What's a good diet?!
Question:
What's a good diet?
One of my goals is to lose weight. I know diet and exercise are the best way to do this, and I've been working out in a gym for about a week now. I just can't find a diet. I've tried the "Cabbage Soup Diet", but I didn't stick with it because the soup tasted so nasty and I couldn't bear it! Does anybody know any vegetarian diets that are helpful? Or, does anybody know any websites with a list of vegetarian diets that are effective or anything?
P.S. I'm a vegetarian, so that's why I'm asking for vegetarian diets.
Answers:
to get permanent results you have to make permanent changes in your lifestyle (diet and exercise). fad diets only give you temporary results.
find daily calorie intake calculator on the net, enter all your stats and it will tell you how many calories you need a day to maintain, take off 300-400cal off that number and thats how much you need to lose.
eat 5-6 small meals a day (eat every 2-3 hours - it optimizes your metabolism)
5-8 servings of fruit and veggies a day
8 glasses of water
have complex carbs for breakfast - they give you energy
have protein (soy products, legumes etc) for dinner - repairs muscle
cardio exercise 4-6 times a week for 30-50min (ideally 45min because the first 20-30min body burns carbs and only then starts burning fat), light weight training (more muscle=faster metabolism)
dont consume foods that are made of white flour (white bread, cakes, pasta etc.), sugar loaded foods (cookies, icecream, candy etc) and nothing fried, oily.
ofcourse you can spoil yourself once in a while with a little treat:)