Getting really desperate to fit into a dress or an outfit for an event on the last minuet happens to us once in a while. You know, when you have a university reunion dinner and you want to look really slim so that your university mates never realized to put on weight. Or perhaps you want to look sexy in a social event so that you can get admired and get some attention from the opposite sex. For whatever reason, mild crash dieting can help you lose a few kilograms and help you pull off an evening that you will never forget.
The mild dieting I am talking about here is not like extreme dieting where you drinks lots of water and die of overdose or drinking just soup for month and lose all the muscle. The crash dieting that I want to share with you is a technique that I used before in college. I used to do modeling in college and sometimes I use this dieting technique to prepare for a last minute show. I admit that I did not stay super lean the whole time, so this really came in handy.
The method that I have always used is zero carbohydrate dieting for a week. Yes, this method has never failed me before and I find it so easy to stick to because I love meat and vegetables. I love carbohydrates too but I have to sacrifice something so that I can do my fashion show the best I can.
Besides, there is no such thing as no sacrifices. If it were easy, everybody would be walking in the street with a set of washboard abs. So, here is how the diet goes. I would start dieting 7 days before the target date. One the night before I would to start dieting, I would eat my favorite dessert to help me mentally prepare for the 7 zero carbohydrate days.
On this diet, you are only allowed to eat meat and loads of vegetables. You cannot eat any sorts of carbohydrates, simple sugar, fruits and any sort of junk food. You need to watch out for the hidden carbohydrates in canned foods, protein bars and especially in gravies. You also have to minimize salt intake so that you can avoid water retention.
In these 7 days, eat 6 to 7 small meals per day. Yeah, eating frequent small meals will help you boost metabolism, keep the insulin levels really low and also, it keeps you sane. What I mean is when you go to a restaurant or sit at a dining table with an empty stomach, you tend to over eat. If you enter a restaurant without an empty stomach, you are saner and also take time to choose your food properly.
Water is also another important component in this mild crash dieting. I would drink at least 4 liters of water. I found out that by keeping myself hydrated at all times help me keep the cravings away.
An example of a typical meal would be 5 egg whites for breakfast. Cooked in scrambled style. Then for snack, I would eat half a can of tuna with some low fat mayonnaise. For lunch I would go for roasted chicken thigh and some vegetables. For snack before dinner, I would drink down a serving of protein shake. I would eat the same for dinner. You can replace the chicken with fish or turkey. If I feel hungry before I sleep, I would cook half a can of soup.
I would eat this way for seven days and I can see a drop of a few kilograms by the end of the diet. Please make sure you ask your doctor for advice before going on this diet. I also do not advise you to go on this crash diet for more than 7 days. This is a crash diet to get an express sexy look for an occasion and it is definitely not for long-term weight loss. If you want a long-term weight loss, you need to get hold of a weight loss program that is geared towards that.
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