Extreme Dieting
People tell me they have tried every diet in the book, the ice cream diet, the cabbage soup diet, the peanut butter and jelly diet, even low carb and low fat diets, and almost every single one will say something along the lines of "…and then I stopped doing it and gained back everything I lost." This is because when you stop eating from major food groups, or only eat one or two things you are eating a low calorie diet. Eat only ice cream three or four times a day and besides getting sick of ice cream rather quickly, you will probably be eating no more than 1800. A half cup serving of regular vanilla ice cream has about 150 calories in it, if you eat three servings at 450 calories four times a day that's only 1800 calories. Exercise for an hour, even moderately and you will burn off 200 of those for a total of 1600 calories a day, which will ensure weight loss. I am not endorsing the ice cream diet or any other extreme dieting plan that requires cutting out major food groups in any way, it is not safe and can very quickly lead to malnutrition and other major health problems. ...continue reading