Diets in the media: Big losers, metabolism boosters, and real food
How real women have lost big
Good Housekeeping’s March issue looks at women who have lost big. Five women profiled in the issue have lost a total of more than 400 pounds. Donna Lennart, who lost 83 pounds and has kept it off for five years, said she treated losing weight like a job. She used Weight Watchers, threw out the food she didn’t “absolutely love” and credits low-calorie swaps and doing some kid of exercise daily as helping her reach her goal.
Chris Spirou, a 130-pound loser, developed gestational diabetes during her second pregnancy and was warned she was well on her way to becoming a full-blown diabetic. She used Jenny Craig to slim down and says choosing healthy snacks, putting more veggies than called for into dishes and exercising in the morning helped her lose big.
Other women featured in the article used the faith-based Weigh Down Workshop and Weight Watchers. The magazine also checks in with Valerie Bertinelli, who says she’s rewarding herself with shoes now instead of food.
Eat to boost your metabolism
Family Circle magazine offers tips on how to boost your metabolism to lose more weight. Naturally it recommends exercise as the easiest way to give calorie burning a boost, and it also mentions eating breakfast as well as two other meals and three snacks during the day to keep your metabolism working.
It suggests having some protein and fiber at every meal and snack because digesting these compounds will boost the metabolism. Drinking water may also be helpful. The magazine also says not to fret if you see other people who never seem to gain weight or who lose quickly — men, younger people and those who are genetically predisposed to having a faster metabolism naturally burn more calories.
More metabolism secrets
Prevention magazine also featured metabolism-boosting tips in its March issue. That magazine suggests specific exercises that should be done to boost lean muscle mass, and is particularly geared to women over 40.
The magazine includes many of the same tips for keeping your metabolism going, such as making sure you eat enough calories, have breakfast, get lots of fiber and protein and drink tons of water. It also suggests drinking a couple cups of coffee or tea daily, getting more iron and vitamin D, drinking milk and cutting back on alcohol if you have more than a drink or two a day.
Losing weight with real foods
Woman’s Day offers a diet plan to help women lose a size by summer by skipping the diet foods and eating healthy “real” foods instead. The diet includes 1,500 to 1,700 calories a day and loads people up with plenty of fiber and protein (there they are again). Fruits, veggies, salads and lean meats are also on the menu.
This magazine also profiles women who’ve lost weight and kept it off. These women recommend low-calorie, real-food diets, eating out less often, starting slow on exercise, switching from soda to water, using a scale to measure portion sizes and cutting out foods that lack nutritional value. Good advice all.
(By Sarah E. White for CalorieLab Calorie Counter News)
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