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.
