How to Lose Weight with the Banana Diet
Love bananas and other fresh fruit? The banana diet is a diet from Japan that is extremely popular for being effective as well as far less restrictive than many other types of diets. The banana diet, also known as the morning banana diet, is very popular and since it is safe, it's a fad diet that's not likely to go anywhere.
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Instructions
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Prepare an eating plan. The banana diet is very simple in its execution: always eat a breakfast of a banana and water, or several bananas. Eat until you're full, but don't gorge or stuff yourself. Only eat raw, not frozen, and not cooked, bananas.
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If you're a little hungry before lunch, go ahead and eat a small healthy snack, like a rice ball, a bowl of oatmeal, or a fruit bar.
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Eat meals normally. You don't have to go out of the way to eat completely healthy, but if all your meals are four plates at all you can eat buffets, then don't expect a miracle. For the morning banana diet you will want to practice eating until you are 70% full - satisfied but not completely full and definitely not stuffed. No desserts, and eat dinner by 8 pm at the latest, although 6 pm is preferred.
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Drink mostly water. The banana diet says to drink water in sips, and not in large amounts. Don't use it to wash down food. If you need a sweet in the afternoon, you can have one, but don't eat if you're not hungry.
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A major part of the banana diet is to eat slowly and appreciate the taste of the food.
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Always go to bed before midnight to get a full night's rest. Repeat this schedule day after day and watch as the pounds begin to melt away and you start to slim down with the new banana diet!
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Tips & Warnings
Try to eat reasonable meals. This diet was developed in Japan, where even their "less healthy" meals tend to be much healthier than many American based meals.
Use bananas as your snacks for full effect.
Don't expect this to be a magic bullet for the grossly overweight. If you're over 100 lbs overweight and spend your evening meals at all you can eat buffets, the bananas aren't going to make any difference.
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- Photo Credit Banana photos courtesy of wikipedia commons
