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Every Other Day Diet - Every Other Day Diet for Rapid Weight

BY Joann Wilkinson | 11-25-2009 | 4:09 AM
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To help people lose weight and stay satisfied the Every Other  Day Diet allows one day of eating normally and next day of dieting only consuming 300-400  calories on that day. The diet was designed by Dr. Daugirdas.

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The diet has not been completely evaluated for its effectiveness; but, anyone who has the following illnesses should not use this diet: kidney or heart disease, diabetes, eating disorders, strokes or hypertension.

Eating normally every other day is believed to assist dieters in avoiding their metabolism decreasing which often happens with low calorie diets.

Eat a big breakfast on normal days; but, do not eat after 7pm. Restrict the amount of sweets eaten and choose healthy foods. Do not eat too much.

The caloric intake for a man is’00-2400 calories. For a woman, the intake is 1200-1800 calories. Age and activity level will determine the exact amount needed.

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The Every Other Day Diet teaches you a new approach to calories, fat and how your body processes them. Fat is fuel and is a necessary part of your diet. Losing weight does not mean starving yourself. Fat is part of our every day eating. Attempting to do away with it is unrealistic.

Most diets try to make you act like you do not  like foods high in fat. So, in the beginning, you follow the rules. Then the cravings start. If you eat food that is forbidden, you end up feeling guilty. You have been programmed to believe that eating these foods at anytime will stop your weight loss.

This simply is not  true. Being deprived of these foods will result in failure at some point. The EEOD diet does not deprive you or make you feel like you are starving. It uses Planned Variance. During your burn days, eat low calorie, high protein foods and a reasonable amount of carbs. On feed days, eat what you want within reason of course. There is enough variety to your diet that you will not over eat or starve.

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Five food plans are included. The Primer Plan for beginners, The Lifestyle Phase 1 Plan for beginner and intermediate dieters, The Lifestyle Phase 2 Plan for fat burning, The Extreme Plan for body builders and The Ultimate Plan for those obsessed with fitness. You will eat certain types of foods 5 times a day. You can have junk food at one meal every other day.

The diet has shown  promising results on increasing the life span of animals involved in research. Staying on the diet will be easier because it only requires one day of dieting.

The EODD plan means that you have one day of eating normally and one day of eating  light. The day where you eat light consists of 300-400 calories.

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