Are you stressed about being overweight? You have tried different ways for losing weight & staying healthy but all in vain, right? Ok! But, have you tried following the CICO diet? Nope?
Well! Let us explain to you that, this diet will help you to lose weight & yes! this procedure for weight loss confirms Science & logic. Also, you don’t have to set strict limitations on your food intake or stop eating your favorite foods with this diet. But what is this CICO diet? Come! Let’s see!
CICO, which means ‘Calories In, Calories Out’ diet, is a great strategy for weight loss where you have to daily count the approximate calories that you are taking in & the calories you are burning out. And, after counting these calories, you have to ensure that the calories you are intaking must be lesser than the calories you are burning out. It’s as simple as that.
But, is this strategy so simple to follow? After all, our intake of calories (‘Calories In’) is decided by many factors like our appetite, hormones, tastes, preferences, body composition, food variations, psychology & other bodily conditions (such as PCOS).
In the same way, our burning of calories (‘Calories Out’) is also decided by certain factors like energy burned during rest, energy burned through NEAT (Non-Exercise Activity Thermogenesis) & various exercises. So, how can we best these problems & weight loss through this CICO diet?
Yes, It’s simple! Just follow the below advice & see the magic:
1. Consume plenty of protein. It will make your stomach full & satisfied. So, you will feel less hungry through the entire day & will forfeit weight fast due to less input of calories.
Also, it will enable you build & maintain your muscles. And, more muscles means you will require more calories to maintain them. So, the ‘Calories Out’ task for you gets simplified.
2. Calculate approximately if not precisely, the calories that you are consuming & also the calories you are burning. Balance your calories such that your ‘Calories In’ doesn’t exceed your ‘Calories Out’.
There are two ways for it – First, eat as much as you can but burn your calories more than what you eat. Second, limit your calories intake if you can’t do enough things to burn your calories. Now, the choice is yours.
3. Consume a lot of veggies.
4. Don’t make your change of diet in a hurry. Don’t limit your food too much or add too many foods new to your diet. Make only small & slight changes in your diet towards ‘real food’. Watch the change in your weight after this change.
If it suits you, continue with it & if not, then again do another small change in your diet. In this way, with trial & error, try to understand, which diet in what proportion is helping you lose weight & which is not.
5. Do small & slight changes in your exercises & see with trial & error, which & what amount of exercises are working for you.
6. Practice walking regularly.
7. If you are not a gym-goer or exercise-doer, start doing any easy beginner strength training exercise at your own home.
Wrapping Up:
Isn’t the CICO diet amazing? After all, it’s a method of losing weight without stopping to eat your favorite foods! So, have you planned anything about how to follow this diet? If not, then plan soon & get a remarkable result. Best of luck with your success!
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