Our busy schedules don’t really allow us to do everything we want to do in life at one given point. Instead, we compromise on a lot of things life has to offer us. Even though time seems to be less for this generation, everyone wants to lose weight. Seeing the number of people who want to decrease weight, it is no surprise that there are a number of ways to lose weight. Today, there are hundreds of different diet plans that help one in their quest to lose weight. One such plan is called calorie shifting. As the name implies, the calorie shifting diet plan requires you to shift or alternate your calorie intake.

Research behind calorie shifting states that if we follow a particular diet, our body will be able to detect when we are on diet and our body will alter the body mechanism to suit the diet. This in turn reduces the efficacy of the diet. Since we keep alternating our diet, our body will not able to detect the trend, and this will increase the effectiveness overall. This reflex in your body which will raise metabolism and fat burning, which in turn will help you to lose weight even when you’re not necessarily exercising like when you are sitting or sleeping.

On an average, an adult needs about 2000-2500 calories per day. Keeping this in mind and also the objectives of a calorie shifting diet plan, a person needs to consume different amounts of calories every day. For results, try making your calorie shifting diet plan look like this:

Day 1 - 1400

Day 2 - 1500

Day 3 - 1400

Day 4 - 2200

Day 5 - 1500

Day 6 - 2200

Day 7 - 1500

The thing that works the most for a concept like calorie shifting is that people can still eat the foods they like. They just have to ensure that they don’t surpass the pre determined calorie intake.

The idea is to eat 4 square meals a day with no snacks or mini meals allowed in between. It is important that the meals are full meals and that at least 9 glasses of water are drunk.

Drinking lots of water speeds up the process of weight loss during calorie shifting, because it flushes out all the toxins and keeps the metabolism high.

The success of this plan lies in the fact that with normal diet plans, the basic idea is to consume fewer calories on a daily basis, reducing consumption as the days go by. When your calorie intake is less, your metabolism also tends to slow down. While you may lose weight in the beginning of traditional diets as you start eating normally, you are at risk of gaining the lost weight back. With calorie shifting, you trick your body and keep your metabolism high and eventually burn fat faster.

However, like any other diet plan, you must consult your doctor first or employ common sense in your actions. There is no point in eating ten doughnuts in a day and wasting your daily calorie intake allowance with empty calories. Try to plan wisely and eat foods which not only are tasty and filling but also high in nutritional value.

Rick Missimer

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