Best Diet Plan: 1,000 Calories a Day

Experimenting with diet plans can be very interesting. There's the low carb, uncooked, grape fruit, etc. diet plans out there. While they all seem to appear like they could work, it's difficult to keep a diet schedule that is so out of line with your normal everyday life. Where can you find time to pick up a grape fruit, peel it and enjoy in between work and soccer pick-up obligations? How will you cook pasta for your family, when you aren't allowed any carbs? Wheat pasta? What about their favorite garlic bread that always comes with the pasta? These are all very good questions, and while most people beginning a new diet plan, have an optimistic and idealistic attitude towards their new diet, it will only be so long before they cave in and start eating like a normal person.

This is why I suggest, the 1,000 calorie a day diet plan. That is about half the amount of calories that are considered normal in a full day. So, that number should be adjusted depending upon your normal calorie intake. If you normally eat about 3,000 calories a day, cut that down to 1,500. If you normally eat about 1,500 calories a day, well you shouldn't need to lose weight if you're only eating 1,500 calories a day, cut that down to 1,000. I wouldn't recommend going any lower than that, as you need to have some energy to burn you through the day. The key to the 1,000 calorie a day diet, is sticking with it!

Every type of food that you eat, has a calorie count associated with it. Whether it's on the side of the box, or it's a piece of fruit and you can research it online. Just make sure you pour yourself the exact amount of serving required for the calorie amount you want to intake. I'm sure you can think of numerous ways to eat only 1,000 calories a day, but here is the plan that I followed, and had a great time doing it!

Here's the count of calories for some of the foods I ate during on day on the 1,000 calorie diet: