Weight Loss For Women

Want to kick-start effective weight loss just before summer hits? It may be a case of rebooting your system and, luckily for you, we may have the perfect solution that doesn't involve hours on a treadmill or starving yourself. Hurrah! The Body Reset Diet: Power Your Metabolism, Blast Fat and Shed Pounds in 15 Days/ (£12.99, Rodale Press) is a new diet and exercise plan to help you go from stuck in a diet rut to fab, fast. Devised by celeb fitness trainer and nutritionist Harley Pasternak, the US guru behind some of Hollywood’s most enviable bodies including Megan Fox and Katy Perry, it’s designed to help you build lean muscle while the weight drops off – and stays off! Results are practically guaranteed, as the plan is so easy to follow. ‘All the meals in the diet are nutritious and wholesome, and they take just five minutes, from preparation to clean-up,’ says Harley.

Why it works

While quick-fix diets usually spell disaster, the great thing about the Body Reset Diet is that you’ll shed the pounds for good. In fact, you don’t have to forgo your health, put your life on hold or empty your bank balance to hone an incredible body. The Body Reset plan includes delicious food and moderate exercise to help you feel energised while dropping pound after pound – and unlike other diet plans, you’ll also be giving your body tons of TLC along the way.
The secret behind the diet lies in eating around the clock to keep your metabolism ticking over while regulating insulin levels and nipping cravings in the bud. ‘Your metabolism is like a windmill. When you eat frequently, you're continually turning the windmill and keeping your metabolism stimulated,’ explains Harley. This involves consuming a selection of smoothies and solid meals with high amounts of veggies and fruits at specific intervals to overload your body with nutrients without having to count a single calorie.

The results

You can expect fast weight loss and inch loss within the first five days as a result of a metabolism boost. By the end of the diet you should feel the benefits of more energy, a flat tum and unbelievably glowing skin. Let’s get started!

Phase 1

Between days one and five you’ll be drinking three smoothies a day and eating two snacks. Meals are high volume, so you should never feel hungry.
Fitness: During this phase you’ll need to walk a minimum of 10,000 steps a day.
Top tip: Track your progress with a pedometer.

Phase 2

Between days six and 10 you’ll still be eating five times a day, to provide your body with adequate fuel. You’ll be drinking two smoothies a day, and eating one solid meal and two snacks between meals.

Fitness: You’ll be continuing your 10,000 steps per day along with circuit A, a simple five-minute at-home fitness routine performed three days a week. The moves in circuit A are designed to train the posterior muscles of your body to help align your body and make your arms and middle look longer and leaner. Check out the sample exercises on these pages.
Top tip: Try to eat your solid meals while sitting down, with no distractions.

Phase 3

You’ll have just one smoothie a day, plus two meals and two snacks.
Fitness: You’ll still be sticking to your 10,000 steps and you’ll be alternating between two sets of five-minute circuits of resistance training five days a week. The phase 3 programme consists of circuit A and circuit B which works the anterior muscles, such as your chest, obliques and quads. You should do circuit A on days 11, 13 and 15 and circuit B on days 12 and 14.
Top tip: Plan your meals well in advance and make sure you chew your food properly.

After the reset

Once you’ve completed the three phases, you’ll still need to stick to eating five times a day – one smoothie, two snacks and two solid meals. Twice a week you’re allowed ‘free meals’ when you eat whatever you want. You’ll need to keep walking no less than 10,000 steps a day every day and do a 10-minute resistance training circuit five days a week to help increase lean muscle tissue. ‘Walking is a simple fat-burning activity that doesn't require any skill or equipment, while super-short resistance workouts five times a week get great results,’ explains Harley.

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