Crash Diet Tips You Should Avoid

As I did research for this article I was a little surprised to find sites that actually gave you tips for crash dieting. I will not name these sites. But here are a few ideas, “tips”, they recommended.

Keep in mind, the best long term goal for weight loss and weight management is not starvation or crash diets. If you do not know what a crash diet is, here is how Wikipedia defines it. “A crash diet is a diet which is extreme in its deprivations - typically severely restricting calorie intake. Meant to achieve rapid weight loss, a crash diet differs from outright starvation only slightly. Crash diets are typically unhealthy and are rarely - if ever - recommended by doctors or dietitians. Crash diets can lead to malnutrition, and are not a recommended means of weight loss.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_diet

First Tip: Do not crash diet for more than three to seven days. That is a pretty good tip seeing how you are starving yourself. When you cut calorie intake your body needs to get those lost calories from somewhere. Your body will burn some of your body fat, but it will also burn your muscle. This is one of the biggest issues with crash diets because muscle loss will lead to a slower metabolism. This will lead to you gaining your fat back and in many cases gaining more fat!

Next Tip: Do not overexert yourself when dieting. Are you kidding me? I am not going to get into this too much, but this has to be one of the worst diet tips I have ever read. Exercise is one of the best ways to gain long term weight loss. Exercise will burn your body fat off and help build muscle. As before, increased muscle means a better metabolism which will lead to burning fat and calories when you are not working out.

Final Tip: If you get hungry drink a glass of water because this may help with your hunger pains. Ok, it is good idea to get lots of water everyday I will give them that, but they fail to tell you when you are hungry the best thing to do is eat. If you do not feed your body it will fight back by shutting down your metabolism to preserver itself. It will not slow down, it will shut down!

With all the information about why you should not follow a crash diet regiment, people seem to fall for the promise of quick weight loss. I must remind you there is no quick weight loss diet that works. In the end, you will always gain back the weight, if not more. The best way is to eat a balanced diet, work out regularly, and reduce stress.