Guidelines For Extreme Dieting
Drastic dieting is not easy and can have some serious consequences. Having said that, I understand that countless people will make the decision to go on a crazy diet regardless. Hence, I have decided to provide some key tips on how to minimize the damage.
Why is crash dieting so bad for you? I would say the biggest drawback is the rebound weight gain that can happen afterwards. This rebound usually leaves the crash dieter heavier than before.
So without further ado, here are some guidelines for extreme dieting:
1. Learn how to ramp off. You cannot just stop a crash diet and immediately resume eating the way you used to. Enzyme up-regulation and a morphed metabolism will make you regain weight at an accelerated rate. Instead, you have to slowly transition out of the diet.
2. Supplement. You will have to supplement your diet with a high quality multivitamin. Do your research and buy the best one you can get.
3. Do your most important work when you are most alert. Because of circadian rhythm alerting, there are two times during the day when your levels of alertness peak. Identify these times and do your most important work when alertness is at its highest.
4. Use distraction when the hunger strikes. Go to the mall, do some gardening, watch a movie, etc. Anything that gets your mind off of the hunger. Some top wrestlers usually play video games to get their minds off of the extreme pre-competition dieting.
5. Embrace the rebound.You are going to gain weight once you stop, period. Do your best to minimize the rebound, but do not get down once it happens.
6. Short term use only. Sticking to a drastic diet long term is a metabolic death wish. You can seriously alter your metabolism in a very negative way. So make sure you use a drastic diet sparingly for short bursts ONLY.
Crash dieting is very tough. And in most cases it is not worth it. Nevertheless, if you decide to go on an extreme diet please follow the tips in this article so that you can minimize the damage.
Writer Katherine Crawford, a Harvard exercise expert and recent arm fat victim, is an expert on exercise for women. Learn how to get sexy and toned arms now by exploring her blog on arm exercise.