate healthy weight loss.

 Paleo Diet

 Incorporating a Paleo diet plan is undoubtedly a perfect way to shed extra pounds off your body. Such diets mainly focus on feeding patterns of human ancestors during the Old Stone Age more than a million years ago. The ancient cavemen had resorted to a simple diet through hunting and gathering food in their surroundings. Similarly, a Paleo diet encourages you to adopt simple eating habits incorporating foods like lean meat (chicken, beef, pork, and mutton), fish, greens, fruits, healthy fats, and oil derived from plants, seeds, and nuts. In this type of type, one should avoid processed food rich in high calories, sugar, and dairy at any cost. However, several dieticians point out that strictly adhering to a Paleo diet may not provide you with all the essential nutrition for your body's needs. Therefore, it is necessary to note that you can adjust your meal plans, ensuring you get the required nourishment for your body.

Chipotle-Based Diets

 When on a fitness journey, you can't dismiss the value of a Chipotle bowl by any means. Getting an ample amount of Chipotle nutrition is an easy as well as effective means to lose weight and improve your overall health. A typical Chipotle bowl would mostly contain a considerable portion of red rice, fajita vegetables, and a good amount of proteins (chicken, steak, fish, or eggs), guacamole, and green salsa. Besides its health and weight loss benefits, a good Chipotle bowl no doubt satiate hunger and gratify your taste buds.

Aside from these diet plans, ensure you incorporate low-carb and calorie foods in your diet because they increase weight loss. Low-calorie foods like oats, chia seeds, eggs, fish, greens, legumes, berries, Greek yogurt, nuts (excluding peanuts) help in losing weight (by easily filling your stomach) and improve overall gut health. Also, it is essential you understand not all fruits and veggies are weight-loss friendly as they might contain a high amount of sugar and starch levels. Therefore, it is necessary to choose greens and fruits which comprise a lesser amount of calories, sugar, and carbs.

By: Avishka Amarasooriya