The Alternate Diet
There are many different diets around today, like The Keto Diet, Intermittent Fasting and The Mediterranean Diet, to name a few of the more popular ones, but the The Alternate Diet is unique in as many ways as it is simple.
They key is to create a healthy awareness of eating, whilst satisfying the body and brain that everything is normal in allowing you NOT to put on weight.
The benefit is that you get to eat what you enjoy on alternate days, but in moderation, hence the name The Alternate Diet. On alternate days it is suggested that you eat a healthy, balanced meal with a lean protein as the main ingredient, for example lean chicken or fish, so there will still be a choice of options.
Every day, you will measure your intake of calories to ensure you are in line with your Goals and Objectives, which will be carefully established over the next four sections. Adherence to your known daily needs will ensure you keep your trend moving in the right direction.
IMPORTANT: You should always consult your general practitioner to align your diet and objectives with your own medical conditions. The content furnished here is based on personal experience of weight loss and for information purposes only.
The Alternate Diet
The Alternate Diet is followed for 7 days per week, and alternate days are where the lean protein meal is eaten as a main meal ie. every other day while you are on the Diet. This may include chicken, turkey, lean red meat or fish.
Every other day, you may eat anything you wish, but still observing the rules that you have set for your diet in terms of intake.
Since The Alternate Diet has only a few basic rules, it is easy to follow and allows you to continue eating in a way that is good for you.
Also, since there are seven days in a week, ie.an odd number of days, if you have a certain day of the week where you eat or drink in an unhealthy way, The Alternate Diet will naturally limit this to every second week whilst you are following the plan.
Should you stray away from the plan, however, it is easy to pick up again and resume. It is also flexible, for travelling, special occasion days, etc.
Steady weight loss is important for your health and also the adoption of healthy eating habits as a lifestyle change means you will be able to maintain the diet for the longer term and control your weight into the future.
Targeting the average person, the aim of this Plan is to lose around 3kg of weight every month.
Please note: Individual results will vary and this may not be achievable for every body. Weight loss using this Plan depends on your personal situation and circumstances, but weight loss of 3kg per month is a reasonable, general goal for the average person who is carrying a good number of extra kilograms.
The Alternate Diet is a plan based on good nutrition and eating a balanced diet. It encourages the individual to take responsibility for what they eat and builds knowledge around the effects of food on the body so that wise eating and lifestyle choices can be made.
You CAN regain control of your body and your life with the knowledge and tools gained in the implementation of The Alternate Diet.
In Summary:
Each alternate day, you will choose a main meal of lean protein and low carbs. The rest of the day, you will limit your intake to your calculated calorie requirement.
On the other days, you can eat what you want to eat, provided they are in the right proportions and calorie totals for your weight loss plan.
This method allows you a good measure of flexibility and helps you to learn how to eat correctly for your body and lifestyle, whilst losing weight.
It’s not what you eat, but when you eat it and how much you eat, hence the important introduction of monitoring of your food intake.
This Members’ Area gives you all the tools and information you need to follow The Alternate Diet and successfully learn how to lose weight.
The next four sections will help you start your journey to lose weight:
1) Get Started
2) Set Goals
3) Make Your Plan
4) Take Action
Lose weight for the long term - and keep it off using The Alternate Diet
Did you know? 1kg of fat is 7,700 calories.
This means that, in order to lose 1kg of fat, you need to be in a calorie deficit of 7,700 calories.
If, for 10 days, if you are consuming just 770 calories less than you need, you should lose that 1kg of weight. This is very attainable.
Also, this falls in with exactly where we want to be ie. it is our objective to lose around 3kg per month, on an ongoing basis, then we are looking to lose +/- 100 g per day, every day, for the long term goal.
This might sound funny, or obvious, but if we only consume the calories we require in a day, our weight will not change. If we consume more, our weight will increase BUT if we take in less calories than we need, it will decrease. This means that by :-
a) knowing how many calories we need to consume in a day and
b) measuring our intake of calories in a day
we can accurately work out which way we are going on our scales ie. up or down.
That is exactly what we do - we measure everything we eat to ensure we are on track and moving the scales in the right direction.
Measuring food intake sounds like a chore, but once we get used to portion sizes and we get to know what is good and what is bad, we will quickly have the formula for personal success. Also, we suggest tools and tips to make this process much easier for you.
Some simple calculations and a little knowledge about food are all we need to set up a diet and habits that can benefit us and last a lifetime.
This is why, when some diets say that pizza, doughnuts, fast food must be excluded, we say that they can be consumed - but in a controlled way.
I hope that you are starting to see how you can enjoy losing weight with The Alternate Diet
Proceed to the next section where we will Get Started in preparation to set Goals and make a Plan of Action.