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Fitness Tips For 4/11/2007
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Different Types Of Diets
Fixed-menu diet. A fixed-menu diet provides a list of all the foods
you will eat. This kind of diet can be easy to follow because the
foods are selected for you. But, you get very few different food
choices which may make the diet boring and hard to follow away
from home. In addition, fixed-menu diets do not teach the food
selection skills necessary for keeping weight off. If you start with
a fixed-menu diet, you should switch eventually to a plan that
helps you learn to make meal choices on your own, such as an
exchange-type diet.
Exchange-type diet. An exchange-type diet is a meal plan with a
set number of servings from each of several food groups. Within
each group, foods are about equal in calories and can be
interchanged as you wish. For example, the "starch" category
could include one slice of bread or 1/2 cup of oatmeal; each is
about equal in nutritional value and calories. If your meal plan
calls for two starch choices at breakfast, you could choose to eat
two slices of bread, or one slice of bread and 1/2 cup of oatmeal.
With the exchange-type diet plans, you have more day-to-day
variety and you can easily follow the diet away from home. The
most important advantage is that exchange-type diet plans
teach the food selection skills you need to keep your weight off.
Prepackaged-meal diet. These diets require you to buy
prepackaged meals. Such meals may help you learn appropriate
portion sizes. However, they can be costly. Before beginning
this type of program, find out whether you will need to buy the
meals and how much the meals cost. You should also find out
whether the program will teach you how to select and prepare
food, skills that are needed to sustain weight loss.
Formula diet. Formula diets are weight-loss plans that replace
one or more meals with a liquid formula. Most formula diets are
balanced diets containing a mix of protein, carbohydrate, and
usually a small amount of fat. Formula diets are usually sold as
liquid or a powder to be mixed with liquid. Although formula
diets are easy to use and do promote short-term weight loss,
most people regain the weight as soon as they stop using the
formula. In addition, formula diets do not teach you how to
make healthy food choices, a necessary skill for keeping your
weight off.
Flexible diets. Some programs or books suggest monitoring
fat only, calories only, or a combination of the two, with the
individual making the choice of both the type and amount of
food eaten. This flexible type of approach works well for
many people, and teaches them how to control what they
eat. One drawback of flexible diets is that some don't
consider the total diet. For example, programs that monitor
fat only often allow people to take in unlimited amounts of
excess calories from sugars, and therefore don't lead to
weight loss.
It is important to choose an eating plan that you can live
with. The plan should also teach you how to select and
prepare healthy foods, as well as how to maintain your
new weight. Remember that many people tend to regain
lost weight. Eating a healthful and nutritious diet to
maintain your new weight, combined with regular
physical activity, helps to prevent weight regain.
