What You Can Do To Get Better Results From The Atkins Diet

The key to any diet being successful is discipline and sticking
to the outlines of the program. This has never been truer than
with the Atkins Diet. This diet elicits a biochemical response
from following a prescribed regimen of certain foods going
through prescribed phases. If you deviate from the plan you will
not have success and may even gain weight. So the first key to
success is to stick to the plan.

Secondly, just because the Atkins diet plan allows you to eat
fat that doesn’t mean you have to go out and eat everything
fatty that you can find, you should still eat mostly leaner
meats and fish and only eat meats like steak for one of your
meals. Another thing you can do that will help you is to do as
bodybuilders have done for years and eat several smaller meals
instead of three large ones.

I know there are many diet plans on the market that claim you
can “melt the pounds off while you sleep” and “lose weight
without exercise”. Believe me; these methods will not work long
term. Have you ever seen someone who lost a lot of weight but
still look out of shape and devoid of muscle tone? This is
because they lost muscle and still have fat on their body.

So, how do you lose fat and preserve muscle? There are two
things that you must do. First, you have to be sure that you are
taking in enough protein. What is enough? Generally, most
doctors agree that you should take in about one gram for every
pound of bodyweight. An average woman should take in about 100
grams a day while the average man might be closer to 170 to 200
grams. Also, the protein intake needs to be spread out and you
need to drink plenty of water. The body can only absorb and use
around 30 grams at a time so utilizing the method of several
smaller meals will achieve this.

The other thing that is an absolute must is exercise. You will
meet your goals much more quickly and have a better toned body
by exercising daily. The other benefit is that the more muscle
you have the higher your metabolism. In other words fat burns
muscle.

Keep these tips in mind and your diet will be successful.

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