Slim-Fast Diet
Some diets advise dieters to eat large quantities of vegetables,
others try to make people eat a single food for a whole day.
The Slim Fast Diet has the shake. It sounds pretty much like
what the folks at Herbalife are pushing, although it may be
the other way around. Diets are a dime a dozen these
days and it’s hard to keep track of who came with which
idea and when. So let’s discuss the basic features of
this diet and the usual pros and cons. This is one of the
diets that people seem either to love or hate, as some claim
that it works wonders, while others speak of it as a rip-off.
The basic idea is to replace two daily meals with Slim Fast
shakes, accompanied by two pieces of fruit and a nutrition
bar, and to have a sensible dinner at the end of the day.
A sensible dinner means that you are allowed to eat whatever
you want, as long as you keep the portions average. At least
this is
the theory. In practice, you will soon find out that dinner
is the only time you can get some actual nutritious food,
aside from the vitamins and minerals-laden shakes, which means
that your food options are limited to those that can keep
you on your feet and thinking clearly.
Besides the shakes, dieters also have to drink between 6
and 8 glasses of water per day in order to help the weight
loss process along. Dieters should also exercise during this
diet, but I’m not so sure that a 1,200 calories a day
intake can support a program of exercises. On the other hand,
the added exercises should help you shed weight faster and
spend less time on the diet. Some people complained of having
to buy all those shakes and bars, but I’d say that trading
two regular meals for two shakes tends to balance out the
costs.
Actually, it seems that the biggest problem dieters face
is the fact that every one is on his own. There is no outside
structure, there is no support. Just a box of shakes and your
own common sense. This is a good thing for some because it
helps build self-reliance and teach people to gain control
of their own eating process not just during the diet, but
also for the rest of their lives. Nevertheless, many fail
without outside support and this may be a big issue with this
diet.
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