No fairy tales, chemistry is ruthless: if you eat carbohydrates, it will turn into sugar in your body. Sugar is only useful if your body needs immediate energy, otherwise it will store the sugar in the form of fat in different parts of the body.
If you would like to lose weight, you need to decrease the sugar intake, but you should know how. The problem with the calorie and carbohydrate deficit diets is that though they are successful in the short term, after a while (but way before reaching the result) the weightloss stops, and you can eat anything, the scale still won’t change. On the top of it, it is very difficult to keep, because you could feel hunger, tiredness or noisia, and at the same time you want to eat that particular food which is not allowed.
In this case consistency doesn’t bring the desired results either. If you neglect carbohydrates for month, the body will get used to it and at the next occasion it could build up fat even from a tiny little bit. But what is the better solution then?
Cheat on your metabolism!
An old rule, if you would like to lose weight, you have to eat regularily in order to fasten the metabolism. Important thing to know, regarding the carbohydrate consumption and also for the calorie intake is that, it should be reduced only for a short period of time, so that the body cannot get used to it. Otherwise it switches to panic mode and wouldn’t let any extra molecule go. That is why the carb-cycle diet works so well: it never leaves the metabolism to get comfortable. The core of the diet: for three days you need to consume mainly vegetables and protein with vegetable oils and for the following two days you need to reduce the fat intake and mainly fruits, seeds, legumes and starchy veggies are being consumed with a small amount of protein. With this not only the amount of carbohydrate changes, but also the calorie intake. If you do it well, you can get great results in just 10 days. If you would like to lose more than 4-5 kilos, you can continue this diet for months as there is no risk to it.
No fasting!
You can chose from lots of tasty food during the diet, so you won’t be starving. Here is the list what you can consume:
The less carbohydrates days: (for those who still eat meat, fish), eggs, cheese, extra virgin olive oil (or any other cold pressed oil), most of the vegetables (except for potatoes, carrot, beetroot, pees, pulses).
Carbohydrate rich days: all kinds of vegetables and fruits, milk, cottage cheese, yoghurt, nuts and seeds, grains – mainly wholemeal – pasta, (lean meat and fish), eggs and small amount of fat. The main focus on these days, to give as much fiber and lean protein to the body as possible, but the calorie intake should be less than the body utilizes.
6 tips to success
- It is not allowed to have food and drink that contains sugar
- Avoid trans-fats, these are harmful fats mainly in margarine, canola oil, cookies
- You can have small amount of alcohol or a tiny piece of cake, but always stay below 1200 calories
- On the less carbohydrates days don’t count the calories, but make sure you don’t have more than 20-25 grams of carbs, and eat only to feel almost full
- The best to drink pure water or herbal tea, but coffee is not forbidden either
- On the carb days you can drink fruit juices with pulp, but make sure there’s no added sugar in them. They are high in calorie though!
To be continued with sample meal plan for 10 days…
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