The Flat Belly Diet is modeled on the traditional Mediterranean diet, a style of eating based on the Southern Mediterranean region. The diet was first proposed by two editors from the Prevention magazine, Liz Vaccariello and Cynthia Sass, in their book titled The Flat Belly Diet.
The Flat Belly Diet promises you a flattened belly and it ensures a weight loss of up to 15 pounds in just 32 days. This diet program comes as a boon for millions of people who want to shed a few inches or more off their waistline.
The Flat Belly Diet Meal Plan
The Flat Belly Diet begins with a 4 day startup program called the Four-Day Anti-Bloat Jumpstart. It aims to eliminate gas and excess fluids from your body. This four-day anti-bloat jumpstart phase is designed to reduce bloating. It sets the mind of the dieters to a healthier eating plan. During the jumpstart, you are required to drink 2 liters of daily watery mixes of citrus, herbs, and cucumber.
The main part of this diet runs into 28 days after the initial four-day diet. You are required to consume 400 calories per meal during this phase of the diet. Care should be taken not to go without foods for more than four hours. Flat Belly Diet also advises you to make good use of the health benefits of drinking pure water. It is advisable that you drink 8 glasses of water a day, all through the diet program.
Flat Belly Diet Exercises
The Flat Belly Diet plan recommends exercises, though advertisements marketing the diet claim that no exercise is required. It goes without saying that the diet has to be accompanied by adequate amounts of exercise to bring about the desired results. The diet program suggests a number of cardio workouts, walking plans, and a series of body resistance training exercises.
Conclusion
The Flat Belly Diet is a normal approach to dieting with the excpetion of adding more than normal amounts of ‘good fats’. The flat belly diet uses diet and exercise to reduce weight but 12 pounds in 32 days is a little too much weight to maintain. Also, eating 1600 calories will be under most peoples BMR (Basal Metabolic Rate) for the day and will most likely cause binge eating during or after the diet which will cause the yo-yo effect. If you do try this diet make sure to exercise often and workout hard to increase your muscle mass.
February 11, 2011 at 12:02 am
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