Want to have good figure…want to lose more weight…want to lose excess fat from stomach…dieting is the eternal theme for women. Also, words like anti-metabolic syndrome and slim-muscular became popular recently, and diet has become popular among men as well.

You know that you should do some exercises, but you might worry about your health condition. You might have an experience that diet that requires a lot of effort won’t last long. There are many methods of losing weight, and do you know about meal replacement diet?

In this method, you replace your regular meal to low-calorie foods. There maybe some questions about how you should do it or isn’t there any health problems. So, here are 7 ways to lose weight healthily with meal replacement diet.

Lose diet healthily in 7 ways with meal replacement diet

-Understand the mechanism of gaining weight

Before going on a diet, why do people gain weight? Let’s understand this first. Have you ever heard of basal metabolism? It is the calories you consume without doing anything. Even if you are in bed all day long, you still get hungry.

This is because we are using calories just to stay alive, like to breathe, to move heart to circulate bloods to every parts of the body and so on. This basal metabolism is the main consumption of daily calorie use, but its rate decreases after mid-teens.

To put it easier, if the calorie you take in is more than the amount you use with basal metabolism and excercise, you gain weight. You can tell how much your basal metabolism is on internet.

Please check how much it is. It will be a good indication of how much you should replace when trying meal replacement diet.

-Eat properly 3 times a day

Some methods suggest not to eat 3 times a day, such as skipping breakfast or eating only once a day. However, if you skip meals the rate of blood-glucose rise is higher than when eating 3 times a day.

For example, if you skip breakfast and then eat lunch, the blood-glucose level after lunch rises more than when you eat breakfast and lunch. If you skip both breakfast and lunch, and eat only dinner, the blood-glucose level rises even more. On the other hand, when you eat properly 3 times a day, the rise is gradual.

Sudden rise of blood-glucose level has the higher risk of suffering lifestyle related diseases. With meal replacement diet, you can eat 3 times a day. Instead of “skipping” meal to lose weight, please eat properly even when dieting.

-Selecting what to replace

Now finally, let’s talk about meal replecement diet. As I mentioned earlier, meal replacement diet is to replace your normal meal with low-calorie foods.

There is no problem to replace with apples, bananas or gelatine-based food if it is just for 1 or 2 days, but this dieting is effective by continuing. Eating just a single food for a long time causes poor balance of nuturients, so you should select foods with well-balanced nutrients.

There are many foods for dieting in the market. Some already contain necessary nutrients in good balance. It depends on products, so it is good to compare which nutrient is in which product before buying them. Also some products for meal replacement diet contain a lot of food additives, so take that into consideration as well.

-When to replace

The most effective time to replace your meal is dinner. You don’t usually execise a lot after dinner, and go to bed without consuming calories. Eat breakfast and lunch as usual, and replace your dinner.

-To continue meal replecement diet

To continue this diet, it is important to find the good food for you. Taste is one of the important factors. To continue, choose foods you think are delicious.

Also, you may get tired of that food, so choosing products with several flavors is an idea. In addition, some diet meals are expensive if you are to continue eating, so please think whether you can continue it naturally or not.

-If you can’t tolerate

The most imporant thing in meal replacement diet is “to continue”. If you can’t stand it, control the amount of replacement to every other day, 3 times a week, and so on. Also eating something you can “chew” such as steamed vegetables before eating low-calorie foods is also recommended. Chewing makes you feel full.

-Don’t get stressed

It can be said to all dieting, you can’t lose weight healthily with stress. Try to have more time to enjoy when you are on a diet. Laughing is especially important. Watching funny movies, reading fun comics…anything is good. Please remember to laugh.

I hope you found good information from this article.

I have introuced 7 ways to lose weight with meal replacement diet. In this method, you can lose weight healthily while eating properly 3 times a day. Please select foods that are good for you, and try healthfully without stress.

Summary

Lose diet healthily in 7 ways with meal replacement diet

-Understand the mechanism of gaining weight
-Eat properly 3 times a day
-Selecting what to replace
-When to replace
-To continue meal replecement diet
-If you can’t tolerate
-Don’t get stressed