Cereal Dieter

A diet that consists mostly of soup, cereal and salads could definitely help someone to lose weight.

Here’s a sample of a Soup, Cereal and Salad diet:

Sample day:
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Breakfast: Cereal with fruit
Snack: Fruit or cereal bar
Lunch: Soup and Salad
Snack: Raw Vegetables
Dinner: Soup and Salad
Late night snack: Raw fruit, vegetables, cereal bar or bowl of cereal

Another great snack idea is a smoothie. A papaya smoothie, for example could be a great weight loss tool!

This type of diet could produce some great results but if you follow it for too long, it could result in problems because you need enough calories and the right nutrients to be healthy and a healthy body has a fast working metabolism as well as healthy digestive system. You also want to choose healthful soups, salads and cereal or this diet could be counterproductive.

If you wanted to follow this type of diet for a week it could provide some fast results. Here are some tips to make it a little bit safer and more nutritious:

Hearty, Healthy Soups
Change the soup recipe regularly to ensure it has enough vitamins and protein and not too much sodium. Soups with meat and beans are a great idea. Stews are also a good option for a dinner time meal.

Lots of Colour in your Salad
A salad that’s made of mostly lettuce won’t be all that nutritious or filling. The more colour, the more nutrients. Don’t hesitate to add grilled chicken, hard boiled eggs and beans to the salad as well.

Vary your Cereals
Try some high protein, healthy Kashi or multigrain cereals and don’t forget to add fruit or nuts to the cereal for extra nutrients and satiety.

A soup, salad, and cereal diet could definitely help you with weight loss goals for a short term and if you do it right you could end up with a lot of variety and nutrition in this diet.

Effective Metabolism Boosting Using Calorie Shifting Menus
By Dana Prince

Do you wish your metabolism were as hard working as that of a fitness addict? If you’re hoping to boost your metabolism without spending 14 hours a week at the gym, calorie shifting is one such way to do it. The reason that this works is because you, in effect, trick your metabolism into working harder. This can result in weight loss and / or weight maintenance despite a high calorie diet.

The body is a complex machine and this is, in part, regulated by the metabolism. The body is also very adaptable so when you follow a regimen of similar eating patterns the metabolism becomes lax. When it can anticipate what your body is going to get because of similar eating habits, it doesn’t work very hard. By shaking things up, you could make your metabolism work harder so that you burn more calories.

Calorie Shifting

By calorie shifting, you change your habits. This might mean that instead of having a large dinner, your breakfast is your largest meal on some days. It might also mean that you alternate the type of eating you do. This might mean that today is a high protein day and tomorrow you eat mostly vegetables. Of course you want to keep your body’s nutritional needs in mind at all times because your metabolism works best when your body is getting all the nutrients and vitamins it needs. Another possibility is having a low calorie diet for a few weeks and then having several high calorie ‘diet cheat days’ in between which accomplishes two things:

1. It helps you with cravings so you can continue healthier eating without feeling deprived.

2. It tricks your metabolism so that your metabolism works harder.

Metabolisms get sluggish when they anticipate the same type of activity on a regular basis but if get it working at a high rate and then give it a high quantity of calories it might still process those calories as it did the 1200 calories you consumed yesterday.

Metabolism Boosting Foods

Some foods naturally boost your metabolism and release fat burning hormones. Some spices will help your body burn calories for up to three hours after you eat! Adding metabolism boosting foods is a great way to further work your metabolism.

Fiber is Your Friend

A lot of overweight people are constipated. There could be 5-10 pounds of compacted fecal matter living in your body. This can make you feel bloated, increase the circumference of your mid section and create bacteria in your body that feeds candida and cause sugar cravings. Increase your colon transit time by eating about 25 grams of fiber daily and make sure you drink enough water!

Water

Water is essential for your body’s functions so drinking eight or more glasses a day is a great way to facilitate the digestive process. It also helps if you’re feeling a craving when you shouldn’t be eating. A glass of water will often fill you until your next meal or snack.

Zig Zag Diets

A lot of zig zag diets are on the market. You can buy books and access to calorie shifting diet programs that can help you. Many personal trainers can also recommend how to go about caloric cycling.

Counting calories can help you do a metabolism boosting diet but do you want to lose weight without having to manually count calories? An automated calorie shifting diet could be the answer.

Read a review of the Fat Loss 4 Idiots diet at Fat Loss 4 Idiots Diet Review. This diet provides an automated calorie shifting diet plan that offers 14 day cycles that can enable you to lose up to 9 pounds per cycle. That cycle includes 3 full days of eating whatever you want!

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This is the start of a new series called Work Out At Home by the Cereal Dieter. Did you know that housework burns calories? Does that make you want to do more housework? Ok, probably not but here are some tips to burn more calories while you do housework.

• Lunge while you wait.  Waiting for anything? Do lunges while you do. This might be: waiting for a pot to boil, for the microwave to beep, etc.
• Wax on, Wax Off! Exaggerated motions done while dusting can tone your arms. Consider wearing weights on your wrists while you clean and you can help tone!
• While you do the dishes, tighten your core for the count of five and release over and over. Suck that belly button towards your spine!
• Take the long way around to do everything.  Carry groceries in the house a bag at a time, for example.
• Squats while you do laundry.  While you’re moving items from the washer to the dryer or putting them away, a deep knee bend / squat while you reach into the basket can tighten your fanny and your thighs.
• Gardening burns calories. Do more of it!
• Shoveling burns calories. Get out there with your spouse!
• Washing something on your hands and knees? Do some girlie pushups!
• Vacuuming? Tighten everything with each stroke and turn it into a lunge

Tip:  Music makes it more fun and gets you movin’ and groovin’!

There are a lot of ways to increase your caloric burn on a daily basis. Consider wearing a pedometer to see how you’re doing and don’t forget to drink plenty of water every day to help facilitate your metabolism.

Play your cards right and you could be slimmer with a sparkling clean house!