Biggest Loser Diet
How does the Biggest Loser Diet work?
First you have to choose a Biggest Loser book to follow. They’re all based on the same principles. What’s your appetite for reading? There’s the short-and-sweet 2005 edition, the more bulky 30-Day Jump Start from 2009, and, midway between the two, 2010’s 6 Weeks to a Healthier You. All are heavy on success stories from past contestants of the Biggest Loser reality TV show, tips for developing your menu based on a special food pyramid, and suggestions for sweating out some calories. Expand this section for more on the most recent version.
6 Weeks to a Healthier You is a crash course in nutrition. You’ll learn about foods with “quality calories” (you can guess which ones they’d be) and acquaint yourself with the Biggest Loser diet pyramid. It suggests four servings a day of fruits and vegetables, three of protein foods, two of whole grains, and no more than 200 calories of “extras” like desserts. That should make for a menu where 45 percent of your day’s calories come from carbs, 30 percent from protein, and 25 percent from fats. You’ll also take a hard look at your risk factors for developing diseases, calculate your calorie allowance, learn about portion control and when to eat, and see why keeping a food journal is important.
The rest of the book is split into thematic chapters—from preventing or reversing diabetes to lowering high blood pressure—and each takes you through a week of meal plans and recommendations for different types of exercise.
First you have to choose a Biggest Loser book to follow. They’re all based on the same principles. What’s your appetite for reading? There’s the short-and-sweet 2005 edition, the more bulky 30-Day Jump Start from 2009, and, midway between the two, 2010’s 6 Weeks to a Healthier You. All are heavy on success stories from past contestants of the Biggest Loser reality TV show, tips for developing your menu based on a special food pyramid, and suggestions for sweating out some calories. Expand this section for more on the most recent version.
6 Weeks to a Healthier You is a crash course in nutrition. You’ll learn about foods with “quality calories” (you can guess which ones they’d be) and acquaint yourself with the Biggest Loser diet pyramid. It suggests four servings a day of fruits and vegetables, three of protein foods, two of whole grains, and no more than 200 calories of “extras” like desserts. That should make for a menu where 45 percent of your day’s calories come from carbs, 30 percent from protein, and 25 percent from fats. You’ll also take a hard look at your risk factors for developing diseases, calculate your calorie allowance, learn about portion control and when to eat, and see why keeping a food journal is important.
The rest of the book is split into thematic chapters—from preventing or reversing diabetes to lowering high blood pressure—and each takes you through a week of meal plans and recommendations for different types of exercise.
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