4 rules you need to know before starting a diet plan

If you’re about to embark on making some positive lifestyle changes with your dieting plan– no matter if it is a raw food diet or a paleo diet or juice cleanse– there аrе ѕоmе kеу things уоu should know as you get started.

Far too many brave enthusiasts just dive into the first diet plan they come across, only to find out this diet does not bring the results they were hoping for. Far too often the reason for this is simply due to the fact they weren’t prepared from the start.
Let’s go over a few of the key beginner’s dieting tips to help you set on a successful road to your ideal body shape.

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1. Slowly Decrease Your Calories Intake

Rather than go from eating 2500+ calories per day down to 1200 calories per day, slowly decrease your calories intake week by week. Not only will this help you mentally adapt to the reduced food intake, but your body won’t see it as a threat to its survival. Very low-calorie intakes that come on suddenly tend to make your body want to cling onto its body fat, preserving what it currently has. Clearly this won’t be getting you any points in positive direction as far as optimal fat burning goes.

2. Don’t Overcomplicate At The Beginning

Next, don’t overcomplicate things. Right now is not the time to worry about intricate macro combinations or even to focus too heavily on food timing. Instead, focus on eating the right amount of food and making sure your food choices are from healthy, natural sources.

Doing this will ensure that you are on track to greater success. Only once you’ve done this successfully should you start focusing in on the smaller details.

3. Try new foods

Trying new foods is also a must for any beginner. Usually the things that throw’s “new dieters” off track is feeling bored with the food they’re eating and then suffering from food cravings for those foods they normally enjoyed.
To get around this, try new foods regularly. Where this means cooking up a new healthy protein boosting recipe on Sunday evenings or just venturing to pick up a vegetable you’ve never tried before: both are excellent options as far as improving your dietary adherences goes.

4. Have Realistic Expectations

Finally, make sure you have realistic expectations as well. Remember you are not going to lose 10 pounds in one week-regardless of what some diets tell you. Slow and steady wins this game. Aim for a 1/2 to 2 pound weight loss per week and you can rest assured you’ll keep the unwanted weight off for good.