If you have been struggling to lose weight in a short amount of time, then you must have heard of the famous “apple diet”, it is a diet low in calories intake which consists of mainly apples in each meal, based mainly on the fact that apples are a low-calorie food and the believe that eating an apple during a meal will make you feel full, therefore you will eat less.
An average apple will contain approximately 90 calories and a rich nutrition value, containing vitamins such as vitamin A, B, C as well as calcium, iron , potassium and fiber, which makes apples not only a good choice for weight loss but also great for maintaining a healthy body during the process.
And we all know “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”.
The Apple Diet Plan
The apple diet will lower your calories intake to about 1200 calories per day.
Day 1
Breakfast: 2 Apples and a glass of low fat milk.
Lunch: 1 Apples, and a green salad (tomato, carrot, lettuce, and cucumber)
Dinner: 3-4 Apples.
Day 2
Breakfast: 1 apple, and a piece of whole grain toast with avocado.
Lunch: 2 apples and avocado green salad, with a little bit of seeds and nuts on top.
Dinner: 3-4 Apples.
Day 3
Breakfast: 1 apple and a bowl of whole-grain cereals with low fat milk.
Lunch: 1 apple, and green salad with lemon and apple cider vinegar dressing.
Dinner: 3-4 Apples.
Day 4
Breakfast: 1 apple, one slice of whole-grain toast and a boiled egg.
Lunch: 1 apple, fresh vegetables, and chicken breast.
Dinner: 3-4 Apples.
Day 5
Breakfast: 1 apple, one piece of whole-grain toast and a slice of low-fat turkey bacon
Lunch: 1 apple and veggies soup with chicken breast.
Dinner: 3-4 Apples.
The apple diet plan consists of mainly available, affordable and healthy ingredients.
Tips
Make sure to drink enough water during the day, especially before meals, it will help you prevent constipation and eat less.
While this diet is rich in nutrients, the low calories intake might have some side effects especially at the beginning such as dizziness and headaches.
After the 5th day you might experience a big urge to eat more, try your best to control it and higher up your calories intake progressively.
If you find it hard to lower your calories intake this much, try to help lose more calories with exercising.
If it’s your first time trying a low calories diet you might need to check with your doctor first.
