There is not one but several low calorie diets.

Weight Watchers, Cohen, intermittent fasting ... All are part of it.

What is the principle? The term "low calorie" means "less energy". The goal of the low-calorie diet is to reduce the daily intake of calories to force the body to tap into its reserves.

Energy intake is reduced, including fat and fast sugars, while maintaining a high level of dietary diversity and avoiding deficiencies. This type of diet requires a lot of discipline. When reducing calories, the risk is to take back all the pounds lost if you suddenly stop the diet by rearranging normally. The goal is rather to relearn how to eat properly, to diversify food while making sure to limit energy intake.

Low calorie diet: losing weight gradually to lose weight permanently

A woman needs about 1800 kcal per day (compared to 2000 for a man). During a low calorie diet, the intake ranges from 1200 to 1500 kcal.

If the desired weight loss is greater than 5 kilos, it is advisable to be accompanied by a doctor or a dietician, who will be able to ensure the deficiencies.

It is easier to slowly lower calorie intake and plan for slow, but calmer weight loss.

Indeed, the more you feel deprived, the more you tend to give up.

If we gradually change our habits by reducing our excesses little by little, we can say goodbye to the feeling of frustration that usually accompanies low calorie diets too strict.

Set goals (and stick to them)

Let's not be in a hurry: we have reasonable goals.

For example, we abandon a bad habit a week and after a few months, we will have acquired a better food hygiene.

Bad habits to ban (in priority): fried foods, unwanted snacking, soft drinks, carbonated and alcohol, dishes in sauce (yes, it's difficult, we know), large amounts of starch ( molo on the pasta bolo!).

Finally, we do not close at the table, we integrate a fruit (not too rich in sugar) or a vegetable meal and we eat at fixed times.

Gradually, the stomach tightens and we enter a diet low calorie, without noticing it.

How to recognize a good low calorie diet?

You can follow your own low calorie diet , reducing our energy intake.

But if we are not inspired or if we need a well-defined framework, there are many low calorie diets to follow to the letter, menu after menu, dish after dish.

On the other hand, some are too strict, lead to deficiencies and the unbearable effect yoyo.

To know if our low calorie diet is good, we keep these two rules in mind: the diet should be slightly private and should not cause fatigue; the hypocaloric diet must be maintained for life by adjusting the quantities without causing deficiencies.

It must be varied and balanced. If you're a bit hungry when you're about to eat, do not worry, it's perfectly normal.

And if you make an excess, ban guilt: the food balance is a week, so we can easily catch up the next day.