Fed up with that diet? what about the meal replacement program, these are foods that have a constant calorie count, normally in a bar, shake or powder, which can be mixed with water or milk. These convenient drinks or bars are great when you are in the office or at the gym. A diet meal replacement should usually provide your body with 1200 - 1600Kcal per day. They work by supplying your body with less calories than it actually requires thus using your fat stores. Taken twice a day normally one for breakfast then another for lunch then a calorie controlled meal at night. This then ‘trains’ your body into a proper eating structure.
The downside was originally the shakes were ‘chalky’ and bland to taste and the bars were like something from the bottom of a budgie cage, thus many people gave up very quickly. Nowadays much has changed as they are now very tasty and the shakes come in a number of delicious flavours, including chocolate, banana and strawberry.
So how does this diet replacement work? It has been suggested that part of the efficiency of the meal replacement approach may relate to the structured nature of the plan and again putting emphasis on regular eating. While you only have one main meal a day you learn to control your eating habits. This is very important to some people. There are a number of advantages of using diet meal replacement plan including, no complicated instructions to follow, nutritional and most of all you can have a normal meal at the end of the day. The disadvantages are lack of choice and some of the shakes can be expensive compared to the price of a normal meal.
