| Anyone who has been on a low calorie diet | | | | cycle, after which you move into a period of up |
| knows that there are many restrictions. You have | | | | to 3 days when you are off the diet and can eat |
| to give up your favorite foods on a consistent | | | | whatever you want. This is a highly desirable |
| basis and in return, if you are lucky, you can drop | | | | advantage and prevents common diet saboteurs |
| a pound or two a week. Of course the harsh | | | | such as boredom or feelings of being deprived |
| reality is that your weight loss slows the longer | | | | your favorite foods. |
| you stay on your diet forcing you to cut even | | | | How do calorie shifting diets speed up fat loss? |
| more calories out of your day. Besides being slow, | | | | The reason you can lose weight faster using |
| this is no way to live. | | | | these plans is because varying your calorie intake |
| There is an alternative and it is called calorie | | | | keeps your metabolism from dropping. When you |
| shifting. This is not a new fad; in fact, it has a long | | | | eat a low calorie diet for weeks on end your |
| and proven history of helping both men and | | | | body reads this as a threat to your survival and |
| women lose weight fast and without the crazy | | | | slows your metabolism so you do not burn off all |
| restrictions that come with low calorie diets. | | | | your stored energy (i.e. body fat) and starve to |
| How are these plans different? | | | | death. |
| The basic difference between calorie shifting and | | | | These diets spike your metabolism every few |
| other dieting methods is that it keeps shifting the | | | | days; because you follow a dieting period with a |
| number of calories you eat from low to higher, | | | | few overeating days you keep boosting your |
| which keeps your body confused and does not | | | | metabolic rate and speeding up fat loss. |
| allow it to adapt and slow your weight loss. You | | | | Many people find success with these calorie |
| also need to eat four or more meals a day in | | | | rotation plans, even when they have failed with |
| varying calorie amounts, which keeps your | | | | other dieting methods and because calorie shifting |
| metabolism strong and prevents you from getting | | | | keeps your metabolism high you find it easier to |
| too hungry. | | | | keep the weight off once you reach your goal. If |
| What makes calorie shifting easy to follow? | | | | you are not losing weight on your low calorie diet, |
| Most people find this to be a very easy type of | | | | then it is time to take a new approach and give |
| diet to stick with because these diets follow a diet | | | | calorie shifting a try. |