ADD- Alternate Day Diet

The ADD is a new diet fad that I stumbled upon in a magazine. How it works is exactly how it is named. The diet is done in an alternating day basis but the day where you’re supposed to diet is an EXTREME diet where you in don’t eat anything for a day. The other term for this diet is Alternate Day FASTING. You Fast every other day, and on the days that you don’t fast/diet, you just eat your basic 3 meals a day.

Here’s an article that I found in the net to better understand this diet:

link:http://www.everydiet.org/diet/alternate-day-diet

The article:

Every day is either an Up Day or a Down Day. You are free to eat as much as you would like to on Up Days and On Down Days you will restrict calories. While you can eat whatever foods you want and as much as you like you should not intentionally overeat, but it is important that you eat enough so that you feel satisfied.

For the first two weeks of the diet you consume no more than 20% of your usual calorie intake on Down Days. To simplify matters a daily intake of 500 calories for Down Days is suggested during the induction phase.

Meal replacement shakes are recommended as the only food that you consume on the Down Days during the induction phase. This is because they are convenient and make it easy to monitor your calorie intake. You only have to diet for one day at a time. The next day is your Up Day where you are free to eat the way you normally would.

The longer-term Alternate Day Diet plan is not as restrictive as the first two weeks. You can eat real food on Down Days and can also increase your calorie intake to up to 35% of your normal amount if you want to lose weight. If you have already reached your target weight you will eat up to 60% of your normal calorie requirements in order to maintain your weight.

My comment: Well, this seems quite hard at first, but I guess when you get the hang of it, it willl be easier. I’m just not sure about its effectiveness. =) Try it out. I might try it, I have nothing to lose. =)

ttyl,

Isis