Crash Diets Plans

A guide to Crash Diet Plans

It’s estimated that we spend more than $40 billion dollars each year in our attempt to lose weight. Most of us become desperate and set large goals that led us eventually in trying a crash diet plan. We are a society that always looks for a quick fix or solution to achieve our weight loss goals.

What is a Crash Diet
Crash diets plans are known for their low calorie count, which ofcourse, will cause many changes to take place within the human body. Some of these changes can led to our weight loss goals and can be seen as good, and other changes are not so good. Crash diets are usually based on the current diet fads and are largely responsible for the “yo-yo syndrome”, where we lose and then regain weight and then repeat the process over and over again, usually ending up heavier than when started.

Crash Diet Plans usually have these four points in common:

1. These diets contain one type or group of food, or eating only at certain times of the day.

2. They may call for eating an unusual amount of one particular supplement, vitamin, herb, or mineral.

3. They may include exercising, but only using a very specific set of exercises.

4. Crash diets feature extreme calorie restriction, usually between 600 to 1,250 calories per day.

Risks of Crash Dieting
When most people are done with their “crash diet” they usually “crash” and gain the weight right back becuase they do not change their eating habits upon completion of the crash diet plan. Don’t be surprised that you will probably gain even more weight back after a crash diet if you don’t change your eating and exercising habits upon completion. Change your ways and start being healthy no matter how small of a change, stick with it. Some people actually gain weight on crash diet plans!

You mau ask how is it possible to not lose pounds while eating less than you normally do? Its considered common knowledge that to lose weight you must take in less calories than you burn?

The answer is simple and sometimes complex to belive. After losing the first few pounds of weight shortly after going on a crash diet, which is water weight, most dieters hit a plateau, as well as gaining back more than they initially lost. This is because of the severe stress put on the body. The caloric restrictions and your body’s extreme reaction to no food. Your body and brain think they are being “starved,” the body switches gears and instead of losing weight, starts to panic and quickly begins to store any calories that aren’t burned to save for future use.

Here are some of the other possible outcomes when following an unhealthy crash diet plan, or extremely restricting your caloric and nutritional intake:

1. Low Blood Sugar

2. Decreased HDL cholesterol- good cholestral your body needs

3. Depression

4. Dizziness

5. Loss of lean muscle mass

6. Increased risk of osteoporosis

7. Organ damage, temporary or permanent

8. Vitamin/mineral deficiency

Crash diet plans should never be considered as a long-term weight loss solution, use them as a way to kick start your weight loss and enable you to head down the right path to achieve a healthier lifestyle overall in addition to losing pounds and inches of body fat.