If you are thinking losing weight and are wondering how to do the oatmeal diet to accomplish that, you may find it easier than you expect. The oatmeal diet not only incorporates oatmeal into each meal, but also skim milk, fruits and vegetables. Since oatmeal has been shown to lower LDL cholesterol and reduce blood pressure, your body will benefit in other ways also. Steps 1Eat 1/2 cup whole oatmeal at each meal. You may have 1/2 cup of skim milk with it if you desire. Along with the oatmeal, you can eat a small serving of other food. Try sticking to low-fat foods such as yogurt, pudding or 4 ounces of lean meat. Your daily calorie count should not exceed 1,200 calories per day. 2Exercise at least 30 minutes. Aim to include some form of physical activity 3 to 5 days per week. Don't limit yourself to typical gym-based exercises either. Vigorous house cleaning is one example of a non-traditional exercise that can burn calories. 3Eat a fruit or vegetable snack in b...
Wouldn't it be convenient if you could eat whatever you wanted, in whatever amount you desired, and still manage to lose weight? A popular new diet craze taking England by storm may soon be making its way across the pond. But there is a catch: you have to practically starve for two days a week. The appropriately-dubbed "Fast Diet" (also referred to as the "5:2 Diet" or the "Feast and Famine Diet") claims to help you drop pounds while allowing you to stuff your face, guilt-free, as long as you only do that five days a week and then force yourself to function on a mere 500-600 calories for the other two days. Generally, on a usual day of fasting, followers of the diet eat two very small meals, each containing around 250-300 calories, based on gender (women are allowed roughly 500 calories on a fasting day and men get roughly 600 calories). It's suggested that you focus on getting more plant-based foods and protein on fast days, and th...