Some things you should know about the Diet Generator:
1. The program support vegetarian as well by providing a selection of "vegetarian " or "regular". Once you pick your choice, the program will put you into a series of multi choice session to obtain your 14 favorite foods. These obtained foods will be the base to create 11 days meal plans, which consist of 4 meals per day.
2. You should eat the 4 meals at minimum 2.5 hours apart.
3. The program put no portion limit, so you can eat as much as you like.
4. The foods selection made up of lean proteins, fruit, vegetables, and whole foods as fat source (cottage cheese, eggs). Some starchy carbohydrates also added, such as oats and pasta.
5. No special or expensive foods required.
6. The 4th day is typically a fruit and vegetables day which is only consist of 3 meals a day: two meals of vegetables and one meal of fruit.
7. There are 3 cheat days after 11 days meal plans where you can eat anything you like before back to the 11 days cycle again.
8. Do not eat until you overly stuffed; you must eat until you are at the point of being full, but not until feeling stuffed.
9. A glass of wine is allowed each day, but its optional.
10. For those who pick the vegetarian path, the Diet Generator will substitute meat with soy products (soy chicken, soy beef, etc) and increase the nuts proportion (unsalted nuts, walnuts, and macadamias).
Some menu taken from the Diet Generator:
Sample 1: Meal 1: Frozen Yogurt. Meal 2: Delicious Shrimp. Meal 3: Orange-Pineapple Smoothie. Meal 4: Tuna Salad Plate.
Sample 2: Meal 1: Banana milk shake or oatmeal. Meal 2: Tuna salad or fruit salad. Meal 3: Fish fillet or sandwich of your choice. Meal 4: Cottage cheese or scrambled eggs.
As you can look in the examples, there are not much food variation in a meal; but remember that you must eat 4 times per day and there are no portion limit, which mean that you are allowed to eat as much as you like. You can also cook your food the way you like it, whether to grill, roast, or anything else.
Nutritional Breakdown; Since the program suggest the user to eat until you satisfied, its hard to count the exact calorie intake. Rough analyzes of typical day's meal suggest that this is a low carbohydrates, low fat, and high protein diet. But it is only a rough analysis, the everyday meal plans itself cannot be identified, sometimes it consist of more carbohydrates, sometimes more protein; this perhaps due to the creator's calculation based on the calorie shifting theory. There are also theories that the rapid weight loss comes from water loss due to reduction in carbohydrates intake and the protein intake are a little too high for some people.
Conclusion; While it is proved to work in many cases, the basics behind the Diet Generator remained unknown since there are no supports or people known behind this program. The important thing when using the Diet Generator is knows your own limit, eat until you are full but not overly stuffed; this will help you to avoid lack or carbohydrates or too much protein.
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