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Weight Loss Plan Hot Spot #2. Not enough food.
Recently I reviewed one of my father's old Diet Menus which he received from one of his doctors years and years ago - after he first learned that he had diabetes.
And boy oh boy - was that Diet Puppy thin on food.
Quite frankly, 1,000 calories per day is insufficient in meeting an adult's daily nutritional needs and should only be attempted under the strict supervision of a qualified doctor. My father had no such supervision and he quit the diet just as quickly as he had started the diet - ending up gaining more weight than he had lost.
This isn't to say that there aren't times when a 1,000 calorie diet might be necessary - but in those good old golden days of yore, I clearing remember being handed an 800 calorie daily diet from my doctor - and at this point, I had less than 30 pounds to lose before reaching my recommended weight.
With this said, should your doctor hand you a diet plan that is extremely restricted in calories, please don't just take the paper like a robot. Ask questions. Why is the diet so restricted in calories? Will such impact your metabolism - as in slowing it to a turtle's pace? What symptoms should you be on the alert for that would signal trouble due to the extreme reduction of calories? Loss of hair? Feeling of unwellness? Lethargy?
Diet plans on the whole tend to contain low-calorie foods, such as cucumbers, lettuce and carrots, and while these are nice daily diet fillers, they don't work well in filling up the tummy because they lack satiety power.
It's a good idea to take a thorough look at the diet plan and arrange it so that foods that hold satiety power and keep you feeling full for hours to come (such as beans, butternut squash, oatmeal and yes, even peanut butter) are part of the daily diet. Most any food can be incorporated into the daily diet when done so in moderation.
As to the daily calories, anything below 1,200 - 1,250 calories per day should send up a red flag. If you have a lot of weight to lose (over 75 pounds) your body may even require a higher number of daily minimal calories to meet its daily functions.
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