Liquid Diet Tips That Work
1. Stick to nutrient rich liquids such as freshly squeezed organic fruit juices with the pulp, organic superfood smoothies, broths made from organic protein sources, antioxidant rich teas, and purified water. This is the best time to break out your blender, juicer and crockpot and start experimenting. An ideal day would look like this:
Meal 1: glass of purified water and freshly squeezed orange, carrot, ginger juice
Meal 2: green tea
Meal 3: glass of purified water + organic superfoods fruit smoothie
Meal 4: glass of purified ice water with 5 cucumber slices and 5 lemon slices (this is called spa water and it tastes great)
Meal 5: glass of purified water + organic superfoods greens smoothie
Meal 6: glass of water + 2 cups of chicken broth made from organic chicken (bone in if possible for more nutrients)
2. Alternate between liquid days and semi-liquid days. Try 2 days on and 1 day off so your body does not have a chance to adapt to your calorie intake. Make sure your day off includes healthy foods too. This is a great way to take advantage of calorie cycling to speed up weight loss and can prevent your metabolism from downshifting to fat storage mode.
3. Eat real food. The less you rely on supplements the easier it will be to transition to a healthy eating plan that you can sustain for life. The better you get at making nutrient dense smoothies, juices, and broths the more likely you are to continue with healthy cooking habits once you’re off the liquid diet. Healthy habits will keep the weight off for life.
Liquid Diet Tricks That Boost Results
4. Forget the 3 hours of cardio that 50 cent was doing and stick to moderately heavy weights 15-20 minutes 4-5 times a week to prevent muscle wasting and maintain a high metabolism. Remember that 50’s body composition was mostly muscle and not fat like the majority of the population. According to Fatloss Expert Brad Pilon "Research on men and women undertaking a very low calorie diet found that even with a 12 week long diet consisting of only 800 calories and only 80 grams of protein per day, the people in the study were able to maintain their muscle mass as long as they were exercising with weights three times per week." More muscle means a higher metabolism and faster weight loss so choose weights over cardio or opt for circuit training so you get both muscle building and fatloss/calorie burning in one workout.
5. Take up a new hobby or activity to keep your mind occupied on something other than food. You won’t miss the food if you’re busy with something that’s fun, interesting, or new. The more senses you engage the better. "Food is a form of ‘bio-feedback’. It is a form of stimulus in our every day lives. So when parts of our days are lacking excitement or stimulation, we search out stimulation in the form of foods and snacks" explains Pilon. Stay busy and you won't be focused on food or start mindless eating.
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