Low Calorie Diet

Low calorie diet work on the simple principle that calories give fuel for our metabolic activities. For any weight loss plan to be effective, a low calorie diet is necessary. There will be loss of weight if caloric intake is less than energy expenditure.

Working of Low Calorie Diet

If the calories are reduced to less than the calories the body actually requires, it will burn fat to replace them. Therefore Low calorie diet is some times called as low-energy diet.

Around 3,500 stored calories add up to one pound of body fat. One gram of carbohydrate in a food can be burned to generate 4 calories. One gram of protein can generate 4 calories and one gram of fat contains 9 calories.

When you are on Low calorie Diet, you should avoid alcohol consumption as alcoholic beverages contains calories ranging from 300 to 800 calories.

Low calorie diet helps you to lose weight by restricting your calorie intake to 1,000 to 1,500 calories per day. But you should remember one thing that this calorie intake restriction should come from a healthy and nutritionally rich diet.

Things to be remebered before Starting a Low Calorie Diet

• You should know how much calories you have to reduce. It is generally 1500 calories for a woman and 2000 to 2200 for a man.
• Keep a weight dairy to note down every single thing you eat, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant. Work out on which kind of foods in diet suits you. Get into the habit of reading the habit of reading the labels on the food. Use a smaller plate than the usual plate.
• If you are going for a low calorie diet, you will be eating fewer calories than your body needs. For this reason body burns the fat to replace these remaining calories, which ultimately making you to feel hungry. So you have to live on hunger pangs. If the hunger is really unbearable, eat some fruits.

Low Calorie Diet Foods

A Balanced Low calorie diets aims at good nutrition. Some of the low calorie diet foods are moderate amount of nut or vegetable oil, fruits and vegetables, whole-grain breads and cereals, poultry, lean meat, fish and low fat milk and chesses.

Few Low Calorie Diet Recipes:

Grilled Shrimp and Pineapple Pitas
Hash Brown Potatoes
Health Winds Salsa
Hearty Chili
Fantasy Angel Food Cake
Strawberry Angel Food Cake
Chocolate Cherry Angel Food Cake
Cherry Chiffon Dessert
Cherry Almond Cream Dessert
Cherry Peach Cobbler
Cherry Trifle
Homemade Spaghetti Sauce
Layered Southwestern Pasta Salad
Lemon Chicken Pasta Toss
Lemon-Kissed Asparagus With Midgie Carrots
Lemon Yogurt Sauce
Guacamole
Spicy Fries
Mango Mania
Meatball Kraut Skillet
Mexican Burgers
Mexican Style Bow Ties
Naked Tuna Salad

Nut and Pumpkin Pound Cake
Quick and Easy Fruit CobblerStrawberry Heaven
Gold Medal Caramel Bars
Lemon Angel Roll
Ornamental Frosting
Patriotic Cake
Peach Cream Cake
Hot Fudge Sundae Cake
Lovely Lemon Cheesecake
Chocolate Cheesecake
Miniature Cheesecakes
No-Bake Butterscotch and Cream Cheesecake
Frosty Freeze Pie
Pumpkin Ice Cream Pie