Best Weight Loss Diets for Fall 2017: Two-Week Breaks from Dieting Helps With Losing Weight
Losing weight might sound like a daunting task, and the whole process might even be a monstrous feat for starters. But with the right practices, beginners will be able to make healthy living a lifestyle.
People would often equate losing weight with eating less. That is not true. Eating less does is not necessarily a healthy way to lose weight. More importantly, individuals who adopt the practice are bound for failure, and they could recede to their unhealthy eating habits.
A research headed by Nuala Byrne, a professor in the School of Health Sciences at the University of Tasmania, shows that compared to individuals who adhere to extended periods of dieting, those who take two weeks at a time away from their diet tend to lose more weight. The study was published in this month's issue of Nature's International Journal of Obesity.
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The study took 51 obese men, ages 25 to 54, and then divided them into 2 separate groups. The first group followed the strict diet plan which cut their calorie intake by a third of what they actually need. The respondents carried out the practice 3 months and a half.
The second group followed the same diet, but they would take a break from it in every two weeks. This means they are allowed to revisit their natural eating habits to meet their calorie needs also called "energy balance" phase.
Based on the phasing, the group who took breaks from dieting was able to stick to the diet plan longer than the first group, particularly twice as long. More importantly, the end of the study the results were astonishing. The subjects who took breaks from diets lost 47 percent more weight than the subjects who had to adhere to the strict diet plan for an extended period.
"Interrupting energy restriction with energy balance "rest periods" may ... improve weight loss efficiency," the researchers wrote.
The second group of men who had a break from their calorie-restricted diet lost eight kilograms more than the first group that practiced continuous calorie cutting.
The study proves that individuals should not feel guilty about taking a break from dieting as it actually helps with losing weight.
