Hholidays are the hardest time to stick to a diet. Calorie counting is the only way to know what you are really getting, and you can get a helping hand in the process.
Prevention magazines new book, “400-calorie fix” lays out a calorie counting plan that will show you how to eat 4 meals per day of 400 calories each. The book comes with 400 recipes to build your 400 calorie meals. This is the easiest way to do calorie counting because you just eat the meals they give you 3 or 4 times per day.
Thursday Nov. 19 2009 on the Rachael Ray show, Rachael will have a guest on that tells how she lost 6 pounds in 2 days. The diet lets you eat anything you want, as long as you can keep it under the 400 calorie limit.This calorie counting diet, is easy even though you will have to track all the calories that you eat.
The 1600 calories is not sufficient for people who exercise regularly, and larger people, if you don't want to loose muscle as well as fat. If you just want to lose weight, the plan will work because of the low calorie total.
The 400 calorie meal is a good amount to eat a healthy diet, the number of meals is not enough for athletes. Adding an extra meal would work well, if done with a good weight training and cardio program. This would keep your muscle, and burn off the fat. Read hear for cardio tips to go with the diet plan.
Having a listing of 400 meals that are 400 calories is something that any dieter could find very useful.
Prevention is taking all the planning and calculating out of calorie counting. Sounds like the 400-calorie fix is a real time saver and a great idea.
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