How do you start a new diet if you’re already on a diet?

December 13, 2009 by admin · 6 Comments
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GoBigRed asked:

Okay, so I’ve been on a calorie restricted diet.. It worked for the first couple of weeks, but now.. Not so much! So, I want to try the calorie shifting diet.. The thing is.. How do I get my metabolism back to normal? Because after a while, if you’re on a restricted calorie diet, your metabolism starts to slow down. I was just wondering if I should go back to normal eating for like a week or two, and then start the new diet?

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6 Responses to “How do you start a new diet if you’re already on a diet?”
  1. Lily says:
    December 14, 2009 at 6:06 pm

    Stay on the diet, don’t overfed your self. Or butt will get bigger. Lily

  2. TravelBug says:
    December 17, 2009 at 7:10 pm

    Nah…shift to low carb. The calorie shifting thing just doesn’t work. Have a look at this presentation by a doctor at Stanford: TravelBug

  3. Lita says:
    December 18, 2009 at 10:25 am

    Eat to live, not live to eat. It really is difficult to decide to eat healthy or not, it’s much easier to eat unhealthy. Junk food really tastes so much better and so delicious too, but after we eat it, we feel really, really guilty about eating all the unhealthy junk food. We should be eating to live, not living to eat. Lita

  4. Raven R says:
    December 19, 2009 at 6:28 am

    You can change to another type of diet, but why do a fad diet that probably will not work when all you need to do is follow this, sorry it so long, but it WILL work!

    Basic premise behind weight loss is calories in verses calories out. So you need to burn more calories than you eat. This best done with a combination a good balanced meal plan or diet, (what ever you choose to call it) and exercise.

    There are 3 major ways we burn calories during the day:
    resting metabolic rate (RMR),
    the thermic effect of food (TEF), and
    physical activity energy expenditure (PAEE).

    RMR is the number of calories we burn to maintain our vital body processes in a resting state.

    TEF results from eating food, and is the increase in energy expended above your RMR.

    PAEE accounts for the remainder of your daily energy expenditures. Included in PAEE is the energy expended in exercise and the activities of daily living

    To achieve a healthy body weight, optimal body composition and increase your body‘s calorie burning capacity(metabolism), the key is to maximize your metabolism and reduce your caloric intake. To increase your metabolism,you should:

    (1) increase your muscle mass by performing resistance exercise two to
    three days per week (e.g., working out with elastic bands, weights, stability balls, body
    bars, etc.);
    (2) work up to at least 200 minutes of aerobic exercise per week (e.g., walking, jogging, bicycling, step aerobics, etc.; and
    (3) eat a low- (but not too low) calorie diet. Eating less than 1,200 calories per day has been shown to decrease your metabolism. Active women should eat about 1,500 calories per day.

    Remember, there is no miracle pill or other “quick-fix” solution for jump-starting a person’s metabolism. One who is willing to make simple lifestyle changes and be consistent in their application will reap the future benefits of a healthy body weight and composition.

    In order to lose 2 lbs. a week you need to be in 1000 calorie deficit every day. 1 lb. of fat takes 3500 calories to burn off. You need to balance your protein, fat and carbs as well. Too many carbs, they have no where to go except fat cells. Too much protein, you go into ketosis, and this is bad for your liver, and the all the extra protein gets converted in to fat as well. Too much fat and well, no need to explain that. I’ve had great success with having my clients follow the 40% carbs, 30% Protein and 30% fat progam.
    Also, burning calories takes oxygen so when you exercise you need to get your heart rate up to a sufficient amount to utilize oxygen. 60-75% of your max target heart rate for a minimum of 20 minutes per exercise session. Since it takes roughly 15 minutes to get this rate, you will actually need to do a minimum of 35 minutes to effectively start the fat burning process. Remember more calories out than in, but don’t go below 1200 calories, so if the weight doesn’t seem to be coming off, increase the time you exercise.

    Good Luck, hope this helps. Raven R

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    December 20, 2009 at 12:16 am

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  6. DM says:
    December 20, 2009 at 1:55 am

    I think those websites may help you DM

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