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| A coffee diet! I've heard the lot now. The next thing | | | | Take the coffee diet to an authorized nutritionist and |
| you know we'll be having something like 'loose 10 | | | | I bet the response is the same. I could be wrong |
| pounds in 7 days with tea and biscuits!' I mean, who | | | | though and you may find through these two visits |
| comes up with these fat blasting ideas? Or more | | | | that a coffee diet is the probably the right thing for |
| importantly, who buys into them? You can just | | | | your weight loss needs. |
| imagine it in the staffroom at your workplace. | | | | You know, we're always looking for the next lazy, or |
| Everyone fighting to get their Cornish pasty in the | | | | should I say easy, no, perhaps effortless weight loss |
| microwave and there's you quietly preparing your | | | | program, but despite it all, the old fashion way still |
| lunch with nothing but a kettle. Okay, ribbing aside, I | | | | wins every time. Can you remember the original diet? |
| guess we should look at this diet in a little more detail | | | | It's simply to put less in your mouth and get more |
| and see what method is behind this seeming | | | | exercise. That's it! Okay, so there are a few whistles |
| madness. | | | | and bells to add like the right types of food and a |
| The article, which was in a slimming magazine, caught | | | | sensible exercise regime, but you get the idea. |
| my eye for a couple of reasons. First, because I'm a | | | | Another thing worth pointing out with the coffee diet |
| lover of java, and second, I could do with losing a | | | | is that it's supposedly a quick fix and not a new way |
| few pounds myslef, so I couldn't help but read it out | | | | of eating (or starving), so perhaps if the dieter uses |
| of curiosity if nothing else. When I got to thinking | | | | it as a jump start to a more sensible eating plan, it's |
| about this, I remember my mother always telling to | | | | not such a bad thing. It also went on to say in the |
| drink a cup of black coffee in the morning as it would | | | | article that the coffee diet is not the foundation of |
| curb my appetite until lunch time. And she was right. | | | | the program. Now this probably doesn't make a lot of |
| Anyway, moving on a tad, the advocates of the | | | | sense, so I'll try to explain. Advocates of the coffee |
| coffee diet propose that anyone who wants to shed | | | | diet strongly urge you to eat well throughout the |
| a bit of weight should do the same as my mother's | | | | day. By well, they mean adopt a healthy food diet |
| suggested, although they made no reference to her | | | | consuming small portions as part of the regime. |
| personally you understand! | | | | The coffee diet simply allows the dieter a moderate |
| However, this weird weight loss approach needs to | | | | intake of coffee throughout the day time, but the |
| be looked into a little deeper before we all jump onto | | | | coffee has to be pure. Lattes and cappuccinos and all |
| the coffee diet bandwagon mouth first. I mean, | | | | those other fandangled coffee cups are out. Hmm! |
| there's such an abundance of get-thin-quick plans | | | | it's sounds ok, but at the end of the day, we're still |
| floating around these days, it's best to take a couple | | | | not eating properly because the coffee diet is |
| of steps back and consider the situation. This goes | | | | removing our natural appetite and I'm not totally |
| for any of the new found fads and not just the | | | | convinced that's a good thing. |
| coffee diet | | | | One final point that may give you food for thought is |
| Before embarking on any new weight loss program, | | | | your insulin. Caffeine can make your blood sugar |
| it's always wise to pay a visit to your local doctor | | | | unstable. The insulin in your body will not be able to |
| first. A complete physical never hurt anyone and your | | | | process it properly and it winds up stored in the body |
| physician will have valuable insight into the coffee diet | | | | as fat. So, if you do decide to take on the coffee |
| approach, but somehow I can't see any responsible | | | | diet, make sure that you don't drink too much. |