What are the best diet plans for someone who is overweight?

Answer 1

I don't know if this is the most popular weight loss trick but I know it's worked for me. Cut your portions to 3 meals a day the size of your fist. If you do that you won't be stretching your stomach out. Also, drink a lot of water and if you think drinking it plain is boring add Crystal Light packages to it. Eat lots of fruit and vegetables and try not to eat any sweets. I hope this helps

Answer 2

What is the best obesity diet is a question asked by many people. On this page, we answer that question and outline a Ketogenic diet that has worked for many people.

You need to avoid or strictly limit refined processed carbohydrates (apart from an occasional treat). In addition, reduce your intake of saturated fats. However, you must include some fat in your diet for good health and to sustain life.

As deliciously addictive as they are, refined processed carbohydrates are a major cause of weight gain, obesity, insulin resistance, type 2 Diabetes, Heart disease, hypertension, and many other diet related diseases. If you are unsure what refined processed carbohydrates are, you will find the page link, to a list, at the bottom of this answer.

An excellent recent book that covers this subject of refined processed carbohydrates and the cravings for them is Compulsive Overeating Help: How You Can Stop Food Cravings, Food Addiction, or Emotional Eating in 6 Simple Steps, by Dennis E. Bradford, Ph.D. It's available in Kindle or paperback form, and was a number 1 best seller at Amazon where you can borrow or buy it.

Unlike protein and fats, there is no minimum daily requirement of carbohydrate for good health or to sustain life. So, what should your daily allowance of carbohydrate be for the best obesity diet. Well, the answer can vary. The range for a ketogenic diet is usually from 20 up to 30 grams daily. It varies from person to person.

It is easy to test to see if you are in ketosis by self-testing your urine with reagent strips (they are called Ketostix). Simply adjust your individual carbohydrate intake until you are getting a reading twice daily in the "trace" or "small" range. This will give you maximum fat loss. You can easily buy Ketostix on eBay, Amazon, or at many (but not all) pharmacies. They are not expensive and they are very easy to use.

Do not severely restrict calories. Instead, severely restrict refined processed carbohydrates. Replace those refined processed carbohydrates with 'fat burning' foods. Make good use of the fat-burning thermic effect of fat burning, which are nutritious foods. Eat lean meat, chicken, fish, beneficial fats, low carbohydrate vegetables and low carbohydrate fruits such as berries.

For a full list of fat burning foods, and more about the thermic effect, and how it works, you will find a page link at the bottom of this answer. You will also find page links to free carbohydrate (and calorie) charts for fruit and vegetables at the bottom of this answer.

If you have become very insulin resistance (and many obese people are without knowing it), you may find that you need to count calories as well as carbohydrates for the best obesity diet.

So, if you have taken on board the above information, here is the best way to proceed:

As long as your personal physician approves it first, the best obesity diet is usually one that will put you in a state of benign dietary ketosis. The reason this works well in cases of obesity is that anyone who obese is usually insulin resistant (as stated before, often without being aware of it).

Do not worry: there is no minimum daily requirement for carbohydrates for health or to sustain life; so counting carbohydrates is not unhealthy. Get only 20 to 30 grams of carbohydrates per day to put you into ketosis. Be sure to drink plenty of water to enable your body to deal with this type of protein diet, and ingest sufficient quality, unprocessed, proteins and good fats.

If you are insulin resistant, you will have a tendency to gain weight easily; you will also find it difficult to lose weight (particularly if you count calories rather than carbohydrates).

In addition, in my professional experience, most overweight people (and many normal weight people) are addicted to refined processed carbohydrates. In fact, about 3 out of 4 North American and British adults are carbohydrate addicted. Unfortunately, the average dietary daily intake of carbohydrates for Brits and Americans is about 300 grams. Sadly, most of those carbohydrates are refined processed carbohydrates.

So, the key to losing body fat for the best obesity diet is to shift your body from burning carbohydrates to burning fats. To do that, it is necessary to cut your intake of refined processed carbohydrates and high carbohydrate foods of any kind. If you cut your intake, your body will automatically shift to burning fat. Obviously, for the best obesity diet you want your body to burn stored fat.

People with certain medical conditions should not go on a ketogenic diet, which is why getting your physician's approval in advance is important. If you are otherwise healthy, the best way for a clinically obese person to lose body fat is to use a low carbohydrate ketogenic diet.

Unlike protein and fats, there is no minimum daily requirement for carbohydrate in order to flourish physically or to sustain life. However, they do have many beneficial phytochemicals and fiber so eating a limited amount is fine (as long as they are unprocessed). Get those carbohydrates from natural sources such as (preferably organic) fresh, non-starchy, low carbohydrate leafy green vegetables and low carbohydrate fruits such as berries.

Recent books on the subject of benign dietary ketosis are Protein Power, and The Protein Power Lifeplan, by Michael R. Eades, M.D., and Mary Dan Eades, M.D.

Of course, regular weight/strength training and walking (cardio) are also particularly helpful when you have lost enough body fat to do this comfortably. For example, proper strength training will increase your amount of lean muscle, which is your metabolic furnace that will burn extra calories 24 hours a day and not just when you are exercising. Similarly, walking for weight loss will speed up your metabolism during and immediately after your walks. Unless you are too overweight to exercise comfortably, you could join a local gym or you could exercise at home.

If you need to lose weight before you are able to exercise comfortably, then simply begin by changing your dietary habits by following the best obesity diet, and add exercise later. As a precaution, consult with your physician or medical adviser before changing your dietary or exercise habits.

So, in addition to the three books mentioned earlier, for free list, charts and plans to get you started see the page links below:

1. A list of refined processed carbohydrates, to avoid or strictly limit, for the best obesity diet
2. Fat burning foods (to replace the refined processed carbohydrates), and more about the thermic effect of fat burning foods, for the best obesity diet
3. Low carbohydrate foods and how to use them with the best obesity diet
4. The low carbohydrate Paleo/Paleolithic/Stone Age Diet is the best obesity diet and a ketogenic diet cure for many other health related problems
5. A free carbohydrate fruit chart (calories too) to use as daily guides with the best obesity diet, and for weight maintenance once you have reached your goal
6. A free carbohydrate vegetable chart (calories too) to use as daily guides with the best obesity diet, and for weight maintenance once you have reached your goal
7. And here is lots of additional useful information and tips (plus gentle exercise plans if you are able)
8. How to know if you are obese rather than overweight

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Answer 3

Try out Kevin Trudeau's method, because it work well on targeting belly fat. A main component of this will be walking 1 hour a day.

Answer 4

If you are looking to lose that much weight safely you really should consult with a doctor. I think Weight Watchers might be another good choice, but really a doctor needs to be involved.